1997

These events occured in 1997 in the world of ice hockey:

Events

 * Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
 * Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Dominik Hasek of the Buffalo Sabres
 * Stanley Cup – Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 0 over the Philadelphia Flyers
 * World Hockey Championship
 * Men's champion: Canada defeated Sweden
 * Junior Men's champion: Finland defeated Russia
 * Women's champion: Canada defeated the United States

May

 * May 11th: The South Carolina Stingrays win the Kelly Cup by defeating the Louisiana IceGators 4 games to 1 in the Kelly Cup finals. South Carolina becomes the first team in ECHL history to win the Brabham Cup and Kelly Cup in the same season.