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