1997–98 Serie A (ice hockey) season
# 1997–98 Serie A (ice hockey) season

The 1997–98 Serie A season was the 64th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. 14 teams participated in the league, and HC Bozen won the championship by defeating WSV Sterzing in the final.

## First round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Bolzano | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 199:84 | 64 |
| 2. | Asiago Hockey | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 165:88 | 57 |
| 3. | EV Brunico | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 130:91 | 56 |
| 4. | SHC Fassa | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 144:104 | 52 |
| 5. | HC Meran | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 117:109 | 51 |
| 6. | HC Gherdëina | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 152:94 | 49 |
| 7. | WSV Sterzing | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 118:86 | 48 |
| 8. | SG Cortina | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 108:111 | 38 |
| 9. | HC Alleghe | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 124:129 | 35 |
| 10. | SV Ritten | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 109:126 | 28 |
| 11. | HC Courmaosta | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 109:152 | 28 |
| 12. | HC Feltre | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 79:156 | 19 |
| 13. | HC Val Venosta | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 74:191 | 9 |
| 14. | AS Varese Hockey | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 77:184 | 5 |

## Final round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Bolzano | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 114:63 | 79 |
| 2. | Asiago Hockey | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 84:63 | 68 |
| 3. | SHC Fassa | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 78:89 | 60 |
| 4. | HC Meran | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 97:91 | 54 |
| 5. | HC Gherdëina | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 84:93 | 48 |
| 6. | HC Brunico | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 55:113 | 34 |

## Qualification round

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. | WSV Sterzing | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 80:44 | 59 |
| 8. | HC Alleghe | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 86:48 | 53 |
| 9. | SG Cortina | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 60:48 | 43 |
| 10. | HC Courmaosta | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 65:56 | 38 |
| 11. | SV Ritten | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 51:68 | 32 |
| 12. | HC Feltre | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 50:70 | 22 |
| 13. | AS Varese Hockey | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 52:70 | 15 |
| 14. | HC Val Venosta | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 45:85 | 6 |

## Playoffs

### Qualification

* WSV Sterzing - HC Courmaosta 2:1 (5:2, 2:3, 5:4)
* HC Alleghe - SG Cortina 0:2 (4:5 n.V., 4:5 n.V.)

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HC Bolzano | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | SG Cortina | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | SG Cortina | 0 | 1 | HC Bolzano | 3 | | | |
| | | | 4 | HC Meran | 0 | | | |
| 4 | HC Meran | 2 | 4 | HC Meran | 0 | | | |
| 5 | HC Gherdëina | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | HC Gherdëina | 0 | | | | 1 | HC Bolzano | 4 |
| | | | | | | 7 | WSV Sterzing | 0 |
| 3 | SHC Fassa | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | WSV Sterzing | 0 |
| 6 | EV Brunico | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | EV Brunico | 1 | 3 | SHC Fassa | 1 | | | |
| | | | 7 | WSV Sterzing | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Asiago Hockey | 1 | 7 | WSV Sterzing | 3 | | | |
| 7 | WSV Sterzing | 2 | | | | | | |

## Relegation

| | Club | GP | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | HC Courmaosta | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 60:36 | 24 |
| 2. | HC Alleghe | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 41:38 | 17 |
| 3. | HC Feltre | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 48:35 | 15 |
| 4. | HC Val Venosta | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 38:40 | 14 |
| 5. | AS Varese Hockey | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 37:52 | 11 |
| 6. | SV Ritten | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 37:60 | 7 |
