1996–97 Colorado Avalanche season
1996–97 Colorado Avalanche | |
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Presidents' Trophy winners | |
Pacific Division champions | |
Division | 1st Pacific |
Conference | 1st Western |
1996–97 record | 49–24–9 |
Home record | 26–10–5 |
Road record | 23–14–4 |
Goals for | 277 |
Goals against | 205 |
Team information | |
General manager | Pierre Lacroix |
Coach | Marc Crawford |
Captain | Joe Sakic |
Arena | McNichols Arena |
Average attendance | 16,061 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Hershey Bears |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Adam Deadmarsh (33) |
Assists | Peter Forsberg (58) |
Points | Peter Forsberg (86) |
Penalty minutes | Brent Severyn (193) |
Plus/minus | Peter Forsberg (+31) |
Wins | Patrick Roy (38) |
Goals against average | Patrick Roy (2.32) |
The 1996–97 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's second season. The franchise's 18th season in the National Hockey League and 25th season overall.
Regular season
The Avalanche scored the most power-play goals during the regular season, with 83.[1] And the most in the Western Conference with 277 goals.
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 277 | 205 | 107 |
2 | 4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 243 | 231 | 85 |
3 | 7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 252 | 247 | 81 |
4 | 9 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 257 | 273 | 77 |
5 | 10 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 32 | 41 | 9 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
6 | 12 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 214 | 268 | 67 |
7 | 13 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 211 | 278 | 62 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 277 | 205 | 107 |
2 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 252 | 198 | 104 |
3 | Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 253 | 197 | 94 |
4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 245 | 233 | 85 |
5 | Phoenix Coyotes | CEN | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 240 | 243 | 83 |
6 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 236 | 239 | 83 |
7 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 252 | 247 | 81 |
8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 223 | 210 | 81 |
9 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 257 | 273 | 77 |
10 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 32 | 41 | 9 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 230 | 273 | 68 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 214 | 268 | 67 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 211 | 278 | 62 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Playoffs
- April 24, 1997: Patrick Roy shut out Chicago by a score of 7-0. He earned his 89th postseason victory and became the goalie with the most postseason wins, surpassing the old record set by New York Islanders goalie Billy Smith.[3]
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 8–4–1 (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–3–0)
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November: 8–2–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 4–1–1)
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December: 7–4–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–2–1)
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January: 8–2–3 (home: 3–0–1; road: 5–2–2)
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February: 7–4–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 4–2–0)
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March: 8–5–1 (home: 6–2–1; road: 2–3–0)
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April: 3–3–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 2–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Chicago Blackhawks – Avalanche win 4–2
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Western Conference Semifinals vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers – Avalanche win 4–1
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Western Conference Finals vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings – Red Wings win 4–2
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
21 | Peter Forsberg | C | 65 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 31 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −6 | 10 |
19 | Joe Sakic | C | 65 | 22 | 52 | 74 | −10 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 14 |
8 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 80 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 4 | 88 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −1 | 24 |
13 | Valeri Kamensky | LW | 68 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 5 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 22 | −1 | 16 |
18 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 78 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 8 | 136 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −6 | 24 |
11 | Keith Jones† | RW | 67 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 5 | 105 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
48 | Scott Young | RW | 72 | 18 | 19 | 37 | −5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −1 | 14 |
28 | Eric Lacroix | LW | 81 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
9 | Mike Ricci | C | 63 | 13 | 19 | 32 | −3 | 59 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
22 | Claude Lemieux | RW | 45 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −4 | 43 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 32 |
20 | Rene Corbet | LW | 76 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 14 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
25 | Mike Keane | RW | 81 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 2 | 63 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
26 | Stephane Yelle | C | 79 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
24 | Jon Klemm | D | 80 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 37 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 |
4 | Uwe Krupp | D | 60 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
52 | Adam Foote | D | 78 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 135 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 62 |
3 | Aaron Miller | D | 56 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
5 | Alexei Gusarov | D | 58 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
2 | Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 25 |
23 | Brent Severyn | LW | 66 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −6 | 193 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
7 | Curtis Leschyshyn‡ | D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Yves Sarault | LW | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Landon Wilson‡ | RW | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Christian Matte | RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Craig Billington | G | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | Josef Marha | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Patrick Roy | G | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
6 | Wade Belak | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Rich Brennan | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Marc Denis | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
29 | Eric Messier | LW | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
33 | Patrick Roy | 62 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1861 | 143 | 2.32 | .923 | 7 | 3698 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 559 | 38 | 2.21 | .932 | 3 | 1034 |
1 | Craig Billington | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 584 | 53 | 2.65 | .909 | 1 | 1200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.00 | .923 | 0 | 20 |
30 | Marc Denis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3.02 | .885 | 0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Sandis Ozolinsh (Defense) | [5] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Peter Forsberg[a] | [7] |
Sandis Ozolinsh[b] | |||
Patrick Roy[b] | |||
Joe Sakic[b] |
Draft picks
Colorado's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[9]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 25 | Peter Ratchuk | ![]() | Shattuck-Saint Mary's (USHS-MN) |
2 | 51 | Yuri Babenko | ![]() | Krylya Sovetov (Russia) |
3 | 79 | Mark Parrish | ![]() | St. Cloud State University (WCHA) |
4 | 98 | Ben Storey | ![]() | Harvard University (ECAC) |
4 | 107 | Randy Petruk | ![]() | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
5 | 134 | Luke Curtin | ![]() | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
6 | 146 | Brian Willsie | ![]() | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
6 | 160 | Kai Fischer | ![]() | Dusseldorfer EG (Germany) |
7 | 167 | Dan Hinote | ![]() | United States Military Academy (NCAA Independent) |
7 | 176 | Samuel Pahlsson | ![]() | Modo Hockey (Sweden) |
7 | 188 | Roman Pylner | ![]() | HC Litvinov Jr. (Czech Republic) |
8 | 214 | Matthew Scorsune | ![]() | Hotchkiss School (USHS-CT) |
9 | 240 | Justin Clark | ![]() | University of Michigan (CCHA) |
Notes
- ^ Forsberg did not play and was replaced by Brendan Shanahan of the Detroit Red Wings.[6]
- ^ a b c Ozolinsh, Roy, and Sakic were voted to the starting lineup.[8] Sakic did not play and was replaced by Teemu Selanne of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.[6]
References
- "Colorado Avalanche 1996-97 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- "1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "1996-97 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.429 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
- ^ a b "1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Norwood, Robyn (January 12, 1997). "Selanne's Star Shines Again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1997". www.nhl.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". www.nhl.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
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