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1996–97 Vancouver Canucks season

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The 1996–97 Vancouver Canucks season was the team's 27th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Canucks finished fourth in the division, and ninth in the conference, and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1990.

Division4th Pacific
Conference9th Western
1996–97 record35–40–7
Home record20–17–4
Quick facts Vancouver Canucks, Division ...
1996–97 Vancouver Canucks
Division4th Pacific
Conference9th Western
1996–97 record35–40–7
Home record20–17–4
Road record15–23–3
Goals for257
Goals against273
Team information
General managerPat Quinn
CoachTom Renney
CaptainTrevor Linden
ArenaGeneral Motors Place
Average attendance17,320
Minor league affiliateSyracuse Crunch
Team leaders
GoalsMartin Gelinas (35)
AssistsAlexander Mogilny (42)
PointsAlexander Mogilny (73)
Penalty minutesGino Odjick (371)
Plus/minusDavid Roberts (+11)
WinsKirk McLean (21)
Goals against averageKirk McLean (3.21)
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Regular season

Final standings

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Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
11Colorado Avalanche8249249277205107
24Mighty Ducks of Anaheim8236331324323185
37Edmonton Oilers823637925224781
49Vancouver Canucks823540725727377
510Calgary Flames823241921423973
612Los Angeles Kings8228431121426867
713San Jose Sharks822747821127862
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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.

More information R, Div ...
Western Conference[1]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1p – Colorado AvalanchePAC8249249277205107
2Dallas StarsCEN8248268252198104
3Detroit Red WingsCEN8238261825319794
4Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPAC8236331324523385
5Phoenix CoyotesCEN823837724024383
6St. Louis BluesCEN8236351123623983
7Edmonton OilersPAC823637925224781
8Chicago BlackhawksCEN8234351322321081
9Vancouver CanucksPAC823540725727377
10Calgary FlamesPAC823241921423973
11Toronto Maple LeafsCEN823044823027368
12Los Angeles KingsPAC8228431121426867
13San Jose SharksPAC822747821127862
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Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

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1996–97 regular season[2]
October: 5–5–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–2–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1October 5, 19963–1Calgary Flames (1996–97)1–0–0W
2October 6, 19960–2@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)1–1–0L
3October 9, 19961–2Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)1–2–0L
4October 12, 19965–3St. Louis Blues (1996–97)2–2–0W
5October 14, 19964–5 OTBoston Bruins (1996–97)2–3–0L
6October 17, 19966–1@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)3–3–0W
7October 19, 19962–9@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)3–4–0L
8October 23, 19961–4Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)3–5–0L
9October 26, 19962–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)4–5–0W
10October 30, 19966–3@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)5–5–0W
November: 8–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 4–4–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
11November 1, 19965–4 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)6–5–0W
12November 2, 19964–3Calgary Flames (1996–97)7–5–0W
13November 8, 19962–4St. Louis Blues (1996–97)7–6–0L
14November 11, 19963–2@ New York Rangers (1996–97)8–6–0W
15November 13, 19964–5 OT@ New York Islanders (1996–97)8–7–0L
16November 14, 19963–0@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)9–7–0W
17November 16, 19961–6@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)9–8–0L
18November 19, 19962–0Dallas Stars (1996–97)10–8–0W
19November 21, 19962–1 OTChicago Blackhawks (1996–97)11–8–0W
20November 23, 19965–3New York Rangers (1996–97)12–8–0W
21November 26, 19962–3@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)12–9–0L
22November 27, 19966–2@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)13–9–0W
23November 29, 19963–7@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)13–10–0L
December: 3–9–1 (home: 1–5–0; road: 2–4–1)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24December 1, 19963–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)13–11–0L
25December 3, 19962–2 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)13–11–1T
26December 4, 19967–6 OT@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)14–11–1W
27December 7, 19962–3Ottawa Senators (1996–97)14–12–1L
28December 11, 19961–6Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)14–13–1L
29December 13, 19961–2@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)14–14–1L
30December 15, 19968–0@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)15–14–1W
31December 18, 19961–2New Jersey Devils (1996–97)15–15–1L
32December 20, 19963–2Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)16–15–1W
33December 23, 19960–7Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)16–16–1L
34December 26, 19961–6@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)16–17–1L
35December 27, 19964–7@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)16–18–1L
36December 31, 19963–5Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)16–19–1L
January: 8–4–1 (home: 6–1–1; road: 2–3–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
37January 2, 19974–3Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)17–19–1W
38January 4, 19977–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)18–19–1W
39January 6, 19975–1@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)19–19–1W
40January 7, 19972–6@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)19–20–1L
41January 10, 19975–3Hartford Whalers (1996–97)20–20–1W
42January 12, 19972–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)20–21–1L
43January 14, 19974–4 OTFlorida Panthers (1996–97)20–21–2T
44January 20, 19976–1San Jose Sharks (1996–97)21–21–2W
45January 22, 19974–3 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)22–21–2W
46January 23, 19973–4@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)22–22–2L
47January 25, 19970–4@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)22–23–2L
48January 27, 19975–2San Jose Sharks (1996–97)23–23–2W
49January 30, 19972–1 OTNew York Islanders (1996–97)24–23–2W
February: 4–9–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 2–6–0)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
50February 1, 19970–3@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)24–24–2L
51February 3, 19974–6@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)24–25–2L
52February 4, 19974–6@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)24–26–2L
53February 6, 19977–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)25–26–2W
54February 8, 19972–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)25–27–2L
55February 11, 19972–5Washington Capitals (1996–97)25–28–2L
56February 15, 19974–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)26–28–2W
57February 18, 19975–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)26–29–2L
58February 20, 19976–1@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)27–29–2W
59February 22, 19970–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)27–30–2L
60February 23, 19972–5@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)27–31–2L
61February 25, 19972–4Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)27–32–2L
62February 27, 19976–2Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)28–32–2W
March: 4–8–3 (home: 2–4–2; road: 2–4–1)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
63March 1, 19970–3Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)28–33–2L
64March 3, 19971–5@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)28–34–2L
65March 5, 19971–1 OTChicago Blackhawks (1996–97)28–34–3T
66March 8, 19973–5Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)28–35–3L
67March 10, 19972–2 OT@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)28–35–4T
68March 11, 19971–4@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)28–36–4L
69March 13, 19974–5@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)28–37–4L
70March 15, 19975–2@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)29–37–4W
71March 18, 19972–4@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)29–38–4L
72March 20, 19971–2San Jose Sharks (1996–97)29–39–4L
73March 22, 19973–2Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)30–39–4W
74March 24, 19972–2 OTLos Angeles Kings (1996–97)30–39–5T
75March 26, 19975–3Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)31–39–5W
76March 29, 19975–2@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)32–39–5W
77March 30, 19972–3Dallas Stars (1996–97)32–40–5L
April: 3–0–2 (home: 2–0–1; road: 1–0–1)
GameDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78April 4, 19973–3 OTCalgary Flames (1996–97)32–40–6T
79April 5, 19972–2 OT@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)32–40–7T
80April 7, 19973–2@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)33–40–7W
81April 9, 19976–4Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)34–40–7W
82April 12, 19975–4Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)35–40–7W

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point)

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Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canucks only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
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No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
89Alexander MogilnyLW76314273918
23Martin GelinasLW74353368642
96Pavel BureRW63233255−1440
17Mike RidleyC75203252042
19Markus NaslundLW78212041−1530
16Trevor LindenC4993140527
26Mike SillingerC78172037−325
21Jyrki LummeD66112435832
9Russ Courtnall‡RW4791928424
10Esa Tikkanen‡C62121527−966
7David RobertsLW581017271151
44Dave BabychD7852227−238
14Lonny BohonosRW36111122−310
6Adrian AucoinD7051621063
3Bret HedicanD6741519−351
24Scott WalkerRW64315182132
32Chris JosephD6331316−2162
8[a]Donald Brashear†LW598513−6207
29Gino OdjickRW705813−5371
28Brian Noonan†RW16481226
27Leif RohlinD40281048
4Mark WottonD36369819
5Dana MurzynD611787118
25Steve Staios†D9066220
13Sergei Nemchinov†C623544
20Alexander SemakC18213−22
18Troy CrowderRW30123−652
22Larry CourvilleLW19022−411
1Kirk McLeanG440222
31Corey HirschG390116
34Jassen Cullimore‡D3000−22
30Mike FountainG60000
2Frantisek Kucera‡D200000
2Evgeny NamestnikovD2000−14
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Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
1Kirk McLean442118312471383.21.88902581
31Corey Hirsch391220410901163.27.89422127
30Mike Fountain6220135143.43.8961245
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Awards and records

Awards

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Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(annual)		 King Clancy Memorial Trophy Trevor Linden [3]
League
(in-season)		 NHL All-Star Game selection Pavel Bure [4]
Team Babe Pratt Trophy Jyrki Lumme [5]
Cyclone Taylor Trophy Martin Gelinas [5]
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy Alexander Mogilny [5]
Fred J. Hume Award Mike Sillinger [6]
Molson Cup Martin Gelinas [7]
Most Exciting Player Award Martin Gelinas [6]
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Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Mike Fountain November 14, 1996 [8]
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Draft picks

Vancouver's draft picks at the 1996 NHL entry draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[9]

More information Round, # ...
Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
112Josh Holden CanadaRegina Pats (WHL)
375Zenith Komarniski CanadaTri-City Americans (WHL)
493Jonas Soling SwedenHuddinge IK (Sweden)
5121Tyler Prosofsky CanadaKelowna Rockets (WHL)
6147Nolan McDonald CanadaUniversity of Vermont (Hockey East)
7175Clint Cabana CanadaMedicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
8201Jeff Scissons CanadaVernon Vipers (BCJHL)
9227Lubomir Vaic SlovakiaHC Kosice (Slovakia)
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Brashear wore number 28 in his first game.

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