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1996–97 Colorado Avalanche season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1996–97
year	1996
Team	Colorado Avalanche
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	1st
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	1st
Record	49–24–9
HomeRecord	26–10–5
RoadRecord	23–14–4
GoalsFor	277
GoalsAgainst	205
GeneralManager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Joe Sakic
Arena	McNichols Arena
Attendance	16,061
MinorLeague	Hershey Bears
GoalsLeader	Adam Deadmarsh (33)
AssistsLeader	Peter Forsberg (58)
PointsLeader	Peter Forsberg (86)
PIMLeader	Brent Severyn (193)
PlusMinusLeader	Peter Forsberg (+31)
WinsLeader	Patrick Roy (38)
GAALeader	Patrick Roy (2.32)
DivisionWin	yes
PresidentsTrophy	Yes

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. And the most in the Western Conference with 277 goals.

Season standings

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.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 4, 1996||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) ||0–1–0 || |- |2||October 5, 1996||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1996–97) ||0–2–0 || |- |3||October 8, 1996||6–0 || style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1996–97) ||1–2–0 || |- |4||October 10, 1996||6–6 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) ||1–2–1 || |- |5||October 11, 1996||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||October 15, 1996||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) ||3–2–1 || |- |7||October 17, 1996||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1996–97) ||3–3–1 || |- |8||October 19, 1996||9–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) ||4–3–1 || |- |9||October 22, 1996||1–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) ||4–4–1 || |- |10||October 23, 1996||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) ||5–4–1 || |- |11||October 26, 1996||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) ||6–4–1 || |- |12||October 28, 1996||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1996–97) ||7–4–1 || |- |13||October 30, 1996||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1996–97) ||8–4–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 16, 1997 || 6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Avalanche lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 18, 1997 || 3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Avalanche lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 20, 1997 || 3–4 2OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Avalanche lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 22, 1997 || 3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 24, 1997 || 7–0 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks || Avalanche lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 26, 1997 || 6–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks || Avalanche win 4–2 ||

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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.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
21	C	65	28	58	86	31	73	14	5	12	17	−6	10
19	C	65	22	52	74	−10	34	17	8	17	25	5	14
8	D	80	23	45	68	4	88	17	4	13	17	−1	24
13	LW	68	28	38	66	5	38	17	8	14	22	−1	16
18	RW	78	33	27	60	8	136	17	3	6	9	−6	24
11	RW	67	23	20	43	5	105	6	3	3	6	2	4
48	RW	72	18	19	37	−5	14	17	4	2	6	−1	14
28	LW	81	18	18	36	16	26	17	1	4	5	2	19
9	C	63	13	19	32	−3	59	17	2	4	6	1	17
22	RW	45	11	17	28	−4	43	17	13	10	23	7	32
20	LW	76	12	15	27	14	67	17	2	2	4	0	27
25	RW	81	10	17	27	2	63	17	3	1	4	2	24
26	C	79	9	17	26	1	38	12	1	6	7	5	2
24	D	80	9	15	24	12	37	17	1	1	2	−1	6
4	D	60	4	17	21	12	48
52	D	78	2	19	21	16	135	17	0	4	4	3	62
3	D	56	5	12	17	15	15	17	1	2	3	3	10
5	D	58	2	12	14	4	28	17	0	3	3	3	14
2	D	71	2	11	13	12	30	17	0	0	0	−1	25
23	LW	66	1	4	5	−6	193	8	0	0	0	1	12
7	D	11	0	5	5	1	6
15	LW	28	2	1	3	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	2
17	RW	9	1	2	3	1	23
27	RW	5	1	1	2	1	0
1	G	23	0	2	2		2	1	0	0	0		0
10	C	6	0	1	1	0	0
33	G	62	0	1	1		15	17	0	0	0		12
6	D	5	0	0	0	−1	11
32	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	G	1	0	0	0		0
29	LW	21	0	0	0	7	4	6	0	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

No.	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
33	62	38	15	7	1861	143	2.32	.923	7	3698	17	10	7	559	38	2.21	.932	3	1034
1	23	11	8	2	584	53	2.65	.909	1	1200	1	0	0	13	1	3.00	.923	0	20
30	1	0	1	0	26	3	3.02	.885	0	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL First All-Star Team	Sandis Ozolinsh (Defense)
[NHL All-Star Game](1997-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Peter Forsberg
Sandis Ozolinsh
Patrick Roy
Joe Sakic

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Eric Messier	November 11, 1996
Marc Denis	December 7, 1996
Christian Matte	December 18, 1996
Wade Belak	December 21, 1996
Rich Brennan	January 6, 1997

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 1996 NHL entry draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
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

References

"1996-97 NHL Summary".
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
"1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Schedule".
"Postseason All-Star Teams".
(January 12, 1997). "Selanne's Star Shines Again".
"1997 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
"NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
"1996-97 NHL Debuts".
"1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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