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1996–97 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1996–97
year	1996
Team	Vancouver Canucks
Record	35–40–7
HomeRecord	20–17–4
RoadRecord	15–23–3
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	9th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	257
GoalsAgainst	273
Coach	Tom Renney
GeneralManager	Pat Quinn
Captain	Trevor Linden
Arena	General Motors Place
Attendance	17,320
MinorLeague	Syracuse Crunch
GoalsLeader	Martin Gelinas (35)
AssistsLeader	Alexander Mogilny (42)
PointsLeader	Alexander Mogilny (73)
PIMLeader	Gino Odjick (371)
PlusMinusLeader	David Roberts (+11)
WinsLeader	Kirk McLean (21)
GAALeader	Kirk McLean (3.21)

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.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 5, 1996||3–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1996–97) ||1–0–0 || |- |2||October 6, 1996||0–2 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) ||1–1–0 || |- |3||October 9, 1996||1–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) ||1–2–0 || |- |4||October 12, 1996||5–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1996–97) ||2–2–0 || |- |5||October 14, 1996||4–5 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1996–97) ||2–3–0 || |- |6||October 17, 1996||6–1 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1996–97) ||3–3–0 || |- |7||October 19, 1996||2–9 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) ||3–4–0 || |- |8||October 23, 1996||1–4 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) ||3–5–0 || |- |9||October 26, 1996||2–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) ||4–5–0 || |- |10||October 30, 1996||6–3 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) ||5–5–0 ||

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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.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
89	LW	76	31	42	73	9	18
23	LW	74	35	33	68	6	42
96	RW	63	23	32	55	−14	40
17	C	75	20	32	52	0	42
19	LW	78	21	20	41	−15	30
16	C	49	9	31	40	5	27
26	C	78	17	20	37	−3	25
21	D	66	11	24	35	8	32
9	RW	47	9	19	28	4	24
10	C	62	12	15	27	−9	66
7	LW	58	10	17	27	11	51
44	D	78	5	22	27	−2	38
14	RW	36	11	11	22	−3	10
6	D	70	5	16	21	0	63
3	D	67	4	15	19	−3	51
24	RW	64	3	15	18	2	132
32	D	63	3	13	16	−21	62
8	LW	59	8	5	13	−6	207
29	RW	70	5	8	13	−5	371
28	RW	16	4	8	12	2	6
27	D	40	2	8	10	4	8
4	D	36	3	6	9	8	19
5	D	61	1	7	8	7	118
25	D	9	0	6	6	2	20
13	C	6	2	3	5	4	4
20	C	18	2	1	3	−2	2
18	RW	30	1	2	3	−6	52
22	LW	19	0	2	2	−4	11
1	G	44	0	2	2		2
31	G	39	0	1	1		6
34	D	3	0	0	0	−2	2
30	G	6	0	0	0		0
2	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	D	2	0	0	0	−1	4

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
1	Kirk McLean	44	21	18	3	1247	138	3.21	.889	0	2581
31	Corey Hirsch	39	12	20	4	1090	116	3.27	.894	2	2127
30	Mike Fountain	6	2	2	0	135	14	3.43	.896	1	245

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Trevor Linden
[NHL All-Star Game](1997-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Pavel Bure
Babe Pratt Trophy	Jyrki Lumme
Cyclone Taylor Trophy	Martin Gelinas
Cyrus H. McLean Trophy	Alexander Mogilny
Fred J. Hume Award	Mike Sillinger
Molson Cup	Martin Gelinas
Most Exciting Player Award	Martin Gelinas

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Mike Fountain	November 14, 1996

Draft picks

Vancouver'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	12	Josh Holden	Regina Pats (WHL)
3	75	Zenith Komarniski	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
4	93	Jonas Soling	Huddinge IK (Sweden)
5	121	Tyler Prosofsky	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	147	Nolan McDonald	University of Vermont (Hockey East)
7	175	Clint Cabana	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
8	201	Jeff Scissons	Vernon Vipers (BCJHL)
9	227	Lubomir Vaic	HC Kosice (Slovakia)

Notes

References

"1996-97 Vancouver Canucks Schedule".
"King Clancy Memorial Trophy".
"1997 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 249
Vancouver Canucks 2016–17 Media Guide, p. 250
2015–16 Vancouver Canucks Media Guide, p. 217
"1996-97 NHL Debuts".
"1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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