1996–97 Colorado Avalanche season

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]

Season standings

Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Western Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 4, 1996	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	0–1–0
2	L	October 5, 1996	1–4	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	0–2–0
3	W	October 8, 1996	6–0	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	1–2–0
4	T	October 10, 1996	6–6 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	1–2–1
5	W	October 11, 1996	2–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	2–2–1
6	W	October 15, 1996	7–2	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	3–2–1
7	L	October 17, 1996	1–2	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	3–3–1
8	W	October 19, 1996	9–2	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	4–3–1
9	L	October 22, 1996	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	4–4–1
10	W	October 23, 1996	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	5–4–1
11	W	October 26, 1996	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	6–4–1
12	W	October 28, 1996	1–0	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	7–4–1
13	W	October 30, 1996	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	8–4–1
14	T	November 2, 1996	0–0 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	8–4–2
15	T	November 3, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	8–4–3
16	W	November 6, 1996	4–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	9–4–3
17	W	November 8, 1996	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	10–4–3
18	W	November 9, 1996	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	11–4–3
19	W	November 11, 1996	6–2	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	12–4–3
20	W	November 13, 1996	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	13–4–3
21	L	November 14, 1996	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	13–5–3
22	T	November 16, 1996	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	13–5–4
23	W	November 20, 1996	6–0	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	14–5–4
24	W	November 22, 1996	3–2	New York Islanders (1996–97)	15–5–4
25	L	November 27, 1996	2–5	New York Rangers (1996–97)	15–6–4
26	W	November 30, 1996	2–1	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	16–6–4
27	W	December 4, 1996	2–0	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	17–6–4
28	L	December 6, 1996	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	17–7–4
29	L	December 7, 1996	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	17–8–4
30	W	December 11, 1996	6–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	18–8–4
31	L	December 14, 1996	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	18–9–4
32	W	December 17, 1996	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	19–9–4
33	T	December 18, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	19–9–5
34	L	December 21, 1996	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	19–10–5
35	W	December 23, 1996	4–3	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	20–10–5
36	W	December 28, 1996	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	21–10–5
37	W	December 29, 1996	3–2	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	22–10–5
38	W	December 31, 1996	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	23–10–5
39	W	January 2, 1997	3–2	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	24–10–5
40	T	January 4, 1997	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	24–10–6
41	T	January 6, 1997	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	24–10–7
42	T	January 8, 1997	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	24–10–8
43	W	January 9, 1997	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	25–10–8
44	W	January 11, 1997	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	26–10–8
45	W	January 15, 1997	4–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	27–10–8
46	W	January 20, 1997	4–2	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	28–10–8
47	L	January 21, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	28–11–8
48	W	January 23, 1997	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	29–11–8
49	L	January 25, 1997	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	29–12–8
50	W	January 27, 1997	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	30–12–8
51	W	January 29, 1997	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	31–12–8
52	L	February 1, 1997	1–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	31–13–8
53	W	February 2, 1997	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	32–13–8
54	L	February 8, 1997	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	32–14–8
55	W	February 11, 1997	3–1	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	33–14–8
56	W	February 13, 1997	3–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	34–14–8
57	W	February 15, 1997	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	35–14–8
58	W	February 18, 1997	3–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	36–14–8
59	W	February 21, 1997	4–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	37–14–8
60	W	February 23, 1997	4–3	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	38–14–8
61	L	February 25, 1997	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	38–15–8
62	L	February 27, 1997	2–6	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	38–16–8
63	W	March 1, 1997	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	39–16–8
64	W	March 3, 1997	5–1	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	40–16–8
65	W	March 5, 1997	7–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	41–16–8
66	L	March 6, 1997	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	41–17–8
67	T	March 9, 1997	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	41–17–9
68	L	March 12, 1997	2–3	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	41–18–9
69	W	March 14, 1997	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	42–18–9
70	W	March 16, 1997	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	43–18–9
71	W	March 18, 1997	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	44–18–9
72	W	March 21, 1997	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	45–18–9
73	L	March 23, 1997	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	45–19–9
74	W	March 25, 1997	4–0	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	46–19–9
75	L	March 26, 1997	5–6 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	46–20–9
76	L	March 29, 1997	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	46–21–9
77	W	April 2, 1997	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	47–21–9
78	L	April 4, 1997	6–7 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	47–22–9
79	W	April 6, 1997	2–1	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	48–22–9
80	L	April 9, 1997	1–4	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	48–23–9
81	W	April 11, 1997	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	49–23–9
82	L	April 13, 1997	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	49–24–9

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Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals: (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (8) Chicago Blackhawks

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.^[4]

April 16

Chicago Blackhawks

0–6

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

April 18

Chicago Blackhawks

1–3

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

April 20

Colorado Avalanche

3–4

2OT

Chicago Blackhawks

United Center

April 22

Colorado Avalanche

3–6

Chicago Blackhawks

United Center

April 24

Chicago Blackhawks

0–7

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

April 26

Colorado Avalanche

6–3

Chicago Blackhawks

United Center

Colorado won series 4–2

Western Conference Semifinals: (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers

May 2

Edmonton Oilers

1–5

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

May 4

Edmonton Oilers

1–4

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

May 7

Colorado Avalanche

3–4

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Coliseum

May 9

Colorado Avalanche

3–2

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Coliseum

May 11

Edmonton Oilers

3–4

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

Colorado won series 4–1

Western Conference Finals: (1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings

May 15

Detroit Red Wings

1–2

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

May 17

Detroit Red Wings

4–2

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

May 19

Colorado Avalanche

1–2

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena

May 22

Colorado Avalanche

0–6

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena

May 24

Detroit Red Wings

0–6

Colorado Avalanche

McNichols Sports Arena

May 26

Colorado Avalanche

1–3

Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena

Detroit won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	C	65	28	58	86	73	31	5	4	4
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	C	65	22	52	74	34	-10	10	2	5
Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	D	80	23	45	68	88	4	13	0	4
Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky	LW	68	28	38	66	38	5	8	0	4
Deadmarsh, AdamAdam Deadmarsh	RW	78	33	27	60	136	8	10	3	4
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	RW	67	23	20	43	105	5	13	1	7
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	72	18	19	37	14	-5	7	0	0
Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix	LW	81	18	18	36	26	16	2	0	4
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	C	63	13	19	32	59	-3	5	0	3
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	45	11	17	28	43	-4	5	0	4
Corbet, ReneRene Corbet	LW	76	12	15	27	67	14	1	0	3
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	81	10	17	27	63	2	0	1	1
Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle	C	79	9	17	26	38	1	0	1	1
Klemm, JonJon Klemm	D	80	9	15	24	37	12	1	2	1
Krupp, UweUwe Krupp	D	60	4	17	21	48	12	2	0	1
Foote, AdamAdam Foote	D	78	2	19	21	135	16	0	0	0
Miller, AaronAaron Miller	D	56	5	12	17	15	15	0	0	3
Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov	D	58	2	12	14	28	4	0	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	71	2	11	13	30	12	1	0	0
Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn	LW	66	1	4	5	193	-6	0	0	0
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	11	0	5	5	6	1	0	0	0
Sarault, YvesYves Sarault	LW	28	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	9	1	2	3	23	1	0	0	0
Matte, ChristianChristian Matte	RW	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	23	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Marha, JosefJosef Marha	C	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	62	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	D	5	0	0	0	11	-1	0	0	0
Brennan, RichRich Brennan	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denis, MarcMarc Denis	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Messier, EricEric Messier	LW	21	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	3698	62	38	15	7	143	2.32	7	1861	1718	.923
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	1200	23	11	8	2	53	2.65	1	584	531	.909
Denis, MarcMarc Denis	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0	26	23	.885
Team:	4958	82	49	24	9	199	2.41	8	2471	2272	.919

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	C	17	8	17	25	14	5	3	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	17	13	10	23	32	7	4	4
Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky	LW	17	8	14	22	16	-1	5	2
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	C	14	5	12	17	10	-6	3	0
Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	D	17	4	13	17	24	-1	2	1
Deadmarsh, AdamAdam Deadmarsh	RW	17	3	6	9	24	-6	1	1
Yelle, StephaneStephane Yelle	C	12	1	6	7	2	5	0	0
Young, ScottScott Young	RW	17	4	2	6	14	-1	2	0
Jones, KeithKeith Jones	RW	6	3	3	6	4	2	1	0
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci	C	17	2	4	6	17	1	0	1
Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix	LW	17	1	4	5	19	2	0	0
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	17	3	1	4	24	2	0	1
Corbet, ReneRene Corbet	LW	17	2	2	4	27	0	0	0
Foote, AdamAdam Foote	D	17	0	4	4	62	3	0	0
Miller, AaronAaron Miller	D	17	1	2	3	10	3	0	0
Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov	D	17	0	3	3	14	3	0	0
Klemm, JonJon Klemm	D	17	1	1	2	6	-1	0	0
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	17	0	0	0	25	-1	0	0
Messier, EricEric Messier	LW	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	17	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
Sarault, YvesYves Sarault	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn	LW	8	0	0	0	12	1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	1034	17	10	7	38	2.21	3	559	521	.932
Billington, CraigCraig Billington	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0	13	12	.923
Team:	1054	17	10	7	39	2.22	3	572	533	.932

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Sandis Ozolinsh, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team

References

Avalanche on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1997.html
↑ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1996–97 Colorado Avalanche Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
↑ 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 Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

Colorado Avalanche

Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1995 Based in Denver, Colorado

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	NHL expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner: Kroenke Sports Enterprises Stan Kroenke, chairman General manager: Joe Sakic Head coach: Jared Bednar Team captain: Gabriel Landeskog Current roster

Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Pepsi Center

Affiliates	AHL San Antonio Rampage ECHL Colorado Eagles

General managers	Lacroix Giguere Sherman Sakic

Head coaches	Crawford Hartley Granato Quenneville Sacco Roy Bednar

Media	Altitude KKFN

Stanley Cup Finals	1996 2001

Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park)

Colorado Avalanche seasons

Pre-1995	Quebec Nordiques

1990s	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1996–97 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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