1996–97 Chicago Blackhawks season
Appearance
1996–97 Chicago Blackhawks | |
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Division | 5th Central |
Conference | 8th Western |
1996–97 record | 34–35–13 |
Home record | 16–21–4 |
Road record | 18–14–9 |
Goals for | 223 |
Goals against | 210 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bob Pulford |
Coach | Craig Hartsburg |
Captain | Chris Chelios |
Arena | United Center |
Average attendance | 19,396 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Indianapolis Ice Columbus Chill |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Tony Amonte (41) |
Assists | Alexei Zhamnov (42) |
Points | Tony Amonte (77) |
Penalty minutes | Bob Probert (326) |
Plus/minus | Tony Amonte (+35) |
Wins | Jeff Hackett (19) |
Goals against average | Jeff Hackett (2.16) |
The 1996–97 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 71st season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League.
Offseason
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Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 252 | 198 | 104 |
2 | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 253 | 197 | 94 |
3 | 5 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 240 | 243 | 83 |
4 | 6 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 236 | 239 | 83 |
5 | 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 223 | 210 | 81 |
6 | 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 230 | 273 | 68 |
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 of the Colorado Avalanche 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.[2]
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 6–5–2 (home: 3–4–0; road: 3–1–2)
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November: 6–7–1 (home: 2–3–0; road: 4–4–1)
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December: 3–8–3 (home: 2–5–2; road: 1–3–1)
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January: 3–6–2 (home: 1–4–1; road: 2–2–1)
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February: 7–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 4–2–1)
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March: 6–4–3 (home: 4–3–1; road: 2–1–2)
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April: 3–2–1 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–1–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–2
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Legend:
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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 Blackhawks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
10 | Tony Amonte | RW | 81 | 41 | 36 | 77 | 35 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
26 | Alexei Zhamnov | C | 74 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 18 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Chris Chelios | D | 72 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 16 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
55 | Eric Daze | RW | 71 | 22 | 19 | 41 | −4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
32 | Murray Craven | C | 75 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
2 | Eric Weinrich | D | 81 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 19 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
19[a] | Ethan Moreau | LW | 82 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 13 | 123 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
16 | Kevin Miller | RW | 69 | 14 | 17 | 31 | −10 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Jeff Shantz | C | 69 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
20 | Gary Suter | D | 82 | 7 | 21 | 28 | −4 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
18 | Denis Savard | C | 64 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −10 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 |
25 | Sergei Krivokrasov | LW | 67 | 13 | 11 | 24 | −1 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
38 | James Black | LW | 64 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
24 | Bob Probert | LW | 82 | 9 | 14 | 23 | −3 | 326 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 41 |
4 | Keith Carney | D | 81 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
12 | Brent Sutter | C | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |
22 | Ulf Dahlen† | LW | 30 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Jim Cummins | RW | 65 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 199 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 24 |
6 | Michal Sykora† | D | 28 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
39 | Enrico Ciccone | D | 67 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 233 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
22 | Adam Creighton† | C | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Cam Russell | D | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −8 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
46 | Tuomas Gronman | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Jeff Hackett | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
44 | Christian Laflamme | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Jean-Yves Leroux | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Ed Belfour‡ | G | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
54 | Dave Chyzowski | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
14 | Steve Dubinsky | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
17 | Sergei Klimovich | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
17 | Basil McRae†‡ | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Mike Prokopec‡ | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Steve Smith | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
40 | Chris Terreri† | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
29 | Jimmy Waite | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
31 | Jeff Hackett | 41 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 1212 | 89 | 2.16 | .927 | 2 | 2473 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 190 | 25 | 4.34 | .868 | 0 | 345 |
30 | Ed Belfour‡ | 33 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 946 | 88 | 2.69 | .907 | 1 | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Chris Terreri† | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 19 | 2.66 | .901 | 0 | 429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 4.11 | .893 | 0 | 44 |
29 | Jimmy Waite | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 7 | 4.00 | .879 | 0 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Chris Chelios (Defense) | [4] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Tony Amonte | [5] |
Chris Chelios[b] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
Chicago's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[7]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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2 | 31 | Remi Royer | ![]() |
Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) |
2 | 42 | Jeff Paul | ![]() |
Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
2 | 46 | Geoff Peters | ![]() |
Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
5 | 130 | Andy Johnson | ![]() |
Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
7 | 184 | Mike Vellinga | ![]() |
Guelph Storm (OHL) |
8 | 210 | Chris Twerdun | ![]() |
Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
9 | 236 | Andrei Kozyrev | ![]() |
Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
See also
Notes
References
- "Chicago Blackhawks 1996-97 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- "1996-97 Chicago Blackhawks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "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 Chicago Blackhawks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. 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.