1996–97 Vancouver Canucks season

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 ending a 7 year playoff streaks since 1990.

1996–97 Vancouver Canucks
Division4th Pacific
Conference9th Western
1996–97 record35–40–7
Goals for257
Goals against273
Team information
General managerPat Quinn
CoachTom Renney
CaptainTrevor Linden
ArenaGeneral Motors Place
Average attendance17,320
Minor league affiliate(s)Syracuse 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)

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings
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

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[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

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

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

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Player statistics


Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Alexander Mogilny76314273918
Martin Gelinas74353368642
Pavel Bure63233255-1440
Mike Ridley75203252042
Markus Naslund78212041-1530
Trevor Linden4993140527
Mike Sillinger78172037-325
Jyrki Lumme66112435832
Russ Courtnall4791928424
Esa Tikkanen62121527-966

Draft picks

Vancouver's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

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)

See also

References
  • "1996–97 Vancouver Canucks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  1. "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
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