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Colorado Avalanche, 1996-97

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Pacific Division, Western Conference Presidents' Trophy Best record in the Western Conference Won the Pacific Division Made the playoffs

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
1 82 49-24-9 107 0.652 277 205 +72 26-10-5 23-14-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Chicago Blackhawks Won 4-2
Conference Semifinals Edmonton Oilers Won 4-1
Conference Finals Detroit Red Wings Lost 2-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Peter Forsberg C 65 28 58 86 31 73 188 0
Joe Sakic C 65 22 52 74 -10 34 261 0
Sandis Ozolinsh D 80 23 45 68 4 88 232 0
Valeri Kamensky L 68 28 38 66 5 38 165 0
Adam Deadmarsh R 78 33 27 60 8 136 198 0
Keith Jones R 67 23 20 43 5 105 158 0
Scott Young R 72 18 19 37 -5 14 164 0
Eric Lacroix L 81 18 18 36 16 26 141 0
Mike Ricci C 63 13 19 32 -3 59 74 0
Claude Lemieux R 45 11 17 28 -4 43 168 0
Mike Keane R 81 10 17 27 2 63 91 0
Rene Corbet L 76 12 15 27 14 67 128 0
Stephane Yelle C 79 9 17 26 1 38 89 0
Jon Klemm D 80 9 15 24 12 37 103 0
Adam Foote D 78 2 19 21 16 135 60 0
Uwe Krupp D 60 4 17 21 12 48 107 0
Aaron Miller D 56 5 12 17 15 15 47 0
Alexei Gusarov D 58 2 12 14 4 28 33 0
Sylvain Lefebvre D 71 2 11 13 12 30 77 0
Brent Severyn L 66 1 4 5 -6 193 55 0
Curtis Leschyshyn D 11 0 5 5 1 6 8 0
Landon Wilson R 9 1 2 3 1 23 7 0
Yves Sarault L 28 2 1 3 0 6 41 0
Christian Matte R 5 1 1 2 1 0 6 0
Josef Marha C 6 0 1 1 0 0 6 0
Eric Messier L 21 0 0 0 7 4 11 0
Rich Brennan D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Belak R 5 0 0 0 -1 11 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Patrick Roy 62 3815707 1861 1718 143 2.32 0.923
Craig Billington 23 118201 584 531 53 2.65 0.909
Marc Denis 1 01000 26 23 3 3.02 0.885

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 13, 1997 vs LAK L 2-4 37 23
Apr 11, 1997 @ DAL W 2-1 17 39
Apr 9, 1997 vs SJS L 1-4 38 22
Apr 6, 1997 vs PHX W 2-1 38 25
Apr 4, 1997 @ SJS L 6-7 (OT) 39 29
Apr 2, 1997 @ CGY W 5-1 27 24
Mar 29, 1997 vs TOR L 2-3 36 28
Mar 26, 1997 @ DET L 5-6 (OT) 19 47
Mar 25, 1997 @ HFD W 4-0 28 46
Mar 23, 1997 @ PHI L 0-2 19 31
Mar 21, 1997 vs ANA W 4-3 33 19
Mar 18, 1997 vs VAN W 4-2 31 23
Mar 16, 1997 vs DET W 4-2 32 26
Mar 14, 1997 vs PIT W 6-3 46 31
Mar 12, 1997 vs CGY L 2-3 29 27
Mar 9, 1997 vs ANA T 2-2 (OT) 42 32
Mar 6, 1997 @ WSH L 3-6 31 30
Mar 5, 1997 @ MTL W 7-3 33 37
Mar 3, 1997 vs VAN W 5-1 23 33
Mar 1, 1997 vs CHI W 2-1 35 30
Feb 27, 1997 vs DAL L 2-6 28 33
Feb 25, 1997 @ LAK L 1-3 33 21
Feb 23, 1997 vs OTT W 4-3 34 23
Feb 21, 1997 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) 48 29
Feb 18, 1997 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 36 25
Feb 15, 1997 @ STL W 5-2 40 30
Feb 13, 1997 @ PHX W 3-2 29 29
Feb 11, 1997 vs LAK W 3-1 51 32
Feb 8, 1997 vs CHI L 2-4 32 29
Feb 2, 1997 @ ANA W 5-2 36 35
Feb 1, 1997 @ SJS L 1-2 27 30
Jan 29, 1997 vs LAK W 6-3 44 32
Jan 27, 1997 @ TOR W 5-2 37 34
Jan 25, 1997 @ BOS L 1-4 21 25
Jan 23, 1997 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 35 43
Jan 21, 1997 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 17 42
Jan 20, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 27 35
Jan 15, 1997 vs TBL W 4-2 33 29
Jan 11, 1997 @ TOR W 3-2 30 39
Jan 9, 1997 @ OTT W 2-0 25 33
Jan 8, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 35 33
Jan 6, 1997 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 40 32
Jan 4, 1997 vs PHI T 4-4 (OT) 29 44
Jan 2, 1997 vs CGY W 3-2 31 41
Dec 31, 1996 @ CHI W 4-1 28 22
Dec 29, 1996 vs DAL W 3-2 21 23
Dec 28, 1996 @ LAK W 5-2 39 27
Dec 23, 1996 vs CGY W 4-3 30 33
Dec 21, 1996 vs TOR L 2-6 32 40
Dec 18, 1996 @ EDM T 4-4 (OT) 41 36
Dec 17, 1996 vs DET W 4-3 34 33
Dec 14, 1996 @ CGY L 1-4 25 29
Dec 11, 1996 @ VAN W 6-1 26 21
Dec 7, 1996 @ LAK L 2-4 40 27
Dec 6, 1996 vs STL L 3-4 31 38
Dec 4, 1996 vs EDM W 2-0 32 36
Nov 30, 1996 vs NJD W 2-1 20 31
Nov 27, 1996 vs NYR L 2-5 33 26
Nov 22, 1996 vs NYI W 3-2 27 23
Nov 20, 1996 vs PHX W 6-0 23 20
Nov 16, 1996 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) 39 20
Nov 14, 1996 @ BUF L 4-5 34 26
Nov 13, 1996 @ DET W 4-1 33 22
Nov 11, 1996 @ NYI W 6-2 32 34
Nov 9, 1996 vs MTL W 5-2 34 39
Nov 8, 1996 @ PHX W 4-1 31 32
Nov 6, 1996 @ SJS W 4-1 29 29
Nov 3, 1996 @ ANA T 1-1 (OT) 34 32
Nov 2, 1996 vs BUF T 0-0 (OT) 32 20
Oct 30, 1996 vs STL W 6-3 37 29
Oct 28, 1996 vs WSH W 1-0 34 40
Oct 26, 1996 @ EDM W 4-2 30 27
Oct 23, 1996 @ VAN W 4-1 31 21
Oct 22, 1996 @ CGY L 1-5 25 35
Oct 19, 1996 vs VAN W 9-2 32 25
Oct 17, 1996 vs FLA L 1-2 26 32
Oct 15, 1996 vs EDM W 7-2 28 35
Oct 11, 1996 @ CHI W 2-0 28 34
Oct 10, 1996 vs ANA T 6-6 (OT) 38 22
Oct 8, 1996 vs SJS W 6-0 34 24
Oct 5, 1996 @ DAL L 1-4 29 25
Oct 4, 1996 @ STL L 2-4 37 29