1996–97 Florida Panthers | |
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Division | 3rd Atlantic |
Conference | 4th Eastern |
1996–97 record | 35–28–19 |
Home record | 21–12–8 |
Road record | 14–16–11 |
Goals for | 221 |
Goals against | 201 |
Team information | |
General manager | Bryan Murray |
Coach | Doug MacLean |
Captain | Brian Skrudland |
Arena | Miami Arena |
Average attendance | 14,703 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Carolina Monarchs Tallahassee Tiger Sharks Port Huron Border Cats |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Ray Sheppard (29) |
Assists | Robert Svehla (32) |
Points | Ray Sheppard (60) |
Penalty minutes | Paul Laus (313) |
Plus/minus | Rhett Warrener (+20) |
Wins | John Vanbiesbrouck (27) |
Goals against average | John Vanbiesbrouck (2.29) |
The 1996–97 Florida Panthers season was the Panthers' fourth season.
Offseason
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 231 | 182 | 104 |
2 | 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 274 | 217 | 103 |
3 | 4 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 221 | 201 | 89 |
4 | 5 | New York Rangers | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 258 | 231 | 86 |
5 | 9 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 214 | 231 | 75 |
6 | 11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 217 | 247 | 74 |
7 | 12 | New York Islanders | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 240 | 250 | 70 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 231 | 182 | 104 |
2 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 237 | 208 | 92 |
3 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 274 | 217 | 103 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 221 | 201 | 89 |
5 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 258 | 231 | 86 |
6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 285 | 280 | 84 |
7 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 226 | 234 | 77 |
8 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 249 | 276 | 77 |
9 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 214 | 231 | 75 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 226 | 256 | 75 |
11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 217 | 247 | 74 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 240 | 250 | 70 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 234 | 300 | 61 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Playoffs
[edit]Following their remarkable run to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1996 playoffs, the Panthers qualified for the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs. As the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, they played the fifth seeded New York Rangers. However, the Panthers were eliminated in five games.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 8–0–4 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–0–3)
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November: 7–3–2 (home: 4–2–2; road: 3–1–0)
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December: 5–6–3 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–5–2)
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January: 6–5–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 3–3–1)
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February: 3–5–5 (home: 3–3–2; road: 0–2–3)
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March: 4–7–3 (home: 3–4–2; road: 1–3–1)
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April: 2–2–1 (home: 2–0–0; road: 0–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]1997 Stanley Cup playoffs[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) New York Rangers – Rangers win 4–1
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- 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 Panthers only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
26 | Ray Sheppard | RW | 68 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
27 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 7 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
24 | Robert Svehla | D | 82 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 2 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −4 | 4 |
19 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 78 | 18 | 21 | 39 | −2 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 60 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
29 | Johan Garpenlov | LW | 53 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
11 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 81 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
10 | Dave Lowry | LW | 77 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
4 | Per Gustafsson | D | 58 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Martin Straka | C | 55 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
21 | Tom Fitzgerald | RW | 71 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
5 | Gord Murphy | D | 80 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
55 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 61 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −1 | 172 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
20 | Brian Skrudland | C | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Jody Hull | RW | 67 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
18 | Mike Hough | LW | 69 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
15 | David Nemirovsky | RW | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
2 | Terry Carkner | D | 70 | 0 | 14 | 14 | −4 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
7 | Rhett Warrener | D | 62 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Paul Laus | D | 77 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 313 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
14 | Stu Barnes‡ | C | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Steve Washburn | C | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | Chris Wells† | C | 47 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
9 | Kirk Muller† | LW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 4 |
17 | Jason Podollan‡ | RW | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | Brad Smyth‡ | RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
16 | Craig Ferguson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Craig Fisher† | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Craig Martin | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Geoff Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Jason Woolley‡ | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
34 | John Vanbiesbrouck | 57 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 1582 | 128 | 2.29 | .919 | 2 | 3347 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 184 | 13 | 2.38 | .929 | 1 | 328 |
30 | Mark Fitzpatrick | 30 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 771 | 66 | 2.36 | .914 | 0 | 1680 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Doug MacLean (coach) | [3] |
Robert Svehla | |||
John Vanbiesbrouck[a] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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25th shutout | John Vanbiesbrouck | January 4, 1997 | [5] |
Transactions
[edit]Draft picks
[edit]Florida's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 20 | Marcus Nilson | ![]() |
Djurgardens IF (Sweden) |
3 | 60 | Chris Allen | ![]() |
Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
3 | 65 | Oleg Kvasha | ![]() |
CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
4 | 82 | Joey Tetarenko | ![]() |
Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) |
5 | 129 | Andrew Long | ![]() |
Guelph Storm (OHL) |
6 | 156 | Gaetan Poirier | ![]() |
Merrimack College (Hockey East) |
7 | 183 | Alexandre Couture | ![]() |
Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) |
8 | 209 | Denis Khlopotnov | ![]() |
CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
9 | 235 | Russell Smith | ![]() |
Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Florida Panthers 1996-97 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
- "1996-97 Florida Panthers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
- ^ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1996-97 Florida Panthers Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
- ^ "1997 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "PANTHERS POUNCE ON KINGS, PUT END TO WINLESS STREAK". Sun Sentinel. January 5, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck notched his 25th career shutout
- ^ "1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.