1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 49-24-9 - 107 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 10-7
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Chicago Blackhawks 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Coach: Marc Crawford (49-24-9)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Roster
1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Results

The Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 49 wins and 24 losses and 9 ties for 107 points, finishing first in the NHL's Pacific Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-7.

The Avalanche netted 277 goals and yielded 205. Adam Deadmarsh scored 33 goals for Colorado, and Peter Forsberg accounted for 58 assists. Patrick Roy earned 38 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.32 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Marc Crawford coached the team. The 1996-97 Colorado Avalanche lost in the NHL conference finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Peter Forsberg	C	65	28	58	86	73	31	5	21	4	3	4	0	188	14.9
Joe Sakic	C	65	22	52	74	34	-10	10	26	2	1	5	0	261	8.4
Sandis Ozolinsh	D	80	23	45	68	88	4	13	29	0	1	4	1	232	9.9
Valeri Kamensky	L	68	28	38	66	38	5	8	18	0	0	4	1	165	17.0
Adam Deadmarsh	R	78	33	27	60	136	8	10	14	3	1	4	0	198	16.7
Keith Jones	R	67	23	20	43	105	5	13	6	1	0	7	0	158	14.6
Scott Young	R	72	18	19	37	14	-5	7	13	0	0	0	0	164	11.0
Eric Lacroix	L	81	18	18	36	26	16	2	1	0	0	4	0	141	12.8
Mike Ricci	C	63	13	19	32	59	-3	5	8	0	0	3	0	74	17.6
Claude Lemieux	R	45	11	17	28	43	-4	5	8	0	0	4	0	168	6.5
Rene Corbet	L	76	12	15	27	67	14	1	2	0	0	3	1	128	9.4
Mike Keane	R	81	10	17	27	63	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	91	11.0
Stephane Yelle	C	79	9	17	26	38	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	89	10.1
Jon Klemm	D	80	9	15	24	37	12	1	2	2	0	1	0	103	8.7
Uwe Krupp	D	60	4	17	21	48	12	2	3	0	2	1	0	107	3.7
Adam Foote	D	78	2	19	21	135	16	0	2	0	2	0	0	60	3.3
Aaron Miller	D	56	5	12	17	15	15	0	1	0	0	3	0	47	10.6
Alexei Gusarov	D	58	2	12	14	28	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	33	6.1
Sylvain Lefebvre	D	71	2	11	13	30	12	1	1	0	2	0	0	77	2.6
Brent Severyn	D	66	1	4	5	193	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	1.8
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	11	0	5	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Yves Sarault	L	28	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	4.9
Landon Wilson	R	9	1	2	3	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Christian Matte	R	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7
Craig Billington	G	23	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Roy	G	62	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Josef Marha	C	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Rich Brennan	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Denis	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Messier	D	21	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
Wade Belak	D	5	0	0	0	11	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1562	277	465	742	1337	138	83	156	14	15	49	3	2620	10.6

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Patrick Roy	62	3698	38	15	7	3	7	143	2.32	1861	1718	.923
Craig Billington	23	1200	11	8	2	2	1	53	2.65	584	531	.909
Marc Denis	1	60	0	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	26	23	.885
Totals	86	4958	49	24	9	6	8	199	2.41	2670	2471	.925

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	GWG	SOG	SG%
Peter Forsberg	C	14	5	12	17	10	-6	3	5	0	35	14.3
Joe Sakic	C	17	8	17	25	14	5	3	9	0	50	16.0
Sandis Ozolinsh	D	17	4	13	17	24	-1	2	10	1	39	10.3
Valeri Kamensky	L	17	8	14	22	16	-1	5	5	2	49	16.3
Adam Deadmarsh	R	17	3	6	9	24	-6	1	1	1	39	7.7
Keith Jones	R	6	3	3	6	4	2	1	0	0	16	18.8
Scott Young	R	17	4	2	6	14	-1	2	1	0	21	19.0
Eric Lacroix	L	17	1	4	5	19	2	0	0	0	15	6.7
Mike Ricci	C	17	2	4	6	17	1	0	1	1	21	9.5
Claude Lemieux	R	17	13	10	23	32	7	4	5	4	73	17.8
Rene Corbet	L	17	2	2	4	27	0	0	1	0	31	6.5
Mike Keane	R	17	3	1	4	24	2	0	0	1	17	17.6
Stephane Yelle	C	12	1	6	7	2	5	0	0	0	19	5.3
Jon Klemm	D	17	1	1	2	6	-1	0	0	0	20	5.0
Adam Foote	D	17	0	4	4	62	3	0	1	0	17	0.0
Aaron Miller	D	17	1	2	3	10	3	0	1	0	8	12.5
Alexei Gusarov	D	17	0	3	3	14	3	0	0	0	9	0.0
Sylvain Lefebvre	D	17	0	0	0	25	-1	0	0	0	15	0.0
Brent Severyn	D	8	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Yves Sarault	L	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Billington	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Roy	G	17	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Messier	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		324	59	104	163	374	17	21	40	10	500	11.8

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Patrick Roy	17	1034	10	7	2	3	38	2.21	559	521	.932
Craig Billington	1	20	0	0	0	0	1	3.00	13	12	.923
Totals	18	1054	10	7	2	3	39	2.22	611	572	.936