1996-97 Florida Panthers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-28-19 - 89 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-1
Coach: Doug MacLean (35-28-19)
Location: Miami, Florida
1996-97 Florida Panthers RosterTeam Record: 35-28-19 - 89 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-1
Coach: Doug MacLean (35-28-19)
Location: Miami, Florida
1996-97 Florida Panthers Results
The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 35 wins and 28 losses and 19 ties for 89 points, finishing third in the NHL's Atlantic Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Panthers scored 221 goals and allowed 201. Ray Sheppard netted 29 goals for Florida, while Robert Svehla contributed 32 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck earned 27 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.29 goals against average, topping regularly-used goaltenders.
Doug MacLean coached the team. The 1996-97 Florida Panthers lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sheppard | R | 68 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 226 | 12.8 |
| Scott Mellanby | R | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 170 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 221 | 12.2 |
| Robert Svehla | D | 82 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 86 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 159 | 8.2 |
| Radek Dvorak | R | 78 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 30 | -2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 12.9 |
| Rob Niedermayer | C | 60 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 136 | 10.3 |
| Johan Garpenlov | L | 53 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 83 | 13.3 |
| Bill Lindsay | L | 81 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 168 | 6.5 |
| Dave Lowry | L | 77 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 15.6 |
| Martin Straka | C | 55 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 7.4 |
| Per Gustafsson | D | 58 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 6.7 |
| Tom Fitzgerald | C | 71 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 7.4 |
| Gord Murphy | D | 80 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 5.8 |
| Ed Jovanovski | D | 61 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 172 | -1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 8.8 |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Jody Hull | R | 67 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 10.9 |
| Mike Hough | L | 69 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 9.4 |
| David Nemirovsky | R | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 13.2 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 70 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 96 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.0 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 62 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 88 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 6.9 |
| Paul Laus | D | 77 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 313 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0.0 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 4.5 |
| Steve Washburn | C | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Chris Wells | C | 47 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Kirk Muller | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Jason Podollan | R | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Smyth | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Woolley | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Geoff Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Craig Ferguson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Craig Fisher | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Craig Martin | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1563 | 221 | 381 | 602 | 1608 | 99 | 50 | 88 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 7 | 2387 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 57 | 3347 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 128 | 2.29 | 1582 | 1454 | .919 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | 30 | 1680 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 2.36 | 771 | 705 | .914 |
| Totals | 87 | 5027 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 194 | 2.32 | 2547 | 2353 | .924 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sheppard | R | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | |
| Scott Mellanby | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Robert Svehla | D | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Radek Dvorak | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Niedermayer | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | |
| Johan Garpenlov | L | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Bill Lindsay | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Lowry | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Martin Straka | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Tom Fitzgerald | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Gord Murphy | D | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Ed Jovanovski | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Jody Hull | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Hough | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| David Nemirovsky | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Terry Carkner | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Paul Laus | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Wells | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Kirk Muller | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 95 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 50 | -35 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 6.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 5 | 328 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.38 | 184 | 171 | .929 |
| Totals | 5 | 328 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.38 | 197 | 184 | .934 |
