1996-97 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-37-7 - 83 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-3
Coach: Don Hay (38-37-7)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1996-97 Phoenix Coyotes RosterTeam Record: 38-37-7 - 83 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-3
Coach: Don Hay (38-37-7)
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
1996-97 Phoenix Coyotes Results
The Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 37 losses and 7 ties for 83 points, finishing third in the NHL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Coyotes scored 240 goals and surrendered 243. Keith Tkachuk netted 52 goals for Phoenix, while Mike Gartner tallied 30 or more, too. Oleg Tverdovsky accounted for 45 assists. Nikolai Khabibulin earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.83 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Don Hay coached the team. The 1996-97 Phoenix Coyotes 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Tkachuk | L | 81 | 52 | 34 | 86 | 228 | -1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 296 | 17.6 |
| Jeremy Roenick | C | 72 | 29 | 40 | 69 | 115 | -7 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 228 | 12.7 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 82 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 38 | -11 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 271 | 11.8 |
| Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 82 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 30 | -5 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 144 | 6.9 |
| Craig Janney | C | 77 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 26 | -1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 17.0 |
| Cliff Ronning | C | 69 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 26 | -9 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 171 | 11.1 |
| Dallas Drake | R | 63 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 52 | -11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 15.0 |
| Teppo Numminen | D | 82 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 28 | -3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 1.5 |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 82 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 10.6 |
| Bob Corkum | C | 80 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 40 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 7.6 |
| Dave Manson | D | 66 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 164 | -25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 2.0 |
| Mike Stapleton | C | 55 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 36 | -4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 5.4 |
| Kris King | L | 81 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 185 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5.3 |
| Deron Quint | D | 27 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 4.8 |
| Norm Maciver | D | 32 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Shane Doan | R | 63 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 49 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 4.0 |
| Jeff Finley | D | 65 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 40 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Jim Johnson | D | 55 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5.9 |
| Igor Korolev | C | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7.3 |
| Jim McKenzie | L | 65 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 200 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 13.2 |
| Chad Kilger | C | 24 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Jay More | D | 23 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Brad McCrimmon | D | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 72 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jocelyn Lemieux | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray Baron | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Dahl | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Parris Duffus | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tavis Hansen | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hudson | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Pat Jablonski | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Simon | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Thompson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juha Ylonen | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1567 | 240 | 402 | 642 | 1566 | -121 | 65 | 126 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 2467 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 72 | 4091 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 193 | 2.83 | 2094 | 1901 | .908 |
| Darcy Wakaluk | 16 | 782 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2.99 | 386 | 347 | .899 |
| Parris Duffus | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.07 | 8 | 7 | .875 |
| Pat Jablonski | 2 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.03 | 24 | 22 | .917 |
| Totals | 91 | 4961 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 235 | 2.84 | 2747 | 2512 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Tkachuk | L | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 16.2 | |
| Jeremy Roenick | C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Mike Gartner | R | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Oleg Tverdovsky | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Janney | C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Cliff Ronning | C | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Dallas Drake | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Teppo Numminen | D | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Darrin Shannon | L | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 60.0 | |
| Bob Corkum | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 22.2 | |
| Mike Stapleton | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Kris King | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Deron Quint | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Shane Doan | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Finley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jim Johnson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Igor Korolev | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jim McKenzie | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Jay More | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jocelyn Lemieux | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Murray Baron | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 133 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 109 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 8.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolai Khabibulin | 7 | 426 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2.11 | 222 | 207 | .932 |
| Totals | 7 | 426 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2.11 | 237 | 222 | .937 |
