1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 45-24-13 - 103 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Terry Murray (45-24-13)
1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers RosterTeam Record: 45-24-13 - 103 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost League Championship
Coach: Terry Murray (45-24-13)
The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 45 wins and 24 losses and 13 ties for 103 points in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The team scored 274 goals and conceded 217. John LeClair netted 50 goals for the team, while Eric Lindros tallied 30 or more, too. John LeClair and Eric Lindros each recorded 47 assists. Ron Hextall earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Garth Snow recorded a 2.52 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Terry Murray coached the team. The 1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John LeClair | L | 82 | 50 | 47 | 97 | 58 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 324 | 15.4 |
| Eric Lindros | C | 52 | 32 | 47 | 79 | 136 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 198 | 16.2 |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 82 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 205 | 13.2 |
| Mikael Renberg | R | 77 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 65 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 249 | 8.8 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 82 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 50 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 6.6 |
| Trent Klatt | R | 76 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 131 | 18.3 |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 77 | 4 | 40 | 44 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 141 | 2.8 |
| Dale Hawerchuk | C | 51 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 11.8 |
| Shjon Podein | L | 82 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 153 | 9.2 |
| Joel Otto | C | 78 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 99 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 105 | 12.4 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 37 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 8.5 |
| Chris Therien | D | 71 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 64 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 1.9 |
| Pat Falloon | R | 52 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 10 | -8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 124 | 8.9 |
| Dainius Zubrus | R | 68 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 11.3 |
| Karl Dykhuis | D | 62 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 4.0 |
| John Druce | R | 43 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 9.6 |
| Vaclav Prospal | C | 18 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Petr Svoboda | D | 67 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 94 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 |
| Daniel Lacroix | L | 74 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 163 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 13.0 |
| Scott Daniels | L | 56 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 237 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 10.4 |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 34 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11.1 |
| Dan Kordic | L | 75 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 210 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Craig Darby | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Kevin Haller | D | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 37 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 |
| Michel Petit | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Colin Forbes | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Garth Snow | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Bowen | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aris Brimanis | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ron Hextall | G | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darren Rumble | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Paul Healey | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frantisek Kucera | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1648 | 274 | 455 | 729 | 1699 | 251 | 53 | 101 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 8 | 2644 | 10.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Hextall | 55 | 3094 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 132 | 2.56 | 1285 | 1153 | .897 |
| Garth Snow | 35 | 1884 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 2.52 | 816 | 737 | .903 |
| Totals | 90 | 4978 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 211 | 2.54 | 2101 | 1890 | .900 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John LeClair | L | 19 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 11.4 | |
| Eric Lindros | C | 19 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 16.9 | |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 19 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 20.0 | |
| Mikael Renberg | R | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 | |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 | |
| Trent Klatt | R | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 15.4 | |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 19 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 1.8 | |
| Dale Hawerchuk | C | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Shjon Podein | L | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 7.7 | |
| Joel Otto | C | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| Paul Coffey | D | 17 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 | |
| Chris Therien | D | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2.8 | |
| Pat Falloon | R | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | |
| Dainius Zubrus | R | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17.9 | |
| Karl Dykhuis | D | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| John Druce | R | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Vaclav Prospal | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Petr Svoboda | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Daniel Lacroix | L | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Dan Kordic | L | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Michel Petit | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Colin Forbes | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Garth Snow | G | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Hextall | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 362 | 67 | 106 | 173 | 241 | 57 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 672 | 10.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Hextall | 8 | 443 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2.98 | 225 | 203 | .902 |
| Garth Snow | 12 | 698 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2.84 | 338 | 305 | .902 |
| Totals | 20 | 1141 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2.89 | 563 | 508 | .902 |
