1996-97 Florida Panthers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-28-19 - 89 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug MacLean (35-28-19)
1996-97 Florida Panthers RosterTeam Record: 35-28-19 - 89 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Doug MacLean (35-28-19)
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 in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The club scored 221 goals and allowed 201. Ray Sheppard netted 29 goals for the squad, while Robert Svehla contributed 32 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck earned 27 wins in front of the net for the team 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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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 |
| Per Gustafsson | D | 58 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 6.7 |
| Martin Straka | C | 55 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 7.4 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Martin | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Craig Fisher | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1645 | 221 | 381 | 602 | 1628 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Fitzpatrick | 30 | 1680 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 2.36 | 771 | 705 | .914 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 57 | 3347 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 128 | 2.29 | 1582 | 1454 | .919 |
| Totals | 87 | 5027 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 194 | 2.32 | 2353 | 2159 | .918 |
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/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 5 | 327 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.39 | 197 | 184 | .934 |
| Totals | 5 | 327 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2.39 | 197 | 184 | .934 |
