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49-24-9 (107 points), Finished 1st in NHL Pacific Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 277 goals, Allowed 205 goals, SRS: 0.81 (1st of 26)
Coached by Marc Crawford (49-24-9)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-2) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Chicago Blackhawks
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1996-97 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 107 | .652 | 277 | 205 | 0.81 | 5.88 | 83 | 403 | 20.60 | 42 | 339 | 87.61 | 14 | 12 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 82 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 5.83 | 55 | 336 | 16.27 | 55 | 336 | 83.73 | 10 | 10 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Forsberg | C | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | 65 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 1.32 | 31 | 0.48 | 118 | 42 | 54 | 9 | 31 | 73 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 188 | 2.89 | 14.9 | ||
| 2 | Joe Sakic | C | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 65 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 1.14 | 26 | 0.41 | 107 | 58 | 67 | 8 | -10 | 34 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 261 | 4.02 | 8.4 | ||
| 3 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 80 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 0.85 | 25 | 0.31 | 132 | 69 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 232 | 2.90 | 9.9 | ||
| 4 | Valeri Kamensky | LW | 6-2 | 198 | 30 | 68 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 0.97 | 25 | 0.37 | 100 | 43 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 165 | 2.43 | 17.0 | ||
| 5 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 21 | 78 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 0.77 | 25 | 0.31 | 94 | 39 | 52 | 5 | 8 | 136 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 198 | 2.54 | 16.7 | ||
| 6 | Keith Jones | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 67 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 0.64 | 17 | 0.26 | 73 | 35 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 105 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 158 | 2.36 | 14.6 | ||
| 7 | Scott Young | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | 72 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 0.51 | 15 | 0.20 | 58 | 32 | 35 | 4 | -5 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 2.28 | 11.0 | ||
| 8 | Eric Lacroix | LW | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | 81 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 0.44 | 14 | 0.18 | 53 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 141 | 1.74 | 12.8 | ||
| 9 | Mike Ricci | C | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | 63 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 0.51 | 12 | 0.19 | 55 | 22 | 36 | 0 | -3 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 1.17 | 17.6 | ||
| 10 | Claude Lemieux | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0.62 | 11 | 0.23 | 51 | 20 | 35 | 0 | -4 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 168 | 3.73 | 6.5 | ||
| 11 | Rene Corbet | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | 76 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0.36 | 10 | 0.14 | 41 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 1.68 | 9.4 | ||
| 12 | Mike Keane | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | 81 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0.33 | 10 | 0.12 | 43 | 1 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 1.12 | 11.0 | ||
| 13 | Stephane Yelle | C | 6-2 | 182 | 22 | 79 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.33 | 10 | 0.12 | 37 | 0 | 55 | 19 | 1 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 1.13 | 10.1 | ||
| 14 | Jon Klemm | D | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | 80 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.30 | 9 | 0.11 | 61 | 5 | 61 | 17 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 1.29 | 8.7 | ||
| 15 | Adam Foote | D | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | 78 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0.27 | 7 | 0.09 | 72 | 5 | 69 | 18 | 16 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.77 | 3.3 | ||
| 16 | Uwe Krupp | D | 6-6 | 235 | 31 | 60 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.35 | 7 | 0.12 | 70 | 20 | 51 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 1.78 | 3.7 | ||
| 17 | Aaron Miller | D | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | 56 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.30 | 6 | 0.11 | 38 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 0.84 | 10.6 | ||
| 18 | Alexei Gusarov | D | 6-3 | 185 | 32 | 58 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.24 | 5 | 0.08 | 52 | 3 | 63 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0.57 | 6.1 | ||
| 19 | Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.06 | 57 | 3 | 60 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1.08 | 2.6 | ||
| 20 | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 6-1 | 207 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.45 | 1 | 0.14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.73 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Brent Severyn | LW | 6-2 | 211 | 30 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.03 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | -6 | 193 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.83 | 1.8 | ||
| 22 | Yves Sarault | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.05 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1.46 | 4.9 | ||
| 23 | Landon Wilson | RW | 6-3 | 226 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 | 1 | 0.12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.78 | 14.3 | ||
| 24 | Christian Matte | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 0.16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.20 | 16.7 | ||
| 25 | Josef Marha | C | 6-0 | 176 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.05 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Rich Brennan | D | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 27 | Wade Belak | D | 6-5 | 221 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Eric Messier | LW | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.52 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 277 | 465 | 742 | 9.05 | 277 | 3.38 | 277 | 83 | 205 | 42 | 31 | 1337 | 180 | 83 | 14 | 49 | 2620 | 31.95 | 10.6 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Roy | G | 6-2 | 185 | 31 | 62 | 3698 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 83 | .692 | 7 | 143 | 2.32 | 1861 | 1718 | .923 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Craig Billington | G | 5-10 | 170 | 30 | 23 | 1200 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 24 | .571 | 1 | 53 | 2.65 | 584 | 531 | .909 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Marc Denis | G | 6-1 | 193 | 19 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 26 | 23 | .885 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4958 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 199 | 2.41 | 2471 | 2272 | .919 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Sakic | C | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 1.47 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.94 | 16.0 | ||
| 2 | Claude Lemieux | RW | 6-1 | 227 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 1.35 | 7 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 4.29 | 17.8 | ||
| 3 | Valeri Kamensky | LW | 6-2 | 198 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 1.29 | -1 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 2.88 | 16.3 | ||
| 4 | Peter Forsberg | C | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1.21 | -6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.50 | 14.3 | ||
| 5 | Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 1.00 | -1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2.29 | 10.3 | ||
| 6 | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.53 | -6 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 2.29 | 7.7 | ||
| 7 | Stephane Yelle | C | 6-2 | 182 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.58 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.58 | 5.3 | ||
| 8 | Keith Jones | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.00 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.67 | 18.8 | ||
| 9 | Scott Young | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.35 | -1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.24 | 19.0 | ||
| 10 | Mike Ricci | C | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.35 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1.24 | 9.5 | ||
| 11 | Eric Lacroix | LW | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.29 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.88 | 6.7 | ||
| 12 | Adam Foote | D | 6-2 | 226 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Rene Corbet | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1.82 | 6.5 | ||
| 14 | Mike Keane | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.24 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1.00 | 17.6 | ||
| 15 | Aaron Miller | D | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.18 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.47 | 12.5 | ||
| 16 | Alexei Gusarov | D | 6-3 | 185 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.53 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Jon Klemm | D | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.12 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.18 | 5.0 | ||
| 18 | Eric Messier | LW | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Sylvain Lefebvre | D | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.88 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Yves Sarault | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Brent Severyn | LW | 6-2 | 211 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.38 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 17 | 59 | 104 | 163 | 9.59 | 374 | 38 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 500 | 29.41 | 11.8 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Roy | G | 6-2 | 185 | 31 | 17 | 1034 | 10 | 7 | 20 | .588 | 3 | 38 | 2.21 | 559 | 521 | .932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | Craig Billington | G | 5-10 | 170 | 30 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 13 | 12 | .923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 1054 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 2.22 | 572 | 533 | .932 |