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1996-97 Colorado Avalanche

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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

1996-97 Statistics / Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 4, 1996 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 4 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 5, 1996 @ Dallas Stars L 1 4 0 2 0 L 2
3 Tue, Oct 8, 1996 San Jose Sharks W 6 0 1 2 0 W 1
4 Thu, Oct 10, 1996 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim T OT 6 6 1 2 1 T 1
5 Fri, Oct 11, 1996 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 2 0 2 2 1 W 1
6 Tue, Oct 15, 1996 Edmonton Oilers W 7 2 3 2 1 W 2
7 Thu, Oct 17, 1996 Florida Panthers L 1 2 3 3 1 L 1
8 Sat, Oct 19, 1996 Vancouver Canucks W 9 2 4 3 1 W 1
9 Tue, Oct 22, 1996 @ Calgary Flames L 1 5 4 4 1 L 1
10 Wed, Oct 23, 1996 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 1 5 4 1 W 1
11 Sat, Oct 26, 1996 @ Edmonton Oilers W 4 2 6 4 1 W 2
12 Mon, Oct 28, 1996 Washington Capitals W 1 0 7 4 1 W 3
13 Wed, Oct 30, 1996 St. Louis Blues W 6 3 8 4 1 W 4
14 Sat, Nov 2, 1996 Buffalo Sabres T OT 0 0 8 4 2 T 1
15 Sun, Nov 3, 1996 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim T OT 1 1 8 4 3 T 2
16 Wed, Nov 6, 1996 @ San Jose Sharks W 4 1 9 4 3 W 1
17 Fri, Nov 8, 1996 @ Phoenix Coyotes W 4 1 10 4 3 W 2
18 Sat, Nov 9, 1996 Montreal Canadiens W 5 2 11 4 3 W 3
19 Mon, Nov 11, 1996 @ New York Islanders W 6 2 12 4 3 W 4
20 Wed, Nov 13, 1996 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 13 4 3 W 5
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Thu, Nov 14, 1996 @ Buffalo Sabres L 4 5 13 5 3 L 1
22 Sat, Nov 16, 1996 Hartford Whalers T OT 4 4 13 5 4 T 1
23 Wed, Nov 20, 1996 Phoenix Coyotes W 6 0 14 5 4 W 1
24 Fri, Nov 22, 1996 New York Islanders W 3 2 15 5 4 W 2
25 Wed, Nov 27, 1996 New York Rangers L 2 5 15 6 4 L 1
26 Sat, Nov 30, 1996 New Jersey Devils W 2 1 16 6 4 W 1
27 Wed, Dec 4, 1996 Edmonton Oilers W 2 0 17 6 4 W 2
28 Fri, Dec 6, 1996 St. Louis Blues L 3 4 17 7 4 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 7, 1996 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2 4 17 8 4 L 2
30 Wed, Dec 11, 1996 @ Vancouver Canucks W 6 1 18 8 4 W 1
31 Sat, Dec 14, 1996 @ Calgary Flames L 1 4 18 9 4 L 1
32 Tue, Dec 17, 1996 Detroit Red Wings W 4 3 19 9 4 W 1
33 Wed, Dec 18, 1996 @ Edmonton Oilers T OT 4 4 19 9 5 T 1
34 Sat, Dec 21, 1996 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 6 19 10 5 L 1
35 Mon, Dec 23, 1996 Calgary Flames W 4 3 20 10 5 W 1
36 Sat, Dec 28, 1996 @ Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 21 10 5 W 2
37 Sun, Dec 29, 1996 Dallas Stars W 3 2 22 10 5 W 3
38 Tue, Dec 31, 1996 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 4 1 23 10 5 W 4
39 Thu, Jan 2, 1997 Calgary Flames W 3 2 24 10 5 W 5
40 Sat, Jan 4, 1997 Philadelphia Flyers T OT 4 4 24 10 6 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 6, 1997 @ New York Rangers T OT 2 2 24 10 7 T 2
42 Wed, Jan 8, 1997 @ New Jersey Devils T OT 1 1 24 10 8 T 3
43 Thu, Jan 9, 1997 @ Ottawa Senators W 2 0 25 10 8 W 1
44 Sat, Jan 11, 1997 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 2 26 10 8 W 2
45 Wed, Jan 15, 1997 Tampa Bay Lightning W 4 2 27 10 8 W 3
46 Mon, Jan 20, 1997 @ Florida Panthers W 4 2 28 10 8 W 4
47 Tue, Jan 21, 1997 @ Tampa Bay Lightning L OT 2 3 28 11 8 L 1
48 Thu, Jan 23, 1997 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W OT 4 3 29 11 8 W 1
49 Sat, Jan 25, 1997 @ Boston Bruins L 1 4 29 12 8 L 1
50 Mon, Jan 27, 1997 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 30 12 8 W 1
51 Wed, Jan 29, 1997 Los Angeles Kings W 6 3 31 12 8 W 2
52 Sat, Feb 1, 1997 @ San Jose Sharks L 1 2 31 13 8 L 1
53 Sun, Feb 2, 1997 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim W 5 2 32 13 8 W 1
54 Sat, Feb 8, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks L 2 4 32 14 8 L 1
55 Tue, Feb 11, 1997 Los Angeles Kings W 3 1 33 14 8 W 1
56 Thu, Feb 13, 1997 @ Phoenix Coyotes W 3 2 34 14 8 W 2
57 Sat, Feb 15, 1997 @ St. Louis Blues W 5 2 35 14 8 W 3
58 Tue, Feb 18, 1997 Boston Bruins W OT 3 2 36 14 8 W 4
59 Fri, Feb 21, 1997 @ Edmonton Oilers W OT 4 3 37 14 8 W 5
60 Sun, Feb 23, 1997 Ottawa Senators W 4 3 38 14 8 W 6
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 25, 1997 @ Los Angeles Kings L 1 3 38 15 8 L 1
62 Thu, Feb 27, 1997 Dallas Stars L 2 6 38 16 8 L 2
63 Sat, Mar 1, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks W 2 1 39 16 8 W 1
64 Mon, Mar 3, 1997 Vancouver Canucks W 5 1 40 16 8 W 2
65 Wed, Mar 5, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens W 7 3 41 16 8 W 3
66 Thu, Mar 6, 1997 @ Washington Capitals L 3 6 41 17 8 L 1
67 Sun, Mar 9, 1997 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim T OT 2 2 41 17 9 T 1
68 Wed, Mar 12, 1997 Calgary Flames L 2 3 41 18 9 L 1
69 Fri, Mar 14, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 3 42 18 9 W 1
70 Sun, Mar 16, 1997 Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 43 18 9 W 2
71 Tue, Mar 18, 1997 Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 44 18 9 W 3
72 Fri, Mar 21, 1997 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim W 4 3 45 18 9 W 4
73 Sun, Mar 23, 1997 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 0 2 45 19 9 L 1
74 Tue, Mar 25, 1997 @ Hartford Whalers W 4 0 46 19 9 W 1
75 Wed, Mar 26, 1997 @ Detroit Red Wings L OT 5 6 46 20 9 L 1
76 Sat, Mar 29, 1997 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 3 46 21 9 L 2
77 Wed, Apr 2, 1997 @ Calgary Flames W 5 1 47 21 9 W 1
78 Fri, Apr 4, 1997 @ San Jose Sharks L OT 6 7 47 22 9 L 1
79 Sun, Apr 6, 1997 Phoenix Coyotes W 2 1 48 22 9 W 1
80 Wed, Apr 9, 1997 San Jose Sharks L 1 4 48 23 9 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 11, 1997 @ Dallas Stars W 2 1 49 23 9 W 1
82 Sun, Apr 13, 1997 Los Angeles Kings L 2 4 49 24 9 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 16, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks W 6 0 1 0 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 18, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks W 3 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Apr 20, 1997 @ Chicago Blackhawks L OT 3 4 2 1 0 L 1
4 Tue, Apr 22, 1997 @ Chicago Blackhawks L 3 6 2 2 0 L 2
5 Thu, Apr 24, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks W 7 0 3 2 0 W 1
6 Sat, Apr 26, 1997 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 6 3 4 2 0 W 2
7 Fri, May 2, 1997 Edmonton Oilers W 5 1 5 2 0 W 3
8 Sun, May 4, 1997 Edmonton Oilers W 4 1 6 2 0 W 4
9 Wed, May 7, 1997 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 4 6 3 0 L 1
10 Fri, May 9, 1997 @ Edmonton Oilers W OT 3 2 7 3 0 W 1
11 Sun, May 11, 1997 Edmonton Oilers W 4 3 8 3 0 W 2
12 Thu, May 15, 1997 Detroit Red Wings W 2 1 9 3 0 W 3
13 Sat, May 17, 1997 Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 9 4 0 L 1
14 Mon, May 19, 1997 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 2 9 5 0 L 2
15 Thu, May 22, 1997 @ Detroit Red Wings L 0 6 9 6 0 L 3
16 Sat, May 24, 1997 Detroit Red Wings W 6 0 10 6 0 W 1
17 Mon, May 26, 1997 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 3 10 7 0 L 1