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1996-97 Florida Panthers

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35-28-19 (89 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 221 goals, Allowed 201 goals, SRS: 0.25 (8th of 26)
Coached by Doug MacLean (35-28-19)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Rangers

1996-97 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Florida Panthers 82 35 28 19 89 .543 221 201 0.25 5.15 50 352 14.20 50 346 85.55 5 17
League Average 82 35 35 11 82 .500 239 239 0.00 5.83 55 336 16.27 55 336 83.73 10 10

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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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 Ray Sheppard RW 6-1 195 30 68 29 31 60 0.88 23 0.35 78 31 43 0 4 4 16 13 0 7 226 3.32 12.8
2 Scott Mellanby RW 6-1 210 30 82 27 29 56 0.68 22 0.27 81 28 46 0 7 170 17 9 1 4 221 2.70 12.2
3 Robert Svehla D 6-0 209 28 82 13 32 45 0.55 16 0.19 100 33 82 17 2 86 8 5 0 3 159 1.94 8.2
4 Radek Dvorak RW 6-2 200 19 78 18 21 39 0.50 15 0.19 56 12 47 1 -2 30 16 2 0 1 139 1.78 12.9
5 Rob Niedermayer C 6-2 200 22 60 14 24 38 0.63 14 0.23 55 16 43 8 4 54 11 3 0 2 136 2.27 10.3
6 Johan Garpenlov LW 6-0 185 28 53 11 25 36 0.68 13 0.24 51 13 29 1 10 47 10 1 0 1 83 1.57 13.3
7 Bill Lindsay RW 6-0 195 25 81 11 23 34 0.42 12 0.15 42 1 63 23 1 120 10 0 1 3 168 2.07 6.5
8 Per Gustafsson D 6-2 190 26 58 7 22 29 0.50 10 0.17 65 23 36 5 11 22 5 2 0 1 105 1.81 6.7
9 Dave Lowry LW 6-1 195 31 77 15 14 29 0.38 12 0.15 48 11 39 4 2 51 13 2 0 2 96 1.25 15.6
10 Martin Straka C 5-9 180 24 55 7 22 29 0.53 10 0.18 50 15 26 0 9 12 5 2 0 1 94 1.71 7.4
11 Tom Fitzgerald RW 6-0 190 28 71 10 14 24 0.34 9 0.13 34 0 47 20 7 64 8 0 2 1 135 1.90 7.4
12 Ed Jovanovski D 6-2 210 20 61 7 16 23 0.38 8 0.13 57 16 44 2 -1 172 4 3 0 1 80 1.31 8.8
13 Gord Murphy D 6-2 195 29 80 8 15 23 0.29 8 0.10 73 15 86 31 3 51 6 2 0 0 137 1.71 5.8
14 Brian Skrudland C 6-0 195 33 51 5 13 18 0.35 6 0.12 22 0 33 15 4 48 5 0 0 2 57 1.12 8.8
15 Jody Hull RW 6-2 195 27 67 10 6 16 0.24 7 0.10 20 3 20 4 1 4 9 0 1 2 92 1.37 10.9
16 Mike Hough LW 6-1 197 33 69 8 6 14 0.20 6 0.08 30 0 35 17 12 48 8 0 0 2 85 1.23 9.4
17 Terry Carkner D 6-3 210 30 70 0 14 14 0.20 4 0.06 47 2 74 25 -4 96 0 0 0 0 38 0.54 0.0
18 David Nemirovsky RW 6-2 205 20 39 7 7 14 0.36 6 0.14 23 5 17 0 1 32 6 1 0 0 53 1.36 13.2
19 Rhett Warrener D 6-1 203 21 62 4 9 13 0.21 5 0.07 52 5 42 15 20 88 3 1 0 1 58 0.94 6.9
20 Paul Laus D 6-1 215 26 77 0 12 12 0.16 3 0.05 44 3 32 4 13 313 0 0 0 0 63 0.82 0.0
21 Stu Barnes C 5-11 182 26 19 2 8 10 0.53 3 0.17 15 8 11 1 -3 10 1 1 0 0 44 2.32 4.5
22 Steve Washburn C 6-2 198 21 18 3 6 9 0.50 3 0.18 14 2 10 0 2 4 2 1 0 0 21 1.17 14.3
23 Chris Wells C 6-6 223 21 47 2 6 8 0.17 3 0.06 17 0 12 0 5 42 2 0 0 0 29 0.62 6.9
24 Kirk Muller LW 6-0 205 30 10 1 2 3 0.30 1 0.11 8 4 8 2 -2 4 0 1 0 1 21 2.10 4.8
25 Jason Podollan RW 6-1 198 20 19 1 1 2 0.11 1 0.04 6 3 6 0 -3 4 0 1 0 0 20 1.05 5.0
26 Brad Smyth RW 6-0 200 23 8 1 0 1 0.13 1 0.06 1 0 4 0 -3 2 1 0 0 0 10 1.25 10.0
27 Craig Fisher C 6-3 180 26 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 4 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.50 0.0
28 Craig Ferguson C 5-11 190 26 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.67 0.0
29 Craig Martin RW 6-2 215 26 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0
30 Jason Woolley D 6-0 203 27 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 2.33 0.0
31 Geoff Smith D 6-3 194 27 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.67 0.0
Team Total 82 221 381 602 7.34 221 2.70 221 50 201 50 20 1608 166 50 5 35 2387 29.11 9.3

Goalies Regular Season

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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 John Vanbiesbrouck G 5-8 176 33 57 3347 27 19 10 64 .571 2 128 2.29 1582 1454 .919 0 2 2 8
2 Mark Fitzpatrick G 6-2 195 28 30 1680 8 9 9 25 .481 0 66 2.36 771 705 .914 0 1 1 13
Team Total 82 5027 35 28 19 2 194 2.32 2353 2159 .918

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Gord Murphy D 6-2 195 29 5 0 5 5 1.00 4 0 0 0 0
2 Robert Svehla D 6-0 209 28 5 1 4 5 1.00 4 0 1 0 0
3 Kirk Muller LW 6-0 205 30 5 1 2 3 0.60 4 0 1 0 0
4 Rob Niedermayer C 6-2 200 22 5 2 1 3 0.60 6 1 1 0 0
5 Ray Sheppard RW 6-1 195 30 5 2 0 2 0.40 0 1 1 0 0
6 Johan Garpenlov LW 6-0 185 28 4 2 0 2 0.50 4 0 2 0 1
7 Scott Mellanby RW 6-1 210 30 5 0 2 2 0.40 4 0 0 0 0
8 Bill Lindsay RW 6-0 195 25 3 0 1 1 0.33 8 0 0 0 0
9 Paul Laus D 6-1 215 26 5 0 1 1 0.20 4 0 0 0 0
10 David Nemirovsky RW 6-2 205 20 3 1 0 1 0.33 0 1 0 0 0
11 Mike Hough LW 6-1 197 33 5 1 0 1 0.20 2 1 0 0 0
12 Tom Fitzgerald RW 6-0 190 28 5 0 1 1 0.20 0 0 0 0 0
13 Martin Straka C 5-9 180 24 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rhett Warrener D 6-1 203 21 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
15 Chris Wells C 6-6 223 21 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
16 Dave Lowry LW 6-1 195 31 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ed Jovanovski D 6-2 210 20 5 0 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0
18 Jody Hull RW 6-2 195 27 5 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
19 Radek Dvorak RW 6-2 200 19 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
20 Terry Carkner D 6-3 210 30 5 0 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 0 0
Team Total 5 10 17 27 5.40 50 4 6 0 1

Goalies Playoffs

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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 John Vanbiesbrouck G 5-8 176 33 5 328 1 4 2 .200 1 13 2.38 184 171 .929
Team Total 82 328 1 4 1 13 2.38 184 171 .929