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1996-97 Florida Panthers Statistics

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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) versus New York Rangers

1996-97 Florida Panthers:

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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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Ray Sheppard RW 6-1 195 30 68 29 31 60 4 4 16 13 0 7 226 12.8 78 31 43 0
2 Scott Mellanby RW 6-1 210 30 82 27 29 56 7 170 17 9 1 4 221 12.2 81 28 46 0
3 Robert Svehla D 6-0 209 28 82 13 32 45 2 86 8 5 0 3 159 8.2 100 33 82 17
4 Radek Dvorak RW 6-2 200 19 78 18 21 39 -2 30 16 2 0 1 139 12.9 56 12 47 1
5 Rob Niedermayer C 6-2 200 22 60 14 24 38 4 54 11 3 0 2 136 10.3 55 16 43 8
6 Johan Garpenlov LW 6-0 185 28 53 11 25 36 10 47 10 1 0 1 83 13.3 51 13 29 1
7 Bill Lindsay RW 6-0 195 25 81 11 23 34 1 120 10 0 1 3 168 6.5 42 1 63 23
8 Dave Lowry LW 6-1 195 31 77 15 14 29 2 51 13 2 0 2 96 15.6 48 11 39 4
9 Per Gustafsson D 6-2 190 26 58 7 22 29 11 22 5 2 0 1 105 6.7 65 23 36 5
10 Martin Straka C 5-9 180 24 55 7 22 29 9 12 5 2 0 1 94 7.4 50 15 26 0
11 Tom Fitzgerald RW 6-0 190 28 71 10 14 24 7 64 8 0 2 1 135 7.4 34 0 47 20
12 Gord Murphy D 6-2 195 29 80 8 15 23 3 51 6 2 0 0 137 5.8 73 15 86 31
13 Ed Jovanovski D 6-2 214 20 61 7 16 23 -1 172 4 3 0 1 80 8.8 57 16 44 2
14 Brian Skrudland C 6-0 195 33 51 5 13 18 4 48 5 0 0 2 57 8.8 22 0 33 15
15 Jody Hull RW 6-2 195 27 67 10 6 16 1 4 9 0 1 2 92 10.9 20 3 20 4
16 Mike Hough LW 6-1 197 33 69 8 6 14 12 48 8 0 0 2 85 9.4 30 0 35 17
17 David Nemirovsky RW 6-2 205 20 39 7 7 14 1 32 6 1 0 0 53 13.2 23 5 17 0
18 Terry Carkner D 6-3 210 30 70 0 14 14 -4 96 0 0 0 0 38 0.0 47 2 74 25
19 Rhett Warrener D 6-1 203 21 62 4 9 13 20 88 3 1 0 1 58 6.9 52 5 42 15
20 Paul Laus D 6-1 215 26 77 0 12 12 13 313 0 0 0 0 63 0.0 44 3 32 4
21 Stu Barnes C 5-11 182 26 19 2 8 10 -3 10 1 1 0 0 44 4.5 15 8 11 1
22 Steve Washburn C 6-2 198 21 18 3 6 9 2 4 2 1 0 0 21 14.3 14 2 10 0
23 Chris Wells C 6-6 223 21 47 2 6 8 5 42 2 0 0 0 29 6.9 17 0 12 0
24 Kirk Muller LW 6-0 205 30 10 1 2 3 -2 4 0 1 0 1 21 4.8 8 4 8 2
25 Jason Podollan RW 6-1 198 20 19 1 1 2 -3 4 0 1 0 0 20 5.0 6 3 6 0
26 John Vanbiesbrouck G 5-8 176 33 57 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
27 Brad Smyth RW 6-0 200 23 8 1 0 1 -3 2 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 1 0 4 0
28 Mark Fitzpatrick G 6-2 195 28 30 0 1 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
29 Craig Ferguson C 5-11 190 26 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 1 0
30 Craig Fisher C 6-3 180 26 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 2 0 4 0
31 Craig Martin RW 6-2 215 26 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
32 Geoff Smith D 6-3 194 27 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 2 1 0 0
33 Jason Woolley D 6-0 203 27 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 3 1 1 0
Team Total 82 221 381 602 99 1608 166 50 5 35 2387 9.3 1096 251 941 195

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 John Vanbiesbrouck G 5-8 176 33 57 3347 27 19 10 128 2.29 1582 1454 .919 2
2 Mark Fitzpatrick G 6-2 195 28 30 1680 8 9 9 66 2.36 771 705 .914 0
Team Total 82 5027 35 28 19 194 2.32 2353 2159 .918 2

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Robert Svehla D 6-0 209 28 5 1 4 5 -4 4 0 1 0 0 13 7.7
2 Gord Murphy D 6-2 195 29 5 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 0.0
3 Rob Niedermayer C 6-2 200 22 5 2 1 3 -1 6 1 1 0 0 5 40.0
4 Kirk Muller LW 6-0 205 30 5 1 2 3 -3 4 0 1 0 0 20 5.0
5 Johan Garpenlov LW 6-0 185 28 4 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 6 33.3
6 Ray Sheppard RW 6-1 195 30 5 2 0 2 -4 0 1 1 0 0 12 16.7
7 Scott Mellanby RW 6-1 210 30 5 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
8 Mike Hough LW 6-1 197 33 5 1 0 1 -2 2 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
9 David Nemirovsky RW 6-2 205 20 3 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 4 25.0
10 Tom Fitzgerald RW 6-0 190 28 5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
11 Paul Laus D 6-1 215 26 5 0 1 1 -3 4 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
12 Bill Lindsay RW 6-0 195 25 3 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
13 Terry Carkner D 6-3 210 30 5 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
14 Radek Dvorak RW 6-2 200 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
15 Jody Hull RW 6-2 195 27 5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
16 Ed Jovanovski D 6-2 214 20 5 0 0 0 -4 4 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
17 Dave Lowry LW 6-1 195 31 5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
18 Martin Straka C 5-9 180 24 4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
19 John Vanbiesbrouck G 5-8 176 33 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Rhett Warrener D 6-1 203 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
21 Chris Wells C 6-6 223 21 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Team Total 5 10 17 27 -35 50 4 6 0 1 161 6.2

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 John Vanbiesbrouck G 5-8 176 33 5 328 1 4 13 2.38 184 171 .929 1
Team Total 5 328 1 4 13 2.38 184 171 .929 1