1996–97 St. Louis Blues season

The highlight of the 1996–97 St. Louis Blues season was, after losing Wayne Gretzky the Blues were in turmoil as an ugly public feud between Brett Hull and Coach Mike Keenan developed. This was the last season until early 2009, that a huge Blue note would appear at center ice
==Offseason==
After losing Wayne Gretzky the Blues were in turmoil as an ugly public feud between Brett Hull and Coach Mike Keenan developed, as the Blues got off to a slow start. On December 19th the Keenan era would come to a sudden end as he is fired as GM and Coach. Eventually he would be replaced by Joel Quenneville behind the bench as the Blues recovered and made the playoffs for the 18th straight season with a 36–35–11 record. However, once again the Blues would make a quick exit in the playoffs as they are beaten by the Detroit Red Wings in 6 games.St. Louis Blues (1967-Present)
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 4, 1996 	4–2 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 6, 1996 	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	1–1–0
3 	W	October 9, 1996 	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	2–1–0
4 	W	October 11, 1996 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	3–1–0
5 	L	October 12, 1996 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	3–2–0
6 	W	October 17, 1996 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	4–2–0
7 	L	October 18, 1996 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	4–3–0
8 	L	October 20, 1996 	2–3 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	4–4–0
9 	W	October 22, 1996 	2–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	5–4–0
10 	L	October 24, 1996 	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	5–5–0
11 	L	October 26, 1996 	4–6 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	5–6–0
12 	L	October 30, 1996 	3–6 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	5–7–0
13 	L	November 1, 1996 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	5–8–0
14 	W	November 3, 1996 	6–3 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	6–8–0
15 	L	November 5, 1996 	3–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	6–9–0
16 	W	November 8, 1996 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	7–9–0
17 	W	November 9, 1996 	3–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	8–9–0
18 	W	November 14, 1996	5–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	9–9–0
19 	W	November 16, 1996	2–0 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	10–9–0
20 	W	November 17, 1996	4–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	11–9–0
21 	L	November 19, 1996	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	11–10–0
22 	W	November 21, 1996	4–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	12–10–0
23 	L	November 23, 1996	1–3 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	12–11–0
24 	W	November 27, 1996	3–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	13–11–0
25 	L	December 1, 1996 	3–4 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	13–12–0
26 	L	December 3, 1996 	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	13–13–0
27 	L	December 5, 1996 	0–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	13–14–0
28 	W	December 6, 1996 	4–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	14–14–0
29 	W	December 8, 1996 	3–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	15–14–0
30 	T	December 11, 1996	5–5 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	15–14–1
31 	L	December 13, 1996	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	15–15–1
32 	L	December 15, 1996	0–8 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	15–16–1
33 	L	December 17, 1996	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	15–17–1
34 	L	December 19, 1996	0–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	15–18–1
35 	L	December 21, 1996	0–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	15–19–1
36 	W	December 22, 1996	7–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	16–19–1
37 	T	December 26, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	16–19–2
38 	L	December 27, 1996	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	16–20–2
39 	W	December 29, 1996	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	17–20–2
40 	T	January 2, 1997 	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	17–20–3
41 	T	January 3, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	17–20–4
42 	W	January 5, 1997 	5–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	18–20–4
43 	L	January 7, 1997 	2–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	18–21–4
44 	W	January 9, 1997 	4–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	19–21–4
45 	L	January 11, 1997 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	19–22–4
46 	W	January 15, 1997 	4–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	20–22–4
47 	W	January 20, 1997 	6–4 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	21–22–4
48 	W	January 23, 1997 	4–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	22–22–4
49 	W	January 25, 1997 	8–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	23–22–4
50 	L	January 27, 1997 	1–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	23–23–4
51 	W	January 29, 1997 	4–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	24–23–4
52 	W	January 30, 1997 	5–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	25–23–4
53 	L	February 1, 1997 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	25–24–4
54 	T	February 4, 1997 	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	25–24–5
55 	W	February 6, 1997 	6–4 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	26–24–5
56 	T	February 8, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	26–24–6
57 	L	February 10, 1997	2–4 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	26–25–6
58 	W	February 13, 1997	4–1 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	27–25–6
59 	L	February 15, 1997	2–5 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	27–26–6
60 	W	February 17, 1997	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	28–26–6
61 	T	February 20, 1997	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	28–26–7
62 	T	February 22, 1997	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	28–26–8
63 	L	February 23, 1997	3–5 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	28–27–8
64 	L	February 25, 1997	2–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	28–28–8
65 	L	February 27, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	28–29–8
66 	L	March 5, 1997 	2–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	28–30–8
67 	L	March 9, 1997 	1–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	28–31–8
68 	W	March 11, 1997 	4–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	29–31–8
69 	W	March 13, 1997 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	30–31–8
70 	T	March 14, 1997 	4–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	30–31–9
71 	L	March 17, 1997 	2–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	30–32–9
72 	W	March 20, 1997 	4–1 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	31–32–9
73 	L	March 23, 1997 	1–4 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	31–33–9
74 	L	March 25, 1997 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	31–34–9
75 	W	March 27, 1997 	2–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	32–34–9
76 	W	March 30, 1997 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	33–34–9
77 	T	April 1, 1997 	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	33–34–10
78 	T	April 3, 1997 	5–5 OT	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	33–34–11
79 	L	April 6, 1997 	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	33–35–11
80 	W	April 9, 1997 	1–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	34–35–11
81 	W	April 10, 1997 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	35–35–11
82 	W	April 13, 1997 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	36–35–11
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	77	42	40	82 	10 	-9 	12 	2 	6
 	C 	69	25	49	74 	12 	4 	5 	0 	7
 	LW 	82	17	40	57 	86 	3 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	75	20	25	45 	69 	-1 	4 	1 	2
 	RW 	68	23	20	43 	68 	3 	5 	0 	6
 	D 	72	13	30	43 	65 	2 	6 	1 	1
 	LW 	74	16	20	36 	50 	11 	1 	2 	2
 	D 	79	11	24	35 	143	15 	4 	0 	0
 	C 	74	14	18	32 	24 	1 	3 	1 	3
 	D 	82	4 	24	28 	35 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	44	7 	12	19 	10 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	54	8 	10	18 	35 	12 	0 	2 	2
 	C 	61	6 	11	17 	43 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	35	4 	9 	13 	12 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	53	4 	8 	12 	45 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	50	2 	5 	7 	33 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	2 	5 	7 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	2 	5 	7 	6 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	34	1 	5 	6 	44 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	44	2 	3 	5 	158	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	31	1 	3 	4 	37 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	82	0 	4 	4 	53 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	3 	0 	3 	2 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	11	2 	1 	3 	24 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	2 	1 	3 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	2 	1 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	1 	2 	3 	37 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	64	1 	2 	3 	121	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	2 	2 	11 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	73	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	0 	2 	2 	17 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	0 	0 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4261	73	33	27	11	193	2.72	3 	1940	1747	.901
 	707 	15	3 	8 	0 	40 	3.39	0 	299 	259 	.866
Team: 	4968	82	36	35	11	233	2.81	3 	2239	2006	.896
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	6 	2	7	9 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	3	1	4 	23 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	6 	1	3	4 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	2	3 	4 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	10 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	1	2 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	6 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	0	0 	33 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	25 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	27 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	357	6 	2	4	13	2.18	2 	183	170	.929
Team: 	357	6 	2	4	13	2.18	2 	183	170	.929
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Roster==
	
Center
* Pierre Turgeon
* Harry York
* Robert Petrovicky
* Craig Conroy
* Peter Zezel
* Craig MacTavish
* Pavol Demitra		
Right Wing
* Brett Hull
* Joe Murphy
* Jim Cambell
* Brian Noonan
* Konstantin Shafronov
* Steve Leach
* Rob Pearson
* Gary Leeman
* Jamal Mayers
* Alex Vasilevsky		
Left Wing
* Geoff Courtnall
* Stephane Matteau
* Scott Pellerin
* Sergio Momesso
* Shayne Corson
* Tony Twist
* Yuri Khmylev		
Defense
* Al MacInnis
* Chris Pronger
* Igor Kravchuk
* Ricard Persson
* Jamie Rivers
* Libor Zabranski
* Mike Peluso
* Marc Bergevin
* Murray Barron
* Trent Yawney
* Christer Olsson
* Rory Fitzpatrick
* Chris McAlpine		
Goalie
* Grant Fuhr
* Jon Casey
*GM: Larry Pleau
*Coach: Joel Quenneville
==See also==
* List of Stanley Cup champions
* 1996 NHL Entry Draft
* 46th National Hockey League All-Star Game
* National Hockey League All-Star Game
* NHL All-Rookie Team
==References==
==External links==
* Blues on Hockey Database
* Hickok Sports
* The National Hockey League Web Site
* Official website of the St. Louis Blues
* The HockeyNut
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