1996–97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

The 1996-97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the fourth season in franchise history. The team qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule	Regular season schedule 	Regular season schedule
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 5, 1996 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	0–1–0
2 	T 	October 7, 1996 	6–6 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	October 9, 1996 	2–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	1–1–1
4 	T 	October 10, 1996 	6–6 OT 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	1–1–2
5 	L 	October 12, 1996 	2–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	1–2–2
6 	L 	October 16, 1996 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	1–3–2
7 	L 	October 18, 1996 	1–4 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	1–4–2
8 	L 	October 20, 1996 	1–5 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	1–5–2
9 	L 	October 22, 1996 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	1–6–2
10 	L 	October 24, 1996 	1–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	1–7–2
11 	L 	October 27, 1996 	1–4 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	1–8–2
12 	L 	October 30, 1996 	3–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	1–9–2
13 	W 	November 1, 1996 	4–3 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	2–9–2
14 	T 	November 3, 1996 	1–1 OT 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	2–9–3
15 	L 	November 6, 1996 	5–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	2–10–3
16 	W 	November 8, 1996 	7–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	3–10–3
17 	L 	November 11, 1996 	2–3 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	3–11–3
18 	W 	November 13, 1996 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	4–11–3
19 	L 	November 15, 1996 	3–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	4–12–3
20 	L 	November 17, 1996 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	4–13–3
21 	T 	November 20, 1996 	2–2 OT 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	4–13–4
22 	W 	November 23, 1996 	3–0 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	5–13–4
23 	W 	November 24, 1996 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	6–13–4
24 	L 	November 27, 1996 	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	6–14–4
25 	W 	November 29, 1996 	2–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	7–14–4
26 	W 	December 1, 1996 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	8–14–4
27 	W 	December 4, 1996 	3–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	9–14–4
28 	T 	December 6, 1996 	1–1 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	9–14–5
29 	L 	December 7, 1996 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	9–15–5
30 	W 	December 9, 1996 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	10–15–5
31 	L 	December 11, 1996 	3–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	10–16–5
32 	W 	December 13, 1996 	5–4 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	11–16–5
33 	W 	December 20, 1996 	7–0 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	12–16–5
34 	L 	December 23, 1996 	1–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	12–17–5
35 	L 	December 27, 1996 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	12–18–5
36 	L 	December 28, 1996 	3–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	12–19–5
37 	W 	December 30, 1996 	4–3 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	13–19–5
38 	W 	January 1, 1997 	3–0 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	14–19–5
39 	L 	January 3, 1997 	2–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	14–20–5
40 	L 	January 6, 1997 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	14–21–5
41 	W 	January 8, 1997 	3–2 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	15–21–5
42 	W 	January 10, 1997 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	16–21–5
43 	W 	January 12, 1997 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	17–21–5
44 	L 	January 15, 1997 	1–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	17–22–5
45 	W 	January 22, 1997 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	18–22–5
46 	L 	January 23, 1997 	3–6 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	18–23–5
47 	T 	January 25, 1997 	2–2 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	18–23–6
48 	W 	January 27, 1997 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	19–23–6
49 	L 	January 29, 1997 	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	19–24–6
50 	W 	January 31, 1997 	6–3 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	20–24–6
51 	L 	February 2, 1997 	2–5 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	20–25–6
52 	L 	February 4, 1997 	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	20–26–6
53 	L 	February 5, 1997 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	20–27–6
54 	W 	February 8, 1997 	2–1 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	21–27–6
55 	L 	February 9, 1997 	1–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	21–28–6
56 	W 	February 12, 1997 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	22–28–6
57 	L 	February 15, 1997 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	22–29–6
58 	W 	February 17, 1997 	5–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	23–29–6
59 	L 	February 20, 1997 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	23–30–6
60 	W 	February 22, 1997 	4–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	24–30–6
61 	W 	February 23, 1997 	5–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	25–30–6
62 	T 	February 26, 1997 	3–3 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	25–30–7
63 	W 	February 28, 1997 	4–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	26–30–7
64 	T 	March 2, 1997 	1–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	26–30–8
65 	W 	March 5, 1997 	4–1 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	27–30–8
66 	W 	March 7, 1997 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	28–30–8
67 	T 	March 9, 1997 	2–2 OT 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	28–30–9
68 	W 	March 12, 1997 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	29–30–9
69 	T 	March 14, 1997 	4–4 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	29–30–10
70 	T 	March 16, 1997 	2–2 OT 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	29–30–11
71 	W 	March 19, 1997 	6–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	30–30–11
72 	L 	March 21, 1997 	3–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	30–31–11
73 	W 	March 23, 1997 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	31–31–11
74 	L 	March 25, 1997 	2–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	31–32–11
75 	L 	March 26, 1997 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	31–33–11
76 	W 	March 28, 1997 	4–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	32–33–11
77 	W 	March 30, 1997 	1–0 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	33–33–11
78 	T 	April 1, 1997 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	33–33–12
79 	T 	April 2, 1997 	5–5 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	33–33–13
80 	W 	April 4, 1997 	3–2 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	34–33–13
81 	W 	April 9, 1997 	4–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	35–33–13
82 	W 	April 11, 1997 	4–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	36–33–13
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	78	51	58	109	34
 	69	44	55	99 	6
 	79	19	48	67 	24
 	62	12	34	46 	77
 	82	13	22	35 	12
 	65	9 	21	30 	44
 	77	12	17	29 	35
 	62	15	13	28 	22
 	74	4 	19	23 	90
 	64	7 	14	21 	53
 	73	9 	9 	18 	54
 	79	4 	14	18 	55
 	70	10	7 	17 	218
 	39	7 	7 	14 	20
 	53	7 	7 	14 	53
 	28	6 	7 	13 	22
 	69	2 	11	13 	210
 	13	2 	9 	11 	22
 	20	2 	9 	11 	8
 	67	0 	11	11 	182
 	73	1 	9 	10 	140
 	18	2 	6 	8 	14
 	29	3 	3 	6 	23
 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	11	1 	1 	2 	10
 	12	0 	2 	2 	47
 	9 	1 	0 	1 	16
 	23	1 	0 	1 	121
 	67	0 	1 	1 	4
 	30	0 	1 	1 	37
 	22	0 	1 	1 	8
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	5
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	24	0 	0 	0 	4
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	14
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	SV% 	SO
 	3863	67	29	25	12	172	2.67	2133	1961	.919	4
 	1079	24	7 	8 	1 	52 	2.89	539 	487 	.904	2
 	31 	1 	0 	0 	0 	3 	5.81	10 	7 	.700	0
Team: 	4973	82	36	33	13	227	2.74	2682	2455	.915	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
 	11	7	6 	13 	4
 	11	1	10	11 	10
 	11	7	3 	10 	4
 	11	2	7 	9 	16
 	11	2	4 	6 	2
 	11	1	2 	3 	4
 	8 	1	2 	3 	10
 	11	2	0 	2 	2
 	8 	1	1 	2 	20
 	9 	0	2 	2 	4
 	11	0	2 	2 	19
 	9 	0	2 	2 	16
 	10	1	0 	1 	4
 	11	0	1 	1 	11
 	7 	0	1 	1 	4
 	11	0	1 	1 	2
 	9 	0	1 	1 	6
 	11	0	0 	0 	4
 	9 	0	0 	0 	0
 	11	0	0 	0 	15
 	1 	0	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0	0 	0 	2
 	4 	0	0 	0 	2
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SA 	SV 	SV% 	SO
 	534	9 	4	4	 	18	2.02	255	237	.929	1
 	211	4 	0	3	 	10	2.84	162	152	.938	0
Team: 	745	11	4	7	 	28	2.26	417	389	.933	1
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1996–97 NHL season
==References==
Category:Anaheim Ducks seasons
Anaheim Ducks season, 1996–97
Anaheim Ducks season, 1996–97