1996–97 Colorado Avalanche season

The 1996–97 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's second season.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Season 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 4, 1996 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 5, 1996 	1–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 8, 1996 	6–0 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	October 10, 1996 	6–6 OT 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	1–2–1
5 	W 	October 11, 1996 	2–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 15, 1996 	7–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 17, 1996 	1–2 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	3–3–1
8 	W 	October 19, 1996 	9–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	4–3–1
9 	L 	October 22, 1996 	1–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	4–4–1
10 	W 	October 23, 1996 	4–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	5–4–1
11 	W 	October 26, 1996 	4–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	6–4–1
12 	W 	October 28, 1996 	1–0 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	7–4–1
13 	W 	October 30, 1996 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	8–4–1
14 	T 	November 2, 1996 	0–0 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	8–4–2
15 	T 	November 3, 1996 	1–1 OT 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	8–4–3
16 	W 	November 6, 1996 	4–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	9–4–3
17 	W 	November 8, 1996 	4–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	10–4–3
18 	W 	November 9, 1996 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	11–4–3
19 	W 	November 11, 1996 	6–2 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	12–4–3
20 	W 	November 13, 1996 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	13–4–3
21 	L 	November 14, 1996 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	13–5–3
22 	T 	November 16, 1996 	4–4 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	13–5–4
23 	W 	November 20, 1996 	6–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	14–5–4
24 	W 	November 22, 1996 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	15–5–4
25 	L 	November 27, 1996 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	15–6–4
26 	W 	November 30, 1996 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	16–6–4
27 	W 	December 4, 1996 	2–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	17–6–4
28 	L 	December 6, 1996 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	17–7–4
29 	L 	December 7, 1996 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	17–8–4
30 	W 	December 11, 1996 	6–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	18–8–4
31 	L 	December 14, 1996 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	18–9–4
32 	W 	December 17, 1996 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	19–9–4
33 	T 	December 18, 1996 	4–4 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	19–9–5
34 	L 	December 21, 1996 	2–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	19–10–5
35 	W 	December 23, 1996 	4–3 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	20–10–5
36 	W 	December 28, 1996 	5–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	21–10–5
37 	W 	December 29, 1996 	3–2 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	22–10–5
38 	W 	December 31, 1996 	4–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	23–10–5
39 	W 	January 2, 1997 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	24–10–5
40 	T 	January 4, 1997 	4–4 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	24–10–6
41 	T 	January 6, 1997 	2–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	24–10–7
42 	T 	January 8, 1997 	1–1 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	24–10–8
43 	W 	January 9, 1997 	2–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	25–10–8
44 	W 	January 11, 1997 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	26–10–8
45 	W 	January 15, 1997 	4–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	27–10–8
46 	W 	January 20, 1997 	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	28–10–8
47 	L 	January 21, 1997 	2–3 OT 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	28–11–8
48 	W 	January 23, 1997 	4–3 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	29–11–8
49 	L 	January 25, 1997 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	29–12–8
50 	W 	January 27, 1997 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	30–12–8
51 	W 	January 29, 1997 	6–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	31–12–8
52 	L 	February 1, 1997 	1–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	31–13–8
53 	W 	February 2, 1997 	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	32–13–8
54 	L 	February 8, 1997 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	32–14–8
55 	W 	February 11, 1997 	3–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	33–14–8
56 	W 	February 13, 1997 	3–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	34–14–8
57 	W 	February 15, 1997 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	35–14–8
58 	W 	February 18, 1997 	3–2 OT 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	36–14–8
59 	W 	February 21, 1997 	4–3 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	37–14–8
60 	W 	February 23, 1997 	4–3 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	38–14–8
61 	L 	February 25, 1997 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	38–15–8
62 	L 	February 27, 1997 	2–6 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	38–16–8
63 	W 	March 1, 1997 	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	39–16–8
64 	W 	March 3, 1997 	5–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	40–16–8
65 	W 	March 5, 1997 	7–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	41–16–8
66 	L 	March 6, 1997 	3–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	41–17–8
67 	T 	March 9, 1997 	2–2 OT 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	41–17–9
68 	L 	March 12, 1997 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	41–18–9
69 	W 	March 14, 1997 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	42–18–9
70 	W 	March 16, 1997 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	43–18–9
71 	W 	March 18, 1997 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	44–18–9
72 	W 	March 21, 1997 	4–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	45–18–9
73 	L 	March 23, 1997 	0–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	45–19–9
74 	W 	March 25, 1997 	4–0 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	46–19–9
75 	L 	March 26, 1997 	5–6 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	46–20–9
76 	L 	March 29, 1997 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	46–21–9
77 	W 	April 2, 1997 	5–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	47–21–9
78 	L 	April 4, 1997 	6–7 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	47–22–9
79 	W 	April 6, 1997 	2–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	48–22–9
80 	L 	April 9, 1997 	1–4 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	48–23–9
81 	W 	April 11, 1997 	2–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	49–23–9
82 	L 	April 13, 1997 	2–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	49–24–9
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	65	28	58	86 	73 	31 	5 	4 	4
 	C 	65	22	52	74 	34 	-10	10 	2 	5
 	D 	80	23	45	68 	88 	4 	13 	0 	4
 	LW 	68	28	38	66 	38 	5 	8 	0 	4
 	RW 	78	33	27	60 	136	8 	10 	3 	4
 	RW 	67	23	20	43 	105	5 	13 	1 	7
 	RW 	72	18	19	37 	14 	-5 	7 	0 	0
 	LW 	81	18	18	36 	26 	16 	2 	0 	4
 	C 	63	13	19	32 	59 	-3 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	45	11	17	28 	43 	-4 	5 	0 	4
 	LW 	76	12	15	27 	67 	14 	1 	0 	3
 	RW 	81	10	17	27 	63 	2 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	79	9 	17	26 	38 	1 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	80	9 	15	24 	37 	12 	1 	2 	1
 	D 	60	4 	17	21 	48 	12 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	78	2 	19	21 	135	16 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	5 	12	17 	15 	15 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	58	2 	12	14 	28 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	71	2 	11	13 	30 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	66	1 	4 	5 	193	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	5 	5 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	2 	1 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1 	2 	3 	23 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	62	0 	1 	1 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	11 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	0 	0 	0 	4 	7 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	17	8 	17	25 	14 	5 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	13	10	23 	32 	7 	4 	0 	4
 	LW 	17	8 	14	22 	16 	-1 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	14	5 	12	17 	10 	-6 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	17	4 	13	17 	24 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	17	3 	6 	9 	24 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	12	1 	6 	7 	2 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	4 	2 	6 	14 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	3 	3 	6 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	17	2 	4 	6 	17 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	17	1 	4 	5 	19 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	3 	1 	4 	24 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	17	2 	2 	4 	27 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	4 	4 	62 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	1 	2 	3 	10 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	3 	3 	14 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	1 	1 	2 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	0 	0 	25 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
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; 
==Playoffs==
*April 24, 1997: Patrick Roy shut out Chicago by a score of 7-0. He earned his 89th postseason victory and became the goalie with the most postseason wins, surpassing the old record set by New York Islanders goalie Billy Smith. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.429 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2
==Awards and records==
* Sandis Ozolinsh, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team
==References==
* Avalanche on Hockey Database
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