1996–97 St. Louis Blues season
1996–97 St. Louis Blues | |
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Division | 4th Central |
Conference | 6th Western |
1996–97 record | 36–35–11 |
Home record | 17–20–4 |
Road record | 19–15–7 |
Goals for | 236 |
Goals against | 239 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Keenan (Oct-Dec) Ron Caron (Dec-Apr) |
Coach | Mike Keenan (Oct-Dec) Jim Roberts (Dec-Jan) Joel Quenneville (Jan-Apr) |
Captain | Vacant |
Arena | Kiel Center |
Average attendance | 16,806 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Worcester IceCats Baton Rouge Kingfish |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Brett Hull (42) |
Assists | Pierre Turgeon (49) |
Points | Brett Hull (82) |
Penalty minutes | Mike Peluso (158) |
Plus/minus | Chris Pronger (+15) |
Wins | Grant Fuhr (33) |
Goals against average | Grant Fuhr (2.72) |
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
[edit]On July 21, Wayne Gretzky's short tenure with the Blues ended when he signed with the New York Rangers as a free agent, rejoining longtime Oilers teammate Mark Messier.[1]
Regular season
[edit]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 19 the Keenan era would come to a sudden end as he is fired as GM and Coach. Eventually he would be replaced by assistant coach Jim Roberts.
Roberts' stint as interim head coach lasted nine games, as the team would hire Colorado Avalanche assistant coach Joel Quenneville to serve as the team's head coach. The change worked with 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.[2]
Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 252 | 198 | 104 |
2 | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 253 | 197 | 94 |
3 | 5 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 240 | 243 | 83 |
4 | 6 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 236 | 239 | 83 |
5 | 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 223 | 210 | 81 |
6 | 11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 230 | 273 | 68 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 277 | 205 | 107 |
2 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 252 | 198 | 104 |
3 | Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 253 | 197 | 94 |
4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 245 | 233 | 85 |
5 | Phoenix Coyotes | CEN | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 240 | 243 | 83 |
6 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 236 | 239 | 83 |
7 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 252 | 247 | 81 |
8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 223 | 210 | 81 |
9 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 35 | 40 | 7 | 257 | 273 | 77 |
10 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 32 | 41 | 9 | 214 | 239 | 73 |
11 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 230 | 273 | 68 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 214 | 268 | 67 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 211 | 278 | 62 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Playoffs
[edit]The Blues lost 4 games to 2 to the Detroit Red Wings in the first round.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 5–7–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–4–0)
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November: 8–4–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 3–2–0)
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December: 4–9–2 (home: 2–6–0; road: 2–3–2)
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January: 8–3–2 (home: 1–2–1; road: 7–1–1)
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February: 3–6–4 (home: 3–4–2; road: 0–2–2)
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March: 5–5–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 2–3–1)
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April: 3–1–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 2–0–1)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]1997 Stanley Cup playoffs[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Detroit Red Wings: Red Wings win 4–2
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blues only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
16 | Brett Hull | RW | 77 | 42 | 40 | 82 | −9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
77 | Pierre Turgeon† | C | 69 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Geoff Courtnall | LW | 82 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 3 | 86 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
17[a] | Joe Murphy | RW | 75 | 20 | 25 | 45 | −1 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 10 |
10 | Jim Campbell | RW | 68 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
2 | Al MacInnis | D | 72 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 2 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
32 | Stephane Matteau | LW | 74 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Chris Pronger | D | 79 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 143 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
37 | Harry York | C | 74 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
5 | Igor Kravchuk | D | 82 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
36 | Robert Petrovicky | C | 44 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
39[b] | Scott Pellerin | LW | 54 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
22 | Craig Conroy† | C | 61 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
25 | Peter Zezel‡ | C | 35 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Ricard Persson† | D | 53 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 27 |
23 | Craig MacTavish | C | 50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −12 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
28 | Brian Noonan‡ | RW | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Jamie Rivers | D | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43 | Libor Zabransky | D | 34 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Mike Peluso† | LW | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 158 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 25 |
26 | Sergio Momesso† | LW | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
4 | Marc Bergevin | D | 82 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −9 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
38 | Pavol Demitra† | LW | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
9 | Shayne Corson‡ | LW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Steve Leach | RW | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 33 |
26 | Konstantin Shafranov | RW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
12 | Rob Pearson | RW | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −5 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Tony Twist | LW | 64 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −8 | 121 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Murray Baron‡ | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Grant Fuhr | G | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
33 | Trent Yawney | D | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
13 | Yuri Khmylev | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
38 | Gary Leeman | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Jamal Mayers | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Christer Olsson‡ | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Jon Casey | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
42 | Rory Fitzpatrick† | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Chris McAlpine† | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Alexander Vasilevski | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Grant Fuhr | 73 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 1940 | 193 | 2.72 | .901 | 3 | 4261 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 183 | 13 | 2.18 | .929 | 2 | 357 |
30 | Jon Casey | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 299 | 40 | 3.40 | .866 | 0 | 707 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Jim Campbell (Forward) | [5] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Brett Hull[c] | [7] |
Al MacInnis | |||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Jim Campbell (October) | [8] | |
Harry York (November) |
Draft picks
[edit]St. Louis's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[9]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 14 | Marty Reasoner | ![]() | Boston College (Hockey East) |
3 | 67 | Gordie Dwyer | ![]() | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
4 | 95 | Jon Zukiwsky | ![]() | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
4 | 97 | Andrei Petrakov | ![]() | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (Russia) |
6 | 159 | Stephen Wagner | ![]() | Olds Grizzlys (AJHL) |
7 | 169 | Daniel Corso | ![]() | Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) |
7 | 177 | Reed Low | ![]() | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
8 | 196 | Andrej Podkonicky | ![]() | ZTK Zvolen (Slovakia) |
8 | 203 | Anthony Hutchins | ![]() | Lawrence Academy (USHS–MA) |
9 | 229 | Konstantin Shafranov | ![]() | Fort Wayne Komets (IHL) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "St. Louis Blues 1996-97 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- "1996-97 St. Louis Blues Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Rangers to sign Gretzky today". Tampa Bay Times. July 21, 1996. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ St. Louis Blues (1967-Present)
- ^ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1996-97 St. Louis Blues Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "1997 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.