1996-97 Hartford Whalers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 32-39-11 - 75 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Coach: Paul Maurice (32-39-11)
Location: Hartford, Connecticut

1996-97 Hartford Whalers Roster
1996-97 Hartford Whalers Results

The Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 32 wins and 39 losses and 11 ties for 75 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northeast Division.

The Whalers netted 226 goals and yielded 256. Geoff Sanderson scored 36 goals for Hartford, while Andrew Cassels accounted for 44 assists. Sean Burke topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.69 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.

Paul Maurice coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Geoff Sanderson	L	82	36	31	67	29	-9	12	11	1	0	4	1	297	12.1
Andrew Cassels	C	81	22	44	66	46	-16	8	14	0	2	2	0	142	15.5
Keith Primeau	C	75	26	25	51	161	-3	6	4	3	2	2	2	169	15.4
Kevin Dineen	R	78	19	29	48	141	-6	8	7	0	1	5	2	185	10.3
Nelson Emerson	R	66	9	29	38	34	-21	2	15	1	0	2	0	194	4.6
Steven Rice	R	78	21	14	35	59	-11	5	3	0	0	2	0	159	13.2
Glen Wesley	D	68	6	26	32	40	0	3	11	1	0	0	0	126	4.8
Jeff O'Neill	C	72	14	16	30	40	-24	2	4	1	0	2	0	101	13.9
Sami Kapanen	R	45	13	12	25	2	6	3	1	0	0	2	0	82	15.9
Robert Kron	C	68	10	12	22	10	-18	2	4	0	0	4	1	182	5.5
Paul Ranheim	L	67	10	11	21	18	-13	0	1	3	1	1	0	96	10.4
Curtis Leschyshyn	D	64	4	13	17	30	-19	1	5	1	0	1	0	94	4.3
Steve Chiasson	D	18	3	11	14	7	-10	3	8	0	0	0	0	56	5.4
Adam Burt	D	71	2	11	13	79	-13	0	3	0	2	0	0	85	2.4
Kent Manderville	C	44	6	5	11	18	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	51	11.8
Gerald Diduck	D	56	1	10	11	40	-9	0	2	0	0	1	0	59	1.7
Paul Coffey	D	20	3	5	8	18	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	39	7.7
Kevin Haller	D	35	2	6	8	48	-11	0	2	0	0	0	0	43	4.7
Glen Featherstone	D	41	2	5	7	87	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	40	5.0
Andrei Nikolishin	C	12	2	5	7	2	-2	0	2	0	0	0	0	25	8.0
Alexander Godynyuk	D	55	1	6	7	41	-10	0	0	0	0	1	0	34	2.9
Derek King	L	12	3	3	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	10.7
Mark Janssens	C	54	2	4	6	90	-10	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	6.7
Marek Malik	D	47	1	5	6	50	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	3.0
Stu Grimson	L	75	2	2	4	218	-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8
Kevin Brown	R	11	0	4	4	6	-6	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
Hnat Domenichelli	C	13	2	1	3	7	-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	14.3
Kelly Chase	R	28	1	2	3	122	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Chris Murray	R	8	1	1	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1
Nolan Pratt	D	9	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Sean Burke	G	51	0	2	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Daniels	L	10	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Brian Glynn	D	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brendan Shanahan	L	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	7.7
Steve Martins	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jason Muzzatti	G	31	0	1	1	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Brown	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason McBain	D	6	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1565	226	356	582	1495	-204	58	105	12	10	32	6	2435	9.3

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Sean Burke	51	2985	22	22	6	6	4	134	2.69	1560	1426	.914
Jason Muzzatti	31	1591	9	13	5	1	0	91	3.43	815	724	.888
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	8	394	1	4	0	0	0	24	3.65	201	177	.881
Totals	90	4970	32	39	11	7	4	249	3.01	2825	2576	.912