1996–97 Dallas Stars season

The 1996–97 Dallas Stars season was the fourth National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 30th as a franchise) as they attempted to bounce back from their dismal last place finish in the Central Division, which they would, finishing first, clinching the first Division title for Dallas. They would face off against the Edmonton Oilers in the Conference Quarterfinals, playing a tough series, losing 4-3.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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.

Western Conference^[1]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1996	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	1–0–0
2	W	October 8, 1996	5–3	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	2–0–0
3	W	October 10, 1996	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	3–0–0
4	W	October 12, 1996	4–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	4–0–0
5	W	October 13, 1996	5–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	5–0–0
6	W	October 15, 1996	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	6–0–0
7	L	October 17, 1996	1–6	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	6–1–0
8	W	October 19, 1996	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	7–1–0
9	L	October 23, 1996	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	7–2–0
10	W	October 26, 1996	5–1	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	8–2–0
11	W	October 30, 1996	2–0	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	9–2–0
12	L	November 1, 1996	2–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	9–3–0
13	L	November 3, 1996	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	9–4–0
14	W	November 6, 1996	3–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	10–4–0
15	L	November 8, 1996	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	10–5–0
16	W	November 11, 1996	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	11–5–0
17	T	November 13, 1996	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	11–5–1
18	W	November 15, 1996	4–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	12–5–1
19	W	November 17, 1996	7–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	13–5–1
20	L	November 19, 1996	0–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	13–6–1
21	W	November 20, 1996	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	14–6–1
22	L	November 22, 1996	1–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	14–7–1
23	L	November 27, 1996	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	14–8–1
24	W	November 29, 1996	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	15–8–1
25	W	November 30, 1996	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	16–8–1
26	L	December 4, 1996	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	16–9–1
27	L	December 6, 1996	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	16–10–1
28	T	December 8, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	16–10–2
29	T	December 11, 1996	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	16–10–3
30	W	December 13, 1996	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	17–10–3
31	W	December 15, 1996	4–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	18–10–3
32	W	December 18, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	19–10–3
33	W	December 20, 1996	4–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	20–10–3
34	W	December 21, 1996	3–2	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	21–10–3
35	L	December 23, 1996	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	21–11–3
36	W	December 27, 1996	6–4	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	22–11–3
37	L	December 29, 1996	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	22–12–3
38	L	December 30, 1996	2–3	New York Rangers (1996–97)	22–13–3
39	L	January 1, 1997	4–6	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	22–14–3
40	W	January 3, 1997	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	23–14–3
41	L	January 4, 1997	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	23–15–3
42	W	January 8, 1997	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	24–15–3
43	L	January 10, 1997	3–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	24–16–3
44	W	January 13, 1997	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	25–16–3
45	L	January 14, 1997	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	25–17–3
46	T	January 21, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	25–17–4
47	W	January 24, 1997	5–2	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	26–17–4
48	W	January 25, 1997	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	27–17–4
49	W	January 27, 1997	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	28–17–4
50	W	January 29, 1997	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	29–17–4
51	L	January 31, 1997	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	29–18–4
52	L	February 2, 1997	3–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	29–19–4
53	W	February 5, 1997	4–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	30–19–4
54	L	February 6, 1997	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	30–20–4
55	W	February 8, 1997	5–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	31–20–4
56	W	February 9, 1997	2–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	32–20–4
57	L	February 12, 1997	0–5	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	32–21–4
58	W	February 14, 1997	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	33–21–4
59	W	February 17, 1997	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	34–21–4
60	L	February 18, 1997	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	34–22–4
61	W	February 21, 1997	4–2	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	35–22–4
62	W	February 23, 1997	6–1	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	36–22–4
63	W	February 25, 1997	1–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	37–22–4
64	W	February 27, 1997	6–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	38–22–4
65	L	March 1, 1997	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	38–23–4
66	W	March 5, 1997	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	39–23–4
67	W	March 7, 1997	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	40–23–4
68	T	March 10, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	40–23–5
69	T	March 14, 1997	4–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	40–23–6
70	W	March 16, 1997	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	41–23–6
71	W	March 19, 1997	7–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	42–23–6
72	W	March 21, 1997	2–0	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	43–23–6
73	W	March 23, 1997	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	44–23–6
74	W	March 30, 1997	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	45–23–6
75	W	March 31, 1997	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	46–23–6
76	W	April 2, 1997	5–4	New York Islanders (1996–97)	47–23–6
77	L	April 4, 1997	2–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	47–24–6
78	T	April 5, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	47–24–7
79	T	April 7, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	47–24–8
80	W	April 9, 1997	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	48–24–8
81	L	April 11, 1997	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	48–25–8
82	L	April 13, 1997	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	48–26–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	80	35	48	83	42	43	9	5	9
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	81	17	36	53	128	3	5	0	4
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	66	30	21	51	32	-5	8	0	2
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	D	82	8	40	48	51	37	2	0	2
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	73	19	24	43	54	8	5	0	5
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	63	16	27	43	2	26	3	1	2
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	78	13	30	43	24	19	1	0	3
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	82	19	20	39	10	12	1	1	4
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	76	13	26	39	51	-2	3	0	3
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	50	21	15	36	2	27	5	0	4
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey	RW/C	71	9	22	31	142	19	1	0	2
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	67	10	20	30	24	6	2	0	2
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	63	3	19	22	97	8	0	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	73	5	16	21	36	9	0	1	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	67	1	15	16	61	31	0	0	0
Broten, NealNeal Broten	C	20	8	7	15	12	6	1	1	2
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	77	2	11	13	62	17	0	0	1
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	46	5	7	12	41	5	0	0	2
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	57	5	7	12	87	1	0	2	0
Huard, BillBill Huard	LW	40	5	6	11	105	5	0	0	0
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	56	6	4	10	98	5	0	0	0
Kennedy, MikeMike Kennedy	C	24	1	6	7	13	3	0	0	1
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor	D	55	1	1	2	42	3	0	0	0
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	G	35	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer	D	13	0	1	1	6	3	0	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	48	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Cote, PatrickPatrick Cote	LW	3	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0
Labelle, MarcMarc Labelle	LW	9	0	0	0	46	-4	0	0	0
Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	2738	48	28	13	5	98	2.15	3	1121	1023	.913
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	1965	35	17	12	3	88	2.69	3	825	737	.893
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	263	6	3	1	0	9	2.05	0	129	120	.930
Team:	4966	82	48	26	8	195	2.36	6	2075	1880	.906

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	7	4	1	5	0	2	1	1	2
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	7	3	1	4	4	3	0	0	0
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	7	2	2	4	6	-1	1	0	0
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	7	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	7	2	2	4	6	-1	0	0	0
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	7	1	3	4	16	-2	1	0	0
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	7	0	3	3	2	4	0	0	0
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	5	1	1	2	14	1	0	0	1
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	7	0	2	2	20	1	0	0	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	7	0	2	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	7	0	2	2	18	1	0	0	0
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	5	0	2	2	8	2	0	0	0
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	D	7	0	2	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	7	1	0	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Broten, NealNeal Broten	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	7	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey	RW/C	7	0	1	1	10	-2	0	0	0
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	7	0	1	1	20	-1	0	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	449	7	3	4	21	2.81	214	193	.902
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe	13	1	0	0	0	0.00	4	4	1.000
Team:	462	7	3	4	21	2.73	218	197	.904

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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;

References

↑ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1996-97 Dallas Stars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

"1996–97 Dallas Stars Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

Dallas Stars

Formerly the Minnesota North Stars Founded in 1993 Based in Dallas, Texas

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Expansion Draft Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner: Tom Gaglardi General manager: Jim Nill Head coach: Lindy Ruff Team captain: Jamie Benn Current roster

Arenas	Reunion Arena American Airlines Center

Affiliates	AHL Texas Stars ECHL Idaho Steelheads

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Head coaches	Gainey Hitchcock Wilson Tippett Crawford Gulutzan Ruff

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Culture and lore	Minnesota North Stars "No Goal" Ralph and Razor

Dallas Stars seasons

Pre-1993	Minnesota North Stars

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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1996–97 NHL season

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Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1996–97 Dallas Stars season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links