1996–97 St. Louis Blues season

1996–97 St. Louis Blues

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

Coach

Mike Keenan
Joel Quenneville

Captain

Vacant

Arena

Kiel Center

Team leaders

<1995–96

1997–98>

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

After losing captain Wayne Gretzky to free-agency, 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 Joel 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.^[1]

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^[2]
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 4, 1996	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	1–0–0
2	L	October 6, 1996	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	1–1–0
3	W	October 9, 1996	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	2–1–0
4	W	October 11, 1996	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	3–1–0
5	L	October 12, 1996	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	3–2–0
6	W	October 17, 1996	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	4–2–0
7	L	October 18, 1996	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	4–3–0
8	L	October 20, 1996	2–3	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	4–4–0
9	W	October 22, 1996	2–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	5–4–0
10	L	October 24, 1996	4–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	5–5–0
11	L	October 26, 1996	4–6	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	5–6–0
12	L	October 30, 1996	3–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	5–7–0
13	L	November 1, 1996	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	5–8–0
14	W	November 3, 1996	6–3	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	6–8–0
15	L	November 5, 1996	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	6–9–0
16	W	November 8, 1996	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	7–9–0
17	W	November 9, 1996	3–2	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	8–9–0
18	W	November 14, 1996	5–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	9–9–0
19	W	November 16, 1996	2–0	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	10–9–0
20	W	November 17, 1996	4–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	11–9–0
21	L	November 19, 1996	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	11–10–0
22	W	November 21, 1996	4–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	12–10–0
23	L	November 23, 1996	1–3	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	12–11–0
24	W	November 27, 1996	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	13–11–0
25	L	December 1, 1996	3–4	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	13–12–0
26	L	December 3, 1996	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	13–13–0
27	L	December 5, 1996	0–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	13–14–0
28	W	December 6, 1996	4–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	14–14–0
29	W	December 8, 1996	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	15–14–0
30	T	December 11, 1996	5–5 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	15–14–1
31	L	December 13, 1996	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	15–15–1
32	L	December 15, 1996	0–8	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	15–16–1
33	L	December 17, 1996	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	15–17–1
34	L	December 19, 1996	0–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	15–18–1
35	L	December 21, 1996	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	15–19–1
36	W	December 22, 1996	7–4	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	16–19–1
37	T	December 26, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	16–19–2
38	L	December 27, 1996	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	16–20–2
39	W	December 29, 1996	4–2	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	17–20–2
40	T	January 2, 1997	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	17–20–3
41	T	January 3, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	17–20–4
42	W	January 5, 1997	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	18–20–4
43	L	January 7, 1997	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	18–21–4
44	W	January 9, 1997	4–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	19–21–4
45	L	January 11, 1997	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	19–22–4
46	W	January 15, 1997	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	20–22–4
47	W	January 20, 1997	6–4	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	21–22–4
48	W	January 23, 1997	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	22–22–4
49	W	January 25, 1997	8–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	23–22–4
50	L	January 27, 1997	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	23–23–4
51	W	January 29, 1997	4–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	24–23–4
52	W	January 30, 1997	5–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	25–23–4
53	L	February 1, 1997	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	25–24–4
54	T	February 4, 1997	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	25–24–5
55	W	February 6, 1997	6–4	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	26–24–5
56	T	February 8, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	26–24–6
57	L	February 10, 1997	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	26–25–6
58	W	February 13, 1997	4–1	New York Rangers (1996–97)	27–25–6
59	L	February 15, 1997	2–5	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	27–26–6
60	W	February 17, 1997	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	28–26–6
61	T	February 20, 1997	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	28–26–7
62	T	February 22, 1997	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	28–26–8
63	L	February 23, 1997	3–5	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	28–27–8
64	L	February 25, 1997	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	28–28–8
65	L	February 27, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	28–29–8
66	L	March 5, 1997	2–3	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	28–30–8
67	L	March 9, 1997	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	28–31–8
68	W	March 11, 1997	4–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	29–31–8
69	W	March 13, 1997	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	30–31–8
70	T	March 14, 1997	4–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	30–31–9
71	L	March 17, 1997	2–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	30–32–9
72	W	March 20, 1997	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	31–32–9
73	L	March 23, 1997	1–4	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	31–33–9
74	L	March 25, 1997	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	31–34–9
75	W	March 27, 1997	2–1	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	32–34–9
76	W	March 30, 1997	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	33–34–9
77	T	April 1, 1997	1–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	33–34–10
78	T	April 3, 1997	5–5 OT	New York Islanders (1996–97)	33–34–11
79	L	April 6, 1997	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	33–35–11
80	W	April 9, 1997	1–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	34–35–11
81	W	April 10, 1997	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	35–35–11
82	W	April 13, 1997	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	36–35–11

Playoffs

The Blues lost 4 games to 2 to the Detroit Red Wings in the first round.

1997 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-Final vs. Detroit Red Wings (6)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 16	St. Louis	2 – 0	Detroit		1 – 0
2	April 18	St. Louis	1 – 2	Detroit		1 – 1
3	April 20	Detroit	3 – 2	St. Louis		1 – 2
4	April 22	Detroit	0 – 4	St. Louis		2 – 2
5	April 25	St. Louis	2 – 5	Detroit		2 – 3
6	April 27	Detroit	3 – 1	St. Louis		2 – 4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	77	42	40	82	10	-9	12	2	6
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	69	25	49	74	12	4	5	0	7
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	82	17	40	57	86	3	4	0	2
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	RW	75	20	25	45	69	-1	4	1	2
Campbell, JimJim Campbell	RW	68	23	20	43	68	3	5	0	6
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	72	13	30	43	65	2	6	1	1
Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau	LW	74	16	20	36	50	11	1	2	2
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	79	11	24	35	143	15	4	0	0
York, HarryHarry York	C	74	14	18	32	24	1	3	1	3
Kravchuk, IgorIgor Kravchuk	D	82	4	24	28	35	7	1	0	0
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky	C	44	7	12	19	10	2	0	0	1
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	54	8	10	18	35	12	0	2	2
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy	C	61	6	11	17	43	0	0	0	1
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel	C	35	4	9	13	12	6	0	0	1
Persson, RicardRicard Persson	D	53	4	8	12	45	-2	1	0	0
MacTavish, CraigCraig MacTavish	C	50	2	5	7	33	-12	0	0	0
Noonan, BrianBrian Noonan	RW	13	2	5	7	0	2	0	0	0
Rivers, JamieJamie Rivers	D	15	2	5	7	6	-4	1	0	0
Zabransky, LiborLibor Zabransky	D	34	1	5	6	44	-1	0	0	1
Peluso, MikeMike Peluso	LW	44	2	3	5	158	0	0	0	0
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso	LW	31	1	3	4	37	-4	0	0	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	82	0	4	4	53	-9	0	0	0
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	8	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	1
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	11	2	1	3	24	-4	1	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	17	2	1	3	24	-2	0	0	0
Shafranov, KonstantinKonstantin Shafranov	RW	5	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pearson, RobRob Pearson	RW	18	1	2	3	37	-5	0	0	0
Twist, TonyTony Twist	LW	64	1	2	3	121	-8	0	0	0
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	D	11	0	2	2	11	-4	0	0	0
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	G	73	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Yawney, TrentTrent Yawney	D	39	0	2	2	17	2	0	0	0
Khmylev, YuriYuri Khmylev	LW	2	1	0	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Leeman, GaryGary Leeman	RW	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	6	0	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0
Olsson, ChristerChrister Olsson	D	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Casey, JonJon Casey	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fitzpatrick, RoryRory Fitzpatrick	D	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	15	0	0	0	24	-2	0	0	0
Vasilevski, AlexanderAlexander Vasilevski	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	4261	73	33	27	11	193	2.72	3	1940	1747	.901
Casey, JonJon Casey	707	15	3	8	0	40	3.39	0	299	259	.866
Team:	4968	82	36	35	11	233	2.81	3	2239	2006	.896

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Hull, BrettBrett Hull	RW	6	2	7	9	2	4	0	0
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	6	3	1	4	23	0	1	2
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	6	1	3	4	6	3	0	0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	6	1	2	3	4	-1	1	0
Murphy, JoeJoe Murphy	RW	6	1	1	2	10	-2	1	0
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	6	1	1	2	22	0	0	0
Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon	C	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	0
Bergevin, MarcMarc Bergevin	D	6	1	0	1	8	2	0	0
Campbell, JimJim Campbell	RW	4	1	0	1	6	-1	1	0
McAlpine, ChrisChris McAlpine	D	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy	C	6	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	G	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Kravchuk, IgorIgor Kravchuk	D	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	6	0	0	0	33	-2	0	0
MacTavish, CraigCraig MacTavish	C	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0
Matteau, StephaneStephane Matteau	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso	LW	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	6	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0
Peluso, MikeMike Peluso	LW	5	0	0	0	25	-1	0	0
Persson, RicardRicard Persson	D	6	0	0	0	27	-1	0	0
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky	C	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Twist, TonyTony Twist	LW	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
York, HarryHarry York	C	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Fuhr, GrantGrant Fuhr	357	6	2	4	13	2.18	2	183	170	.929
Team:	357	6	2	4	13	2.18	2	183	170	.929

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

Center

Right Wing

Left Wing

Defense

Goalie

GM: Larry Pleau
Coach: Joel Quenneville

References

↑ St. Louis Blues (1967-Present)
↑ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1996-97 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

External links

1996–97 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

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

St. Louis Blues

Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

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History	1967 expansion Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner(s) SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC (Tom Stillman, chairman) General manager Doug Armstrong Head coach Ken Hitchcock Team captain David Backes Current roster

Arenas	St. Louis Arena Scottrade Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Affiliates	AHL Chicago Wolves

General managers	Patrick Bowman Abel Catto Ehman Ball Francis Caron Keenan Caron Pleau Armstrong

Head coaches	Patrick Bowman Arbour Bowman Abel McCreary, Sr. Arbour Talbot Angotti Patrick Young Patrick Boivin Francis Boivin Plager Berenson Francis Plager Demers Martin Sutter Plager Berry Keenan Roberts Quenneville Kitchen Murray Payne Hitchcock

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Culture and lore	The Monday Night Miracle Louie the Bear Saint Louis Blues (song) "When the Blues Go Marching In" Dan Kelly

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1996–97 St. Louis Blues season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

See also

References

External links