1996-97 Washington Capitals Roster

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 33-40-9 - 75 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Jim Schoenfeld (33-40-9)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1996-97 Washington Capitals Statistics
1996-97 Washington Capitals Results

The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 33 wins and 40 losses and 9 ties for 75 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Atlantic Division.

The Capitals scored 214 goals and allowed 231. Peter Bondra netted 46 goals for Washington, while Dale Hunter contributed 32 assists. Jim Carey topped the squad with 17 wins, and Olaf Kolzig recorded a 2.59 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.

Jim Schoenfeld coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight S/C Hometown
Jason AllisonCMay 29, 19756'3"215RNorth York, ON Canada
Craig BerubeLDecember 17, 19656'1"210LCalahoo, AB Canada
Patrick BoileauDFebruary 22, 19756'0"202RMontreal, QC Canada
Peter BondraRFebruary 7, 19686'0"200LLutsk, Ukraine
Andrew BrunetteLAugust 24, 19736'1"212LSudbury, ON Canada
Jim CareyGMay 31, 19746'2"205LDorchester, MA USA
Anson CarterCJune 6, 19746'1"210RToronto, ON Canada
Eric CharronDJanuary 14, 19706'3"195LVerdun, QC Canada
Sylvain CoteDJanuary 19, 19665'11"201RQuebec City, QC Canada
Mike EaglesLMarch 7, 19635'10"195LSussex, NB Canada
Sergei GoncharDApril 13, 19746'2"211LChelyabinsk, Russia
Phil HousleyDMarch 9, 19645'10"185LSt. Paul, MN USA
Dale HunterCJuly 31, 19605'10"198LPetrolia, ON Canada
Calle JohanssonDFebruary 14, 19675'11"203LGoteborg, Sweden
Keith JonesRNovember 8, 19686'2"200RBrantford, ON Canada
Joe JuneauCJanuary 5, 19686'0"195RPont-Rouge, QC Canada
Kevin KaminskiCMarch 13, 19695'10"190LChurchbridge, SK Canada
Ken KleeDApril 24, 19716'0"210RIndianapolis, IN USA
Olaf KolzigGApril 6, 19706'3"221LJohannesburg, South Africa
Steve KonowalchukLNovember 11, 19726'1"207LSalt Lake City, UT USA
Todd KrygierLOctober 12, 19656'0"185LNorthville, MI USA
Curtis LeschyshynDSeptember 21, 19696'1"207LThompson, MB Canada
Stewart MalgunasDApril 21, 19706'0"200LPrince George, BC Canada
Kelly MillerLMarch 3, 19635'11"195LDetroit, MI USA
Andrei NikolishinCMarch 25, 19736'0"213LVorkuta, Russia
Adam OatesCAugust 27, 19625'11"190RWeston, ON Canada
Pat PeakeRMay 28, 19736'1"195RRochester, MN USA
Michal PivonkaCJanuary 28, 19666'2"200LKladno, Czech Republic
Bill RanfordGDecember 14, 19665'11"185LBrandon, MB Canada
Joe ReekieDFebruary 22, 19656'3"220LVictoria, BC Canada
Chris SimonLJanuary 30, 19726'4"235LWawa, ON Canada
Jaroslav SvejkovskyLOctober 1, 19766'1"193RPlzen, Czech Republic
Mark TinordiDMay 9, 19666'4"213LRed Deer, AB Canada
Rick TocchetRApril 9, 19646'0"210RScarborough, ON Canada
Stefan UstorfFJanuary 3, 19746'0"195LKaufbeuren, Germany
Brendan WittDFebruary 20, 19756'2"223LHumboldt, SK Canada
Richard ZednikRJanuary 6, 19766'0"200LBystrica, Slovakia



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