1996-97 St. Louis Blues Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-35-11 - 83 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Coach: Mike Keenan (15-17-1)
Coach: Jimmy Roberts (3-3-3)
Coach: Joel Quenneville (18-15-7)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1996-97 St. Louis Blues RosterTeam Record: 36-35-11 - 83 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Coach: Mike Keenan (15-17-1)
Coach: Jimmy Roberts (3-3-3)
Coach: Joel Quenneville (18-15-7)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1996-97 St. Louis Blues Results
The St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 36 wins and 35 losses and 11 ties for 83 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Blues netted 236 goals and gave up 239. Brett Hull scored 42 goals for St. Louis, and Pierre Turgeon accounted for 49 assists. Grant Fuhr earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.72 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Mike Keenan, Jimmy Roberts and Joel Quenneville coached the team. The 1996-97 St. Louis Blues lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Hull | R | 77 | 42 | 40 | 82 | 10 | -9 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 302 | 13.9 |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 69 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 194 | 12.9 |
| Geoff Courtnall | L | 82 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 86 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 203 | 8.4 |
| Joe Murphy | R | 75 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 69 | -1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 13.2 |
| Jim Campbell | R | 68 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 169 | 13.6 |
| Al MacInnis | D | 72 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 65 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 296 | 4.4 |
| Stephane Matteau | L | 74 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 16.3 |
| Chris Pronger | D | 79 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 143 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 7.5 |
| Harry York | C | 74 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 16.3 |
| Igor Kravchuk | D | 82 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 2.8 |
| Robert Petrovicky | C | 44 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 13.0 |
| Scott Pellerin | L | 54 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 10.5 |
| Craig Conroy | C | 61 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 8.1 |
| Peter Zezel | C | 35 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Ricard Persson | D | 53 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 45 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 5.9 |
| Brian Noonan | R | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 33 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7.7 |
| Jamie Rivers | D | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Libor Zabransky | D | 34 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 44 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Mike Peluso | L | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Sergio Momesso | L | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 37 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Marc Bergevin | D | 82 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 53 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Pavol Demitra | C | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Stephen Leach | R | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6.1 |
| Shayne Corson | L | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Konstantin Shafranov | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Tony Twist | L | 64 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 121 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Rob Pearson | R | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Murray Baron | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Trent Yawney | D | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Grant Fuhr | G | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yuri Khmylev | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Christer Olsson | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Gary Leeman | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jamal Mayers | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Alexander Vasilevski | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jon Casey | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris McAlpine | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1564 | 236 | 386 | 622 | 1312 | -2 | 50 | 97 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 2415 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Fuhr | 73 | 4261 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 193 | 2.72 | 1940 | 1747 | .901 |
| Jon Casey | 15 | 707 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 3.39 | 299 | 259 | .866 |
| Totals | 88 | 4968 | 36 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 233 | 2.81 | 2472 | 2239 | .906 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Hull | R | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8.0 | |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Geoff Courtnall | L | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 27.3 | |
| Joe Murphy | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Jim Campbell | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Al MacInnis | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | |
| Stephane Matteau | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Pronger | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Harry York | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Igor Kravchuk | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Robert Petrovicky | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Pellerin | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Conroy | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Ricard Persson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Peluso | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Sergio Momesso | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Bergevin | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Pavol Demitra | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Stephen Leach | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Twist | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Fuhr | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris McAlpine | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 114 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 198 | -2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 8.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Fuhr | 6 | 357 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2.18 | 183 | 170 | .929 |
| Totals | 6 | 357 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2.18 | 196 | 183 | .934 |
