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The 1996–97 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's fifth season of operation. The Lightning were unable to qualify for the playoffs despite making their first playoff appearance the previous year and losing to the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round.
1996–97 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
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Division | 6th Atlantic |
Conference | 11th Eastern |
1996–97 record | 32–40–10 |
Home record | 15–18–8 |
Road record | 17–22–2 |
Goals for | 217 |
Goals against | 247 |
Team information | |
General manager | Phil Esposito |
Coach | Terry Crisp |
Captain | Paul Ysebaert |
Arena | Ice Palace |
Average attendance | 17,442 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Adirondack Red Wings |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dino Ciccarelli (35) |
Assists | John Cullen (37) |
Points | Chris Gratton (62) |
Penalty minutes | Chris Gratton (201) |
Plus/minus | Bill Houlder (+16) |
Wins | Rick Tabaracci (20) |
Goals against average | Rick Tabaracci (2.75) |
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 231 | 182 | 104 |
2 | 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 274 | 217 | 103 |
3 | 4 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 221 | 201 | 89 |
4 | 5 | New York Rangers | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 258 | 231 | 86 |
5 | 9 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 214 | 231 | 75 |
6 | 11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 217 | 247 | 74 |
7 | 12 | New York Islanders | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 240 | 250 | 70 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 231 | 182 | 104 |
2 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 237 | 208 | 92 |
3 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 274 | 217 | 103 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 221 | 201 | 89 |
5 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 258 | 231 | 86 |
6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 285 | 280 | 84 |
7 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 226 | 234 | 77 |
8 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 249 | 276 | 77 |
9 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 214 | 231 | 75 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 226 | 256 | 75 |
11 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 217 | 247 | 74 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 240 | 250 | 70 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 234 | 300 | 61 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
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October: 5–4–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 4–1–0)
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November: 2–10–1 (home: 1–5–1; road: 1–5–0)
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December: 5–5–3 (home: 2–1–3; road: 3–4–0)
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January: 6–5–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 4–4–0)
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February: 6–6–1 (home: 5–2–1; road: 1–4–0)
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March: 5–8–1 (home: 3–6–0; road: 2–2–1)
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April: 3–2–2 (home: 1–0–1; road: 2–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
77 | Chris Gratton | C | 82 | 30 | 32 | 62 | −28 | 201 |
22 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 77 | 35 | 25 | 60 | −11 | 116 |
12 | John Cullen | C | 70 | 18 | 37 | 55 | −14 | 95 |
7 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 82 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 3 | 56 |
44 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 79 | 12 | 28 | 40 | −29 | 57 |
11 | Shawn Burr | LW | 74 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 5 | 106 |
29 | Alex Selivanov | RW | 69 | 15 | 18 | 33 | −3 | 61 |
18 | Daymond Langkow | C | 79 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 35 |
28 | Patrick Poulin | C | 73 | 12 | 14 | 26 | −16 | 56 |
2 | Bill Houlder | D | 79 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 30 |
19 | Brian Bradley | C | 35 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 16 |
34 | Mikael Andersson | LW | 70 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 8 |
15 | Paul Ysebaert | C | 39 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 4 |
55 | Drew Bannister‡ | D | 64 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −21 | 44 |
24 | Jason Wiemer | C | 63 | 9 | 5 | 14 | −13 | 134 |
27 | David Shaw | D | 57 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 72 |
9 | Jeff Toms | C | 34 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
4 | Cory Cross | D | 72 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 95 |
5 | Igor Ulanov | D | 59 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 108 |
20 | Rudy Poeschek | RW | 60 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −3 | 120 |
6 | Jeff Norton† | D | 13 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
74 | Brantt Myhres | RW | 47 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 136 |
23 | Brian Bellows‡ | LW | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
92 | Aaron Gavey‡ | C | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 12 |
17 | Brent Peterson | LW | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
8 | Jamie Huscroft† | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 34 |
32 | Corey Schwab | G | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
31 | Rick Tabaracci† | G | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
10 | Paul Brousseau | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
25 | Allan Egeland | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 |
93 | Daren Puppa | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
26 | Jay Wells | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 13 |
35 | Derek Wilkinson | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Craig Wolanin‡ | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | 8 |
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
31 | Rick Tabaracci† | 55 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 1415 | 138 | 2.75 | .902 | 4 | 3012 |
32 | Corey Schwab | 31 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 719 | 74 | 3.04 | .897 | 2 | 1462 |
93 | Daren Puppa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 14 | 2.59 | .907 | 0 | 325 |
35 | Derek Wilkinson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 12 | 4.26 | .833 | 0 | 169 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Dino Ciccarelli[lower-alpha 1] | [4] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Daymond Langkow (February) | [5] |
Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 16 | Mario Larocque | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
3 | 69 | Curtis Tipler | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
5 | 125 | Jason Robinson | Canada | Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) |
6 | 152 | Nikolai Ignatov | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
6 | 157 | Xavier Delisle | Canada | Granby Predateurs (QMJHL) |
7 | 179 | Pavel Kubina | Czech Republic | HC Vitkovice (Czech Republic) |
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