1996-97 NHL Debuts

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League Champion: Detroit Red Wings

Hart Memorial Trophy: Dominik Hašek (37-20-10, 2.27 GAA)

Calder Memorial Trophy: Bryan Berard (8 G, 40 A, 48 P)

Vezina Trophy: Dominik Hašek (37-20-10, 2.27 GAA)

Points Leaders: Mario Lemieux (122)

Assists Leaders: Wayne Gretzky (72), Mario Lemieux (72)

Goals Leaders: Keith Tkachuk (52)

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Debuts

Debuts Table
									Scoring						Goalie Stats
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
1	Frank Banham	21-286d	1997-01-25	MDA	1975-04-14	1997	2003	RW	32	9	2	11	-9	16
2	Wade Belak	20-171d	1996-12-21	COL	1976-07-03	1997	2011	RW	549	8	25	33	-38	1263
3	Bryan Berard	19-213d	1996-10-04	NYI	1977-03-05	1997	2008	D	619	76	247	323	-98	500
4	Sergei Berezin	24-335d	1996-10-05	TOR	1971-11-05	1997	2003	LW	502	160	126	286	29	54
5	Sylvain Blouin	22-181d	1996-11-18	NYR	1974-05-21	1997	2003	LW	115	3	4	7	-20	336
6	Patrick Boileau	21-328d	1997-01-15	WSH	1975-02-22	1997	2004	D	48	5	11	16	-13	26
7	Rich Brennan	24-041d	1997-01-06	COL	1972-11-26	1997	2003	D	50	2	6	8	-8	33
8	Brad Brown	21-015d	1997-01-11	MTL	1975-12-27	1997	2004	D	330	2	27	29	-16	747
9	Sean Brown	20-108d	1997-02-21	EDM	1976-11-05	1997	2006	D	436	14	43	57	-9	907
10	Eric Cairns	22-103d	1996-10-08	NYR	1974-06-27	1997	2007	D	457	10	32	42	-45	1182
11	Anson Carter	22-121d	1996-10-05	WSH	1974-06-06	1997	2007	RW	674	202	219	421	-12	229
12	David Cooper	23-043d	1996-12-15	TOR	1973-11-02	1997	2001	D	30	3	7	10	-2	24
13	Marcel Cousineau	23-205d	1996-11-21	TOR	1973-04-30	1997	2000	G	26	0	1	1	0	0	26	4	10	1	.900	2.93
14	John Craighead	24-364d	1996-11-21	TOR	1971-11-23	1997	1997	RW	5	0	0	0	0	10
15	Andreas Dackell	23-281d	1996-10-05	OTT	1972-12-29	1997	2004	RW	613	91	159	250	4	162
16	Nathan Dempsey	22-201d	1997-01-31	TOR	1974-07-14	1997	2007	D	260	21	67	88	-7	120
17	Marc Denis	19-128d	1996-12-07	COL	1977-08-01	1997	2009	G	349	0	6	6	0	32	349	112	179	31	.902	3.02
18	Hnat Domenichelli	20-231d	1996-10-05	HAR	1976-02-17	1997	2003	LW	267	52	61	113	-56	104
19	P.C. Drouin	22-278d	1997-01-25	BOS	1974-04-22	1997	1997	LW	3	0	0	0	1	0
20	Christian Dubé	19-166d	1996-10-08	NYR	1977-04-25	1997	1999	C	33	1	1	2	-4	4
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
21	Parris Duffus	27-031d	1997-02-27	PHX	1970-01-27	1997	1997	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.875	2.08
22	Mike Dunham	24-150d	1996-10-29	NJD	1972-06-01	1997	2007	G	394	0	5	5	0	16	394	141	178	44	.908	2.75
23	Colin Forbes	21-021d	1997-03-09	PHI	1976-02-16	1997	2006	C	311	33	28	61	-20	213
24	Mike Fountain	24-293d	1996-11-14	VAN	1972-01-26	1997	2001	G	11	0	0	0	0	2	11	2	6	0	.880	3.49
25	Bruce Gardiner	24-237d	1996-10-05	OTT	1972-02-11	1997	2002	RW	312	34	54	88	-10	263
26	Jean-Sébastien Giguère	19-210d	1996-12-12	HAR	1977-05-16	1997	2014	G	597	0	7	7	0	98	597	262	216	75	.913	2.53
27	Daniel Goneau	20-263d	1996-10-05	NYR	1976-01-16	1997	2000	LW	53	12	3	15	-10	14
28	Mike Grier	21-273d	1996-10-04	EDM	1975-01-05	1997	2011	RW	1060	162	221	383	-9	510
29	Tuomas Grönman	22-197d	1996-10-05	CHI	1974-03-22	1997	1998	D	38	1	3	4	-1	38
30	Steve Guolla	23-298d	1997-01-07	SJS	1973-03-15	1997	2003	C	205	40	46	86	-25	60
31	Per Gustafsson	26-128d	1996-10-12	FLA	1970-06-06	1997	1998	D	89	8	27	35	9	38
32	Paul Healey	21-207d	1996-10-13	PHI	1975-03-20	1997	2006	LW	77	6	14	20	15	44
33	Sami Helenius	22-327d	1996-12-14	CGY	1974-01-22	1997	2003	D	155	2	4	6	-8	260
34	Jonas Höglund	24-037d	1996-10-05	CGY	1972-08-29	1997	2003	LW	545	117	145	262	-4	112
35	Jason Holland	20-244d	1996-12-30	NYI	1976-04-30	1997	2004	D	81	4	5	9	1	36
36	Tomas Holmström	23-256d	1996-10-05	DET	1973-01-23	1997	2012	LW	1026	243	287	530	28	769
37	Éric Houde	20-010d	1996-12-29	MTL	1976-12-19	1997	1999	C	30	2	3	5	-4	4
38	Joe Hulbig	23-156d	1997-03-04	EDM	1973-09-29	1997	2001	LW	55	4	4	8	-12	16
39	Jarome Iginla	18-295d	1996-10-05	CGY	1977-07-01	1997	2017	RW	1554	625	675	1300	30	1040
40	Marko Jantunen	25-238d	1996-10-09	CGY	1971-02-14	1997	1997	C	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
41	Mike Johnson	22-164d	1997-03-16	TOR	1974-10-03	1997	2008	RW	661	129	246	375	34	315
42	Steve Kelly	20-149d	1997-03-24	EDM	1976-10-26	1997	2008	C	149	9	12	21	-36	83
43	Sergei Klimovich	22-276d	1996-12-09	CHI	1974-03-08	1997	1997	C	1	0	0	0	0	2
44	Mike Knuble	24-265d	1997-03-26	DET	1972-07-04	1997	2013	RW	1068	278	270	548	76	641
45	Marc Labelle	26-308d	1996-10-23	DAL	1969-12-20	1997	1997	LW	9	0	0	0	-4	46
46	Christian Laflamme	20-108d	1997-03-12	CHI	1976-11-24	1997	2004	D	324	2	45	47	-5	282
47	Sasha Lakovic	25-034d	1996-10-11	CGY	1971-09-07	1997	1999	RW	37	0	4	4	-1	118
48	Patrick Lalime	22-132d	1996-11-16	PIT	1974-07-07	1997	2011	G	444	0	6	6	0	58	444	200	174	48	.905	2.58
49	Peter Leboutillier	22-016d	1997-01-27	MDA	1975-01-11	1997	1998	RW	35	2	1	3	-1	176
50	Mike Leclerc	20-138d	1997-03-28	MDA	1976-11-10	1997	2006	LW	341	64	94	158	-43	288
51	Jean-Yves Leroux	20-293d	1997-04-13	CHI	1976-06-24	1997	2001	LW	220	16	22	38	-27	146
52	Mats Lindgren	22-033d	1996-11-03	EDM	1974-10-01	1997	2003	C/LW	387	54	74	128	1	146
53	David Ling	22-002d	1997-01-11	MTL	1975-01-09	1997	2004	RW	93	4	4	8	-11	191
54	Mark Major	26-226d	1996-11-01	DET	1970-03-20	1997	1997	LW	2	0	0	0	0	5
55	Christian Matte	21-333d	1996-12-18	COL	1975-01-20	1997	2001	RW	25	2	3	5	-3	12
56	Jamal Mayers	22-010d	1996-11-03	STL	1974-10-24	1997	2013	RW	915	90	129	219	-87	1200
57	Dan McGillis	24-095d	1996-10-04	EDM	1972-07-01	1997	2006	D	634	56	182	238	40	570
58	Steve McKenna	23-215d	1997-03-24	LAK	1973-08-21	1997	2004	LW	373	18	14	32	-40	824
59	Dale McTavish	24-307d	1996-12-31	CGY	1972-02-28	1997	1997	C	9	1	2	3	-4	2
60	Éric Messier	23-013d	1996-11-11	COL	1973-10-29	1997	2004	LW	406	25	50	75	-1	146
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
61	Craig Millar	20-250d	1997-03-19	EDM	1976-07-12	1997	2001	D	114	8	14	22	-22	73
62	Fredrik Modin	21-363d	1996-10-05	TOR	1974-10-08	1997	2011	LW	898	232	230	462	-11	453
63	Jason Morgan	20-182d	1997-04-09	LAK	1976-10-09	1997	2007	C	44	2	5	7	-9	18
64	Rem Murray	23-361d	1996-10-04	EDM	1972-10-09	1997	2006	C/LW	560	94	121	215	1	161
65	Rumun Ndur	21-125d	1996-11-09	BUF	1975-07-07	1997	2000	D	69	2	3	5	-18	137
66	Jeff Nielsen	25-152d	1997-02-19	NYR	1971-09-20	1997	2001	RW	252	20	27	47	-26	70
67	Janne Niinimaa	21-136d	1996-10-05	PHI	1975-05-22	1997	2007	D	741	54	265	319	43	733
68	Kai Nurminen	27-189d	1996-10-04	LAK	1969-03-29	1997	2001	LW	69	17	11	28	-4	24
69	Chris O'Sullivan	22-143d	1996-10-05	CGY	1974-05-15	1997	2003	D	62	2	17	19	5	16
70	Krzysztof Oliwa	23-331d	1997-03-09	NJD	1973-04-12	1997	2006	LW	410	17	28	45	-17	1447
71	Jay Pandolfo	21-323d	1996-11-14	NJD	1974-12-27	1997	2013	LW	899	100	126	226	-1	164
72	Brent Peterson	24-105d	1996-11-02	TBL	1972-07-20	1997	1999	LW	56	9	1	10	-8	6
73	Domenic Pittis	22-025d	1996-10-26	PIT	1974-10-01	1997	2004	C	86	5	11	16	-8	71
74	Jason Podollan	20-285d	1996-11-29	FLA	1976-02-18	1997	2002	RW	41	1	5	6	-8	19
75	Nolan Pratt	21-052d	1996-10-05	HAR	1975-08-14	1997	2008	D	592	9	56	65	2	537
76	Václav Prospal	22-016d	1997-03-05	PHI	1975-02-17	1997	2013	C	1108	255	510	765	-57	581
77	Wade Redden	19-115d	1996-10-05	OTT	1977-06-12	1997	2013	D	1023	109	348	457	160	665
78	Craig Reichert	22-269d	1997-02-04	MDA	1974-05-11	1997	1997	RW	3	0	0	0	-2	0
79	Pascal Rhéaume	23-244d	1997-02-20	NJD	1973-06-21	1997	2006	C	318	39	52	91	-10	144
80	Randy Robitaille	21-166d	1997-03-27	BOS	1975-10-12	1997	2008	C	531	84	172	256	-64	201
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
81	Dwayne Roloson	27-032d	1996-11-13	CGY	1969-10-12	1997	2012	G	606	0	14	14	0	96	606	227	257	82	.908	2.72
82	Terry Ryan	19-286d	1996-10-26	MTL	1977-01-14	1997	1999	LW	8	0	0	0	0	36
83	Ruslan Salei	21-340d	1996-10-07	MDA	1974-11-02	1997	2011	D	917	45	159	204	-25	1065
84	Paxton Schafer	20-351d	1997-02-11	BOS	1976-02-26	1997	1997	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.760	4.65
85	Konstantin Shafranov	28-025d	1996-10-06	STL	1968-09-11	1997	1997	RW	5	2	1	3	1	0
86	Yevgeny Shaldybin	21-101d	1996-11-07	BOS	1975-07-29	1997	1997	D	3	1	0	1	-2	0
87	Vadim Sharifijanov	21-011d	1997-01-03	NJD	1975-12-23	1997	2000	LW	92	16	21	37	-2	50
88	D.J. Smith	19-317d	1997-03-26	TOR	1977-05-13	1997	2003	D	45	1	1	2	-4	67
89	Jaroslav Svejkovský	20-067d	1996-12-07	WSH	1976-10-01	1997	2000	RW	113	23	19	42	-22	56
90	Mattias Timander	22-172d	1996-10-05	BOS	1974-04-16	1997	2004	D	419	13	57	70	-53	165
91	Shayne Toporowski	21-154d	1997-01-07	TOR	1975-08-06	1997	1997	RW	3	0	0	0	0	7
92	Dan Trebil	22-301d	1997-02-05	MDA	1974-04-10	1997	2001	D	85	4	4	8	-3	32
93	Yannick Tremblay	21-132d	1997-03-27	TOR	1975-11-15	1997	2007	D	390	38	87	125	-119	178
94	Nikolai Tsulygin	21-146d	1996-10-22	MDA	1975-05-29	1997	1997	D	22	0	1	1	-5	8
95	Roman Turek	26-183d	1996-11-20	DAL	1970-05-21	1997	2004	G	328	0	12	12	0	30	328	159	115	43	.907	2.31
96	Nick Vachon	24-150d	1996-12-17	NYI	1972-07-20	1997	1997	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0
97	Ryan VandenBussche	23-289d	1996-12-13	NYR	1973-02-28	1997	2006	RW	310	10	10	20	-35	702
98	Tomáš Vokoun	20-219d	1997-02-06	MTL	1976-07-02	1997	2013	G	700	0	23	23	0	125	700	300	288	78	.917	2.56
99	Vladimir Vorobiev	24-102d	1997-01-12	NYR	1972-10-02	1997	1999	LW	33	9	7	16	-5	14
100	Jeff Ware	19-139d	1996-10-05	TOR	1977-05-19	1997	1999	D	21	0	1	1	-3	12
Rk	Name	Age	Debut Date	Tm	Birth Date	From	To	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	GP	W	L	T/O	SV%	GAA
101	Steve Webb	21-252d	1997-01-07	NYI	1975-04-30	1997	2004	RW	321	5	13	18	-34	532
102	Brian Wiseman	25-154d	1996-12-14	TOR	1971-07-13	1997	1997	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
103	Juha Ylönen	24-365d	1997-02-12	PHX	1972-02-13	1997	2002	C	341	26	76	102	8	90
104	Harry York	22-171d	1996-10-04	STL	1974-04-16	1997	2000	C	244	29	46	75	-7	99
105	Libor Zábranský	22-328d	1996-10-18	STL	1973-11-25	1997	1998	D	40	1	6	7	-4	50
106	Jason Zent	25-248d	1996-12-19	OTT	1971-04-15	1997	1999	LW	27	3	3	6	5	13
107	Dainius Zubrus	18-111d	1996-10-05	PHI	1978-06-16	1997	2016	RW/C	1293	228	363	591	1	791

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