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1996–97 Montreal Canadiens season

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1996–97 Montreal Canadiens
Division	4thNortheast
Conference	8thEastern
1996–97 record	31–36–15
Home record	17–17–7
Road record	14–19–8
Goals for	249
Goals against	276
Team information
General manager	Rejean Houle
Coach	Mario Tremblay
Captain	Pierre Turgeon(Oct.) Vincent Damphousse(Oct.–Apr.)
Arena	Molson Centre
Average attendance	21,001 (98.7%)
Minor league affiliates	Fredericton Canadiens Wheeling Nailers
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Recchi (34)
Assists	Vincent Damphousse (54)
Points	Vincent Damphousse (81)
Penalty minutes	Scott Thornton (128)
Plus/minus	Peter Popovic (+9)
Wins	Jocelyn Thibault (22)
Goals against average	Jocelyn Thibault (2.90)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The1996–97 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's88th season and the first full season at theMolson Centre. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs despite a sub-.500 season. The Canadiens were eliminated in theEastern Conference quarterfinals (the first round) by theNew Jersey Devils 4 games to 1.

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Buffalo Sabres	82	40	30	12	237	208	92
2	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	36	8	285	280	84
3	7	Ottawa Senators	82	31	36	15	226	234	77
4	8	Montreal Canadiens	82	31	36	15	249	276	77
5	10	Hartford Whalers	82	32	39	11	226	256	75
6	13	Boston Bruins	82	26	47	9	234	300	61

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
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

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	82	27	54	81	−6	82	5	0	0	0	−5	2
8	Mark Recchi	RW	82	34	46	80	−1	58	5	4	2	6	2	2
49	Brian Savage	LW	81	23	37	60	−14	39	5	1	1	2	1	0
11	Saku Koivu	C	50	17	39	56	7	38	5	1	3	4	1	10
26	Martin Rucinsky	LW	70	28	27	55	1	62	5	0	0	0	−5	4
44	Stephane Richer	RW	63	22	24	46	0	32	5	0	0	0	−3	0
18	Valeri Bure	RW	64	14	21	35	4	6	5	0	1	1	−4	2
38	Vladimir Malakhov	D	65	10	20	30	3	43	5	0	0	0	−3	6
17	Benoit Brunet	LW	39	10	13	23	6	14	4	1	3	4	4	4
5	Stephane Quintal	D	71	7	15	22	1	100	5	0	1	1	−1	6
30	Turner Stevenson	RW	65	8	13	21	−14	97	5	1	1	2	1	2
27^[a]	Shayne Corson†	LW	47	6	15	21	−5	80	5	1	0	1	−5	4
24	Scott Thornton	LW	73	10	10	20	−19	128	5	1	0	1	1	2
42	Darcy Tucker	RW	73	7	13	20	−5	110	4	0	0	0	0	0
28	Marc Bureau	C	43	6	9	15	4	16	—	—	—	—	—	—
3^[b]	David Wilkie	D	61	6	9	15	−9	63	2	0	0	0	0	2
43	Patrice Brisebois	D	49	2	13	15	−7	24	3	1	1	2	3	24
34	Peter Popovic	D	78	1	13	14	9	32	3	0	0	0	−3	2
71	Sebastien Bordeleau	C	28	2	9	11	−3	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	Pierre Turgeon‡	C	9	1	10	11	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Jassen Cullimore†	D	49	2	6	8	4	42	2	0	0	0	−1	2
22	Chris Murray‡	RW	56	4	2	6	−8	114	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Murray Baron†‡	D	60	1	5	6	−16	107	—	—	—	—	—	—
52	Craig Rivet	D	35	0	4	4	7	54	5	0	1	1	−2	14
37	Dave Manson†	D	9	1	1	2	−1	23	5	0	0	0	6	17
20	Eric Houde	C	13	0	2	2	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
53	Rory Fitzpatrick‡	D	6	0	1	1	−2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Donald Brashear‡	LW	10	0	0	0	−2	38	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Brad Brown	D	8	0	0	0	−1	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	Francois Groleau	D	5	0	0	0	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Pat Jablonski‡	G	17	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
51	David Ling†	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Terry Ryan	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Pierre Sevigny	LW	13	0	0	0	0	5	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	Jose Theodore	G	16	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0		0
41	Jocelyn Thibault	G	61	0	0	0		0	3	0	0	0		0
37	Tomas Vokoun	G	1	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	61	22	24	11	1815	164	2.90	.910	1	3397	3	0	3	101	13	4.36	.871	0	179
60	Jose Theodore	16	5	6	2	508	53	3.87	.896	0	821	2	1	1	108	7	2.51	.935	0	168
39	Pat Jablonski‡	17	4	6	2	438	50	3.98	.886	0	754	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Tomas Vokoun	1	0	0	0	14	4	12.00	.714	0	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Type	Award/honour	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Mark Recchi	^[6]
Team	Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy	Stephane Quintal	^[7]
Team	Molson Cup	Mark Recchi	^[8]

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Terry Ryan	October 26, 1996	^[9]
	Eric Houde	December 29, 1996
	Brad Brown	January 11, 1997
	David Ling	January 11, 1997
	Tomas Vokoun	February 6, 1997

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	18	Matt Higgins	Centre	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	44	Mathieu Garon	Goalie	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
3	71	Arron Asham	Right wing	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	92	Kim Staal	Left wing	Denmark	Malmö IF (Sweden)
4	99	Etienne Drapeau	Centre	Canada	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
5	127	Daniel Archambault	Defence	Canada	Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL)
6	154	Brett Clark	Defence	Canada	University of Maine (NCAA)
7	181	Timo Vertala	Left wing	Finland	JYP (Finland)
8	207	Mattia Baldi	Left wing	Switzerland	Ambri-Piotta (Swiss)
9	233	Michel Tremblay	Left wing	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

v t e Montreal Canadiens seasons
1900s	1900–01 . 1901–02 . 1902–03 . 1903–04 . 1904–05 . 1905–06 . 1906–07 . 1907–08 . 1908–09 .1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Highlighted seasons indicateStanley Cup championship

v t e Montreal Canadiens
Founded in1909 Based inMontreal, Quebec
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season
History	History Original Six Centennial Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman) General manager Kent Hughes Head coach Martin St. Louis Team captain Nick Suzuki
Arenas	Jubilee Arena Montreal Arena Mount Royal Arena Montreal Forum Bell Centre
Rivalries	Boston Bruins Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs
Affiliates	AHL Laval Rocket ECHL Trois-Rivières Lions
Media	TV TSN2 (English) RDS (French) Radio TSN Radio 690 (English) 98,5 FM (French)
Culture and lore	Youppi! The Hockey Sweater Pour toujours, les Canadiens! Ginette Reno Tour des Canadiens The Punch Line Richard Riot 1938 European tour "Fix You" Good Friday Massacre 2003 Heritage Classic 2011 Heritage Classic 2016 Winter Classic 100 Classic Bell Sports Complex
Category Commons

v t e 1996–97 NHL season
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh
Atlantic	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto
Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver
See also	Draft Waiver draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Final

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