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Florida Panthers 1996-97 roster and statistics



Head Coach: Doug MacLean (35-28-19-0)
Assistant Coach: Duane Sutter
Assistant Coach: Lindy Ruff
Goalie Coach: Billy Smith
Regular Season Playoffs Vitals
# Player Name Pos. GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM Birthplace Age
26 Ray Sheppard R 68 29 31 60 4 4 5 2 0 2 0 ONT: Petawawa 30
27 Scott Mellanby R 82 27 29 56 170 7 5 0 2 2 4 PQ: Montreal 30
24 Robert Svehla D 82 13 32 45 86 2 5 1 4 5 4 Slovakia: Martin 27
19 Radek Dvorak R 78 18 21 39 30 -2 3 0 0 0 0 Czech Rep.: Tabor 19
44 Rob Niedermayer C 60 14 24 38 54 4 5 2 1 3 6 BC: Cassiar 21
29 Johan Garpenlov L 53 11 25 36 47 10 4 2 0 2 4 Sweden: Stockholm 28
11 Bill Lindsay W 81 11 23 34 120 1 3 0 1 1 8 BC: Fernie 25
10 Dave Lowry L 77 15 14 29 51 2 5 0 0 0 0 ONT: Sudbury 31
28 Martin Straka C 55 7 22 29 12 9 4 0 0 0 0 Czech: Plzen 23
4 Per Gustafsson D 58 7 22 29 22 11 -- -- -- -- -- Sweden: Oskarshamn 26
21 Tom Fitzgerald R 71 10 14 24 64 7 5 0 1 1 0 MA: Billerica 28
5 Gord Murphy D 80 8 15 23 51 3 5 0 5 5 4 ONT: Willowdale 29
55 Ed Jovanovski D 61 7 16 23 172 -1 5 0 0 0 4 ONT: Windsor 20
20 Brian Skrudland C 51 5 13 18 48 4 -- -- -- -- -- ALTA: Peace River 33
12 Jody Hull R 67 10 6 16 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 ONT: Petrolia 27
18 Mike Hough R 69 8 6 14 48 12 5 1 0 1 2 PQ: Montreal 33
15 David Nemirovsky R 39 7 7 14 32 1 3 1 0 1 0 ONT: Toronto 20
2 Terry Carkner D 70 0 14 14 96 -4 5 0 0 0 6 ONT: Smiths Falls 30
7 Rhett Warrener D 62 4 9 13 88 20 5 0 0 0 0 SASK: Shaunavon 20
3 Paul Laus D 77 0 12 12 313 13 5 0 1 1 4 ONT: Beamsville 25
Stu Barnes 1 C 19 2 8 10 10 -3 -- -- -- -- -- ALTA: Spruce Grove 25
22 Steve Washburn C 18 3 6 9 4 2 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Ottawa 21
23 Chris Wells C 47 2 6 8 42 5 3 0 0 0 0 ALTA: Calgary 20
9 Kirk Muller 2 C 10 1 2 3 4 -2 5 1 2 3 4 ONT: Kingston 30
Jason Podollan 3 R 19 1 1 2 4 -3 -- -- -- -- -- BC: Vernon 20
34 John Vanbiesbrouck G 57 0 2 2 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 MI: Detroit 32
Brad Smyth 4 R 8 1 0 1 2 -3 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Ottawa 23
30 Mark Fitzpatrick G 30 0 1 1 13 0 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Toronto 27
8 Craig Martin R 1 0 0 0 5 0 -- -- -- -- -- NS: Amherst 25
25 Geoff Smith D 3 0 0 0 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- ALTA: Edmonton 27
Jason Woolley 1 D 3 0 0 0 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Toronto 27
16 Craig Ferguson C 3 0 0 0 0 -1 -- -- -- -- -- CA: Castro Valley 26
16 Craig Fisher L 4 0 0 0 0 -2 -- -- -- -- -- ONT: Oshawa 26
Bench 82 0 0 0 20 0 -- -- -- -- --
Totals 221 381 602 1628

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Goalies
Player NameGPMinGAGAAWLTSvsPctENSO
John Vanbiesbrouck5733471282.2927191014540.91932
Mark Fitzpatrick301680662.368997050.91440

Trade Key
1: To Pittsburgh
2: From Toronto
3: To Toronto
4: To Los Angeles