The Chicago Blackhawks used 35 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 43-30-9 record. Tony Amonte led the team with 77 points (41 goals, 36 assists) in 81 games. Jeff Hackett played the most games in goal (41).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Amonte 🇺🇸 RW 26 | 81 | 🔥 1 | 41 | 36 | 77 | 0.95 | 9 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 64 | — |
| 2 | Alexei Zhamnov 🇷🇺 C 26 | 74 | 🔥 2 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 0.84 | 6 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 3 | Chris Chelios 🇺🇸 D 35 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 0.67 | 2 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 112 | — |
| 4 | Eric Daze 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 71 | 🔥 2 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 0.58 | 11 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 5 | Murray Craven 🇨🇦 LW 32 | 75 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 0.47 | 2 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 6 | Eric Weinrich 🇺🇸 D 30 | 81 | 🔥 2 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 0.40 | 1 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 7 | Ethan Moreau 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 82 | 🔥 1 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0.38 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 123 | — |
| 8 | Kevin Miller 🇺🇸 C 31 | 69 | 🧊 1 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 0.45 | 5 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 9 | Jeff Shantz 🇨🇦 C 23 | 69 | 🔥 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 0.43 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 10 | Gary Suter 🇺🇸 D 32 | 82 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 0.34 | 3 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 70 | — |
| 11 | Denis Savard 🇨🇦 C 36 | 64 | 🧊 2 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0.42 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 60 | — |
| 12 | Sergei Krivokrasov 🇷🇺 RW 22 | 67 | 🧊 4 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 0.36 | 2 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 13 | James Black 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 64 | 🔥 1 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0.36 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 14 | Bob Probert 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 82 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0.28 | 1 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 326 | — |
| 15 | Keith Carney 🇺🇸 D 27 | 81 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.22 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 16 | Brent Sutter 🇨🇦 C 34 | 39 | 🧊 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.36 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 17 | Ulf Dahlen 🇸🇪 RW 30 | 30 | 🧊 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.47 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 18 | Jim Cummins 🇺🇸 RW 26 | 65 | 🧊 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.18 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 199 | — |
| 19 | Michal Sykora 🇨🇿 D 23 | 28 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.36 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 20 | Enrico Ciccone 🇨🇦 D 26 | 67 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.06 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 233 | — |
| 21 | Adam Creighton 🇨🇦 C 31 | 19 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.16 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 22 | Cam Russell 🇨🇦 D 28 | 44 | 🧊 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 65 | — |
| 23 | Tuomas Gronman 🇫🇮 D 23 | 16 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 24 | Jean-Yves Leroux 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 25 | Christian Laflamme 🇨🇦 D 20 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 26 | Mike Prokopec 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 27 | Steve Smith 🇬🇧 D 33 | 21 | 🧊 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 28 | Sergei Klimovich 🇷🇺 C 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 29 | Dave Chyzowski 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 30 | Basil Mcrae 🇨🇦 LW 36 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 31 | Steve Dubinsky 🇨🇦 RW 26 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 31 skaters | 82 | 223 | 369 | 592 | 7.22 | 45 | 2491 | 0 | 0 | 1717 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ▼ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Hackett 🇨🇦 G 28 | 41 | 22 | 2.17 | 0.000 | 0 | 89 | 60:18 | |
| 2 | Ed Belfour 🇨🇦 G 31 | 33 | 14 | 2.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 88 | 59:34 | |
| 3 | Chris Terreri 🇺🇸 G 32 | 7 | 6 | 2.71 | 0.000 | 0 | 19 | 61:18 | |
| 4 | Jimmy Waite 🇨🇦 G 27 | 2 | 1 | 3.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 52:30 |
57% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on United States: 23% of its players, against 17% league-wide. American-born players scored 42% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 20 |
|
-5 | 235 (40%) | Daze, Craven, Moreau, Shantz +16 |
| United States | 8 |
|
+6 | 246 (42%) | Amonte, Chelios, Weinrich, Miller +4 |
| Russia | 3 |
|
+3 | 86 (15%) | Zhamnov, Krivokrasov, Klimovich |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 10 (2%) | Sykora |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 1 (0%) | Gronman |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+2 | 0 | Smith |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 14 (2%) | Dahlen |
Tony Amonte led the Chicago Blackhawks in scoring in 1996-97 with 77 points — 41 goals and 36 assists in 81 games. Next came Alexei Zhamnov (62) and Chris Chelios (48).
Tony Amonte scored 41 goals for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1996-97, 9 of them on the power play.
The Chicago Blackhawks dressed 35 players in 1996-97: 31 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 223 goals.
Jeff Hackett played the most games in goal for the Chicago Blackhawks in 1996-97: 41 games, 22 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.17 goals against average. Ed Belfour was the backup, in 33 games.
The average age was 27.5 years. Jean-Yves Leroux was the youngest at 20, and Basil Mcrae the oldest at 36.
The Chicago Blackhawks used 35 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 20 in Canada, 8 in the United States and 3 in Russia. The other 4 came from Czechia, Finland, United Kingdom and Sweden. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 57% on this roster.