The Colorado Avalanche used 31 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 53-21-8 record. Peter Forsberg led the team with 86 points (28 goals, 58 assists) in 65 games. Patrick Roy played the most games in goal (62).
| # | 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 | Peter Forsberg 🇸🇪 C 23 | 65 | 🔥 2 | 28 | 58 | 86 | 1.32 | 5 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 2 | Joe Sakic 🇨🇦 C 27 | 65 | 🧊 3 | 22 | 52 | 74 | 1.14 | 10 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 3 | Sandis Ozolinsh 🇱🇻 D 24 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 0.85 | 13 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 88 | — |
| 4 | Valeri Kamensky 🇷🇺 LW 30 | 68 | 🧊 3 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 0.97 | 8 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 5 | Adam Deadmarsh 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 78 | 🧊 5 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 0.77 | 10 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 136 | — |
| 6 | Keith Jones 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 67 | 🔥 1 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 0.64 | 13 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 105 | — |
| 7 | Scott Young 🇺🇸 RW 29 | 72 | 🧊 8 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 0.51 | 7 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 8 | Eric Lacroix 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 81 | 🧊 5 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 0.44 | 2 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 9 | Mike Ricci 🇨🇦 C 25 | 63 | 🧊 3 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 0.51 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 59 | — |
| 10 | Claude Lemieux 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 45 | 🔥 1 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 0.62 | 5 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 11 | Rene Corbet 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 76 | 🧊 5 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0.36 | 1 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 67 | — |
| 12 | Mike Keane 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 81 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0.33 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 13 | Stephane Yelle 🇨🇦 C 22 | 79 | 🧊 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.33 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 14 | Jon Klemm 🇨🇦 D 27 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.30 | 1 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 15 | Uwe Krupp 🇩🇪 D 31 | 60 | 🧊 9 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.35 | 2 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 48 | — |
| 16 | Adam Foote 🇨🇦 D 25 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0.27 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 135 | — |
| 17 | Aaron Miller 🇺🇸 D 25 | 56 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.30 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 18 | Alexei Gusarov 🇷🇺 D 32 | 58 | 🧊 8 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.24 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 19 | Sylvain Lefebvre 🇨🇦 D 29 | 71 | 🧊 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.18 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 20 | Brent Severyn 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 66 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.08 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 193 | — |
| 21 | Curtis Leschyshyn 🇨🇦 D 27 | 11 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 22 | Yves Sarault 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 28 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.11 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 23 | Landon Wilson 🇺🇸 RW 22 | 9 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 24 | Christian Matte 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 25 | Josef Marha 🇨🇿 C 20 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Eric Messier 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 21 | 🧊 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 27 | Wade Belak 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 28 | Rich Brennan 🇺🇸 D 24 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 28 skaters | 82 | 277 | 462 | 739 | 9.01 | 83 | 2619 | 0 | 0 | 1320 |
| # | 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 | Craig Billington 🇨🇦 G 30 | 23 | 14 | 2.30 | 0.000 | 0 | 53 | 52:11 | |
| 2 | Marc Denis 🇨🇦 G 19 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | 59:38 | |
| 3 | Patrick Roy 🇨🇦 G 31 | 62 | 42 | 2.31 | 0.000 | 0 | 143 | 59:38 |
68% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 58% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 21 |
|
+6 | 426 (58%) | Sakic, Deadmarsh, Jones, Lacroix +17 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-4 | 57 (8%) | Young, Miller, Wilson, Brennan |
| Russia | 2 |
|
even | 80 (11%) | Kamensky, Gusarov |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 1 (0%) | Marha |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 21 (3%) | Krupp |
| Latvia | 1 |
|
+3 | 68 (9%) | Ozolinsh |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 86 (12%) | Forsberg |
Peter Forsberg led the Colorado Avalanche in scoring in 1996-97 with 86 points — 28 goals and 58 assists in 65 games. Next came Joe Sakic (74) and Sandis Ozolinsh (68).
Adam Deadmarsh scored 33 goals for the Colorado Avalanche in 1996-97, 10 of them on the power play.
The Colorado Avalanche dressed 31 players in 1996-97: 28 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 277 goals.
Patrick Roy played the most games in goal for the Colorado Avalanche in 1996-97: 62 games, 42 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.31 goals against average. Craig Billington was the backup, in 23 games.
The average age was 25.8 years. Marc Denis was the youngest at 19, and Alexei Gusarov the oldest at 32.
The Colorado Avalanche used 31 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 21 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Russia. The other 4 came from Czechia, Germany, Latvia and Sweden. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 68% on this roster.