The Hartford Whalers used 39 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 40-35-7 record. Geoff Sanderson led the team with 67 points (36 goals, 31 assists) in 82 games. Sean Burke played the most games in goal (51).
| # | 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 | Geoff Sanderson 🇨🇦 LW 25 | 82 | 🔥 1 | 36 | 31 | 67 | 0.82 | 12 | 297 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 2 | Andrew Cassels 🇨🇦 C 27 | 81 | 🔥 1 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 0.81 | 8 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 3 | Keith Primeau 🇨🇦 C 25 | 75 | 🧊 1 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 0.68 | 6 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 161 | — |
| 4 | Kevin Dineen 🇨🇦 RW 33 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 0.62 | 8 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 141 | — |
| 5 | Nelson Emerson 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 66 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 0.58 | 2 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 6 | Steven Rice 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 78 | 🔥 3 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 0.45 | 5 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 59 | — |
| 7 | Jeff O'Neill 🇨🇦 C 21 | 72 | 🧊 13 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0.42 | 2 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 8 | Sami Kapanen 🇫🇮 RW 23 | 45 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0.56 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Robert Kron 🇨🇿 C 30 | 68 | 🔥 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0.32 | 2 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 10 | Paul Ranheim 🇺🇸 LW 31 | 67 | 🧊 7 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0.31 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 11 | Kent Manderville 🇨🇦 C 25 | 44 | 🧊 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.25 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 12 | Andrei Nikolishin 🇷🇺 C 24 | 12 | 🧊 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.58 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 13 | Derek King 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 12 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.50 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 14 | Mark Janssens 🇨🇦 C 28 | 54 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.11 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 90 | — |
| 15 | Stu Grimson 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 75 | 🧊 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.05 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 218 | — |
| 16 | Kevin Brown 🇬🇧 RW 22 | 11 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 17 | Hnat Domenichelli 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 13 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.23 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 18 | Kelly Chase 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 28 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 122 | — |
| 19 | Chris Murray 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 8 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 20 | Jeff Daniels 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 10 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Brendan Shanahan 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 2 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Steve Martins 🇨🇦 C 24 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 22 skaters | 82 | 200 | 253 | 453 | 5.52 | 50 | 1819 | 0 | 0 | 1015 |
| # | 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 | Sean Burke 🇨🇦 G 30 | 51 | 28 | 2.63 | 0.000 | 0 | 134 | 58:31 | |
| 2 | Jason Muzzatti 🇨🇦 G 27 | 31 | 13 | 2.94 | 0.000 | 0 | 91 | 51:18 | |
| 3 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere 🇨🇦 G 19 | 8 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 24 | 49:15 |
74% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 82% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 29 |
|
+12 | 473 (82%) | Sanderson, Cassels, Primeau, Dineen +25 |
| United States | 3 |
|
-9 | 34 (6%) | Ranheim, Burt, McBain |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
+1 | 28 (5%) | Kron, Malik |
| Germany | 1 |
|
+3 | 1 (0%) | Glynn |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 25 (4%) | Kapanen |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+2 | 4 (1%) | Brown |
| Russia | 1 |
|
-3 | 7 (1%) | Nikolishin |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
+2 | 7 (1%) | Godynyuk |
Geoff Sanderson led the Hartford Whalers in scoring in 1996-97 with 67 points — 36 goals and 31 assists in 82 games. Next came Andrew Cassels (66) and Keith Primeau (51).
Geoff Sanderson scored 36 goals for the Hartford Whalers in 1996-97, 12 of them on the power play.
The Hartford Whalers dressed 39 players in 1996-97: 36 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 226 goals.
Sean Burke played the most games in goal for the Hartford Whalers in 1996-97: 51 games, 28 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.63 goals against average. Jason Muzzatti was the backup, in 31 games.
The average age was 26.6 years. Jean-Sebastien Giguere was the youngest at 19, and Paul Coffey the oldest at 35.
The Hartford Whalers used 39 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 29 in Canada, 3 in the United States and 2 in Czechia. The other 5 came from Germany, Finland, United Kingdom, Russia and Ukraine. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 74% on this roster.