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1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers Roster

33 players used · 52-22-8 record

The Philadelphia Flyers used 33 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 52-22-8 record. John LeClair led the team with 97 points (50 goals, 47 assists) in 82 games. Ron Hextall played the most games in goal (55).

Points leader
97 PTS
50 G · 47 A in 82 games
Goals leader
50 G
10 on the power play
Assists leader
47 A
97 points overall
Goalie wins leader
35 W
2.40 GAA · 0.000 SV%
31
Skaters
18 forwards · 13 defence
2
Goalies
Ron Hextall started most
274
Goals scored
in 82 games
27.0
Average age
18 to 38 years
6
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Skaters 31 players · sorted by points
# 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 JL John LeClair 🇺🇸 LW 27 82 🔥 2 50 47 97 1.18 10 324 0 0 58
2 EL Eric Lindros 🇨🇦 C 24 52 🔥 2 32 47 79 1.52 9 198 0 0 136
3 RB Rod Brind'Amour 🇨🇦 C 26 82 🔥 6 27 32 59 0.72 8 205 0 0 41
4 MR Mikael Renberg 🇸🇪 RW 24 77 🧊 1 22 37 59 0.77 1 249 0 0 65
5 ED Eric Desjardins 🇨🇦 D 27 82 🧊 1 12 34 46 0.56 5 183 0 0 50
6 TK Trent Klatt 🇺🇸 RW 26 76 🔥 5 24 21 45 0.59 5 131 0 0 20
7 JN Janne Niinimaa 🇫🇮 D 21 77 🔥 1 4 40 44 0.57 1 141 0 0 58
8 DH Dale Hawerchuk 🇨🇦 C 33 51 🧊 3 12 22 34 0.67 6 102 0 0 32
9 SP Shjon Podein 🇺🇸 LW 29 82 🧊 10 14 18 32 0.39 0 153 0 0 41
10 JO Joel Otto 🇺🇸 C 35 78 🧊 9 13 19 32 0.41 0 105 0 0 99
11 PC Paul Coffey 🇨🇦 D 35 37 🧊 1 6 20 26 0.70 0 71 0 0 20
12 CT Chris Therien 🇨🇦 D 25 71 🔥 3 2 22 24 0.34 0 107 0 0 64
13 PF Pat Falloon 🇨🇦 RW 24 52 🧊 1 11 12 23 0.44 2 124 0 0 10
14 DZ Dainius Zubrus 🇱🇹 C 18 68 🔥 1 8 13 21 0.31 1 71 0 0 22
15 KD Karl Dykhuis 🇨🇦 D 24 62 🔥 1 4 15 19 0.31 2 101 0 0 35
16 JD John Druce 🇨🇦 RW 31 43 🧊 3 7 8 15 0.35 1 73 0 0 12
17 VP Vinny Prospal 🇨🇿 LW 22 18 🔥 3 5 10 15 0.83 0 35 0 0 4
18 PS Petr Svoboda 🇨🇿 D 31 67 🧊 6 2 12 14 0.21 1 36 0 0 94
19 DL Daniel Lacroix 🇨🇦 C 28 74 🧊 10 7 1 8 0.11 1 54 0 0 163
20 SD Scott Daniels 🇨🇦 LW 27 56 🧊 15 5 3 8 0.14 0 48 0 0 237
21 KS Kjell Samuelsson 🇸🇪 D 38 34 🧊 1 4 3 7 0.21 0 36 0 0 47
22 DK Dan Kordic 🇨🇦 LW 25 75 🧊 11 1 4 5 0.07 0 21 0 0 210
23 CD Craig Darby 🇺🇸 C 24 9 🧊 2 1 4 5 0.56 0 13 0 0 2
24 KH Kevin Haller 🇨🇦 D 26 27 🧊 3 0 5 5 0.19 0 34 0 0 37
25 MP Michel Petit 🇨🇦 D 33 20 🧊 9 0 3 3 0.15 0 13 0 0 51
26 CF Colin Forbes 🇨🇦 LW 21 3 🧊 2 1 0 1 0.33 0 3 0 0 0
27 AB Aris Brimanis 🇺🇸 D 25 3 🧊 1 0 1 1 0.33 0 1 0 0 0
28 JB Jason Bowen 🇨🇦 D 23 4 🧊 3 0 1 1 0.25 0 1 0 0 8
29 PH Paul Healey 🇨🇦 RW 22 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
30 DR Darren Rumble 🇨🇦 D 28 10 🧊 10 0 0 0 0.00 0 9 0 0 0
31 FK Frantisek Kucera 🇨🇿 D 29 2 🧊 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 2
Team totals · 31 skaters 82 274 454 728 8.88 53 2644 0 0 1618
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 2 goalies · sorted by goals against average
🌍 Where the roster was born 6 countries · against the whole NHL in 1996-97

58% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Czechia: 9% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 49% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 19
58%
-4 356 (49%) Lindros, Brind'Amour, Desjardins, Hawerchuk +15
United States 7
21%
+4 212 (29%) LeClair, Klatt, Podein, Otto +3
Czechia 3
9%
+5 29 (4%) Prospal, Svoboda, Kucera
Sweden 2
6%
+2 66 (9%) Renberg, Samuelsson
Finland 1
3%
+1 44 (6%) Niinimaa
Lithuania 1
3%
+3 21 (3%) Zubrus
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers roster questions

Who led the Philadelphia Flyers in scoring in 1996-97?

John LeClair led the Philadelphia Flyers in scoring in 1996-97 with 97 points — 50 goals and 47 assists in 82 games. Next came Eric Lindros (79) and Rod Brind'Amour (59).

Who scored the most goals for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1996-97?

John LeClair scored 50 goals for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1996-97, 10 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Philadelphia Flyers use in 1996-97?

The Philadelphia Flyers dressed 33 players in 1996-97: 31 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 274 goals.

Who was the Philadelphia Flyers starting goalie in 1996-97?

Ron Hextall played the most games in goal for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1996-97: 55 games, 35 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.40 goals against average. Garth Snow was the backup, in 35 games.

How old was the 1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers roster?

The average age was 27.0 years. Dainius Zubrus was the youngest at 18, and Kjell Samuelsson the oldest at 38.

Where were the 1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers players born?

The Philadelphia Flyers used 33 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 19 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 3 in Czechia. The other 4 came from Sweden, Finland and Lithuania. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 58% on this roster.