The Phoenix Coyotes used 38 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 38-33-11 record. Keith Tkachuk led the team with 86 points (52 goals, 34 assists) in 81 games. Nikolai Khabibulin played the most games in goal (72).
| # | 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 | Keith Tkachuk 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 81 | 🔥 2 | 52 | 34 | 86 | 1.06 | 9 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 228 | — |
| 2 | Jeremy Roenick 🇺🇸 C 27 | 72 | 🔥 7 | 29 | 40 | 69 | 0.96 | 10 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 115 | — |
| 3 | Mike Gartner 🇨🇦 RW 37 | 82 | 🧊 4 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 0.77 | 13 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 4 | Oleg Tverdovsky 🇺🇦 D 20 | 82 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 0.67 | 3 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 5 | Craig Janney 🇺🇸 C 29 | 77 | 🔥 1 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 0.69 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 6 | Cliff Ronning 🇨🇦 C 31 | 69 | 🧊 2 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 0.74 | 8 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 7 | Dallas Drake 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 63 | 🔥 3 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 0.57 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 8 | Teppo Numminen 🇫🇮 D 28 | 82 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 25 | 27 | 0.33 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 9 | Darrin Shannon 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 82 | 🧊 11 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 0.29 | 1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 10 | Bob Corkum 🇺🇸 C 29 | 80 | 🔥 2 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.25 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 11 | Dave Manson 🇨🇦 D 30 | 66 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 0.30 | 2 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 164 | — |
| 12 | Mike Stapleton 🇨🇦 C 30 | 55 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.27 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 13 | Kris King 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 81 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.17 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 185 | — |
| 14 | Deron Quint 🇺🇸 D 21 | 27 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.52 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 15 | Norm MacIver 🇨🇦 D 32 | 32 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.41 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 16 | Shane Doan 🇨🇦 RW 20 | 63 | 🧊 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.19 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 17 | Jim Johnson 🇺🇸 D 34 | 55 | 🧊 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.18 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 74 | — |
| 18 | Jeff Finley 🇨🇦 D 29 | 65 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.15 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 19 | Igor Korolev 🇷🇺 C 26 | 41 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.24 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 20 | Jim McKenzie 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 65 | 🧊 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.12 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 200 | — |
| 21 | Chad Kilger 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 24 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.29 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 22 | Jayson More 🇨🇦 D 28 | 23 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 23 | Brad McCrimmon 🇨🇦 D 38 | 37 | 🧊 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.16 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 24 | Mike Eastwood 🇨🇦 C 29 | 33 | 🧊 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.12 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 25 | Gerald Diduck 🇨🇦 D 31 | 11 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.27 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 26 | Jocelyn Lemieux 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 2 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 27 | Dallas Eakins 🇺🇸 D 30 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 28 | Kevin Dahl 🇨🇦 D 28 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Murray Baron 🇨🇦 D 29 | 8 | 🧊 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 30 | Jason Simon 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 31 | Mike Hudson 🇨🇦 C 30 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 32 | Juha Ylonen 🇫🇮 C 25 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Tavis Hansen 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 34 | Brent Thompson 🇨🇦 D 26 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| Team totals · 34 skaters | 82 | 240 | 398 | 638 | 7.78 | 65 | 2467 | 0 | 0 | 1546 |
| # | 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 | Nikolai Khabibulin 🇷🇺 G 24 | 72 | 30 | 2.68 | 0.000 | 0 | 193 | 56:49 | |
| 2 | Darcy Wakaluk 🇨🇦 G 31 | 16 | 9 | 2.44 | 0.000 | 0 | 39 | 48:53 | |
| 3 | Pat Jablonski 🇺🇸 G 29 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 29:24 | |
| 4 | Parris Duffus 🇺🇸 G 27 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 28:49 |
63% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on United States: 24% of its players, against 17% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 46% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 24 |
|
+1 | 294 (46%) | Gartner, Ronning, Drake, Shannon +20 |
| United States | 9 |
|
+7 | 252 (39%) | Tkachuk, Roenick, Janney, Corkum +5 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+3 | 27 (4%) | Numminen, Ylonen |
| Russia | 2 |
|
-1 | 10 (2%) | Korolev, Khabibulin |
| Ukraine | 1 |
|
+2 | 55 (9%) | Tverdovsky |
Keith Tkachuk led the Phoenix Coyotes in scoring in 1996-97 with 86 points — 52 goals and 34 assists in 81 games. Next came Jeremy Roenick (69) and Mike Gartner (63).
Keith Tkachuk scored 52 goals for the Phoenix Coyotes in 1996-97, 9 of them on the power play.
The Phoenix Coyotes dressed 38 players in 1996-97: 34 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 240 goals.
Nikolai Khabibulin played the most games in goal for the Phoenix Coyotes in 1996-97: 72 games, 30 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.68 goals against average. Darcy Wakaluk was the backup, in 16 games.
The average age was 28.0 years. Chad Kilger was the youngest at 20, and Brad McCrimmon the oldest at 38.
The Phoenix Coyotes used 38 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 24 in Canada, 9 in the United States and 2 in Finland. The other 3 came from Russia and Ukraine. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 63% on this roster.