The Vancouver Canucks used 34 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 38-38-6 record. Alexander Mogilny led the team with 73 points (31 goals, 42 assists) in 76 games. Kirk McLean played the most games in goal (44).
| # | 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 | Alexander Mogilny 🇷🇺 RW 28 | 76 | 🔥 1 | 31 | 42 | 73 | 0.96 | 7 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 2 | Martin Gelinas 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 74 | 🔥 2 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 0.92 | 6 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 3 | Pavel Bure 🇷🇺 RW 26 | 63 | 🧊 2 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 0.87 | 4 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 4 | Mike Ridley 🇨🇦 C 33 | 75 | 🔥 1 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 0.69 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 5 | Markus Naslund 🇸🇪 LW 23 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 0.53 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 6 | Trevor Linden 🇨🇦 C 26 | 49 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 0.82 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 7 | Mike Sillinger 🇨🇦 C 25 | 78 | 🔥 3 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 0.47 | 3 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 8 | Russ Courtnall 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 47 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0.60 | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 9 | Esa Tikkanen 🇫🇮 LW 32 | 62 | 🧊 2 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0.44 | 4 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 66 | — |
| 10 | David Roberts 🇺🇸 LW 26 | 58 | 🔥 1 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0.47 | 1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 51 | — |
| 11 | Lonny Bohonos 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 36 | 🔥 3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0.61 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 12 | Scott Walker 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 64 | 🔥 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.28 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 132 | — |
| 13 | Donald Brashear 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 59 | 🔥 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.22 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 207 | — |
| 14 | Gino Odjick 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 70 | 🧊 7 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.19 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 371 | — |
| 15 | Brian Noonan 🇺🇸 RW 31 | 16 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.75 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 16 | Sergei Nemchinov 🇷🇺 LW 33 | 6 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 17 | Alexander Semak 🇷🇺 C 31 | 18 | 🧊 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 18 | Troy Crowder 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 30 | 🧊 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 19 | Larry Courville 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 19 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| Team totals · 19 skaters | 82 | 223 | 316 | 539 | 6.57 | 39 | 1617 | 0 | 0 | 1160 |
| # | 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 | Kirk McLean 🇨🇦 G 30 | 44 | 22 | 3.14 | 0.000 | 0 | 138 | 58:40 | |
| 2 | Corey Hirsch 🇨🇦 G 24 | 39 | 15 | 2.97 | 0.000 | 0 | 116 | 54:31 | |
| 3 | Mike Fountain 🇨🇦 G 25 | 6 | 2 | 2.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 14 | 40:46 |
56% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 15% of its players, against 6% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 52% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 19 |
|
-6 | 361 (52%) | Gelinas, Ridley, Linden, Sillinger +15 |
| Russia | 5 |
|
+9 | 136 (20%) | Mogilny, Bure, Nemchinov, Semak +1 |
| United States | 5 |
|
-2 | 80 (12%) | Roberts, Hedican, Brashear, Noonan +1 |
| Finland | 2 |
|
+4 | 62 (9%) | Lumme, Tikkanen |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 51 (7%) | Naslund, Rohlin |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 0 | Kucera |
Alexander Mogilny led the Vancouver Canucks in scoring in 1996-97 with 73 points — 31 goals and 42 assists in 76 games. Next came Martin Gelinas (68) and Pavel Bure (55).
Martin Gelinas scored 35 goals for the Vancouver Canucks in 1996-97, 6 of them on the power play.
The Vancouver Canucks dressed 34 players in 1996-97: 31 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 257 goals.
Kirk McLean played the most games in goal for the Vancouver Canucks in 1996-97: 44 games, 22 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.14 goals against average. Corey Hirsch was the backup, in 39 games.
The average age was 27.1 years. Larry Courville was the youngest at 21, and Dave Babych the oldest at 35.
The Vancouver Canucks used 34 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 19 in Canada, 5 in Russia and 5 in the United States. The other 5 came from Finland, Sweden and Czechia. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 56% on this roster.