1996–97 Hartford Whalers
Season record and every player who suited up
32-39-11 · 75 points · 226 goals for, 256 against · Northeast Division · 19th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Sanderson | L | 82 | 36 | 31 | 67 | -9 | 29 |
| Andrew Cassels | C | 81 | 22 | 44 | 66 | -16 | 46 |
| Keith Primeau | C | 75 | 26 | 25 | 51 | -3 | 161 |
| Kevin Dineen | R | 78 | 19 | 29 | 48 | -6 | 141 |
| Nelson Emerson | R | 66 | 9 | 29 | 38 | -21 | 34 |
| Steven Rice | R | 78 | 21 | 14 | 35 | -11 | 59 |
| Glen Wesley | D | 68 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 0 | 40 |
| Jeff O'Neill | C | 72 | 14 | 16 | 30 | -24 | 40 |
| Sami Kapanen | R | 45 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 |
| Robert Kron | C | 68 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -18 | 10 |
| Paul Ranheim | L | 67 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 18 |
| Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 64 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -19 | 30 |
| Steve Chiasson | D | 18 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
| Adam Burt | D | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -13 | 79 |
| Kent Manderville | C | 44 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| Gerald Diduck | D | 56 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -9 | 40 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| Kevin Haller | D | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 48 |
| Andrei Nikolishin | C | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 2 |
| Glen Featherstone | D | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 87 |
| Alexander Godynyuk | D | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -10 | 41 |
| Derek King | L | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Janssens | C | 54 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 90 |
| Marek Malik | D | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 50 |
| Stu Grimson | L | 75 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 218 |
| Kevin Brown | R | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 6 |
| Hnat Domenichelli | L | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 7 |
| Kelly Chase | R | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 122 |
| Chris Murray | R | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Nolan Pratt | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Jeff Daniels | L | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Brendan Shanahan | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Glynn | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Martins | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Brown | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason McBain | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | G | 51 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2.69 | 0.914 | 4 | |
| Jason Muzzatti | G | 31 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3.43 | 0.888 | 0 | |
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | G | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3.65 | 0.881 | 0 |