OHL 1996/97

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The 1996/97 OHL season was the 17th season of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The Ottawa 67’s won the Hamilton Spectator Trophy as the team with the highest points in the regular season and were defeated in the playoff final by the Oshawa Generals , who thus won the J. Ross Robertson Cup .

Changes

The Niagara Falls Thunder were relocated to Erie and henceforth operated as Erie Otters . In addition, the Sudbury Wolves moved from the Central to the East Division , whereby the latter grew to seven teams, while the former only consisted of five teams. This was reversed the following year.

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations:     = play-off qualification,     = Hamilton Spectator Trophy winner

East Division

East Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Ottawa 67's 66 49 11 6th 320 117 104
Oshawa Generals 66 41 18th 7th 287 202 89
Peterborough Petes 66 39 25th 2 251 238 80
Kingston Frontenacs 66 25th 35 6th 257 277 56
Belleville Bulls 66 22nd 37 7th 235 278 51
Sudbury Wolves 66 21st 37 8th 251 302 50
North Bay Centennials 66 14th 44 8th 214 337 36

Central Division

Central Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Kitchener Rangers 66 34 22nd 10 274 235 78
Guelph Storm 66 35 25th 6th 300 251 78
Barrie Colts 66 33 23 10 272 236 76
Owen Sound Platers 66 27 37 2 258 318 56
Erie Otters 66 23 36 7th 240 360 53

West Division

West Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 39 17th 10 309 220 88
Sarnia Sting 66 35 24 7th 286 251 77
Windsor Spitfires 66 29 29 8th 303 285 66
Detroit Whalers 66 26th 34 6th 230 270 58
London Knights 66 13 51 2 215 365 28

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Marc Savard Oshawa Generals 64 43 87 130 94
Joe Thornton Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 59 41 81 122 123
Alyn McCauley Ottawa 67's 50 56 56 112 16
Richard Uniacke Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 66 44 66 110 36
Trevor Letowski Sarnia Sting 55 35 73 108 51
Todd Norman Guelph Storm 66 47 58 105 41
Joe Seroski Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 61 54 49 103 14th
Jan Bulis Barrie Colts 64 42 61 103 42
Matt Cooke Windsor Spitfires 65 45 50 95 146
Jon Sim Sarnia Sting 64 56 39 95 109

Play-offs

Play-off tree

  Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   OHL championship
                                     
E2 Oshawa Generals                  
set  
E2 Oshawa Generals 4th
  E3 Peterborough Petes 2  
E3 Peterborough Petes 4th
 
E4 Kingston Frontenacs 1  
E2 Oshawa Generals 4th
  C1 Kitchener Rangers 2  
C1 Kitchener Rangers      
 
set note  
C1 Kitchener Rangers 4th
  W2 Sarnia Sting 3  
W2 Sarnia Sting 4th
 
W3 Windsor Spitfires 1  
E2 Oshawa Generals 4th
  E1 Ottawa 67's 2
E1 Ottawa 67's note 4th            
 
E5 Belleville Bulls 2  
E1 Ottawa 67's 4th
  C3 Barrie Colts 1  
C3 Barrie Colts 4th
 
C4 Owen Sound Platers 0  
E1 Ottawa 67's 4th
  C2 Guelph Storm 3  
W1 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4th      
 
W4 Detroit Whalers 1  
W1 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2
  C2 Guelph Storm 4th  
C2 Guelph Storm 4th
 
C5 Erie Otters 1  
NoteActually, the Ottawa 67's would have been seeded in the first round, but they waived this year because they were eliminated in the following round after a bye in the first round. The Kitchener Rangers took over their bye.

J. Ross Robertson Cup winner

J. Ross Robertson Cup winner


Oshawa Generals

Goalkeepers: Dave Arsenault , Tyrone Garner

Defense Lawyers: Bryan Allen , Jim Baxter , Peter Hogan , Steve Manley , Jeff MacMillan , Jan Snopek , Jeff Ware , Marty Wilford

Attackers: Brandon Coalter , Adam Colagiacomo , Kevin Colley , Brent Gauvreau , Dan Hinote , Warren Holmes , Ryan Lindsay , Ian MacNeil , Marc Savard , Jason Sweitzer , John Tripp , Mike Zanutto

Head Coach: Bill Stewart

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Marc Savard Oshawa Generals 18th 13 24 37 20th
Alyn McCauley Ottawa 67's 22nd 14th 22nd 36 14th
Cameron Mann Peterborough Petes 11 10 18th 28 16
Nick Boynton Ottawa 67's 24 4th 24 28 38
John Tripp Oshawa Generals 18th 16 10 26th 42
Ryan Lindsay Oshawa Generals 18th 15th 11 26th 18th
Joel Trottier Ottawa 67's 22nd 14th 12 26th 23
Steve Zoryk Ottawa 67's 24 11 14th 25th 11
Troy Stonier Ottawa 67's 24 10 13 23 14th
Trevor Letowski Sarnia Sting 12 9 12 21st 20th

Awards

All-star teams

First all-star team
Attack: Daniel Cleary - Alyn McCauley - Cameron Mann
Defense: Sean Blanchard - Andy Delmore
Goal: Zac Bierk
Trainer: Brian Kilrea
Second all-star team
Attack: Dave Duerden - Joe Thornton - Alexander Woltschkow
Defense: DJ Smith - Marty Wilford
Goal: Kory Cooper
Trainer: Bill Stewart
Third all-star team
Attack: Dwayne Hay - Jan Bulis - Joel Trottier
Defense: Nick Boynton - Chris Hajt
Goal: Robert Ash
Trainer: Peter DeBoer

All rookie teams

First all rookie team
Attack: Harold Druken - Peter Sarno - Norm Milley
Defense: Brad Morgan - Nick Tselios
Goal: Jake McCracken
Second all rookie team
Attack: Matt Zultek - Justin Papineau - Maxim Spiridonov
Defense: Kevin Grimes - Paul Mara
Goal: Curtis Cruickshank

Awarded trophies

Award team
J. Ross Robertson Cup Oshawa Generals
Hamilton Spectator Trophy Ottawa 67's
Emms Trophy Kitchener Rangers
Leyden Trophy Ottawa 67's
Bumbacco Trophy Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Award player team
Red Tilson Trophy Alyn McCauley Ottawa 67's
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Marc Savard Oshawa Generals
Matt Leyden Trophy Brian Kilrea Ottawa 67's
Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy Joe Seroski Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Max Kaminsky Trophy Sean Blanchard Ottawa 67's
OHL Goaltender of the Year Zac Bierk Peterborough Petes
Jack Ferguson Award Charlie Stephens Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Dave Pinkney Trophy Tim Keyes
Craig Hillier 		Ottawa 67's
OHL Executive of the Year Ed Rowe Peterborough Petes
Emms Family Award Peter Sarno Windsor Spitfires
FW "Dinty" Moore Trophy Shawn Degagne Kitchener Rangers
OHL Humanitarian of the Year Mike Martone Peterborough Petes
William Hanley Trophy Alyn McCauley Ottawa 67's
Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Zac Bierk Peterborough Petes
Bobby Smith Trophy Jake McCracken Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Bill Long Award Wren Blair
Frank Bonello 		Kingston Frontenacs
Toronto St. Michael's Majors

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ historical roster 1996/97 on hockeydb.com (English, accessed on April 3, 2015)
  2. ↑ a b c Aaron Bell: 2014–2015 OHL Media Information Guide . Ontario Hockey League, p. 146. (English, freely available online as a PDF file ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link accordingly Instructions and then remove this note. , 4674 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ontariohockeyleague.com
  3. ↑ a b Aaron Bell: 2014–2015 OHL Media Information Guide . Ontario Hockey League, p. 151. (English, freely available online as a PDF file ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link accordingly Instructions and then remove this note. , 4674 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ontariohockeyleague.com