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1996-97 Montreal Canadiens

Record: 31 - 36 - 15

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The 1996-97 Montreal Canadiens roster is below. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1996-97 Montreal Canadiens.

Name	POS	GP	PGP	GLS	AST	PTS	+/-	PIM	S	S%	DEF	Salary
Murray Baron	D	60	82	1	5	6	-16	107	52	1.92	18	$165,000
Sebastien Bordeleau	C	28	82	2	9	11	-3	2	27	7.41	48	$315,469
Patrice Brisebois	D	49	82	2	13	15	-7	24	72	2.78	40	$851,973
Benoit Brunet	LW	39	82	10	13	23	6	14	63	15.87	55	$1,776,600
Valeri Bure	RW	64	82	14	21	35	4	6	131	10.69	55	$2,241,789
Marc Bureau	C	43	82	6	9	15	4	16	56	10.71	52	$1,002,123
Shayne Corson	LW	47	82	6	15	21	-5	80	96	6.25	30	$165,000
Jassen Cullimore	D	49	82	2	6	8	4	42	52	3.85	48	$854,398
Vincent Damphousse	C	82	82	27	54	81	-6	82	244	11.07	36	$2,641,430
Saku Koivu	C	50	82	17	39	56	7	38	135	12.59	52	$2,511,208
Vladimir Malakhov	D	65	82	10	20	30	3	43	177	5.65	49	$2,364,332
Chris Murray	RW	56	82	4	2	6	-8	114	32	12.50	24	$165,000
Peter Popovic	D	78	82	1	13	14	9	32	82	1.22	57	$2,019,917
Stephane Quintal	D	71	82	7	15	22	1	100	139	5.04	39	$1,224,051
Mark Recchi	RW	82	82	34	46	80	-1	58	202	16.83	44	$4,191,059
Stephane Richer	RW	63	82	22	24	46	0	32	126	17.46	47	$3,049,434
Craig Rivet	D	35	82	0	4	4	7	54	24	0.00	44	$366,513
Martin Rucinsky	LW	70	82	28	27	55	1	62	172	16.28	44	$3,262,704
Brian Savage	RW	81	82	23	37	60	-14	39	219	10.50	33	$1,852,855
Turner Stevenson	RW	65	82	8	13	21	-14	97	76	10.53	23	$165,000
Scott Thornton	C	73	82	10	10	20	-19	128	110	9.09	16	$165,000
Darcy Tucker	C	73	82	7	13	20	-5	110	62	11.29	32	$295,029
David Wilkie	D	61	82	6	9	15	-9	63	65	9.23	33	$563,232

Name	POS	GP	PGP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	S	S%	Salary
Jocelyn Thibault	G	61	82	22	24	11	164	2.90	1	1815	1651	91.00	$3,855,437

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