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Dave Manson's 1996-1997 season

Points
22
NHL#286
Goals
4
NHL#375
Assists
18
NHL#226
Plus/minus
-26
NHL#764
Games
75
91%
91% of 82

Defenceman Dave Manson was 29 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Phoenix Coyotes och Montréal Canadiens. He played 75 of a possible 82 games and scored 4 goals and 18 assists for 22 points, 0.29 points per game. He moved from Phoenix Coyotes to Montréal Canadiens in March. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dave Manson opens the 1996-1997 season with Phoenix Coyotes

    Dave was 29 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHX0–1HFD
      L
      game 1/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX5–2BOS
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–4PHX
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      ANA2–4PHX
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM6–3PHX
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1PHX
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA1–1PHX
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–1PHX
      L
      game 8/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX2–5TOR
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX5–4MTL
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHX1–4EDM
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PHX3–2CGY
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4PHX
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      DAL3–2PHX
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL4–1PHX
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3PHX
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
      2
      points
      NHL#432
      0
      goals
      NHL#441
      2
      assists
      NHL#358
      -9
      +/-
      NHL#219
      PHX
      6-11-0W-L-OT16Points
      6th in the Central·12th in the Western Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHX
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–4PHX
      W
      game 23/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–3PHX
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      LAK4–1PHX
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHX3–0STL
      W
      game 26/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX4–3NJD
      W
      game 27/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–5NYR
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–8NYI
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHX4–2OTT
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX5–3TOR
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHX
      W
      game 32/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–5PHX
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY7–2PHX
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–1ANA
      W
      game 35/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–5LAK
      L
      game 36/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–7PHX
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHX5–3DET
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX4–2CHI
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHX0–3WSH
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX1–5BUF
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8236 of 41 played
      9
      points
      NHL#313
      2
      goals
      NHL#341
      7
      assists
      NHL#275
      -16
      +/-
      NHL#242
      PHX
      18-19-0W-L-OT40Points
      3rd in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET5–4PHX
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX4–3DAL
      W
      game 43/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2PHX
      L
      game 44/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX4–5SJS
      L
      game 45/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL4–1PHX
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      ANA3–6PHX
      W
      game 47/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–4PHX
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHX1–4PHI
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX3–0DET
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      PHX1–4PIT
      L
      game 51/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–0PHX
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3PHX
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DAL5–4PHX
      L
      game 54/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX4–2STL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX5–0DAL
      W
      game 56/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL3–2PHX
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–5PHX
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–6PHX
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–4ANA
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET5–3PHX
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PHX5–2CGY
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      16
      points
      NHL#289
      3
      goals
      NHL#369
      13
      assists
      NHL#236
      -24
      +/-
      NHL#251
      PHX
      28-30-0W-L-OT60Points
      4th in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHX2–6VAN
      L
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • March 1997
    • The game
      CHI4–0PHX
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX3–0FLA
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX5–0TBL
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–0CHI
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Dave Manson reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · March 8

    • The game
      OTT4–1PHX
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–5PHX
      game 69/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX4–1SJS
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3PHX
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYR
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–1MTL
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      MTL4–1HFD
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD4–1MTL
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYI
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3MTL
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dave Manson closes the 1996-1997 season with 22 points

    Points
    22
    NHL#286
    Games
    75of 82
    91%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#375
    Assists
    18
    NHL#226
    P/GP
    0.29
    NHL#343
    +/-
    -26
    NHL#764
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet New Jersey Devils

    MTLvsNJD
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MTL2–5NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–4NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      NJD6–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-3SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-3SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL0–4NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    MTL1–4NJD
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Dave Manson ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#242
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#165
    Assists
    0
    NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    +6
    NHL#14
    NJD1–4