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Drew Bannister's 1996-1997 season

Points

NHL#328

Goals

NHL#375

Assists

NHL#291

Plus/minus

-23

NHL#755

Games

79% of 82

Defenceman Drew Bannister was 22 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Tampa Bay Lightning och Edmonton Oilers. He played 65 of a possible 82 games and scored 4 goals and 14 assists for 18 points, 0.28 points per game. He moved from Tampa Bay Lightning to Edmonton Oilers in April. In the playoffs he played 12 games for 0 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs

Year 1996
30 years ago
Season opener
October 12
Drew Bannister opens the 1996-1997 season with Tampa Bay Lightning
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Drew was 22 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.
- The game
  TBL7–4TOR
  W
  October 12game 3/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  TBL4–0BUF
  W
  October 15game 4/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Drew Bannister scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · October 15
- The game
  NYR2–5TBL
  W
  October 20game 5/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL6–3NYI
  W
  October 22game 6/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  OTT5–2TBL
  L
  October 24game 7/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NJD4–1TBL
  L
  October 26game 8/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–2TBL
  October 29game 9/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–3TBL
  L
  October 31game 10/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- November 1996
- The game
  TBL1–2NJD
  L
  November 2game 11/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL5–3NYR
  W
  November 4game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–1TBL
  L
  November 6game 13/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT5–5TBL
  November 8game 14/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL2–4DET
  L
  November 10game 15/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL3–5STL
  L
  November 14game 16/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL3–6NJD
  L
  November 16game 17/821
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK0–3TBL
  W
  November 19game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI2–1TBL
  L
  November 23game 19/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL2–4MTL
  L
  November 25game 20/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–0TBL
  L
  November 27game 21/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 27
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
  4
  points
  NHL#343
  2
  goals
  NHL#239
  2
  assists
  NHL#376
  0
  +/-
  NHL#104
  TBL
  7-12-0W-L-OT16Points
  7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
- The game
  HFD6–3TBL
  L
  November 30game 23/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- December 1996
- The game
  TBL1–3ANA
  L
  December 4game 24/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  TBL2–1LAK
  W
  December 5game 25/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL4–3SJS
  W
  December 7game 26/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM2–2TBL
  December 12game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI1–4TBL
  W
  December 14game 28/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL4–2MTL
  W
  December 16game 29/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL3–5BUF
  L
  December 18game 30/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  TBL0–3BOS
  L
  December 19game 31/821
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  TBL5–6HFD
  L
  December 21game 32/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–1TBL
  L
  December 23game 33/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  FLA3–3TBL
  December 26game 34/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  MTL4–4TBL
  December 28game 35/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–4TBL
  W
  December 31game 36/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  ANA2–3TBL
  W
  January 3game 37/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL3–7PIT
  L
  January 4game 38/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -3+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  TBL4–3OTT
  W
  January 6game 39/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL4–3NYR
  W
  January 8game 40/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL3–1PHI
  W
  January 9game 41/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 9
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
  11
  points
  NHL#288
  4
  goals
  NHL#258
  7
  assists
  NHL#284
  -8
  +/-
  NHL#211
  TBL
  16-20-0W-L-OT37Points
  6th in the Atlantic·11th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI4–4TBL
  January 11game 42/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL2–0CHI
  W
  January 13game 43/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL2–4COL
  L
  January 15game 44/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  COL2–3TBL
  W
  January 21game 45/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  TBL2–3FLA
  L
  January 25game 46/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL3–5OTT
  L
  January 27game 47/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–1TBL
  L
  January 30game 48/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- February 1997
- The game
  BOS3–0TBL
  L
  February 1game 49/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL2–0PHX
  W
  February 4game 50/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL0–4DAL
  L
  February 5game 51/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL2–5FLA
  L
  February 12game 53/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL4–5WSH
  L
  February 14game 54/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–4TBL
  W
  February 15game 55/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET3–3TBL
  February 17game 56/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI2–5TBL
  W
  February 20game 57/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD1–3TBL
  W
  February 22game 58/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  SJS3–4TBL
  W
  February 23game 59/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–3TBL
  W
  February 25game 60/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL2–6BOS
  L
  February 27game 61/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- March 1997
- The game
  FLA0–2TBL
  W
  March 1game 62/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  March 1
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
  15
  points
  NHL#311
  4
  goals
  NHL#328
  11
  assists
  NHL#286
  -15
  +/-
  NHL#243
  TBL
  25-30-0W-L-OT57Points
  5th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·18th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TBL6–3NYI
  W
  March 4game 63/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHX5–0TBL
  L
  March 6game 64/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS6–4TBL
  L
  March 8game 65/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-1SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  CGY1–2TBL
  W
  March 9game 66/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI3–0TBL
  L
  March 13game 67/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN5–2TBL
  L
  March 15game 68/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- April 1997
- The game
  EDM4–5VAN
  L
  April 12game 82/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 12
Drew Bannister closes the 1996-1997 season with 18 points
TBLTampa Bay Lightning EDMEdmonton Oilers
Points
18
NHL#328
Games
65of 82
79%
Goals
4
NHL#375
Assists
14
NHL#291
P/GP
0.28
NHL#358
+/-
-23
NHL#755
Events
18
career best in points
4
career best in goals
14
career best in assists
1
First NHL goal
4 days later
Playoffs
April 16
Edmonton Oilers are in the playoffs
First round
April 16
Edmonton Oilers meet Dallas Stars
EDMvsDAL
Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
Mats Lindgren
Swedes on Dallas Stars
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  EDM3–5DAL
  L
  April 161
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- Dallas Starslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 2
  EDM4–0DAL
  W
  April 181
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Edmonton Oilersare1–1withDallas Stars
- Game 3
  DAL3–4EDM
  W
  April 201
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Edmonton Oilerslead2–1againstDallas Stars
- Game 4
  DAL4–3EDM
  L
  April 221
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Edmonton Oilersare2–2withDallas Stars
- Game 5
  EDM1–0DAL
  W
  April 251
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Edmonton Oilerslead3–2againstDallas Stars
- Game 6
  DAL3–2EDM
  L
  April 271
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Edmonton Oilersare3–3withDallas Stars
- Game 7
  EDM4–3DAL
  W
  April 291
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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First round
April 29
Edmonton Oilers knock Dallas Stars out 4–3
EDM4–3DAL
Advance
7Games0Points0Goals0Assists
3 days later
Second round
May 2
Edmonton Oilers meet Colorado Avalanche
EDMvsCOL
Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
Mats Lindgren
Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
Peter Forsberg
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- Game 1
  EDM1–5COL
  L
  May 22
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- Colorado Avalanchelead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 2
  EDM1–4COL
  L
  May 42
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- Colorado Avalanchelead2–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 3
  COL3–4EDM
  W
  May 72
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Colorado Avalanchelead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 4
  COL3–2EDM
  L
  May 91
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- Colorado Avalanchelead3–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 5
  EDM3–4COL
  L
  May 111
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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Second round
May 11
Colorado Avalanche knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–1
EDM1–4COL
Eliminated
5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
May 11
Drew Bannister ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points
TBLTampa Bay Lightning EDMEdmonton Oilers
Points
0
NHL#242
Games
12
Goals
0
NHL#165
Assists
0
NHL#218
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-4
NHL#312
DAL4–3→COL1–4

Drew Bannister opens the 1996-1997 season with Tampa Bay Lightning

Drew Bannister scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Drew Bannister closes the 1996-1997 season with 18 points

Edmonton Oilers are in the playoffs

Edmonton Oilers meet Dallas Stars

Edmonton Oilers knock Dallas Stars out 4–3

Edmonton Oilers meet Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–1

Drew Bannister ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points