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Russ Courtnall's 1996-1997 season

Points
35
NHL#167
Goals
11
NHL#198
Assists
24
NHL#140
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#254
Games
61
74%
74% of 82

Right winger Russ Courtnall was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks och New York Rangers. He played 61 of a possible 82 games and scored 11 goals and 24 assists for 35 points, 0.57 points per game. He moved from Vancouver Canucks to New York Rangers in March. In the playoffs he played 15 games for 7 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Russ Courtnall opens the 1996-1997 season with Vancouver Canucks

    VANVancouver Canucks

    Russ was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 14th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CGY1–3VAN
      W
      game 1/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–2EDM
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–1VAN
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–5VAN
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–4VAN
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–1DAL
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–9COL
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–1VAN
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2VAN
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–3ANA
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      VAN5–4EDM
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–4VAN
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–2VAN
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–2NYR
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–5NYI
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–0NJD
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–6MTL
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL0–2VAN
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–2VAN
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–5VAN
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      7
      points
      NHL#245
      3
      goals
      NHL#183
      4
      assists
      NHL#249
      VAN
      12-9-0W-L-OT24Points
      3rd in the Pacific·6th in the Western Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • December 1996
    • The game
      VAN3–4PHI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–2DET
      game 25/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8222 of 41 played
      9
      points
      NHL#324
      4
      goals
      NHL#261
      5
      assists
      NHL#353
      VAN
      20-20-0W-L-OT41Points
      3rd in the Pacific·7th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA3–2VAN
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–4VAN
      game 43/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–6VAN
      W
      game 44/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–3CHI
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–4STL
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–4PHX
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–5VAN
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2VAN
      W
      game 49/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      VAN0–3CGY
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–6OTT
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–6PIT
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN7–4DET
      W
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4TOR
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2VAN
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–4VAN
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–5VAN
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–1SJS
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–4LAK
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–5ANA
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–6VAN
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +4 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8243 of 62 played
      26
      points
      NHL#181
      9
      goals
      NHL#184
      17
      assists
      NHL#160
      VAN
      28-32-0W-L-OT58Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Pacific·8th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      LAK3–0VAN
      L
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–5COL
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–1VAN
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–3VAN
      L
      game 66/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3OTT
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–3NYR
      L
      game 71/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYR
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–3NYR
      W
      game 73/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT0–3NYR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–4NJD
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2HFD
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYR
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–5NYR
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–5BUF
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3NYR
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–3PHI
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–2NYR
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Russ Courtnall closes the 1996-1997 season with 35 points

    VANVancouver CanucksNYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    35
    NHL#167
    Games
    61of 82
    74%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#198
    Assists
    24
    NHL#140
    P/GP
    0.57
    NHL#142
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#254
    Events
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Florida Panthers

    NYRvsFLA
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR0–3FLA
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Florida Pantherslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–0FLA
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withFlorida Panthers
    • Game 3
      FLA3–4NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA2–3NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2FLA
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1

    NYR4–1FLA
    Advance
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    7 days later
    Second round

    New York Rangers meet New Jersey Devils

    NYRvsNJD
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR0–2NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–0NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      NJD2–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD0–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NYR2–1NJD
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

    NYR4–1NJD
    Advance
    5Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    5 days later
    Conference final

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR5–4PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI6–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–2NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR2–4PHI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    Conference final

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    5Games3Points2Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Russ Courtnall ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 7 points

    VANVancouver CanucksNYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    7
    NHL#41
    Games
    15
    Goals
    3
    NHL#41
    Assists
    4
    NHL#50
    P/GP
    0.47
    NHL#70
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#79
    Events
    3 points
    best game
    FLA4–1→NJD4–1→PHI1–4