The 1996–97 CHL season was the fifth season of the Central Hockey League (CHL).
Teams 1996–97 Central Hockey League Division Team City Arena Eastern Columbus Cottonmouths Columbus, Georgia Columbus Civic Center Huntsville Channel Cats Huntsville, Alabama Von Braun Civic Center Macon Whoopee Macon, Georgia Macon Coliseum Memphis RiverKings Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum Nashville Nighthawks Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium Western Fort Worth Fire Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth Convention Center Oklahoma City Blazers Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Myriad Convention Center San Antonio Iguanas San Antonio, Texas Freeman Coliseum Tulsa Oilers Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Coliseum Wichita Thunder Wichita, Kansas Britt Brown Arena
Map of teams
Regular season
Division standings
Eastern Division x-Huntsville Channel Cats 66 39 24 3 311 297 81 x-Macon Whoopee 66 38 24 4 276 237 80 x-Memphis RiverKings 66 35 27 4 278 260 74 x-Columbus Cottonmouths 66 32 28 6 292 291 70 e-Nashville Nighthawks 66 12 52 2 219 359 26
Western Division y-Oklahoma City Blazers 66 48 12 6 307 200 102 x-Fort Worth Fire 66 43 16 5 279 210 95 x-Tulsa Oilers 66 30 32 4 286 284 64 x-Wichita Thunder 66 25 31 10 279 324 60 e-San Antonio Iguanas 66 26 36 4 261 326 56
y – clinched league title; x – clinched playoff spot; e – eliminated from playoff contention
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Playoffs
Playoff Bracket
CHL awards
Ray Miron Cup: Fort Worth Fire Adams Cup: Oklahoma City Blazers Coach of the Year: Bill McDonald (Fort Worth) Most Valuable Player: Trevor Jobe (Columbus) Playoff Most Valuable Player: Steve Plouffe (Fort Worth) Most Outstanding Goaltender: Jean-Ian Filiatrault (Oklahoma City)Most Outstanding Defenseman Hardy Sauter (Oklahoma City)Rookie of the Year Cory Dosdall (Wichita)Scoring Champion Trevor Jobe (Columbus)
Player statistics
Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Trevor Jobe Wichita ThunderColumbus Cottonmouths 616173134139 Doug Lawrence Tulsa Oilers 6627100127250 Terry Menard Fort Worth Fire 635065115138 Marcel Richard Columbus Cottonmouths 63515810974 Randy Murphy Columbus Cottonmouths 65366910542 Hardy Sauter Oklahoma City Blazers 66326910154 Alex Kholomeyev Huntsville Channel Cats 5737589590 Luc Beausoleil Tulsa Oilers 6260359557 Bruno Villeneuve Memphis RiverKings 6649469514 Joe Burton Oklahoma City Blazers 6553419439
References
External links 1996–97 CHL season at The Internet Hockey Database