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Property	Value
rdfs:label	1996–97 Ottawa Senators season
rdfs:comment	The 1996–97 Ottawa Senators season was a season of great improvement by the club, as the team finished out of last place in the NHL for the first time in team history, and went on to qualify for the 1997 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the Senators lost in the first round (Conference quarter-finals) to the Buffalo Sabres. __TOC__
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Season	1996
dcterms:subject	1996 in hockey Ottawa Senators seasons 1997 in hockey Ottawa Senators
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GAALeader	Damian Rhodes
HomeRecord	16
Team	Ottawa Senators
GoalsFor	226
Division	Northeast Division (NHL)
Name	Andreas Dackell Tom Chorske Daniel Alfredsson Christer Olsson Radek Bonk Steve Duchesne Sergei Zholtok Dave Hannan Randy Cunneyworth Shawn McEachern Radim Bicanek Denis Chasse Frank Musil Denny Lambert Phil Von Stefenelli Phil Crowe Shaun Van Allen Sean Hill Dennis Vial Jason Zent Jason York Damian Rhodes Janne Laukkanen Wade Redden Mike Bales Lance Pitlick Alexandre Daigle Ron Tugnutt Bruce Gardiner Alexei Yashin
AssistsLeader	Daniel Alfredsson
WinsLeader	Ron Tugnutt
No	1 2 3 4 6 7 10 11 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 31 33 35 38 42 44 76 91
Coach	Jacques Martin (ice hockey)
Conference	Eastern Conference (NHL)
Record	31
Attendance	15371
PointsLeader	Alexei Yashin
GoalsLeader	Alexei Yashin
Captain	Randy Cunneyworth
DivisionRank	3.0
GeneralManager	Pierre Gauthier
AltCaptain	Unknown
RoadRecord	15
PIMLeader	Denny Lambert
ConferenceRank	7
PlusMinusLeader	dbkwik:resource/U02awCQknfEU2wGeQ2dYCA==
Arena	Corel Centre
GoalsAgainst	234
Year	1996
abstract	The 1996–97 Ottawa Senators season was a season of great improvement by the club, as the team finished out of last place in the NHL for the first time in team history, and went on to qualify for the 1997 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, the Senators lost in the first round (Conference quarter-finals) to the Buffalo Sabres. __TOC__