1996–97 NAHL season

1996–97 NAHL season #FFFFFF; border-top:#2c50a3 3px solid; border-bottom:#ee293d 3px solid #000000 150px North American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular seasonSeptember 1996 – April 1997PostseasonApril 11 – April 27, 1997 46 8 Regular season Springfield Jr. Blues Jason Deskins (Detroit Compuware Ambassadors) Ryan Fultz (Cleveland Jr. Barons) Robertson Cup Playoffs Springfield Jr. Blues Detroit Compuware Ambassadors List of NAHL seasons NAHL 1995–96 NAHL season 1995–96 1997–98 NAHL season 1997–98 The 1996–97 NAHL season was the 13th season of the North American Hockey League. The Springfield Jr. Blues won the regular season championship and the Robertson Cup. Member changes The Dearborn Heights Nationals relocated and became the St. Louis Sting. Regular season The standings at the end of the regular season were as follows:https://nahl.com/standings/?league_id=4&season_id=142&stat_class=7&type=division&mode=overall NAHL Standings North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Note: x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched regular season title Standings Team GP Games played W Wins L Losses OTL Overtime losses Pts Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against xy – Springfield Jr. Blues 463510171230144 x – Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 463310369217148 x – Soo Indians 462818056169159 x – Danville Wings 462616456221165 x – Detroit Freeze 462123244184186 x – Gaylord Grizzlies 461626436165206 x – Cleveland Jr. Barons 461727236171224 x – St. Louis Sting 46838016123248 Statistics Scoring leaders The following players led the league in regular season points at the completion of all regular season games. https://nahl.com/skater-stats/?league_id=4&team_id=all-teams&sort=points&direction=desc&season_id=142&stat_class=4 NAHL Stats North American Hockey League May 26, 2025 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes Ryan Fultz Springfield Jr. Blues 46 42 31 73 22 Jason Deskins Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 43 37 34 71 73 Max Mnatsakanov Detroit Freeze 44 27 40 67 131 Frank Nardella Springfield Jr. Blues 44 20 45 65 98 Ryan Zoller Springfield Jr. Blues 45 27 37 64 159 David Legwand Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 44 21 41 62 58 Bobby Weston Detroit Freeze 41 23 38 61 124 Tim Hearon Gaylord Grizzlies 46 20 35 55 30 Rob Gubala Danville Wings 45 30 24 54 40 Yevgeni Dubravin Springfield Jr. Blues 46 23 31 54 30 Robertson Cup playoffs 3/3/3 220 0 high Quarterfinal(Best-of-3) Semifinal(Best-of-3) Championship(Best-of-3) 1 Springfield Jr. Blues 6 6 - 8 St. Louis Sting 2 3 - 2 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 6 5 - 7 Cleveland Jr. Barons 3 3 - 3 Soo Indians 5 4* - 6 Gaylord Grizzlies 2 3 - 4 Danville Wings 4 5 6* 5 Detroit Freeze 5 2 5 1 Springfield Jr. Blues 5 3* - 4 Danville Wings 2 2 - 2 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 4 4 - 3 Soo Indians 2 2 - 1 Springfield Jr. Blues 3 1 3 2 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors 1 2 1 Note: * denotes overtime period(s) References 50em NAHL reference External links Official website of the North American Hockey League Category:North American Hockey League seasons NAHL