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Hartford Whalers

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Season 1996-1997

This club in 1996-1997: NHL

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Sean Burke	29.01.1967	193 cm	97 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	16.05.1977	183 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
G	Jason Mark Muzzatti	03.02.1970	182 cm	86 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Jeff Brown	30.04.1966	188 cm	93 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Adam Burt	15.01.1969	188 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Steve Chiasson	14.04.1967	185 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Paul Coffey	01.06.1961	183 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Brian Glynn	23.11.1967	196 cm	105 kg	left	Show profile»
LD	Aleksandr Godynyuk	27.01.1970	186 cm	96 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Kevin Haller	05.12.1970	188 cm	88 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Curtis Leschyshyn	21.09.1969	185 cm	93 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Marek Malík	24.06.1975	196 cm	103 kg	left	Show profile»
RD	Jason McBain	19.06.1974	188 cm	95 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Glen Wesley	02.10.1968	186 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
D/F	Steve Martins	13.04.1972	175 cm	85 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Kevin Brown	11.05.1974	185 cm	96 kg	right	Show profile»
C	Andrew Cassels	23.07.1969	183 cm	84 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Jeff Daniels	24.06.1968	186 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Kevin Dineen	28.10.1963	180 cm	86 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Hnat Domenichelli	16.02.1976	182 cm	90 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Nelson Emerson	17.08.1967	180 cm	79 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Stu Grimson	20.05.1965	196 cm	105 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Mark Janssens	19.05.1968	190 cm	98 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Sami Kapanen	14.06.1973	178 cm	82 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Derek King	11.02.1967	188 cm	100 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Robert Kron	27.02.1967	178 cm	83 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Kent Manderville	12.04.1971	190 cm	94 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Chris Murray	25.10.1974	188 cm	97 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Andrei Nikolishin	25.03.1973	183 cm	95 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Jeff O’Neill	23.02.1976	185 cm	90 kg	right	Show profile»
C	Keith Primeau	24.11.1971	196 cm	100 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Paul Ranheim	25.01.1966	185 cm	95 kg	right	Show profile»
RW	Steven Rice	26.05.1971	183 cm	101 kg	right	Show profile»
LW	Geoff Sanderson	01.02.1972	183 cm	86 kg	left	Show profile»
LW	Brendan Shanahan	23.01.1969	191 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»

Coach name	Born	Coach position
Jim Rutherford	17.02.1949	GM	Show profile»
Randy Ladouceur	30.06.1960	Assistant Coach	Show profile»
Paul Maurice	30.01.1967	Head Coach	Show profile»

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Fast factsseason 1996-1997

Youngest player: Jean-Sebastien Giguere (19 years)
Oldest player: Paul Coffey (35 years)
Shortest player: Steve Martins (175 cm)
Tallest player: Brian Glynn (196 cm)
Nationalities: Canada (25), Czechia (2), Finland (1), Italy (1), Russia (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1), USA (3)

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Hartford Whalers participates in season 1996-1997: NHL

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