The 1996–97 CHL season was the fifth

season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and ...

of the

Central Hockey League The Central Hockey League (CHL) was a North American mid-level minor professional ice hockey league which operated from 1992 until 2014. It was founded by Ray Miron and Bill Levins and later sold to Global Entertainment Corporation, which opera ...

(CHL).

Regular season

Division standings

y - clinched league title; x - clinched playoff spot; e - eliminated from playoff contention

Playoffs

Playoff Bracket

CHL awards

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes''

External links

1996–97 CHL season at The Internet Hockey Database
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