1996–97 Colonial Hockey League season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 1996–97 CoHL season
| finals_champ = Quad City Mallards
| prevseason_year = 1995–96
| nextseason_year = 1997–98
}}
The 1996–97 Colonial Hockey League season was the sixth season of the Colonial Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Ten teams participated in the regular season and the Quad City Mallards won the league title.
Regular season
| class="wikitable"
! width="40%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | East Division ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | GP ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | W ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | L ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | T ! width="7.5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | GF ! width="7.5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | GA ! width="7.5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Pts | |||||||
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Flint Generals | 74 | 55 | 18 | 1 | 371 | 232 | 111 |
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Brantford Smoke | 74 | 42 | 25 | 7 | 321 | 286 | 91 |
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Port Huron Border Cats | 74 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 280 | 288 | 81 |
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Utica Blizzard | 74 | 22 | 42 | 10 | 278 | 385 | 54 |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Saginaw Lumber Kings | 74 | 21 | 48 | 5 | 263 | 399 | 47 |
| class="wikitable"
! width="40%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | West Division ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | GP ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | W ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | L ! width="5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | T ! width="7.5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | GF ! width="7.5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | GA ! width="7.5%" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Pts | |||||||
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Quad City Mallards | 74 | 51 | 20 | 3 | 384 | 245 | 105 |
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Madison Monsters | 74 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 315 | 259 | 99 |
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Thunder Bay Thunder Cats | 74 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 333 | 266 | 94 |
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="left" | Muskegon Fury | 74 | 39 | 29 | 6 | 268 | 257 | 84 |
| align="center"
| align="left" | Dayton Ice Bandits | 74 | 13 | 53 | 8 | 216 | 412 | 34 |
Colonial Cup-Playoffs
{{8TeamBracket
| RD1= Colonial Cup-Quarterfinals
| RD2= Colonial Cup-Semifinals
| RD3= Colonial Cup-Final
| RD1-seed1= E1
| RD1-team1= Flint
| RD1-score1= 3
| RD1-seed2= E4
| RD1-team2= Utica
| RD1-score2= 0
| RD1-seed3= E2
| RD1-team3= Brantford
| RD1-score3= 3
| RD1-seed4= E3
| RD1-team4= Port Huron
| RD1-score4= 2
| RD1-seed5= W1
| RD1-team5= Quad City
| RD1-score5= 3
| RD1-seed6= W4
| RD1-team6= Muskegon
| RD1-score6= 0
| RD1-seed7= W2
| RD1-team7= Madison
| RD1-score7= 2
| RD1-seed8= W3
| RD1-team8= Thunder Bay
| RD1-score8= 3
| RD2-seed1= E1
| RD2-team1= Flint
| RD2-score1= 4
| RD2-seed2= E2
| RD2-team2= Brantford
| RD2-score2= 1
| RD2-seed3= W1
| RD2-team3= Quad City
| RD2-score3= 4
| RD2-seed4= W3
| RD2-team4= Thunder Bay
| RD2-score4= 2
| RD3-seed1= E1
| RD3-team1= Flint
| RD3-score1= 2
| RD3-seed2= W1
| RD3-team2= Quad City
| RD3-score2= 4
}}
External links
- [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/cohl19921997.html Season 1996/97] on hockeydb.com
{{IHL (2007) seasons}}
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