1996–97 Serie A (ice hockey) season
The 1996/97 season was the 63rd season of the series A1, the highest Italian Hockey League. Champion for the 14th time overall in club history, the HC Bolzano.
- 3.1 Group A
- 3.2 Group B
Mode
First 14 teams contested together a first season phase. In the second phase, this season teams were divided into two groups of seven participants. The distribution between both groups in the second season phase was carried out according to their placement in the first season phase and the teams were scheduled to receive the bonus points. The top two teams of each group of the second season phase qualified for the final round for the HC Bolzano and the HC 24 were Milan directly qualified as a participant in the Alps league. The top four teams in the final round qualified for the playoffs, where the Master was played. For a win, each team received three points, a draw there was a point and a defeat.
First season phase
Table
Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats
Second Season Stage
Group A
Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats
Group B
Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats
Final round
Sp = Matches, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Defeats
Playoffs
Champion team
Christian Alderucci - Peter Andersson - Sean Basilio - Scott Beattie - Manuel Bergamo - Paolo Casciaro - Joe Cicarello - Mario De Benedictis - Lino De Toni - Daniele Giacomin - Günther Hell - Paolo Lasca - Igor Loro - Igor Maslennikov - David Mella - Roberto upper smoke - Martin Pavlu - Frank Pietrangelo - Ruggero De Rossi million - Tommy Sjödin - Christian Timpone - Lucio Topatigh - Carmine Vani - Mikhail Vasilyev - Sergei Wostrikow - Bruno Zarrillo - Andrei Zhukov; Coach: Adolf Insam