NHL Totals by Birth Province, 1996‑97 Stats

Rk	Province	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Ontario	218	10 813	1640	2766	4406	12 643	394	66	226
2	Quebec	100	4493	671	1068	1739	3999	158	29	107
3	British Columbia	56	2689	418	686	1104	3528	113	18	59
4	Alberta	76	3620	359	684	1043	3805	75	23	69
5	Saskatchewan	39	1829	211	351	562	2942	38	7	42
6	Manitoba	26	1022	83	171	254	896	9	7	15
7	Nova Scotia	5	196	30	45	75	167	9	1	2
8	Northwest Territories	1	82	36	31	67	29	12	1	4
9	New Brunswick	3	206	12	40	52	116	0	2	2
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	5	106	6	17	23	221	1	0	2

Percentage of Player Birth Provinces in 1996‑97 NHL

Rk	Province	Players	GP	G	A	P	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Ontario	41.2%	43.2%	47.3%	47.2%	47.2%	44.6%	48.7%	42.9%	42.8%
2	Quebec	18.9%	17.9%	19.4%	18.2%	18.6%	14.1%	19.5%	18.8%	20.3%
3	British Columbia	10.6%	10.7%	12.1%	11.7%	11.8%	12.4%	14.0%	11.7%	11.2%
4	Alberta	14.4%	14.4%	10.4%	11.7%	11.2%	13.4%	9.3%	14.9%	13.1%
5	Saskatchewan	7.4%	7.3%	6.1%	6.0%	6.0%	10.4%	4.7%	4.5%	8.0%
6	Manitoba	4.9%	4.1%	2.4%	2.9%	2.7%	3.2%	1.1%	4.5%	2.8%
7	Nova Scotia	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.6%	1.1%	0.6%	0.4%
8	Northwest Territories	0.2%	0.3%	1.0%	0.5%	0.7%	0.1%	1.5%	0.6%	0.8%
9	New Brunswick	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%	1.3%	0.4%
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%

Current season NHL stats last updated: June 18, 2013