NHL 97

NHL 97
NHL 97
	Cover art featuring John Vanbiesbrouck
Developers	High Score Entertainment (Genesis); Ceris Software (SNES); EA Canada (PC); Visual Concepts (PS, Saturn)
Publishers	EA Sports; Black Pearl Software (SNES)
Composers	Mark Chosak; David Whittaker (Genesis); Jeff van Dyck (Windows)
Series	NHL
Engine	Virtual Stadium
Platforms	MS-DOS, Windows, Super NES, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Genesis/Mega Drive
Release	September 27, 1996 MS-DOS, Windows NA: September 27, 1996; Super NES NA: October 15, 1996; EU: November 28, 1996; PlayStation NA: November 11, 1996; EU: November 1, 1996; Saturn NA: December 4, 1996; EU: December 6, 1996; Genesis/Mega Drive NA: 1996; EU: 1996; ;
Genre	Sports (ice hockey)
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

NHL 97 is an ice hockey video game by EA Sports. It was released in 1996 and was the successor to NHL 96. It is the sixth installment of the NHL series and the first to be released on both PlayStation and Sega Saturn. A Panasonic M2 version was in development and slated to be one of the launch titles for it, but never happened due to the cancellation of the system.

The cover of the game features goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck, who played for the Florida Panthers between 1993 and 1998. NHL 97 was the last game of the NHL series to feature a goaltender on the cover until Martin Brodeur was chosen for the cover of NHL 14.