title: 1996–97 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
text: # 1996–97 Polska Liga Hokejowa season
  
  The 1996–97 Polska Liga Hokejowa season was the 62nd season of the Polska Liga Hokejowa, the top level of ice hockey in Poland. Thirteen teams participated in the league, and Podhale Nowy Targ won the championship.
  
  ## Final round
  
  | | Club | GP | W | T | L | Goals | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Podhale Nowy Targ | 40 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 215:99 | 62 |
  | 2. | KKH Katowice | 40 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 168:120 | 58 |
  | 3. | Unia Oświęcim | 40 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 186:105 | 53 |
  | 4. | STS Sanok | 40 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 103:83 | 31 |
  | 5. | TTH Torun | 40 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 99:193 | 25 |
  | 6. | Naprzód Janów | 40 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 99:218 | 11 |
  
  ## Qualification round
  
  | | Club | GP | W | T | L | Goals | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7. | Stocznowiec Gdansk | 24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 147:73 | 41 |
  | 8. | KS Cracovia | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 132:60 | 39 |
  | 9. | Polonia Bytom | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 110:80 | 32 |
  | 10. | MKH Tychy | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 91:161 | 17 |
  | 11. | BTH Bydgoszcz | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 79:99 | 16 |
  | 12. | KTH Krynica | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 92:111 | 15 |
  | 13. | SMS Sosnowiec | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 78:145 | 8 |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Podhale Nowy Targ | 2 | | |
  | KS Cracovia | 1 | | |
  | KS Cracovia | 1 | Podhale Nowy Targ | 3 |
  | | | STS Sanok | 2 |
  | STS Sanok | 2 | STS Sanok | 2 |
  | TTH Torun | 1 | | | | |
  | TTH Torun | 1 | | | Podhale Nowy Targ | 4 |
  | | | | | Unia Oświęcim | 2 |
  | KKH Katowice | 2 | | | Unia Oświęcim | 2 |
  | Stocznowiec Gdansk | 1 | | | | |
  | Stocznowiec Gdansk | 1 | KKH Katowice | 1 | | |
  | | | Unia Oświęcim | 3 | Third place | Third place |
  | Unia Oświęcim | 2 | Unia Oświęcim | 3 | Third place | Third place |
  | Naprzód Janów | 0 | | | | |
  | Naprzód Janów | 0 | | | KKH Katowice | 3 |
  | | | | | STS Sanok | 1 |
  