Home › Entities › video_game › NHL 97

NHL 97

1996 ice hockey video game
VideoGame video_game Q3334424
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

NHL 97 is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (425 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: David Whittaker[3], Jeff van Dyck[4]
  • Publisher: EA Sports[5]
  • Genre: ice hockey video game[6]
  • Part of the series: NHL[7]
  • Platform: Microsoft Windows[8], Super Nintendo Entertainment System[9], Sega Genesis[10], PlayStation (console)[11], Sega Saturn[12]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[13], single-player video game[14]
  • Distribution format: compact disc[15]
  • Review score: ★★★[16]
  • Input device: video game controller[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18], Canada[19]
  • Publication date: August 31, 1996[20], October 1996[21]
  • Sport: ice hockey[22]
  • Narrative location: Washington, D.C.[23]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: NHL universe[24]
  • Title: NHL 97[25]
  • Set in period: 1997[26]
  • PlayStation DataCenter URL: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/N/SLUS-00030.html[27]

Why It Matters

NHL 97 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Canada compact disc David Whittaker EA Sports Microsoft Windows United States video game controller

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . redump.org. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gen4. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Online Games-Datenbank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Online Games-Datenbank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . PlayStation DataCenter. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NHL 97. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/nhl-97
MLA “NHL 97.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 18 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/nhl-97.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nhl-97_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NHL 97}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nhl-97}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-18}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): NHL 97 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/nhl-97 (retrieved 2026-10-18)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/nhl-97 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · JzK · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fi', 'fr', 'nl', 'sv', 'wuu', 'zh']
    Review score → ★★★
    Playstation datacenter url → https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/N/SLUS-00030.html
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Playstation datacenter url: https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/N/SLUS-00030.html, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/84919199|NHL 97 (#84919199)]] in [[:toollabs:mi"
  2. 26d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 2819
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Abandonware-france game id: 2819, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  3. 5w ago · Jakub Vrána · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Databáze her video game id → 852
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54523|batch #54523]]: Databáze her representative"
  4. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    International computer game collection work id → 31127
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ International computer game collection work id: 31127, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296314681|NHL 97 (#296314681)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8120"
  5. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/NHL_97
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  6. 22w ago · Flagstaff12 · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Snes central game id → 0066
    Publication date → +1996-08-31T00:00:00Z, +1996-10-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Publication date: October 1996, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778888008867"
  7. 24w ago · J 1982 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
    Part of series → —
    Input device → video game controller
    Publisher → EA Sports
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Platform: Sega Saturn"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.