best gaa as a goalie regular season with a minimum of 480 minutes in dec 1996

Mike Richter had the best goals-against average by a goalie when playing 480+ minutes in December 1996, with a 1.89 average.

	NAME	GAA	MIN	MONTH	GP	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	SHO
1	Mike Richter M. Richter	1.89	666	December 1996	11	10	0	1	374	353	.944	21	2
2	Ron Hextall R. Hextall	1.98	545	December 1996	9	8	0	1	221	203	.919	18	2
3	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	2.03	621	December 1996	12	7	2	2	251	230	.916	21	2
4	Guy Hebert G. Hebert	2.06	523	December 1996	9	5	3	1	298	280	.940	18	1
5	Andy Moog A. Moog	2.15	557	December 1996	10	5	3	1	196	176	.898	20	1
6	Chris Osgood C. Osgood	2.25	560	December 1996	10	4	2	3	217	196	.903	21	1
7	Rick Tabaracci R. Tabaracci	2.56	772	December 1996	13	5	5	3	354	321	.907	33	0
8	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	2.57	792	December 1996	13	7	4	2	443	409	.923	34	2
9	Damian Rhodes D. Rhodes	2.59	556	December 1996	10	4	4	1	216	192	.889	24	1
10	Patrick Roy P. Roy	2.69	535	December 1996	9	4	3	1	276	252	.913	24	1
11	Jocelyn Thibault J. Thibault	2.97	607	December 1996	11	2	6	3	345	315	.913	30	0
12	Jim Carey J. Carey	3.01	539	December 1996	9	2	7	0	231	204	.883	27	0
13	Curtis Joseph C. Joseph	3.04	670	December 1996	12	2	6	3	350	316	.903	34	1
14	Ed Belfour E. Belfour	3.42	492	December 1996	8	0	5	3	250	222	.888	28	0
15	Felix Potvin F. Potvin	3.43	647	December 1996	12	5	6	0	392	355	.906	37	0
16	Corey Hirsch C. Hirsch	3.61	532	December 1996	9	2	6	1	290	258	.890	32	1
17	Grant Fuhr G. Fuhr	3.63	695	December 1996	12	4	6	2	362	320	.884	42	0
18	Bill Ranford B. Ranford	3.82	612	December 1996	11	2	6	2	321	282	.879	39	1
19	Jason Muzzatti J. Muzzatti	3.97	514	December 1996	10	5	4	1	283	249	.880	34	0