1996–97 San Jose Sharks season

The 1996–97 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' sixth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Sharks again failed to make the playoffs, finishing 13th in the Western Conference.

Offseason

Defenceman Todd Gill is named team captain, following the departure of Jeff Odgers.

Regular season

On October 18, the Sharks scored three short-handed goals in a 4-1 win over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.^[1]

The Sharks finished the regular season last in scoring (211 goals for) and had the most power-play opportunities against (409).^[2]

Final standings

Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	49	24	9	277	205	107
2	4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	36	33	13	243	231	85
3	7	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	37	9	252	247	81
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	40	7	257	273	77
5	10	Calgary Flames	82	32	41	9	214	239	73
6	12	Los Angeles Kings	82	28	43	11	214	268	67
7	13	San Jose Sharks	82	27	47	8	211	278	62

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[3]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	49	24	9	277	205	107
2	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	48	26	8	252	198	104
3	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	38	26	18	253	197	94
4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	36	33	13	245	233	85
5	Phoenix Coyotes	CEN	82	38	37	7	240	243	83
6	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	36	35	11	236	239	83
7	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	36	37	9	252	247	81
8	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	34	35	13	223	210	81

9	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	35	40	7	257	273	77
10	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	32	41	9	214	239	73
11	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	30	44	8	230	273	68
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	28	43	11	214	268	67
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	27	47	8	211	278	62

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 5, 1996	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (1996–97)	0–0–1
2	W	October 6, 1996	7–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	1–0–1
3	L	October 8, 1996	0–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	1–1–1
4	L	October 10, 1996	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	1–2–1
5	L	October 12, 1996	3–5	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	1–3–1
6	T	October 16, 1996	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	1–3–2
7	W	October 18, 1996	4–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	2–3–2
8	W	October 20, 1996	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	3–3–2
9	L	October 22, 1996	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	3–4–2
10	L	October 24, 1996	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	3–5–2
11	T	October 26, 1996	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	3–5–3
12	W	October 27, 1996	6–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	4–5–3
13	W	October 30, 1996	3–1	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	5–5–3
14	L	November 1, 1996	3–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	5–6–3
15	W	November 2, 1996	4–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	6–6–3
16	L	November 6, 1996	1–4	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	6–7–3
17	W	November 8, 1996	3–1	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	7–7–3
18	L	November 12, 1996	3–4	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	7–8–3
19	L	November 15, 1996	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	7–9–3
20	T	November 16, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	7–9–4
21	L	November 18, 1996	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	7–10–4
22	L	November 21, 1996	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	7–11–4
23	L	November 23, 1996	0–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	7–12–4
24	W	November 27, 1996	3–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	8–12–4
25	L	November 29, 1996	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	8–13–4
26	W	December 1, 1996	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	9–13–4
27	W	December 4, 1996	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	10–13–4
28	L	December 7, 1996	3–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	10–14–4
29	W	December 11, 1996	3–2	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	11–14–4
30	L	December 13, 1996	0–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	11–15–4
31	L	December 17, 1996	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	11–16–4
32	L	December 20, 1996	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	11–17–4
33	L	December 21, 1996	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	11–18–4
34	W	December 23, 1996	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	12–18–4
35	W	December 26, 1996	6–1	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	13–18–4
36	L	December 28, 1996	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	13–19–4
37	W	December 31, 1996	5–1	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	14–19–4
38	L	January 2, 1997	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	14–20–4
39	L	January 4, 1997	3–4	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	14–21–4
40	T	January 7, 1997	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	14–21–5
41	L	January 9, 1997	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	14–22–5
42	W	January 11, 1997	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	15–22–5
43	W	January 13, 1997	5–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	16–22–5
44	L	January 20, 1997	1–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	16–23–5
45	W	January 22, 1997	7–2	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	17–23–5
46	L	January 24, 1997	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	17–24–5
47	L	January 27, 1997	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	17–25–5
48	L	January 29, 1997	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	17–26–5
49	W	January 30, 1997	6–3	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	18–26–5
50	W	February 1, 1997	2–1	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	19–26–5
51	L	February 3, 1997	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	19–27–5
52	W	February 5, 1997	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	20–27–5
53	T	February 8, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	20–27–6
54	L	February 10, 1997	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	20–28–6
55	L	February 12, 1997	1–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	20–29–6
56	L	February 13, 1997	3–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	20–30–6
57	L	February 16, 1997	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	20–31–6
58	W	February 18, 1997	3–1	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	21–31–6
59	L	February 20, 1997	1–6	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	21–32–6
60	L	February 23, 1997	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	21–33–6
61	T	February 25, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	21–33–7
62	W	February 28, 1997	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	22–33–7
63	L	March 1, 1997	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	22–34–7
64	L	March 3, 1997	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	22–35–7
65	W	March 6, 1997	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	23–35–7
66	L	March 9, 1997	1–2	New York Rangers (1996–97)	23–36–7
67	L	March 11, 1997	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	23–37–7
68	L	March 14, 1997	1–4	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	23–38–7
69	L	March 15, 1997	4–7	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	23–39–7
70	L	March 19, 1997	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	23–40–7
71	W	March 20, 1997	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	24–40–7
72	L	March 22, 1997	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	24–41–7
73	L	March 24, 1997	1–5	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	24–42–7
74	L	March 26, 1997	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	24–43–7
75	W	March 28, 1997	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	25–43–7
76	L	April 1, 1997	1–7	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	25–44–7
77	T	April 2, 1997	5–5 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	25–44–8
78	W	April 4, 1997	7–6 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	26–44–8
79	L	April 7, 1997	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	26–45–8
80	W	April 9, 1997	4–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	27–45–8
81	L	April 11, 1997	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	27–46–8
82	L	April 12, 1997	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	27–47–8

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	RW	72	31	32	63	155	-19	10	0	3
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen	LW	82	28	34	62	75	-8	6	2	5
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	65	12	33	45	63	-21	2	1	0
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov	C	78	16	25	41	40	-16	4	0	4
Granato, TonyTony Granato	RW	76	25	15	40	159	-7	5	1	4
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte	C	65	16	21	37	16	-8	3	1	4
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	60	12	15	27	222	-4	1	0	1
Guolla, SteveSteve Guolla	C	43	13	8	21	14	-10	2	0	1
Gill, ToddTodd Gill	D	79	0	21	21	101	-20	0	0	0
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen	LW	43	8	11	19	8	-11	3	0	1
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood	D	63	6	12	18	69	-22	3	0	0
Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson	D	69	3	14	17	63	-18	2	0	0
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley	D	57	4	12	16	186	-6	0	1	1
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger	D	81	1	15	16	64	-14	0	0	1
Donovan, SheanShean Donovan	RW	73	9	6	15	42	-18	0	1	0
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate	D	38	6	9	15	91	-10	3	0	0
Sutter, RonRon Sutter	C	78	5	7	12	65	-8	1	2	1
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	30	3	6	9	20	-2	0	0	0
Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa	D	35	2	6	8	12	-17	2	0	1
Rathje, MikeMike Rathje	D	31	0	8	8	21	-1	0	0	0
Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora	D	35	2	5	7	59	0	1	0	0
Wood, DodyDody Wood	C	44	3	2	5	193	-3	0	0	0
Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen	LW	28	2	3	5	0	-8	1	0	0
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	25	4	0	4	8	-5	1	0	0
Hunter, TimTim Hunter	RW	46	0	4	4	135	0	0	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	51	0	2	2	162	-5	0	0	0
Whitney, RayRay Whitney	LW	12	0	2	2	4	-6	0	0	0
Widmer, JasonJason Widmer	D	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Yegorov, AlexeiAlexei Yegorov	RW	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Caloun, JanJan Caloun	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fraser, IainIain Fraser	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lipuma, ChrisChris Lipuma	D	8	0	0	0	22	-2	0	0	0
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	G	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	2631	48	16	24	5	140	3.19	0	1263	1123	.889
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri	1200	22	6	10	3	55	2.75	0	553	498	.901
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	757	13	3	9	0	43	3.41	1	371	328	.884
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	359	7	2	4	0	31	5.18	0	202	171	.847
Team:	4947	82	27	47	8	269	3.26	1	2389	2120	.887

^[4]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

Ed Belfour Doug Bodger Jan Caloun Ulf Dahlen Shean Donovan Bob Errey Todd Ewen Wade Flaherty Iain Fraser Jeff Friesen Todd Gill Tony Granato Steve Guolla Greg Hawgood Kelly Hrudey Tim Hunter Al Iafrate Viktor Kozlov Vlastimil Kroupa Chris Lipuma Marty McSorley Andrei Nazarov Bernie Nicholls Owen Nolan Ville Peltonen Marcus Ragnarsson Mike Rathje Ron Sutter Michal Sykora Chris Tancill Chris Terreri Darren Turcotte Ray Whitney Jason Widmer Dody Wood Alexei Yegorov

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	2	Andrei Zyuzin	Defence	Russia	Salavat Yulajev
1	21	Marco Sturm	Right Wing	Germany	Landshut EV
3	55	Terry Friesen	Goalie	Canada	Swift Current Broncos
4	102	Matt Bradley	Right Wing	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs
6	137	Michel Larocque	Goalie	Germany	Boston University
7	164	Jake Deadmarch	Defence	Canada	Kamloops Blazers
8	191	Cory Cyrenne	Center	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings
9	217	David Thibeault	Left Wing	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199610180MDA.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1997.html
↑ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1996-97 San Jose Sharks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.

"1996–97 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

San Jose Sharks

Founded in 1991 Based in San Jose, California

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History	Expansion draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (Hasso Plattner, governor) General manager Doug Wilson Head coach Peter DeBoer Team captain Joe Pavelski Current roster

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Affiliates	AHL San Jose Barracuda ECHL Allen Americans

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San Jose Sharks seasons

1990s	1990–91 . 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1996–97 NHL season

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Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1996–97 San Jose Sharks season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Roster

Draft picks

See also

References

External links