1996–97 San Jose Sharks season
1996–97 San Jose Sharks | |
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Division | 7th Pacific |
Conference | 13th Western |
1996–97 record | 27–47–8 |
Home record | 14–23–4 |
Road record | 13–24–4 |
Goals for | 211 |
Goals against | 278 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dean Lombardi |
Coach | Al Sims |
Captain | Todd Gill |
Alternate captains | Tony Granato Owen Nolan |
Arena | San Jose Arena |
Average attendance | 17,420 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Kentucky Thoroughblades Louisville RiverFrogs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Owen Nolan (31) |
Assists | Jeff Friesen (34) |
Points | Owen Nolan (63) |
Penalty minutes | Andrei Nazarov (222) |
Plus/minus | Tim Hunter (0) Michal Sykora (0) |
Wins | Kelly Hrudey (16) |
Goals against average | Chris Terreri (2.75) |
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
Defenseman Todd Gill was 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
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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October: 5–5–3 (home: 1–1–2; road: 4–4–1)
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November: 3–8–1 (home: 3–5–0; road: 0–3–1)
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December: 6–6–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 4–3–0)
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January: 4–7–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 2–3–0)
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February: 4–7–2 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–5–2)
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March: 3–10–0 (home: 2–6–0; road: 1–4–0)
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April: 2–4–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
11 | Owen Nolan | RW | 72 | 31 | 32 | 63 | −19 | 155 |
39 | Jeff Friesen | LW | 82 | 28 | 34 | 62 | −8 | 75 |
9 | Bernie Nicholls | C | 65 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −21 | 63 |
25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 78 | 16 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 40 |
21 | Tony Granato | RW | 76 | 25 | 15 | 40 | −7 | 159 |
8 | Darren Turcotte | C | 65 | 16 | 21 | 37 | −8 | 16 |
62 | Andrei Nazarov | LW | 60 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −4 | 222 |
17 | Steve Guolla | C | 43 | 13 | 8 | 21 | −10 | 14 |
23 | Todd Gill | D | 79 | 0 | 21 | 21 | −20 | 101 |
22 | Ulf Dahlen‡ | LW | 43 | 8 | 11 | 19 | −11 | 8 |
4 | Greg Hawgood | D | 63 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −22 | 69 |
10 | Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −18 | 63 |
33 | Marty McSorley | D | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −6 | 186 |
3 | Doug Bodger | D | 81 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −14 | 64 |
42 | Shean Donovan | RW | 73 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −18 | 42 |
43 | Al Iafrate | D | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −10 | 91 |
12 | Ron Sutter† | C | 78 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −8 | 65 |
22[a] | Bob Errey† | LW | 30 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −2 | 20 |
44 | Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −17 | 12 |
40 | Mike Rathje | D | 31 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −1 | 21 |
38 | Michal Sykora‡ | D | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 59 |
16 | Dody Wood | C | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 193 |
7 | Ville Peltonen | LW | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −8 | 0 |
18 | Chris Tancill | C | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −5 | 8 |
19 | Tim Hunter | RW | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 135 |
36 | Todd Ewen | RW | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 162 |
14 | Ray Whitney | LW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 4 |
5 | Jason Widmer | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
15 | Alexei Yegorov | RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
20[b] | Ed Belfour† | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
91 | Jan Caloun | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
31 | Wade Flaherty | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
28 | Iain Fraser | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
32 | Kelly Hrudey | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | Chris Lipuma‡† | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 22 |
30 | Chris Terreri‡ | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
32 | Kelly Hrudey | 48 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 1263 | 140 | 3.19 | .889 | 0 | 2631 |
30 | Chris Terreri | 22 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 553 | 55 | 2.75 | .901 | 0 | 1200 |
20[b] | Ed Belfour | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 371 | 43 | 3.41 | .884 | 1 | 757 |
31 | Wade Flaherty | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 202 | 31 | 5.18 | .847 | 0 | 359 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | Tony Granato | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Tony Granato[c] | [7] |
Owen Nolan | |||
Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Jeff Friesen | [8] |
Sharks Rookie of the Year | Steve Guolla | [8] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Bernie Nicholls | October 20, 1996 | [9] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
San Jose's picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[10]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 2 | Andrei Zyuzin | Defense | Salavat Yulajev | |
1 | 21 | Marco Sturm | Right Wing | Landshut EV | |
3 | 55 | Terry Friesen | Goalie | Swift Current Broncos | |
4 | 102 | Matt Bradley | Right Wing | Kingston Frontenacs | |
6 | 137 | Michel Larocque | Goalie | Boston University | |
7 | 164 | Jake Deadmarsh | Defense | Kamloops Blazers | |
8 | 191 | Cory Cyrenne | Center | Brandon Wheat Kings | |
9 | 217 | David Thibeault | Left Wing | Drummondville Voltigeurs |
See also
Notes
References
- "San Jose Sharks 1996-97 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- "1996-97 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ^ "San Jose Sharks at Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Box Score — October 18, 1996".
- ^ "1996-97 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1996-97 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- ^ "Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "All-Star Game Rosters | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. January 18, 1997. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1997". www.nhl.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ a b 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
- ^ "Players who reached the 1,000th-game mark as San Jose Sharks". East Bay Times. October 20, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 27, 2023.