1996–97 San Jose Sharks season

1996–97 San Jose Sharks
Division 7th Pacific
1996–97 record 27–47–8
Goals for 211
Goals against 278
Team information
General Manager Dean Lombardi
Coach Al Sims
Captain Todd Gill
Team leaders
<1995–96 1997–98>

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
11 Colorado Avalanche 82 49 24 9 277 205 107
24 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 36 33 13 243 231 85
37 Edmonton Oilers 82 36 37 9 252 247 81
49 Vancouver Canucks 82 35 40 7 257 273 77
510 Calgary Flames 82 32 41 9 214 239 73
612 Los Angeles Kings 82 28 43 11 214 268 67
713 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
1TOctober 5, 19962–2 OT New York Islanders (1996–97) 0–0–1
2WOctober 6, 19967–6 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 1–0–1
3LOctober 8, 19960–6 @ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 1–1–1
4LOctober 10, 19961–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 1–2–1
5LOctober 12, 19963–5 Boston Bruins (1996–97) 1–3–1
6TOctober 16, 19963–3 OT Florida Panthers (1996–97) 1–3–2
7WOctober 18, 19964–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 2–3–2
8WOctober 20, 19963–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 3–3–2
9LOctober 22, 19963–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 3–4–2
10LOctober 24, 19961–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 3–5–2
11TOctober 26, 19962–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1996–97) 3–5–3
12WOctober 27, 19966–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 4–5–3
13WOctober 30, 19963–1 Calgary Flames (1996–97) 5–5–3
14LNovember 1, 19963–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 5–6–3
15WNovember 2, 19964–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 6–6–3
16LNovember 6, 19961–4 Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 6–7–3
17WNovember 8, 19963–1 Dallas Stars (1996–97) 7–7–3
18LNovember 12, 19963–4 Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 7–8–3
19LNovember 15, 19961–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 7–9–3
20TNovember 16, 19962–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 7–9–4
21LNovember 18, 19962–4 @ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 7–10–4
22LNovember 21, 19961–6 Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 7–11–4
23LNovember 23, 19960–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 7–12–4
24WNovember 27, 19963–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 8–12–4
25LNovember 29, 19962–4 Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 8–13–4
26WDecember 1, 19964–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 9–13–4
27WDecember 4, 19962–1 @ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 10–13–4
28LDecember 7, 19963–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 10–14–4
29WDecember 11, 19963–2 Washington Capitals (1996–97) 11–14–4
30LDecember 13, 19960–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 11–15–4
31LDecember 17, 19963–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 11–16–4
32LDecember 20, 19962–3 @ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 11–17–4
33LDecember 21, 19961–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 11–18–4
34WDecember 23, 19962–1 @ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 12–18–4
35WDecember 26, 19966–1 Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 13–18–4
36LDecember 28, 19963–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 13–19–4
37WDecember 31, 19965–1 @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 14–19–4
38LJanuary 2, 19971–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 14–20–4
39LJanuary 4, 19973–4 Calgary Flames (1996–97) 14–21–4
40TJanuary 7, 19971–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 14–21–5
41LJanuary 9, 19973–4 St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 14–22–5
42WJanuary 11, 19972–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 15–22–5
43WJanuary 13, 19975–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 16–22–5
44LJanuary 20, 19971–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 16–23–5
45WJanuary 22, 19977–2 Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 17–23–5
46LJanuary 24, 19971–3 New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 17–24–5
47LJanuary 27, 19972–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 17–25–5
48LJanuary 29, 19971–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 17–26–5
49WJanuary 30, 19976–3 @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 18–26–5
50WFebruary 1, 19972–1 Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 19–26–5
51LFebruary 3, 19972–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 19–27–5
52WFebruary 5, 19973–2 Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 20–27–5
53TFebruary 8, 19973–3 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 20–27–6
54LFebruary 10, 19972–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 20–28–6
55LFebruary 12, 19971–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 20–29–6
56LFebruary 13, 19973–7 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 20–30–6
57LFebruary 16, 19972–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 20–31–6
58WFebruary 18, 19973–1 Dallas Stars (1996–97) 21–31–6
59LFebruary 20, 19971–6 Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 21–32–6
60LFebruary 23, 19973–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 21–33–6
61TFebruary 25, 19972–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 21–33–7
62WFebruary 28, 19973–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 22–33–7
63LMarch 1, 19972–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 22–34–7
64LMarch 3, 19974–5 OT @ New York Rangers (1996–97) 22–35–7
65WMarch 6, 19972–0 Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 23–35–7
66LMarch 9, 19971–2 New York Rangers (1996–97) 23–36–7
67LMarch 11, 19973–4 St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 23–37–7
68LMarch 14, 19971–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 23–38–7
69LMarch 15, 19974–7 Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 23–39–7
70LMarch 19, 19972–4 @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 23–40–7
71WMarch 20, 19972–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 24–40–7
72LMarch 22, 19971–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 24–41–7
73LMarch 24, 19971–5 Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 24–42–7
74LMarch 26, 19971–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 24–43–7
75WMarch 28, 19974–3 Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 25–43–7
76LApril 1, 19971–7 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 25–44–7
77TApril 2, 19975–5 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 25–44–8
78WApril 4, 19977–6 OT Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 26–44–8
79LApril 7, 19972–3 Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 26–45–8
80WApril 9, 19974–1 @ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 27–45–8
81LApril 11, 19973–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 27–46–8
82LApril 12, 19971–4 @ 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 63 155-191003
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen LW 82 28 34 62 75-8625
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 65 12 33 45 63-21210
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 78 16 25 41 40-16404
Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 76 25 15 40 159-7514
Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte C 65 16 21 37 16-8314
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 60 12 15 27 222-4101
Guolla, SteveSteve Guolla C 43 13 8 21 14-10201
Gill, ToddTodd Gill D 79 0 21 21 101-20000
Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen LW 43 8 11 19 8-11301
Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood D 63 6 12 18 69-22300
Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson D 69 3 14 17 63-18200
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 57 4 12 16 186-6011
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger D 81 1 15 16 64-14001
Donovan, SheanShean Donovan RW 73 9 6 15 42-18010
Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate D 38 6 9 15 91-10300
Sutter, RonRon Sutter C 78 5 7 12 65-8121
Errey, BobBob Errey LW 30 3 6 9 20-2000
Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 35 2 6 8 12-17201
Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 31 0 8 8 21-1000
Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora D 35 2 5 7 590100
Wood, DodyDody Wood C 44 3 2 5 193-3000
Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen LW 28 2 3 5 0-8100
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill C 25 4 0 4 8-5100
Hunter, TimTim Hunter RW 46 0 4 4 1350000
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen RW 51 0 2 2 162-5000
Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 12 0 2 2 4-6000
Widmer, JasonJason Widmer D 2 0 1 1 01000
Yegorov, AlexeiAlexei Yegorov RW 2 0 1 1 01000
Belfour, EdEd Belfour G 13 0 0 0 80000
Caloun, JanJan Caloun RW 2 0 0 0 0-2000
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty G 7 0 0 0 00000
Fraser, IainIain Fraser C 2 0 0 0 2-1000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 48 0 0 0 00000
Lipuma, ChrisChris Lipuma D 8 0 0 0 22-2000
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri G 22 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2631 48 16 24 5 140 3.19 012631123.889
Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri 1200 22 6 10 3 55 2.75 0553498.901
Belfour, EdEd Belfour 757 13 3 9 0 43 3.41 1371328.884
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty 359 7 2 4 0 31 5.18 0202171.847
Team: 4947 82 27 47 8 269 3.26 123892120.887

[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

See also

References

External links

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