1996–97 San Jose Sharks season

1996–97 San Jose Sharks
Division	7th Pacific
Conference	Western
1996–97 record	27–47–8
Goals for	211
Goals against	278
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Al Sims
Captain	Todd Gill

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.

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

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

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 Owen Nolan RW 72 31 32 63 155 -19 10 0 3 Jeff Friesen LW 82 28 34 62 75 -8 6 2 5 Bernie Nicholls C 65 12 33 45 63 -21 2 1 0 Viktor Kozlov C 78 16 25 41 40 -16 4 0 4 Tony Granato RW 76 25 15 40 159 -7 5 1 4 Darren Turcotte C 65 16 21 37 16 -8 3 1 4 Andrei Nazarov LW 60 12 15 27 222 -4 1 0 1 Steve Guolla C 43 13 8 21 14 -10 2 0 1 Todd Gill D 79 0 21 21 101 -20 0 0 0 Ulf Dahlen LW 43 8 11 19 8 -11 3 0 1 Greg Hawgood D 63 6 12 18 69 -22 3 0 0 Marcus Ragnarsson D 69 3 14 17 63 -18 2 0 0 Marty McSorley D 57 4 12 16 186 -6 0 1 1 Doug Bodger D 81 1 15 16 64 -14 0 0 1 Shean Donovan RW 73 9 6 15 42 -18 0 1 0 Al Iafrate D 38 6 9 15 91 -10 3 0 0 Ron Sutter C 78 5 7 12 65 -8 1 2 1 Bob Errey LW 30 3 6 9 20 -2 0 0 0 Vlastimil Kroupa D 35 2 6 8 12 -17 2 0 1 Mike Rathje D 31 0 8 8 21 -1 0 0 0 Michal Sykora D 35 2 5 7 59 0 1 0 0 Dody Wood C 44 3 2 5 193 -3 0 0 0 Ville Peltonen LW 28 2 3 5 0 -8 1 0 0 Chris Tancill C 25 4 0 4 8 -5 1 0 0 Tim Hunter RW 46 0 4 4 135 0 0 0 0 Todd Ewen RW 51 0 2 2 162 -5 0 0 0 Ray Whitney LW 12 0 2 2 4 -6 0 0 0 Jason Widmer D 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Alexei Yegorov RW 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Ed Belfour G 13 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Jan Caloun RW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Wade Flaherty G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iain Fraser C 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Kelly Hrudey G 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Lipuma D 8 0 0 0 22 -2 0 0 0 Chris Terreri G 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Kelly Hrudey 2631 48 16 24 5 140 3.19 0 1263 1123 .889 Chris Terreri 1200 22 6 10 3 55 2.75 0 553 498 .901 Ed Belfour 757 13 3 9 0 43 3.41 1 371 328 .884 Wade 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

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

• 1996–97 NHL season

References

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