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2005-06 season review
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• The Sharks acquired C Joe Thornton as part of a four-player deal
with Boston on Nov. 30.
• Thornton became the first Sharks player to win the Art Ross Trophy
(scoring title) and the Hart Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player).
Thornton was also voted as the “Sharks Player of the Year” and was
a finalist for the Lester B. Pearson Award (MVP as chosen by the
players).
• RW Jonathan Cheechoo received the Maurice “Rocket” Richard
Trophy for leading the League and becoming the first Sharks player
to score 50-plus goals in a season (56).
• C Patrick Marleau broke the franchise record for most points
in a season (Owen Nolan, 84 in 1999-00) when he assisted on
Cheechoo’s game-winnning power play goal on April 10 in Phoenix.
• San Jose set franchise records in goals scored (266), power play
goals scored (91), most shots on goal (2,483) and power play
percentage (18.2).
MAJOR TRANSACTIONS
• Acquired C Joe Thornton from Boston in exchange for D Brad
Stuart, C Wayne Primeau and C Marco Sturm on Nov. 30, 2005.
• Acquired LW Ville Nieminen from the N.Y. Rangers in exchange for
a third round selection (83rd overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft on
March 6, 2006.
PACIFIC DIVISION
GP W L T OTL GF GA PTS
DALLAS ( 2) 82 53 23 6 2 65 218 112
SAN JOSE ( 5) 82 44 27 11 2 66 242 99
ANAHEIM ( 6) 82 43 27 12 2 54 229 98
LOS ANGELES (10) 82 42 35 5 2 49 270 89
PHOENIX (12) 82 38 39 5 2 46 271 81
Final Statistics
P NO PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM
C 19 JOE THORNTON (BOS) 23 9 24 33 6
(SJ) 58 20 72 92 55
(TOTAL) 81 29 96 125 61
R 14 J. CHEECHOO 82 56 37 93 58
C 12 PATRICK MARLEAU 82 34 52 86 26
L 28 NILS EKMAN 77 21 36 57 54
D 42 TOM PREISSING 74 11 32 43 26
R 9 *MILAN MICHALEK 81 17 18 35 45
R 26 *STEVE BERNIER 39 14 13 27 35
C 10 ALYN MCCAULEY 76 12 14 26 30
C 16 MARK SMITH 80 9 15 24 97
L 15 VILLE NIEMINEN (NYR) 48 5 12 17 53
(SJ) 22 3 4 7 10
(TOTAL) 70 8 16 24 63
D 22 SCOTT HANNAN 81 6 18 24 58
D 44 C. EHRHOFF 64 5 18 23 32
D 4 KYLE MCLAREN 77 2 21 23 66
C 37 *G. STEVENSON 47 10 12 22 14
C 11 *MARCEL GOC 81 8 14 22 22
L 17 SCOTT THORNTON 71 10 11 21 84
L 19 MARCO STURM 23 6 10 16 16
R 23 **NIKO DIMITRAKOS 45 4 12 16 26
D 7 **BRAD STUART 23 2 10 12 14
L 24 **JOSH LANGFELD 39 2 9 11 16
C 15 **WAYNE PRIMEAU 21 5 3 8 17
D 25 *MATT CARLE 12 3 3 6 14
C 34 P. RISSMILLER 18 3 3 6 8
D 5 ROB DAVISON 69 1 5 6 76
D 6 *JOSH GORGES 49 0 6 6 31
L 29 *RYANE CLOWE 18 0 2 2 9
D 21 JIM FAHEY 21 0 2 2 14
R 27 SCOTT PARKER 10 1 0 1 38
D 41 *DOUG MURRAY 34 0 1 1 27
G 35 VESA TOSKALA 37 0 1 1 4
G 20 EVGENI NABOKOV 45 0 1 1 18
G 31 *N. SCHAEFER 7 0 0 0 2
* — ROOKIE
** — TRADED DURING THE SEASON (SAN JOSE STATS ONLY)
goaltenders
GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS
GA DATE OPPonent RESULT RECORD
1 10/5 @ Nashville 2-3 L 0-1-0
2 10/7 @ Chicago 3-6 L 0-2-0
3 10/8 @ St. Louis 7-6 W 1-2-0
4 10/12 COLUMBUS 4-1 W 2-2-0
5 10/15 CHICAGO 4-3 W 3-2-0
6 10/17 @ Detroit 2-3 L* 3-2-1
7 10/19 @ Minnesota 1-6 L 3-3-1
8 10/21 @ Columbus 1-4 L 3-4-1
9 10/22 @ Nashville 1-2 L 3-5-1
10 10/26 @ Dallas 5-4 W* 4-5-1
11 10/28 @ Los Angeles 5-4 W 5-5-1
12 10/29 CALGARY 3-2 W** 6-5-1
13 11/2 NASHVILLE 3-2 W* 7-5-1
14 11/4 @ Anaheim 1-0 W* 8-5-1
15 11/5 MINNESOTA 1-3 L 8-6-1
16 11/8 @ Colorado 2-5 L 8-7-1
17 11/12 DALLAS 2-3 L** 8-7-2
18 11/16 VANCOUVER 1-3 L 8-8-2
19 11/19 PHOENIX 3-4 L** 8-8-3
20 11/21 @ Edmonton 1-2 L** 8-8-4
21 11/23 @ Calgary 2-3 L 8-9-4
22 11/24 @ Vancouver 2-3 L 8-10-4
23 11/26 DETROIT 6-7 L 8-11-4
24 11/30 @ Dallas 1-4 L 8-12-4
25 12/2 @ Buffalo 5-0 W 9-12-4
26 12/3 @ Toronto 5-4 W 10-12-4
27 12/6 ATLANTA 5-3 W 11-12-4
28 12/8 FLORIDA 6-2 W 12-12-4
29 12/10 CAROLINA 4-3 W 13-12-4
30 12/16 WASHINGTON 4-1 W 14-12-4
31 12/18 @ Anaheim 4-5 L 14-13-4
32 12/20 ANAHEIM 4-2 W 15-13-4
33 12/22 @ Phoenix 1-2 L 15-14-4
34 12/23 ST. LOUIS 1-2 L** 15-14-5
35 12/26 @ Los Angeles 3-4 L 15-15-5
36 12/28 PHOENIX 4-5 L 15-16-5
37 12/30 COLORADO 5-2 W 16-16-5
38 1/5 COLUMBUS 6-3 W 17-16-5
39 1/7 LOS ANGELES 3-2 W 18-16-5
40 1/10 @ Boston 6-2 W 19-16-5
41 1/12 @ Ottawa 2-0 W 20-16-5
42 1/14 @ Montreal 2-6 L 20-17-5
43 1/16 TAMPA BAY 3-1 W 21-17-5
44 1/19 EDMONTON 2-3 L** 21-17-6
45 1/21 @ Los Angeles 4-3 W* 22-17-6
46 1/24 LOS ANGELES 4-1 W 23-17-6
47 1/26 ANAHEIM 0-2 L 23-18-6
48 1/28 @ Phoenix 2-6 L 23-19-6
49 1/30 @ Dallas 2-3 L* 23-19-7
50 2/1 @ Anaheim 6-4 W 24-19-7
51 2/2 MINNESOTA 2-3 L** 24-19-8
52 2/4 ANAHEIM 0-2 L 24-20-8
53 2/6 CALGARY 3-4 L 24-21-8
54 2/8 CHICAGO 2-1 W 25-21-8
55 2/10 DALLAS 6-3 W 26-21-8
56 2/12 @ Phoenix 5-4 W* 27-21-8
57 2/28 DETROIT 5-1 W 28-21-8
58 3/3 @ Edmonton 2-3 L 28-22-8
59 3/4 @ Calgary 0-2 L 28-23-8
60 3/7 @ Anaheim 4-5 L* 28-23-9
61 3/9 EDMONTON 5-2 W 29-23-9
62 3/11 NASHVILLE 3-2 W* 30-23-9
63 3/13 LOS ANGELES 4-3 W 31-23-9
64 3/16 ST. LOUIS 5-2 W 32-23-9
65 3/18 DALLAS 3-4 L** 32-23-10
66 3/19 COLORADO 6-5 W 33-23-10
67 3/21 @ St. Louis 6-0 W 34-23-10
68 3/23 @ Detroit 0-4 L 34-24-10
69 3/25 @ Minnesota 5-1 W 35-24-10
70 3/26 @ Chicago 5-4 W* 36-24-10
71 3/28 @ Columbus 1-4 L 36-25-10
72 3/30 PHOENIX 2-5 L 36-26-10
73 4/1 PHOENIX 3-4 L* 36-26-11
74 4/3 @ Dallas 3-2 W* 37-26-11
75 4/5 @ Colorado 2-1 W 38-26-11
76 4/6 @ Los Angeles 5-0 W 39-26-11
77 4/9 DALLAS 4-1 W 40-26-11
78 4/10 @ Phoenix 3-2 W 41-26-11
79 4/12 @ Vancouver 5-4 W* 42-26-11
80 4/13 VANCOUVER 5-3 W 43-26-11
81 4/15 ANAHEIM 6-3 W 44-26-11
82 4/17 LOS ANGELES 0-4 L 44-27-11
* — OVERTIME
** — SHOOTOUT
RECORD BOOK
NO GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L T EN SO GA SA SV % G A PIM
31 *N. SCHAEFER 7 352 1.88 5 1 0 1 1 11 138 .920 0 0 2
35 VESA TOSKALA 37 2039 2.56 23 7 4 1 2 87 878 .901 0 1 4
20 EVGENI NABOKOV 45 2575 3.10 16 19 7 2 1 133 1160 .885 0 1 18
TOTALS 82 4996 2.82 44 27 11 4 5 235 2180 .892 0 2 24
EVGENI NABOKOV and NOLAN SCHAEFER shared a shutout vs. Buffalo on Dec. 2, 2005.
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