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1996-97 season review
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• C Bernie Nicholls played in his NHL 1,000th game at St. Louis on Oct. 20.
• D Todd Gill named fourth team captain in franchise history on Dec. 3.
• Sharks achieve their 100th consecutive sellout on Dec. 17 as 17,442 see the
Sharks play hosts to Toronto.
• The 47th NHL All-Star Game was played at San Jose Arena on Jan. 18. Sharks are
represented by RW Owen Nolan and LW Tony Granato, who was selected as the
commissioner’s special selection for the Western Conference. Granato is named a
starter on the Western Conference squad and Nolan recorded a hat trick.
• Granato became the first player in franchise history to win a major postseason
NHL award by receiving the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on June 21. The
trophy is presented annually by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association
to “the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of
perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.”
MAJOR TRANSACTIONS
• Acquired G Ed Belfour from Chicago in exchange for G Chris Terreri, RW Ulf
Dahlen and D Michal Sykora on Jan. 25, 1997.
• Signed C Ron Sutter on Oct. 12, 1996.
• Acquired D Marty McSorley from New York Rangers in exchange for D Jay More,
C Brian Swanson and fourth round draft selection in 1998 on Aug. 20, 1996.
• Signed free agent LW Tony Granato on Aug. 15, 1996.
• Signed free agent C Bernie Nicholls on July 30, 1996.
• Signed free agent G Kelly Hrudey on July 18, 1996.
• Acquired Chicago’s 1996 first round draft selection (21st overall, LW Marco Sturm)
in exchange for two 1996 second round draft selections on June 22, 1996.
• Acquired D Al Iafrate from Boston in exchange for RW Jeff Odgers and fifth round
draft selection in 1996 on June 21, 1996.
• Acquired D Todd Gill from Toronto in exchange for C Jamie Baker and fifth round
draft selection in 1996 on June 14, 1996.
• Al Sims named as head coach on June 6, 1996.
PACIFIC DIVISION
GP W L T GF GA PTS P/PCT
COLORADO (1) 82 49 24 9 277 205 107 .652
ANAHEIM (4) 82 36 33 13 245 233 85 .518
EDMONTON (7) 82 36 37 9 252 247 81 .494
VANCOUVER (9) 82 35 40 7 257 273 77 .470
CALGARY (10) 82 32 41 9 214 239 73 .445
LOS ANGELES (12) 82 28 43 11 214 268 67 .409
SAN JOSE (13) 82 27 47 8 211 278 62 .378
Final Statistics
P NO PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM
R 11 OWEN NOLAN 72 31 32 63 155
C 39 JEFF FRIESEN 82 28 34 62 75
C 9 BERNIE NICHOLLS 65 12 33 45 63
L 25 VIKTOR KOZLOV 78 16 25 41 40
L 21 TONY GRANATO 76 25 15 40 159
C 8 DARREN TURCOTTE 65 16 21 37 16
L 62 ANDREI NAZAROV 60 12 15 27 222
L 17 *STEPHEN GUOLLA 43 13 8 21 14
D 23 TODD GILL 79 0 21 21 101
R 22 ULF DAHLEN 43 8 11 19 8
D 4 GREG HAWGOOD 63 6 12 18 69
D 10 MARCUS RAGNARSSON 69 3 14 17 63
D 33 MARTY MCSORLEY 57 4 12 16 186
D 3 DOUG BODGER 81 1 15 16 64
R 42 SHEAN DONOVAN 73 9 6 15 42
D 43 AL IAFRATE 38 6 9 15 91
C 12 RON SUTTER 78 5 7 12 65
L 22 BOB ERREY (DET) 36 1 2 3 27
(SJ) 30 3 6 9 20
(TOTAL) 66 4 8 12 47
D 44 VLASTIMIL KROUPA 35 2 6 8 12
D 40 MIKE RATHJE 31 0 8 8 21
D 6 MICHAL SYKORA 35 2 5 7 59
C 16 DODY WOOD 44 3 2 5 193
L 7 VILLE PELTONEN 28 2 3 5 0
R 18 CHRIS TANCILL 25 4 0 4 8
R 19 TIM HUNTER 46 0 4 4 135
L 14 RAY WHITNEY 12 0 2 2 4
R 36 TODD EWEN 51 0 2 2 162
D 5 *JASON WIDMER 2 0 1 1 0
C 15 *ALEXEI YEGOROV 2 0 1 1 0
C 28 IAIN FRASER 2 0 0 0 2
R 91 *JAN CALOUN 2 0 0 0 0
G 31 WADE FLAHERTY 7 0 0 0 0
D 26 CHRIS LIPUMA 8 0 0 0 22
G 20 ED BELFOUR (CHI) 33 0 0 0 26
(SJ) 13 0 0 0 8
(TOTAL) 46 0 0 0 34
G 32 KELLY HRUDEY 48 0 0 0 0
G 30 CHRIS TERRERI 22 0 0 0 0
goaltenders
GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS
GA DATE OPPonent RESULT RECORD
1 10/5 N.Y. Islanders 2-2 T 0-0-1
2 10/6 @ Los Angeles 7-6 W* 1-0-1
3 10/8 @ Colorado 0-6 L 1-1-1
4 10/10 @ Phoenix 1-4 L 1-2-1
5 10/12 Boston 3-5 L 1-3-1
6 10/16 Florida 3-3 T 1-3-2
7 10/18 @ Anaheim 4-1 W 2-3-2
8 10/20 @ St. Louis 3-2 W 3-3-2
9 10/22 @ Toronto 3-4 L 3-4-2
10 10/24 @ New Jersey 1-3 L 3-5-2
11 10/26 @ NY Islanders 2-2 T 3-5-3
12 10/27 @ Chicago 6-2 W 4-5-3
13 10/30 Calgary 3-1 W 5-5-3
14 11/1 @ Anaheim 3-4 L 5-6-3
15 11/2 Montreal 4-3 W* 6-6-3
16 11/6 Colorado 1-4 L 6-7-3
17 11/8 Dallas 3-1 W 7-7-3
18 11/12 Hartford 3-4 L 7-8-3
19 11/15 @ Detroit 1-5 L 7-9-3
20 11/16 @ Philadelphia 2-2 T 7-9-4
21 11/18 @ Boston 2-4 L 7-10-4
22 11/21 Detroit 1-6 L 7-11-4
23 11/23 Anaheim 0-3 L 7-12-4
24 11/27 Chicago 3-2 W 8-12-4
25 11/29 Edmonton 2-4 L 8-13-4
26 12/1 @ St. Louis 4-3 W 9-13-4
27 12/4 @ Dallas 2-1 W 10-13-4
28 12/7 Tampa Bay 3-4 L 10-14-4
29 12/11 Washington 3-2 W 11-14-4
30 12/13 Pittsburgh 0-4 L 11-15-4
31 12/17 Toronto 3-6 L 11-16-4
32 12/20 @Washington 2-3 L 11-17-4
33 12/21 @Pittsburgh 1-3 L 11-18-4
34 12/23 @Dallas 2-1 W 12-18-4
35 12/26 Vancouver 6-1 W 13-18-4
36 12/28 @Edmonton 3-5 L 13-19-4
** 12/29 @Vancouver PPD to 1/20/97
37 12/31 @Calgary 5-1 W 14-19-4
38 1/2 Philadelphia 1-4 L 14-20-4
39 1/4 Calgary 3-4 L 14-21-4
40 1/7 Buffalo 1-1 T 14-21-5
41 1/9 St. Louis 3-4 L 14-22-5
42 1/11 @Edmonton 2-1 W 15-22-5
43 1/13 Phoenix 5-4 W 16-22-5
44 1/20 @VanCouver 1-6 L 16-23-5
45 1/22 Los Angeles 7-2 W 17-23-5
46 1/24 New Jersey 1-3 L 17-24-5
47 1/27 @Vancouver 2-5 L 17-25-5
48 1/29 @Edmonton 1-3 L 17-26-5
49 1/30 @Calgary 6-3 W 18-26-5
50 2/1 Colorado 2-1 W 19-26-5
51 2/3 Chicago 2-4 L 19-27-5
52 2/5 Los Angeles 3-2 W 20-27-5
53 2/8 @Ottawa 3-3 T 20-27-6
54 2/10 @Montreal 2-4 L 20-28-6
55 2/12 @Detroit 1-7 L 20-29-6
56 2/13 @Chicago 3-7 L 20-30-6
57 2/16 @Buffalo 2-6 L 20-31-6
58 2/18 Dallas 3-1 W 21-31-6
59 2/20 Vancouver 1-6 L 21-31-6
60 2/23 @Tampa Bay 3-4 L 21-32-6
61 2/25 @Florida 2-2 T 21-32-7
62 2/28 @Hartford 3-2 W 22-32-7
63 3/1 @Toronto 2-3 L 22-33-7
64 3/3 @N.Y. Rangers 4-5 L* 22-34-7
65 3/6 Ottawa 2-0 W 23-35-7
66 3/9 N.Y. Rangers 1-2 L 23-36-7
67 3/11 St. Louis 3-4 L 23-37-7
68 3/14 Phoenix 1-4 L 23-38-7
69 3/15 Detroit 4-7 L 23-39-7
70 3/19 @Calgary 2-4 L 23-40-7
71 3/20 @Vancouver 2-1 W 24-40-7
72 3/22 @Los Angeles 1-2 L 24-41-7
73 3/24 Edmonton 1-5 L 24-42-7
74 3/26 Toronto 1-2 L 24-43-7
75 3/28 Edmonton 4-3 W 25-43-7
76 4/1 @Phoenix 1-7 L 25-44-7
77 4/2 Anaheim 5-5 T 25-44-8
78 4/4 Colorado 7-6 W* 26-44-8
79 4/7 Vancouver 2-3 L 26-45-8
80 4/9 @Colorado 4-1 W 27-45-8
81 4/11 Anaheim 3-4 L 27-46-8
82 4/12 @Los Angeles 1-4 L 27-47-8
* — OVERTIME
RECORD BOOK
NO GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L T SO GA
30 CHRIS TERRERI 22 1200 2.75 6 10 3 0 55
32 KELLY HRUDEY 48 2631 3.19 16 24 5 0 140
20 ED BELFOUR (CHI) 33 1966 2.69 11 15 6 1 88
(SJ) 13 757 3.41 3 9 0 1 43
(TOTAL) 46 2723 2.89 14 24 6 1 131
31 WADE FLAHERTY 7 359 5.18 2 4 0 0 31
TOTALS 82 4970 3.36 27 47 8 1 278
* — ROOKIE
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