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
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.

Regular season

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.

Game log

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 stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 72 31 32 63 155 -19 10 0 3 Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen LW 82 28 34 62 75 -8 6 2 5 Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 65 12 33 45 63 -21 2 1 0 Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 78 16 25 41 40 -16 4 0 4 Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 76 25 15 40 159 -7 5 1 4 Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte C 65 16 21 37 16 -8 3 1 4 Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 60 12 15 27 222 -4 1 0 1 Guolla, SteveSteve Guolla C 43 13 8 21 14 -10 2 0 1 Gill, ToddTodd Gill D 79 0 21 21 101 -20 0 0 0 Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen LW 43 8 11 19 8 -11 3 0 1 Hawgood, GregGreg Hawgood D 63 6 12 18 69 -22 3 0 0 Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson D 69 3 14 17 63 -18 2 0 0 McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 57 4 12 16 186 -6 0 1 1 Bodger, DougDoug Bodger D 81 1 15 16 64 -14 0 0 1 Donovan, SheanShean Donovan RW 73 9 6 15 42 -18 0 1 0 Iafrate, AlAl Iafrate D 38 6 9 15 91 -10 3 0 0 Sutter, RonRon Sutter C 78 5 7 12 65 -8 1 2 1 Errey, BobBob Errey LW 30 3 6 9 20 -2 0 0 0 Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 35 2 6 8 12 -17 2 0 1 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 31 0 8 8 21 -1 0 0 0 Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora D 35 2 5 7 59 0 1 0 0 Wood, DodyDody Wood C 44 3 2 5 193 -3 0 0 0 Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen LW 28 2 3 5 0 -8 1 0 0 Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill C 25 4 0 4 8 -5 1 0 0 Hunter, TimTim Hunter RW 46 0 4 4 135 0 0 0 0 Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen RW 51 0 2 2 162 -5 0 0 0 Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 12 0 2 2 4 -6 0 0 0 Widmer, JasonJason Widmer D 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Yegorov, AlexeiAlexei Yegorov RW 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Belfour, EdEd Belfour G 13 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 Caloun, JanJan Caloun RW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fraser, IainIain Fraser C 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lipuma, ChrisChris Lipuma D 8 0 0 0 22 -2 0 0 0 Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri G 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2631 48 16 24 5 140 3.19 0 1263 1123 .889 Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri 1200 22 6 10 3 55 2.75 0 553 498 .901 Belfour, EdEd Belfour 757 13 3 9 0 43 3.41 1 371 328 .884 Flaherty, WadeWade 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;

See also

• 1996–97 NHL season

References

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