1996-97 San Jose Sharks Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 27-47-8 - 62 points
Finishing 7th in the NHL's Pacific Division
Coach: Al Sims (27-47-8)
Location: San Jose, California
1996-97 San Jose Sharks RosterTeam Record: 27-47-8 - 62 points
Finishing 7th in the NHL's Pacific Division
Coach: Al Sims (27-47-8)
Location: San Jose, California
1996-97 San Jose Sharks Results
The San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 27 wins and 47 losses and 8 ties for 62 points, finishing seventh in the NHL's Pacific Division.
The Sharks scored 211 goals, worst in the league and conceded 278. Owen Nolan netted 31 goals for San Jose, while Jeff Friesen contributed 34 assists. Kelly Hrudey topped the squad with 16 wins and a team-best 3.19 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Al Sims coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Nolan | R | 72 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 155 | -19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 225 | 13.8 |
| Jeff Friesen | L | 82 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 75 | -8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 200 | 14.0 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 65 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 63 | -21 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 8.8 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 78 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 40 | -16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 184 | 8.7 |
| Tony Granato | R | 76 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 159 | -7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 231 | 10.8 |
| Darren Turcotte | C | 65 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 16 | -8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 126 | 12.7 |
| Andrei Nazarov | L | 60 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 222 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 10.3 |
| Steve Guolla | C | 43 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 14 | -10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 16.0 |
| Todd Gill | D | 79 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 101 | -20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 0.0 |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 43 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 8 | -11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 10.3 |
| Greg Hawgood | D | 63 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 69 | -22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 7.2 |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 63 | -18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5.3 |
| Marty McSorley | D | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 186 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 5.4 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 81 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 64 | -14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 1.0 |
| Shean Donovan | R | 73 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 42 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 7.8 |
| Al Iafrate | D | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 91 | -10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 6.6 |
| Ron Sutter | C | 78 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 65 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 6.4 |
| Bob Errey | L | 30 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 7.9 |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Mike Rathje | D | 31 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Michal Sykora | D | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Dody Wood | C | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 193 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Ville Peltonen | L | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Chris Tancill | C | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 |
| Tim Hunter | R | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Todd Ewen | R | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 162 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
| Ray Whitney | L | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Alexei Yegorov | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Widmer | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Flaherty | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iain Fraser | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Lipuma | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Chris Terreri | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Belfour | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jan Caloun | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1565 | 211 | 330 | 541 | 2079 | -270 | 50 | 89 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 7 | 2360 | 8.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 48 | 2631 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 140 | 3.19 | 1263 | 1123 | .889 |
| Chris Terreri | 22 | 1200 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 2.75 | 553 | 498 | .901 |
| Ed Belfour | 13 | 757 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 3.41 | 371 | 328 | .884 |
| Wade Flaherty | 7 | 359 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5.18 | 202 | 171 | .847 |
| Totals | 90 | 4947 | 27 | 47 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 269 | 3.26 | 2658 | 2389 | .899 |
