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{{NHL Team
|team_name = San Jose Sharks
|bg_color = #14535D
|text_color = #EF8F1F
|logo_image = Sharkslogo07.png
|conference = [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western]]
|division = [[Pacific Division (NHL)|Pacific]]
|founded = [[1991-92 NHL season|1991]]
|history = '''San Jose Sharks'''<br />1991 - present
|arena = [[HP Pavilion at San Jose]] <br /> ("The Shark Tank")
|city = [[San Jose, California]]
|media_affiliates = [[CSN Bay Area]] <br /> [[KUFX|KFOX (98.5 FM)]]
|team_colors = [[Teal (color)|Pacific Teal]], [[Black]], [[Orange (colour)|Orange]]
|owner = San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises
|general_manager = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Douglas Wilson (hockey player)|Doug Wilson]]
|head_coach = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Todd McLellan]]
|captain ={{flagicon|CAN}} [[Patrick Marleau]]
|minor_league_affiliates = [[Worcester Sharks]] ([[American Hockey League|AHL]]) <br /> [[Phoenix RoadRunners]] ([[ECHL]])
|stanley_cups = None
|conf_titles = None
|division_titles = [[2001-02 NHL season|2001-02]], [[2003-04 NHL season|2003-04]], [[2007-08 NHL season|2007-08]]
}}
The '''San Jose Sharks''' are a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]], [[United States]]. They are members of the [[Pacific Division (NHL)|Pacific Division]] of the [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western Conference]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). They play their home games at the [[HP Pavilion at San Jose]].
==Franchise History==
===Bringing hockey back to the Bay Area===
{{seealso|California Golden Seals|Minnesota North Stars}}
Although [[Northern California]] was not considered a particularly fertile hockey market, the NHL's [[1967-68 NHL season|1967-68]] expansion included a Bay Area team, primarily because the terms of a new television agreement with [[CBS]] called for two of the new teams to be located in California. Thus, the [[Oakland Seals]] were one of the six expansion teams added, but were a failure both on the ice and at the gate. After nine money-losing seasons and continued low attendance, in [[1976-77 NHL season|1976]] the Seals were sold to [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] businessmen [[George Gund III|George]] and [[Gordon Gund]] and moved to Cleveland, where they became the [[Cleveland Barons (NHL)|Barons]]. After two more years of losses, the Gunds were permitted to merge the Barons with the financially struggling [[Minnesota North Stars]] (now the [[Dallas Stars]]). The Gunds emerged as the owners of the North Stars as part of the deal.
The Gunds had long wanted to bring hockey back to the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]], and asked the NHL for permission to move the North Stars there in the late 1980s, but were vetoed by the league. Meanwhile, a group led by former [[Hartford Whalers]] owner [[Howard Baldwin]] was pushing the NHL to bring a team to [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], where a new arena was being built. Eventually a compromise was struck by the league, where the Gunds would sell their share of the North Stars to Baldwin's group, with the Gunds receiving an expansion team in the Bay Area to begin play in the [[1991-92 NHL season]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Cameron|first=Steve|title=Feeding Frenzy! The Wild New World of the San Jose Sharks|pages=29-38|year=1994|publisher=Taylor Publishing Co.}}</ref> In return, the North Stars would be allowed to participate as an equal partner in an expansion draft with the new Bay Area team.
On [[May 5]], [[1989-90 NHL season|1990]], the Gunds officially sold their share of the North Stars to Baldwin and were awarded a new team in the Bay Area, based in San Jose. Over 5000 potential names were submitted by mail for the new team. While the first-place finisher was "Blades," the Gunds were concerned about the name's negative connotations (weapons, etc.) and went with the runner-up, "[[Shark]]s."<ref>{{cite book |title=The Name Game: Football, Baseball, Hockey & Basketball How Your Favorite Sports Teams Were Named |last=Donovan |first=Michael Leo |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1997 |publisher=Warwick Publishing |location=[[Toronto]] |isbn=1895629748 |pages= }}</ref> The name was said to have been inspired by the large number of sharks living in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Seven different varieties live there, and one area of water near the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] is known as the "[[Red Triangle (Pacific Ocean)|red triangle]]" because of its shark population. The team's first marketing head, [[Matt Levine]], said of the new name, ''"Sharks are relentless, determined, swift, agile, bright and fearless. We plan to build an organization that has all those qualities."'' <ref>{{cite news | first = Tom | last = Gilmore | title = Sharks Are Coming -- NHL Team Named | url = http://web.lexis-nexis.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/universe/document?_m=fccc7f884e0eea47adea8b44bf909307&_docnum=3&wchp=dGLzVzz-zSkVA&_md5=4f5b19352645ced32382b044849609ed | work = The San Francisco Chronicle | publisher = The Chronicle Publishing Co. | page = D1 | date = [[1990-09-07]] | accessdate = 2007-04-21}}</ref>
[[Image:SanJoseSharks.png|thumb|150px|left|San Jose's first logo (1991-2007).]]
===Cow Palace years (1991-93)===
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For their first two seasons, the Sharks played at the [[Cow Palace]] in [[Daly City, California|Daly City]], just outside [[San Francisco]]. [[Pat Falloon]] was their first draft choice, and led the team in points during their first season. [[George Kingston (hockey)|George Kingston]] was their first coach during their first two seasons. They were one of the worst teams in the NHL, as often happens to [[expansion team]]s — the 71 losses in 1992-93 is an NHL Record, and they also suffered a 17-game losing streak, while earning a mere 24 points in the standings, winning just 11 games. Kingston was fired following the end of the 1992-93 season.
===Early success and rebuilding (1993-97)===
For their third season, [[1993-94 NHL season|1993-94]], the Sharks moved to their current home, the San Jose Arena (now the [[HP Pavilion at San Jose]]). Under head coach [[Kevin Constantine]], the Sharks pulled off one of the biggest turnarounds in NHL history, finishing with a 33-35-16 record, making the playoffs with 82 points — a 58-point jump from the previous season. They were seeded 8th in the Western Conference playoffs and faced the [[Detroit Red Wings]], one of the favorites in the Western Conference to win the Stanley Cup. However, in one of the biggest upsets in [[Stanley Cup]] Playoff history, the underdog Sharks shocked the Red Wings in seven games. In the second round, the Sharks had a 3-2 lead over the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], but lost the final two games in [[Toronto]]; including an overtime loss in Game 6 where, moments before Toronto's decisive goal, [[Johan Garpenlov]]'s shot rang off the Toronto crossbar.
In [[1994-95 NHL season|1994-95]], the Sharks returned to the playoffs and again made it to the second round. [[Ray Whitney (hockey player)|Ray Whitney]] scored a goal in double overtime of Game 7 of the conference quarterfinals against the [[Calgary Flames]], adding to [[Calgary]]'s streak of not winning a playoff series after they won the [[1988-89 NHL season|1989]] [[Stanley Cup]] (a streak they wouldn't break until [[2003-04 NHL season|2004]]). Key Sharks players were goalie [[Arturs Irbe]], defenseman [[Sandis Ozolinsh]] and forwards [[Igor Larionov]] and [[Sergei Makarov]]. The 1995 season also saw the only rainout in the history of the NHL, when the [[Guadalupe River (California)|Guadalupe River]] flooded its banks in [[1995#March|March 1995]], making it impossible for anyone to get into the San Jose Arena for a game between the Sharks and the Red Wings.<ref>[http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=340282 San Jose Sharks - Seagate Technology's "In the Crease": The Weird Factor - 10/16/2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
[[Image:HP Pavilion.jpg|right|thumb|The [[HP Pavilion at San Jose]], known as "the Shark Tank"]]
In [[1995-96 NHL season|1995-96]], the Sharks finished last in the Pacific Division and failed to make the playoffs. The team also underwent major changes: during the season they traded Ozolinsh and Larionov; Irbe, who had suffered an off-ice injury, was released at the end of the season. The team began rebuilding, acquiring forward [[Owen Nolan]] from the [[Colorado Avalanche]], as well as several other players. Constantine was fired midway through the season and replaced by interim coach [[Jim Wiley]]. The [[1996-97 NHL season|next season]] was no better under [[Al Sims]], with the Sharks again finishing last and winning only 27 games. Their standing would help them draft [[Patrick Marleau]] (no.2 overall) in the 1997 NHL entry draft.
===Darryl Sutter years (1997-2002)===
The Sharks returned to the playoffs in [[1997-98 NHL season|1997-98]], with goalie [[Mike Vernon (ice hockey)|Mike Vernon]], whom they acquired from the Red Wings (the season after Vernon won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]]), and new head coach [[Darryl Sutter]]. For the next two years, the Sharks made the playoffs, yet never advanced past the first round. This changed in the [[1999-2000 NHL season|1999-2000]] season, when the Sharks finished with their first-ever winning record, but earned a match-up against the [[Presidents' Trophy]] champion [[St. Louis Blues (hockey)|St. Louis Blues]] in the first round. However, in an upset on par with the one they had pulled on [[Detroit]] six years earlier, the Sharks managed to eliminate the Blues in the full seven games. San Jose, however, managed to last only five more games before being eliminated by the [[Dallas Stars]] that year.
In [[2000-01 NHL season|2000-01]], [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] goalie [[Evgeni Nabokov]] won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] as the league's best rookie. The team also acquired [[Finland|Finnish]] star forward [[Teemu Selänne|Teemu Selanne]] from the [[Anaheim Ducks|Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] for [[Jeff Friesen]] and [[Steve Shields (hockey player)|Steve Shields]]. In the 2001 playoffs, the Blues downed the Sharks in six games in the first round, avenging the 2000 defeat to San Jose. The team's breakout year was [[2001-02 NHL season|2001-02]]. Veteran [[Adam Graves]] was acquired for [[Mikael Samuelsson]]. The Sharks won their first Pacific Division title, and defeated the [[Phoenix Coyotes]] in the first round, but fell to the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in second.
Following the 2001-02 season, the Gunds sold the Sharks to a group of local investors headed by team president [[Greg Jamison]]. [[Kyle McLaren]] was acquired in a three-way trade with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Boston Bruins]] for checking-line winger [[Niklas Sundstrom]] and promising prospect [[Jeff Jillson]], and [[Dan McGillis]] was acquired for [[Marcus Ragnarsson]], but the team could not turn itself around. Sutter was fired and replaced by [[Ron Wilson (ice hockey b. 1955)|Ron Wilson]] midway through that season.
===Ron Wilson years (2003-2008)===
[[Image:SanJoseSharksAlternate.png|150px|thumb|left|The Sharks' first alternate logo, showing a shark fin emerging from water (1991-2007)]]
In 2003, [[Owen Nolan]] was traded to Toronto, and the newly-acquired McGillis, [[Bryan Marchment]], [[American Hockey League|AHL]] star [[Shawn Heins]], and forward [[Matt Bradley]] were moved. Selanne left to sign with the [[Colorado Avalanche]]. Centers [[Alyn McCauley]] (from the Maple Leafs) and [[Wayne Primeau]] (from the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]) were brought in to stabilize the locker room. [[Jim Fahey]], who led all rookie defensemen in points despite playing in only 43 games.
[[2003-04 NHL season|2003-04]] saw another turnaround for the team, resulting in the team's best season ever. An injection of youth, with players like [[Christian Ehrhoff]] and [[Tom Preissing]], and the influx of energy with [[Alexander Korolyuk]] jump-started San Jose. They posted the third-best record in the league with a team-record 104 points (31 more than the previous season, and the first time the team had earned 100 points), won the Pacific Division championship, and were seeded second in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, the Sharks defeated the [[St. Louis Blues (hockey)|St. Louis Blues]] 4 games to 1 in the conference quarterfinals and stopped the [[Colorado Avalanche]] 4-2 in the conference semifinals. The San Jose Sharks, for the first time, went to the conference finals. However, they fell to the [[Calgary Flames]] and ex-coach Sutter 4-2 in the conference finals with former Sharks goaltender [[Mikka Kiprusoff]] in net for the Flames. Kiprusoff was traded early in the season to the Flames for a second round pick ([[Marc-Edouard Vlasic]] was drafted for that 2nd pick).
The Sharks started the [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]] season slowly, dropping to last place in the Pacific Division. After a 10 game losing streak, what was widely recognized as one of the biggest trades in NHL history took place.{{lopsided}} The Sharks traded [[Brad Stuart]], [[Wayne Primeau]] and [[Marco Sturm]] to the [[Boston Bruins]] for [[Joe Thornton]]. The trade re-energised the team, and with excellent play by backup goaltender [[Vesa Toskala]], the Sharks rallied back from their early season slump to clinch the 5th seed in the Western Conference. In the playoffs, the Sharks defeated the [[Nashville Predators]] 4-1 in the conference quarterfinals before falling to the [[Edmonton Oilers]] 4-2 in the conference semifinals. Joe Thornton was awarded the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] as the league's [[MVP]], as well as the [[Art Ross Trophy]] for leading the league in points, with a total of 125. Jonathan Cheechoo was awarded the [[Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy]] for scoring the most goals during the regular season, with a total of 56.
[[Image:SJ Sharks 121106 celebration.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Sharks celebrate a 4-0 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on December 11, 2006]]
The Sharks entered the [[2006-07 NHL Season|2006-07]] season as the youngest team in average age, as well as the biggest team in average weight, and they raced out to a 20-7-0 start, the best in franchise history. Ron Wilson chose the uncommon strategy of alternating both [[Vesa Toskala]] and [[Evgeni Nabokov]] every other game. Two significant trades were made at the trade deadline for defenseman [[Craig Rivet]] and winger [[Bill Guerin]]. The trades coincided with Nabokov, playing full time while Toskala recovered from an injury, putting together a string of outstanding performances and earning the number one job. The Sharks finished the regular season with the best record in franchise history at 51-26-5. In the conference quarterfinals, the Sharks defeated the Nashville Predators for the second year in a row with the same 4-1 result. In the Western Conference semifinals, the Sharks faced the Detroit Red Wings. After taking a 2-1 series lead, they lost a pivotal game 4 when the Red Wings scored the tying goal with 33 seconds left and went on to win in overtime. The Sharks would go on to lose the next two games in a row, losing the series to Detroit 4-2.
In that offseason, San Jose lost defenseman [[Scott Hannan]] to the [[Colorado Avalanche]] but managed to re-sign pending [[free agent]] [[Craig Rivet]].
[[Image:Sharksalt.PNG|150px|thumb|right|Current Sharks alternate fin logo]]
In advance of the 2007-08 season, the Sharks updated their logos and jerseys to adjust to the new Rbk EDGE jersey. <ref>[http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=337572 San Jose Sharks - News: Sharks Unveil New Home and Road Sweaters - 09/17/2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The Sharks rode on a very hot streak in the month of March. They were aided by the trade-deadline acquisition of [[Brian Campbell]], who they gave up [[Steve Bernier]] and a first-round-pick in the [[2008 NHL Entry Draft]]. Going the entire month without a regulation loss, they captured their third division title with a franchise-record 108 points, second in the league to the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. San Jose started the 2007-2008 playoffs beating the [[Calgary Flames]] 4 games to 3 in San Jose's first ever home Game 7, advancing to play the 5th seeded [[Dallas Stars]] in the second round. On Monday April 21st, goalie Evgeni Nabokov was named one of the three finalists for the [[Vezina trophy]] for the NHL's most valuable goaltender. San Jose eventually lost to Dallas 4-2 in the Western Conference Semifinals. Game 6 required four overtime periods, and was the longest game in the team's history.
The Ron Wilson era officially came to an end on Monday, May 12th when the Sharks fired Wilson, citing the Sharks' disappointing second round losses in the past three seasons. <ref>[http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=363248 San Jose Sharks - News: Wilson Relieved of Head Coaching Duties - 05/12/08]</ref> Wilson ended his tenure in San Jose with a overall record of 206-134-45 in 385 regular-season games and a 28-24 record in 52 postseason games.
On June 11, 2008, the San Jose Sharks named former [[Detroit Red Wings]] assistant coach, [[Todd McLellan]], as their new head coach for the 2008-2009 season.
During the offseason, San Jose's major headlines included signing defenseman [[Rob Blake]], acquiring defensemen [[Dan Boyle]] and [[Brad Lukowich]] for defenseman [[Matt Carle]], defensive prospect [[Ty Wishart]], a first-round-pick in the [[2009 NHL Entry Draft]] and a fourth-round-pick in the [[2010 NHL Entry Draft]], and trading defenseman [[Craig Rivet]] to the [[Buffalo Sabres]] for a second-round pick in the [[2009 NHL Entry Draft]] and a second-round-pick in the [[2010 NHL Entry Draft]].
San Jose also re-signed trade-deadline acquisition [[Jody Shelley]], and pending [[free agent|free agents]] [[Brian Boucher]] and [[Jeremy Roenick]].
==Season-by-season record==
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Sharks. For the full season-by-season history, see [[San Jose Sharks seasons]]''
'''''Note:''' GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
<small>Records as of May 5, 2008.</small> <ref>Hockeydb.com, [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=44 San Jose Sharks season statistics and records.]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" |
|Season || GP || W || L || T<sup>1</sup> || OTL || Pts || GF || GA || PIM || Finish || Playoffs
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|[[2003-04 NHL season|2003-04]] || 82 || 43 || 21 || 12 || 6 || 104 || 219 || 183 || 1091 || 1st, Pacific ||Lost in Conference Finals, 2-4 ([[Calgary Flames|Flames]])
|-
|[[2004-05 NHL season|2004-05]] || colspan="11" align="center" | ''Season cancelled due to [[2004–05 NHL lockout]]''
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|[[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]]<sup>1</sup>|| 82 || 44 || 27 || — || 11 || 99 || 266 || 242 || 1058 || 2nd, Pacific ||Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 ([[Edmonton Oilers|Oilers]])
|-
|[[2006-07 NHL season|2006-07]] || 82 || 51 || 26 || — || 5 || 107 || 258 || 199 || 939 || 2nd, Pacific ||Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 ([[Detroit Red Wings|Red Wings]])
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|[[2007-08 NHL season|2007–08]] || 82 || 49 || 23 || - || 10 || 108 || 222 || 193|| — || 1st, Pacific || Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 ([[Dallas Stars|Stars]])
|}
:<sup>1</sup> <small>As of the [[2005-06 NHL season]], all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).</small>
==Notable players==
===Current roster===
{{San Jose Sharks roster}}
===Team captains===
<div style="float:left; width:48%;">
*[[Douglas Wilson (hockey player)|Doug Wilson]], 1991-93
*[[Bob Errey]], 1993-95
*[[Jeff Odgers]], 1995-96
*[[Todd Gill]], 1996-98
*[[Owen Nolan]], 1998-2003
</div><div style="float:right; width:48%;">
*''Rotating captains for much of 2003-04''
**[[Mike Ricci]] (first 10 games)
**[[Vincent Damphousse]] (next 20 games)
**[[Alyn McCauley]] (next 10 games)
* [[Patrick Marleau]], 2004- ''present''
</div><br clear="all">
===Honored Members===
''Hall of Famers'': [[Igor Larionov]]
''Retired numbers'': The Sharks have not retired any numbers. However [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s number '''99''' was retired league-wide [[2000 NHL All-Star Game|February 6, 2000]].
===First-round draft picks===
*[[1991 NHL Entry Draft|1991]]: [[Pat Falloon]] (2nd overall)
*[[1992 NHL Entry Draft|1992]]: [[Mike Rathje]] (3rd overall) & [[Andrei Nazarov]] (10th overall)
*[[1993 NHL Entry Draft|1993]]: [[Viktor Kozlov]] (6th overall)
*[[1994 NHL Entry Draft|1994]]: [[Jeff Friesen]] (11th overall)
*[[1995 NHL Entry Draft|1995]]: [[Teemu Riihijarvi]] (12th overall)
*[[1996 NHL Entry Draft|1996]]: [[Andrei Zyuzin]] (2nd overall) & [[Marco Sturm]] (21st overall)
*[[1997 NHL Entry Draft|1997]]: [[Patrick Marleau]] (2nd overall) & [[Scott Hannan]] (23rd overall)
*[[1998 NHL Entry Draft|1998]]: [[Brad Stuart]] (3rd overall)
*[[1999 NHL Entry Draft|1999]]: [[Jeff Jillson]] (14th overall)
*[[2000 NHL Entry Draft|2000]]: None
*[[2001 NHL Entry Draft|2001]]: [[Marcel Goc]] (20th overall)
*[[2002 NHL Entry Draft|2002]]: [[Mike Morris (ice hockey)|Mike Morris]] (27th overall)
*[[2003 NHL Entry Draft|2003]]: [[Milan Michalek]] (6th overall) & [[Steve Bernier]] (16th overall)
*[[2004 NHL Entry Draft|2004]]: [[Lukas Kaspar]] (22nd overall)
*[[2005 NHL Entry Draft|2005]]: [[Devin Setoguchi]] (8th overall)
*[[2006 NHL Entry Draft|2006]]: [[Ty Wishart]] (16th overall)
*[[2007 NHL Entry Draft|2007]]: [[Logan Couture]] (9th overall) & [[Nick Petrecki]] (28th overall)
*[[2008 NHL Entry Draft|2008]]: None
===Franchise scoring leaders===
These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
'''''Note:''' Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game''
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{| class="wikitable"
|- align="center" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#dddddd;" |
| align="left" | Player || Pos || GP || G || A || Pts || P/G
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Patrick Marleau]]* || C || 795 || 238 || 301 || '''539''' || .67
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Owen Nolan]] || RW || 568 || 206 || 245 || '''451''' || .79
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Jeff Friesen]] || LW || 512 || 149 || 201 || '''350''' || .68
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Joe Thornton]]* || C || 222 || 71 || 231 || '''302''' || 1.36
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Vincent Damphousse]] || C || 385 || 92 || 197 || '''289''' || .75
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Marco Sturm]] || LW || 553 || 128 || 145 || '''273''' || .49
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Mike Ricci]] || C || 529 || 101 || 162 || '''263''' || .50
|- align="center"
| align="left" | [[Jonathan Cheechoo]]* || RW || 374 || 153 || 109 || '''262''' || .70
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Pat Falloon]] || RW || 258 || 76 || 86 || '''162''' || .63
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align="left" | [[Milan Michálek]]* || LW || 240 || 68 || 89 || '''157''' || .65
|}
''* = current Sharks player''
==NHL awards and trophies==
'''[[Art Ross Trophy]]'''
*[[Joe Thornton]]*: [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]]
'''[[Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Tony Granato]]: [[1996-97 NHL season|1996-97]]
'''[[Calder Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Evgeni Nabokov]]: [[2000-01 NHL season|2000-01]]
'''[[Hart Memorial Trophy]]'''
*[[Joe Thornton]]*: [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]]
'''[[Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy]]'''
*[[Jonathan Cheechoo]]: [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]]
<small>(* - traded from the [[Boston Bruins]] during the [[2005-06 NHL season|2005-06]] season) </small>
==Miscellaneous==
Since 2007, the team sponsors Beijing's [[Asia League Ice Hockey]] team, known as the [[China Sharks]].
===Broadcasters===
;Television
*[[Randy Hahn]], Play-by-play
*[[Drew Remenda]], Color commentator
*[[John Shrader]], Intermission host
;Radio
*[[Dan Rusanowsky]], Play-by-play
*[[Jamie Baker]], Color commentator
*[[David Maley]], Color commentator
==References==
{{reflist}}
==See also==
*[[List of NHL players]]
*[[List of NHL seasons]]
*[[1991 NHL Dispersal and Expansion Drafts]]
==External links==
*[http://sharks.nhl.com/index.html Official website of the San Jose Sharks]
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