San Jose Sharks History.
San Jose Sharks,
professional ice hockey team and one of five teams in the Pacific
Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL)..
The Sharks play at the San Jose Arena in San Jose, California, and wear
uniforms of teal, gray, black, and white. Their name was chosen because
of San Jose’s proximity to the Pacific Ocean, which is home to several
different varieties of sharks.
The Sharks joined the NHL
in 1991 as an expansion team. In its first two seasons, San Jose
finished last in its division and had the worst record in the league. In
the 1993-94 season, however, first-year head coach Kevin Constantine
orchestrated the biggest turnaround in league history. The Sharks, whose
win-loss-tie record the previous year had been 11-71-2, improved to
33-35-16. They finished third in the Pacific Division and qualified for
the playoffs. Wings Pat Falloon and Johan Garpenlov led the offense, and
goalie Arturs Irbe and defensemen Sandis Ozolinsh and Tom Pederson
anchored the defense.
In the first round of the 1994 Stanley Cup playoffs San Jose defeated
the heavily favored Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3. The Sharks were
then eliminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round, 4 games
to 3.
San Jose finished with a 19-25-4 win-loss-tie record in the 1994-95
season, as the campaign was significantly shortened by a player strike.
In the playoffs the Sharks defeated the Calgary Flames 4 games to 3 in
the first round. Detroit then defeated the Sharks in the second round, 4
games to 0. In the 1995-96 season the Sharks posted the NHL’s
second-worst mark, finishing with a 20-55-7 record.
|
Cheechoo |
Jonathan
|
Right
Wing |
San Jose
Sharks |
$800,000.00 |
|
Davison |
Rob
|
Defence |
San Jose
Sharks |
$450,000.00 |
|
Dimitrakos |
Nicholas
|
Right
Wing |
San Jose
Sharks |
$450,000.00 |
|
Ekman |
Nils
|
Left
Wing |
San Jose
Sharks |
$1,200,000.00 |
|
Fahey |
Jim
|
Defence |
San Jose
Sharks |
$450,000.00 |
|
Hannan |
Scott
|
Defence |
San Jose
Sharks |
$2,550,000.00 |
|
Korolyuk |
Alexander
|
Left
Wing |
San Jose
Sharks |
$1,300,000.00 |
|
Marleau |
Patrick
|
Centre |
San Jose
Sharks |
$2,450,000.00 |
|
McCauley |
Alyn
|
Centre |
San Jose
Sharks |
$1,325,000.00 |
|
McLaren |
Kyle
|
Defence |
San Jose
Sharks |
$2,500,000.00 |
|
Nabokov |
Evgeni
(John)
|
Goal |
San Jose
Sharks |
$4,425,000.00 |
|
Parker |
Scott
|
Right
Wing |
San Jose
Sharks |
$700,000.00 |
|
Preissing |
Tom
|
Defence |
San Jose
Sharks |
$500,000.00 |
|
Primeau |
Wayne
|
Centre |
San Jose
Sharks |
$1,050,000.00 |
|
Rathje |
Mike
|
Defence |
San Jose
Sharks |
$2,200,000.00 |
|
Smith |
Mark
|
Centre |
San Jose
Sharks |
$535,000.00 |
|
Stuart |
Brad
|
Defence |
San Jose
Sharks |
$2,500,000.00 |
|
Sturm |
Marco
|
Left
Wing |
San Jose
Sharks |
$2,000,000.00 |
|
Thornton |
Scott
|
Left
Wing |
San Jose
Sharks |
$2,250,000.00 |
|
Toskala |
Vesa
|
Goal |
San Jose
Sharks |
$850,000.00 |
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