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The San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

 are a professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team based in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division
Pacific Division (NHL)
The National Hockey League's Pacific Division is one of three divisions that make up the Western Conference. It was formed in 1993 as part of a league realignment...

 of the National Hockey League's
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 (NHL) Western Conference
Western Conference (NHL)
The Western Conference is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Eastern Conference....

. Founded in 1991 as an expansion team
Expansion team
An expansion team is a brand new team in a sports league. The term is most commonly used in reference to the North American major professional sports leagues, but is applied to sports leagues worldwide that use a closed franchise system of league membership. The term comes from the expansion of the...

, the Sharks have won the Pacific Division
Pacific Division (NHL)
The National Hockey League's Pacific Division is one of three divisions that make up the Western Conference. It was formed in 1993 as part of a league realignment...

 four times: in 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2009
2008–09 NHL season
The 2008–09 NHL season was the 92nd season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the first season since prior to the 2004–05 lockout in which every team played each other at least once during the season, following three seasons where teams only played against two divisions in the...

, and have made the playoffs in 12 of their 15 years in the league. San Jose has not won the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

 championship; the Sharks' longest run in the NHL playoffs came in 2004, when they lost to the Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

 in the Western Conference Finals.

Since their inception, 237 different players have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Sharks. The team has had nine captains
Captain (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, each team can designate an official captain for each game. The player serving as captain during the game wears a "C" on his or her jersey...

. Doug Wilson was the first, serving in the team's expansion years between 1991 and 1993. Igor Larionov
Igor Larionov
Igor Nikolayevich Larionov is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player, known as The Professor. Along with Viacheslav Fetisov, he was instrumental in breaking the barrier that stopped Soviet players from joining the National Hockey League . He primarily played the centre position, and is...

 was another early player for the team, and remains the only player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Goaltender Arturs Irbe
Arturs Irbe
Artūrs Irbe is a former Soviet and Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender. He has played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets. He served as the goaltending coach for the Washington Capitals...

, who was instrumental in leading the Sharks to their first playoff appearance in with 74 appearances in 84 games, and Jeff Friesen
Jeff Friesen
Jeff Daryl Friesen is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently a Free Agent. He most recently played with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...

, who was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team
NHL All-Rookie Team
The NHL All-Rookie Team is chosen by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association from the best rookies in the National Hockey League at each position for the season just concluded based on their performance in that year...

 for , were among the team's early players.

The Sharks grew into a perennial Pacific Division
Pacific Division (NHL)
The National Hockey League's Pacific Division is one of three divisions that make up the Western Conference. It was formed in 1993 as part of a league realignment...

 contender in the 2000s following the drafting of several players. Among them are forward Patrick Marleau
Patrick Marleau
Patrick Denis Marleau is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. He serves as the alternate captain for the Sharks during home games...

, taken 2nd overall in 1997, who holds the franchise records for the most goals
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

 (276), assists
Assist (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...

 (334), and points
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

 (610). Goaltender Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Viktorovich Nabokov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who is playing for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League .Nabokov was selected by San Jose in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft...

, selected in 1994, established himself as an NHL regular in when he won the Calder Memorial Trophy
Calder Memorial Trophy
The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." The Rookie of the Year trophy has been awarded 79 times since its creation for the 1936–37 NHL season...

 as the NHL's top rookie. He went on to win 293 games in San Jose. Jonathan Cheechoo
Jonathan Cheechoo
Jonathan Earl Cheechoo is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League. During the 2005–06 National Hockey League season, he led the NHL with 56 goals and won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy...

 is the only Sharks player to score 50 goals in a season; his total of 56 in earned him the Maurice Richard Trophy as the league's top goal scorer.

The team's current captain is Joe Thornton
Joe Thornton
Joseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . He was selected first overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, five as its Captain. During the...

. Acquired in a trade with the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...

 in 2005, Thornton won the Art Ross
Art Ross Trophy
The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season. It was presented to the NHL by former player, general manager, and head coach Art Ross. The trophy has been awarded 61 times to 25 players since its inception...

 and Hart Memorial
Hart Memorial Trophy
The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, the "oldest and most prestigious individual award in hockey", is awarded annually to the "player adjudged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League . The Hart Memorial Trophy has been awarded 86 times to 53 different...

 Trophies as the league's top scorer and most valuable player in his first season. He has appeared in three NHL All-Star Games while a member of the Sharks, and won a gold medal as a member of Team Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Canada Hockey Place, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's UBC Thunderbirds. Twelve teams competed in the men's event and eight teams competed in the...

.

Key

Appeared in a Sharks game during the 2010–2011 season. Hockey Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...

r, or retired number.
Abbreviations
GP Games played
Games played
Games played is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated ; the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.-Baseball:In baseball, the statistic applies also to players who, prior to a game,...

HHOF Hockey Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...

 inductee

Goaltenders
W Wins SO Shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

s
L Losses GAA Goals against average
Goals against average
Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....

Ties
Tie (draw)
To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...

SV% Save percentage
Save percentage
Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops...

Overtime loss
Overtime (ice hockey)
Overtime is a method of determining the winner and loser of an ice hockey match when the scores are tied after regulation. The two main methods are the overtime period and the shootout.-Overtime periods:...


Skaters
Pos Position RW Right Wing
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

A Assists
Assist (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...

D Defenseman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

C Center
Centre (ice hockey)
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

P Points
Point (ice hockey)
Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...

LW Left Wing
Winger (ice hockey)
Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

G Goals
Goal (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

PIM Penalty minutes
Penalty (ice hockey)
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...



The "Seasons" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–2001 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2000–2001, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.


Statistics complete as of the end of the 2010–2011 season
2010–11 NHL season
The 2010–11 NHL season was the 94th season of operation of the National Hockey League . It was the fourth consecutive season that opened in Europe with NHL Premiere . A record three events were scheduled, all in previous NHL Premiere cities: Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Prague, Czech...

.

Goaltenders

Name Nationality Seasons GPWLTOTLSOGAASV%GPWLSOGAASV%|Notes
Regular-season Playoffs
 Canada 1996–1997
 United States 2007–2009
 Canada 1996–1997
 Canada 1998–1999
 Germany 2007–2010
 Canada 1991–1993
 Canada 1991–1993
 Canada 1996–1998
 Latvia 1991–1996
 Finland 2000–2004
 Canada 1997–1998
 Finland 1991–1992
 Russia 1999–2010 Calder Trophy – 2001
*  Finland 2010–2011
*  Finland 2010–2011
 Germany 2007–2008
 Canada 1995–1996
 Canada 2005–2006
 Canada 1998–2001
*  United States 2010–2011
 United States 1995–1997
 Finland 2001–2007
 Canada 1997–1999
 Canada 1993–1995

Skaters

Name Nationality Pos Seasons GP G A P PIM GP G A P PIM Notes
Regular-season Playoffs
 Finland D 1992–1993
 Canada LW 1991–1992
 Sweden LW 1997–1998
 Canada RW 2008–2009
 Canada C 1993–1996
1998–1999
 Canada D 2001–2002
 Canada LW 1991–1992
 Russia D 1995–1996
 Canada C 1992–1993
 United States C 1992–1993
 Canada LW 2006–2007
 Canada C 1991–1993
 Canada RW 2005–2008
 Canada D 2008–2010 Captain, 2009–2010
 Canada D 1995–1998
 Canada C 2003–2004
*  Canada D 2008–2011
 Canada LW 1991–1992
 Canada RW 2000–2003
*  United States D 2010–2011
 United States D 1997–1998
 Canada C 2003–2004
2006–2008
 Canada RW 1995–1996
 Canada RW 1991–1994
 Canada LW 1997–1999
 Russia C 1993–1995
 Russia D 1994–1995
 Canada RW 1992–1993
>  United States D 2009–2010
 Czech Republic RW 1995–1997
 Canada D 2007–2008
 United States LW 1993–1994
 Canada D 2005–2006
 United States D 2005–2008
 United States LW 1991–1993
 United States C 2007–2009
 Canada RW 2002–2009 Richard Trophy – 2006
*  Canada LW 2005–2011
 United States D 1991–1992
 Canada LW 1992–1993
 Canada RW 1991–1993
*  Canada C 2009–2011
 United States LW 1991–1992 Scored the first goal in franchise history.
 Canada RW 1998–1999
2001–2002
 Canada C 1991–1994
 Canada LW 1997–2000
 United States D 1993–1995
 Sweden RW 1993–1997
 Canada C 1998–2004 Captain, 2003–2004
 Canada LW 2006–2007
 Canada D 2002–2008
*  Canada D 2009–2011
 United States C 1992–1993
*  Canada D 2010–2011
 United States RW 2002–2006
 Canada D 2000–2001
 Canada RW 1994–1998
 Canada LW 1993–1995
*  Canada LW 2010–2011
 Germany D 2003–2009
 Sweden RW 2003–2006
 Canada LW 1993–1995
 Canada C 1993–1994
 Canada LW 1993–1995
1996–1997
Captain, 1993–1995
 Canada LW 1991–1992
 Canada C 1991–1993
 Canada RW 1996–1997
 United States D 2002–2006
 Canada RW 1991–1996
 United States LW 1991–1992
*  United States C 2009–2011
 Canada D 2002–2003
 Canada C 1996–1997
 Canada LW 1994–2001
 Canada D 1991–1992
 Sweden LW 1991–1995
 United States C 1992–1994
 Canada D 1996–1998 Captain, 1996–1998
 Germany C 2003–2009
 Canada D 2005–2007
 United States RW 1996–2001 Bill Masterton Trophy – 1997
 Canada LW 2001–2003
 United States RW 2006–2009
 United States RW 2006–2007
 Canada C 1996–1999
 Canada D 1991–1992
 Canada LW 1998–2007
 Canada RW 1999–2004
 Canada D 1996–1997
*  Canada RW 2009–2011
 Canada D 1998–2003
 United States C 2009–2010
 Canada LW 1998–1999
 Canada D 1997–1999
 Canada C 1991–1992
 Canada RW 1996–1997
*  Canada D 2009–2011
 Finland RW 2001–2002
 United States D 1996–1998
 Canada C 2007–2008
 Canada D 2002–2003
 United States C 1994–1996
 United States D 2001–2003
*  Canada D 2008–2011
 Czech Republic LW 2007–2009
 Canada C 1991–1993
 Canada D 1992–1993
 Russia LW 1997–2004
 Russia C 1994–1998
 Canada C 2002–2003
 Russia LW 1991–1993
 Czech Republic D 1993–1997
 Canada LW 2000–2001
 Canada D 1994–1996
 Canada D 1993–1994
 United States RW 2005–2006
 United States RW 1991–1992
 Russia C 1993–1996 HHOF
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...

 2008
 Canada C 1991–1993
 United States D 2009–2010
 Canada RW 2008–2009
 Canada D 1991–1992
 Canada LW 2000–2001
 United States D 1996–1997
 Canada LW 1997–2000
 Canada C 2002–2004
 Canada D 2008–2009
 Canada RW 1997–1998
 Canada D 1991–1993
 Russia RW 1993–1995
 United States LW 1992–1994
 Canada C 2009–2010
 Canada D 1997–2003
*  Canada LW 1997–2011 Captain, 2003–2009
 Canada D 2003–2004
*  Canada C 2010–2011
 Canada LW 1997–2002
*  Canada RW 2010–2011
*  United States LW 2009–2011
 Canada C 2002–2006 Captain, 2003–2004
 United States C 1992–1993
 Canada D 1991–1992
 United States D 2002–2003
*  Canada LW 2008–2011
 United States LW 1991–1992
 Canada D 2002–2008
*  Canada LW 2009–2011
 Canada C 1993–1994
 Canada D 1996–1998
 Czech Republic LW 2003–2009
 United States C 1994–1996
 United States C 1993–1994
*  Canada C 2007–2011
 Canada LW 2008–2009
 Canada C 2000–2001
*  Canada D 2010–2011
 Canada D 1991–1996
 United States C 1992–1993
 United States RW 1991–1992
 Canada RW 1997–1999
*  Sweden D 2005–2011
 Canada RW 1998–2000
 Russia LW 1993–1998
*  Canada C 2009–2011
 Canada C 1996–1999
 Finland LW 2005–2007
 Canada RW 1995–2003 Captain, 1998–2003
 United States D 1993–1995
1998–2001
 Canada RW 1991–1996 Captain, 1995–1996
 United States RW 2009–2010
 Czech Republic C 1992–1994
 Latvia D 1992–1995
2007–2008
 United States RW 2003–2007
 United States C 1991–1992
*  United States C 2006–2011
 Canada LW 1992–1993
 United States D 1992–1996
 Finland LW 1995–1997
 Canada LW 1992–1993
 Czech Republic LW 2006–2009
 Canada LW 1997–1998
 United States D 2003–2006
 United States RW 1991–1992
 Canada C 2002–2006
 Canada LW 1991–1993
 Canada D 1995–1996
 Sweden D 1995–2003
 Canada D 1993–2004
 Canada C 1997–2004 Captain, 2003–2004
 United States C 2003–2008
 Canada D 2006–2008
 United States C 2007–2009
 Canada D 1998–2000
 Sweden RW 2000–2001
 Canada D 1991–1993
 Finland RW 2000–2003
 Russia D 2007–2009
*  Canada RW 2007–2011
 Canada LW 2007–2010
 Canada RW 1995–1996
 Canada C 1997–1999
 Finland LW 1992–1993
 Canada C 2000–2007
 United States LW 1991–1993
 Canada RW 2008–2010
 Canada RW 1998–2000
 Canada C 2005–2006
 Canada D 1999–2006
 Germany LW 1997–2006
 United States C 1991–1994
 Sweden RW 1999–2003
 Canada D 1998–2002
 Canada C 1996–2000
 Canada D 1998–2000
 Canada D 1997–1998
 Czech Republic D 1993–1997
 United States RW 1994–1997
*  Canada C 2005–2011 Hart Trophy – 2006
Art Ross Trophy
Art Ross Trophy
The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League player who leads the league in scoring points at the end of the regular season. It was presented to the NHL by former player, general manager, and head coach Art Ross. The trophy has been awarded 61 times to 25 players since its inception...

 – 2006
Captain, 2010–Present
 Canada LW 2000–2006
 United States C 1995–1997
 United States RW 2008–2009
*  Canada D 2006–2011
>*  Sweden D 2009–2011
*  Canada C 2010–2011
*  Canada D 2010–2011
 Canada LW 1991–1997
 Canada D 1996–1997
 Canada D 1991–1993
 United States D 1991–1993
 Canada D 1991–1993 Captain, 1991–1993
*  United States C 2010–2011
 Canada LW 2002–2003
 Canada C 1992–1998
 Russia RW 1995–1997
 Slovakia RW 2002–2004
 United States C 2009–2010
 Canada D 1991–1994
 United States D 1992–1994
 Russia D 1997–1999
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