The 1995–96 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Sharks failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1993, finishing with the worst record in the NHL that season.
1995–96 San Jose Sharks | |
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Division | 7th Pacific |
Conference | 13th Western |
1995–96 record | 20–55–7 |
Home record | 12–26–3 |
Road record | 8–29–4 |
Goals for | 252 |
Goals against | 357 |
Team information | |
General manager | Chuck Grillo (Oct-Mar) Dean Lombardi |
Coach | Kevin Constantine (Oct-Dec) Jim Wiley (Dec-Apr) |
Captain | Jeff Odgers |
Arena | San Jose Arena |
Average attendance | 17,190 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Kansas City Blades Mobile Mysticks |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Owen Nolan (29) |
Assists | Craig Janney (49) |
Points | Craig Janney (62) |
Penalty minutes | Jeff Odgers (192) |
Plus/minus | Darren Turcotte (+8) |
Wins | Chris Terreri (13) |
Goals against average | Chris Terreri (3.70) |
Offseason
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Regular season
editOn December 2, head coach Kevin Constantine was fired after a 3–18–4 start and replaced by assistant coach Jim Wiley.[1]
On March 6, director of player personnel and effectively co-general manager Chuck Grillo was fired, leaving Dean Lombardi as the sole general manager of the team.[2]
The Sharks allowed the most goals (357), the most even-strength goals (244), the most power-play goals (93), had the lowest penalty-kill percentage (76.57%), the fewest shutouts for (0) and the fewest shots on goal (2,143).[3] On January 13, 1996, Ray Sheppard scored a hat trick as the Sharks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 10–8 in Pittsburgh. It was the highest scoring game of the NHL regular season.[4]
Final standings
editNo. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
2 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
6 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Schedule and results
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October: 0–7–3 (home: 0–5–1; road: 0–2–2)
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November: 3–10–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 1–6–0)
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December: 5–8–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 1–5–0)
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January: 3–10–0 (home: 1–4–0; road: 2–6–0)
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February: 3–7–2 (home: 2–1–1; road: 1–6–1)
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March: 4–9–1 (home: 1–7–0; road: 3–2–1)
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April: 2–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 0–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
15 | Craig Janney‡ | C | 71 | 13 | 49 | 62 | −35 | 26 |
11 | Owen Nolan† | RW | 72 | 29 | 32 | 61 | −30 | 137 |
26 | Ray Sheppard†‡ | RW | 51 | 27 | 19 | 46 | −19 | 10 |
19 | Jeff Friesen | LW | 79 | 15 | 31 | 46 | −19 | 42 |
8 | Kevin Miller‡ | C | 68 | 22 | 20 | 42 | −8 | 41 |
14 | Ray Whitney | LW | 60 | 17 | 24 | 41 | −23 | 16 |
33 | Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 71 | 8 | 31 | 39 | −24 | 42 |
13 | Jamie Baker | C | 77 | 16 | 17 | 33 | −19 | 79 |
22 | Ulf Dahlen | LW | 59 | 16 | 12 | 28 | −21 | 27 |
18 | Chris Tancill | C | 45 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −12 | 20 |
3[a] | Doug Bodger† | D | 57 | 4 | 19 | 23 | −18 | 50 |
42 | Shean Donovan | RW | 74 | 13 | 8 | 21 | −17 | 39 |
38 | Michal Sykora | D | 79 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −14 | 54 |
25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 62 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −15 | 6 |
34[b] | Yves Racine† | D | 32 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −3 | 28 |
36 | Jeff Odgers | RW | 78 | 12 | 4 | 16 | −4 | 192 |
23 | Andrei Nazarov | LW | 42 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −15 | 62 |
37 | Ville Peltonen | LW | 31 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −7 | 14 |
43 | Jan Caloun | RW | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
9[c] | Darren Turcotte† | C | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
16 | Dody Wood | C | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 138 |
4 | Jay More | D | 74 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −32 | 147 |
44 | Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −17 | 18 |
2 | Jim Kyte | D | 57 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −12 | 146 |
40 | Mike Rathje | D | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −16 | 14 |
48 | Alexei Yegorov | RW | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 2 |
41 | Tom Pederson | D | 60 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −9 | 40 |
30 | Chris Terreri† | G | 46 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
21 | Dave Brown | RW | 37 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 46 |
6 | Sandis Ozolinsh‡ | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
17 | Pat Falloon‡ | RW | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
7 | Igor Larionov‡ | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 0 |
28 | Sergei Bautin† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
31 | Wade Flaherty | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
32 | Arturs Irbe | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
29 | Geoff Sarjeant | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltending
edit- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sharks only.
Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Chris Terreri† | 46 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 1322 | 155 | 3.70 | .883 | 0 | 2516 |
32 | Arturs Irbe | 22 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 607 | 85 | 4.59 | .860 | 0 | 1112 |
31 | Wade Flaherty | 24 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 689 | 92 | 4.85 | .866 | 0 | 1137 |
29 | Geoff Sarjeant | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 14 | 4.92 | .839 | 0 | 171 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Lester Patrick Trophy | George Gund III | [7] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Owen Nolan | [8] |
Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Jamie Baker | [9] |
Sharks Rookie of the Year | Marcus Ragnarsson | [9] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
editSan Jose's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[10]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 12 | Teemu Riihijärvi | Left Wing | Finland | K-Espoo Jrs |
2 | 38 | Peter Roed | Center | United States | White Bear Lake H.S |
3 | 64 | Marko Mäkinen | Right Wing | Finland | TPS Jrs |
4 | 90 | Vesa Toskala | Goalie | Finland | Ilves Jr |
5 | 116 | Miikka Kiprusoff | Goalie | Finland | TPS Jr |
5 | 130 | Michal Broš | Center | Czech Republic | HC Olomouc |
6 | 140 | Timo Hakanen | Center | Finland | Assat Jrs |
6 | 142 | Jaroslav Kudrna | Left Wing | Czech Republic | Penticton Panthers |
7 | 167 | Brad Mehalko | Right Wing | Canada | Lethbridge Hurricanes |
7 | 168 | Robert Jindrich | Defense | Czech Republic | Plzen HC |
8 | 194 | Ryan Kraft | Center | United States | U. of Minnesota |
9 | 220 | Mikko Markkanen | Right Wing | Finland | TPS Jrs |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "San Jose Sharks 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- "1995-96 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ McKeon, Ross (December 3, 1995). "Sharks fire coach Constantine". sfgate.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ Cooper, Tony (March 7, 1996). "Sharks Are All Dean's Now / Grillo fired -- Lombardi takes charge". sfgate.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "1995-96 NHL Summary".
- ^ "San Jose Sharks at Pittsburgh Penguins Box Score — January 13, 1996".
- ^ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1995-96 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.