The Sharks Team Page

General Manager: Kevin Rankin
The Shark Tank: 25,000
Captain: Ron Francis
Assistants: Gary Suter and Zigmund Palffy
Coach:
Arena Age: 2 years

Playoff History
1997
1st round lost to the Ducks in 5 games
 

1997-2
1st round beat the Avalanche in 5 games 
2nd round lost to the Coyotes in 5 games.
 

1998
Did not make the playoffs
 

1999
Did not make the playoffs
 

2000
Did not make the Playoffs
 

2001
1st round beat the Coyotes in 4 games
2nd round beat the Oilers in 4 games
3rd round lost to the Canucks in 6 games

 
2002
Did not make the playoffs
 
2003
Did not make the playoffs
 




                        Draft History
1997
Steve Shields-18th
Scott Pellerin-46th
Andreas Johansson-74th
Jay Pandolfo-102nd

1998
#14 Sharks-Micheal Nylander
44-Jan Bulis-Sharks
54-Yogi Svejkovsky-Sharks
Sharks-Jason Morgan
Sharks-Larry Courville


1999
78. Sharks (from Flyers), Rob Valicevic

2000
135. Sharks (from BlueJacket), Eric Bertand 

2001
13. Sharks (from Islanders), Henrik Sedin
30. Sharks, Denis Arkhipov
35. Sharks (from Lightning), Tomi Kallio 
43. Sharks (from Islanders), Dmitry Afanasenkov 
61. Sharks (from Ducks), Espen Knutse
88. Sharks (from Blues), Brad Tapper 
111. Sharks (from Kings), Michel Larocque
142. Sharks (from Maple Lfs), Steve Gainey 
144. Sharks (from Canadiens), Jeff Ulmer 
148. Sharks (from Blues), Marty Murray 
149. Sharks (from Flyers), Thomas Ziegler 

2002
No picks
 
2003
21. Sharks (from Oilers), Ron Hainsey 
35. Sharks, Shaone Morrisonn
100. Sharks (from Islanders), Stephane Veilleux
141. Sharks (from Oilers), Alexandre Daigle 
 
 


                Single Season Records

Most Points-Zigmund Palffy 122                     /99
Most Goals-Zigmund Palffy 63                       /99
Most Assists-Kirk Muller 68                        /97
Most Goals by Defenseman-AL Iafrate 18             /97
Most Points by Defenseman-Todd Gill 60             /97
Most Assists by defenseman-Yves Racine 47          /97
                          -Boris Mironov 47        /01
Most shots on goal-Zigmund Palffy  376             /99
Most PIM-Andrie Nazarov 285                        /98
Most Hits-Ruslan Salei   248                       /03
Most PP Goals-Jeff Friesen 21                      /97
Most SH Goals-Viktor Kozlov 4                      /97
Most GW Goals-German Titov 6                       /03 
Best +/-   -Pavol Bure +47                         /01
Worst +/-  -Tomi Kallio  -57                       /02
Best GAA-Mike Vernon  2.52                         /01
Best Save %--Mike Vernon .907                      /01
Most wins by Goalie-Wade Flaherty 42               /97
Most losses by Goalie- Dan Cloutier 62             /02
Most shutouts-Wade Flaherty 5                      /97
             -Mike Vernon 5                        /99