A San Jose Sharks come the National Hockey League team based around San Jose, California.

Franchise history
Although Northern Californithe was a hotbed of hockey in the latter a share of the Original Six erthe, starting with a 1967 year, a 1st attempt to bring NHL hockey to the region was a dark failure. A Oakland Seals were one of the 6 expansion teams added, however weren't super successful. Inside 1976, the Seals were sold to Cleveland businessmen George and Gordon Gund and moved to Cleveland, where it became a Barons. When 2 sir thomas more money-losing years, a Gunds merged a Barons sustaining a Minnesota North Stars. A Gunds emerged when a owners of the Northerly Stars when a portion of the treat.

A Gunds experienced yearn wanted to bring hockey back to the Bay Area, and asked a NHL for permission to move a N Stars there. A NHL vetoed a move, however as a compromise allowed a Gunds to dissolve a Northerly Stars-Barons merger & require a few of the Northerly Stars players to the Bay Metropolitan area. Reciprocally, a N Stars would exist as allowed to participate as an equal partner around an expansion draft by owning a recently Bay Vicinity team.

In May 5, 1990, the Gunds officially sold their part of the Northerly Stars & were awarded the recently team within the Bay Vicinity, depending in San Jose. Above 5000 entries were submitted by mail for the newly team. When a 1st-place finisher was "Blades," a Gunds were caring all about a title's veto connotations (weapons, etc) & went using a runner-second best, "Sharks." The title was inspired per big total of sharks sleep in the Pacific Ocean. Seven different varieties survive there, & of these part touching a Bay Area is known as the "red triangle" because of its shark people. A team's number 1 marketing head, Matt Levine, said of the fresh title, "Sharks are relentless, determined, swift, agile, bright and fearless. We plan to build an organization that has all those qualities."

For their foremost both seasons, a Sharks played at a Cow Palace in Daly City, just outside San Francisco. When you took this period, under coach George Kingston, they were one of a worst teams in the NHL, when typically happens to expansion teams. Within 1992-93 they set 2 only-year NHL records--71 losses & the 17-game losing streak, when earning the mere Twenty-nine points in the standings.

For their third year, 1993-94, a Sharks moved to their todays residence, the HP Pavilion (known as a San Jose Arena until 2001). Under head coach Kevin Constantine, a Sharks pulled off the large turnaround around NHL history, finishing by using a 33-35-16 record, making the playoffs by having 82 points--a 58-point go for it from either the last year. It were seeded Eighth in a American Conference playoffs & faced the Detroit Red Wings, the heavy favorite top seed in the conference. All a same, inside one of a biggest upsets around Stanley Ventral suction cup playoff history, a underdog Sharks shocked the Red Wings within vii games. In a 2nd around, the Sharks got a Three-Two lead across the Toronto Maple Leafs, but misused the final deuce games inside Toronto; including a overtime loss around Game 6.

Within 1994-95, a Sharks returned to the playoffs & mass produced the 2nd around too. Ray Whitney scored a goal around double overtime of Game 7 of a conference quarterfinals against the Calgary Flames, adding to Calgary's streak of not winning a playoff series fallowing it won the 1988-89 Stanley Cup (a streak it wouldn't break until 2004). Key Sharks players were goalie Arturs Irbe, defensemen Sandis Ozolinsh and forwards Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov.

Within 1995-96, a Sharks finished endure in the Pacific Section & failed to produce the playoffs. A team too underwent major changes: In a period of a year it traded Ozolinsh & Larionov; Irbe, world health organization experienced suffered an off-ice injury, was freed at the prevent of the year. A team began rebuilding, getting send on Owen Nolan from the Colorado Avalanche, when well as many more players. Constantine was laid-off midway through the year & replaced by interim coach Jim Wiley. A next season was no better under Al Sims, with a Sharks once more finishing survive & winning just Xxvii games.

A Sharks returned to the playoffs within 1997-98, with goalie Mike Vernon, whom they acquired from either a Red Wings (a year fallowing Vernon won a Conn Smythe Trophy), and recently head coach Darryl Sutter. For a next Ii years, a Sharks processed a playoffs, eventually never advanced preceding the 2nd spherical. This changed in the 1999-2000 season, when a Sharks finished by using their number 1-ever winning record, however earned a match-matchup against the Presidents' Trophy champion St. Louis Blues in the first round. Yet, witharound an upset in par using a a single it got pulled in Detroit sixer years sooner, a Sharks managed to eliminate a Blues in heptad games. San Jose, but, managed to survive just 5 other games prior to existence eliminated per Dallas Stars that year.

In the 2000-01 season, Russian goalie Evgeni Nabokov won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's better greenhorn. A team as well acquired Finnish star forward Teemu Selanne from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who played for the team until 2003. A team's jailbreak season was 2001-02. A Sharks won their number one Pacific Section title, & defeated a Phoenix Coyotes in the first spherical, however fell to the Colorado Avalanche in second. As the consequence that year, a Gunds sold a Sharks to a class action of local investors headed by team president Greg Jamison. A transition caused a team to miss the playoffs around 2002-03. Sutter was fired & replaced by Ron Wilson midway through that year.

2003-04 saw another turnaround for the team, consequent in the team's better year ever. It posted a third-right record in a league by having a team-record 104 points (31 to a higher degree a former year, & a foremost instance the team got earned C points), won the Pacific Section championship, & were seeded 2nd in the American Conference. It charged through a playoffs; ingesting down the Blues Four games to One in the conference quarterfinals & stopping the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in the conference semis—prior to falling to the Calgary Flames 4-2 in the conference finals.

A Sharks, along by using a NBA's Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, are typically characterized using popularizing teal as a color for American sports teams. Their team ware remains popular about the world. It is too every now and again known as Los Tiburones (their title within Spanish.)

Notable players
Hall of Famers: none

Current Roster
Four - Kyle McLaren * Five - Rob Davison * 7 - Brad Stuart * 9 - Milan Michalek *10 - Alyn McCauley *11 - Marcel Goc *12 - Patrick Marleau *14 - Jonathan Cheechoo *15 - Wayne Primeau *16 - Mark Smith *17 - Scott Thornton *19 - Marco Sturm *20 - Evgeni Nabokov (Евгений Ð?абоков, Jevgenij Nabokov) *21 - Jim Fahey *22 - Scott Hannan *23 - Niko Dimitrakos *24 - Josh Langfield *27 - Scott Parker *28 - Nils Ekman *29 - Ryane Clowe *35 - Vesa Toskala *42 - Tom Preissing *44 - Christian Ehrhoff

Team captains
Doug Wilson 1991-93 Bob Errey 1993-94 Bob Errey & Jeff Odgers 1994-95 Jeff Odgers 1995-96 Todd Gill 1996-98 Owen Nolan 1998-03 rotating captainship for virtually all of the 2003/2004 year- Mike Ricci, Vincent Damphousse, Alyn McCauley, Patrick Marleau Patrick Marleau 2004-present

Not to be forgotten
Jeff Friesen 1994-2001 Arturs Irbe 1991-1996 Todd Harvey 1999-2004 Igor Larionov 1993-1996 Owen Nolan 1995-2003 Sandis Ozolinsh 1992-1996 Mike Rathje 1993-2005 Mike Ricci 1997-2004 Teemu Selanne 2001-2003 Doug Wilson 1991-1993

Retired Numbers
99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL, February 2000)