The San Jose Sharks used 36 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 31-46-5 record. Owen Nolan led the team with 63 points (31 goals, 32 assists) in 72 games. Kelly Hrudey played the most games in goal (48).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owen Nolan 🇬🇧 RW 25 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 0.88 | 10 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 155 | — |
| 2 | Jeff Friesen 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 82 | 🧊 2 | 28 | 34 | 62 | 0.76 | 6 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 75 | — |
| 3 | Bernie Nicholls 🇨🇦 C 35 | 65 | 🧊 2 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 0.69 | 2 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 4 | Viktor Kozlov 🇷🇺 C 22 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 0.53 | 4 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 5 | Tony Granato 🇺🇸 RW 32 | 76 | 🧊 2 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 0.53 | 5 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 159 | — |
| 6 | Darren Turcotte 🇺🇸 C 29 | 65 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 0.57 | 3 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 7 | Andrei Nazarov 🇷🇺 LW 22 | 60 | 🧊 2 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 0.45 | 1 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 222 | — |
| 8 | Stephen Guolla 🇨🇦 C 24 | 43 | 🧊 4 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0.49 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 9 | Todd Gill 🇨🇦 D 31 | 79 | 🔥 3 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0.27 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 101 | — |
| 10 | Ulf Dahlen 🇸🇪 RW 30 | 43 | 🧊 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0.44 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 11 | Greg Hawgood 🇨🇦 D 28 | 63 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0.29 | 3 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 12 | Marcus Ragnarsson 🇸🇪 D 25 | 69 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.25 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 13 | Marty McSorley 🇨🇦 D 33 | 57 | 🧊 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.28 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 186 | — |
| 14 | Doug Bodger 🇨🇦 D 30 | 82 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0.20 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 64 | — |
| 15 | Shean Donovan 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 73 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.21 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 16 | Al Iafrate 🇺🇸 D 31 | 38 | 🧊 8 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.39 | 3 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 17 | Ron Sutter 🇨🇦 C 33 | 78 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.15 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 65 | — |
| 18 | Bob Errey 🇨🇦 LW 32 | 30 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.30 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 19 | Vlastimil Kroupa 🇨🇿 D 21 | 35 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.23 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 20 | Mike Rathje 🇨🇦 D 22 | 31 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 21 | Michal Sykora 🇨🇿 D 23 | 35 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.20 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 59 | — |
| 22 | Dody Wood 🇨🇦 C 25 | 44 | 🧊 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.11 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 193 | — |
| 23 | Ville Peltonen 🇫🇮 LW 23 | 28 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.18 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Chris Tancill 🇺🇸 RW 29 | 25 | 🧊 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.16 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 25 | Tim Hunter 🇨🇦 RW 36 | 46 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 135 | — |
| 26 | Ray Whitney 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 12 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 27 | Todd Ewen 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 51 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 162 | — |
| 28 | Alexei Yegorov 🇷🇺 RW 21 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Jason Widmer 🇨🇦 D 23 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 30 | Chris Lipuma 🇺🇸 D 26 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 31 | Jan Caloun 🇨🇿 RW 24 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Iain Fraser 🇨🇦 C 27 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 32 skaters | 82 | 211 | 330 | 541 | 6.60 | 50 | 2360 | 0 | 0 | 2071 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ▼ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Hrudey 🇨🇦 G 36 | 48 | 20 | 2.92 | 0.000 | 0 | 140 | 54:48 | |
| 2 | Chris Terreri 🇺🇸 G 32 | 22 | 6 | 2.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 55 | 54:31 | |
| 3 | Ed Belfour 🇨🇦 G 31 | 13 | 4 | 3.31 | 0.000 | 0 | 43 | 58:15 | |
| 4 | Wade Flaherty 🇨🇦 G 29 | 7 | 2 | 4.43 | 0.000 | 0 | 31 | 51:20 |
56% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Czechia: 8% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 48% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 20 |
|
-6 | 257 (48%) | Friesen, Nicholls, Gill, Guolla +16 |
| United States | 6 |
|
even | 96 (18%) | Granato, Turcotte, Iafrate, Tancill +2 |
| Czechia | 3 |
|
+4 | 15 (3%) | Kroupa, Sykora, Caloun |
| Russia | 3 |
|
+2 | 69 (13%) | Kozlov, Nazarov, Yegorov |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 36 (7%) | Dahlen, Ragnarsson |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 5 (1%) | Peltonen |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+2 | 63 (12%) | Nolan |
Owen Nolan led the San Jose Sharks in scoring in 1996-97 with 63 points — 31 goals and 32 assists in 72 games. Next came Jeff Friesen (62) and Bernie Nicholls (45).
Owen Nolan scored 31 goals for the San Jose Sharks in 1996-97, 10 of them on the power play.
The San Jose Sharks dressed 36 players in 1996-97: 32 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 211 goals.
Kelly Hrudey played the most games in goal for the San Jose Sharks in 1996-97: 48 games, 20 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.92 goals against average. Chris Terreri was the backup, in 22 games.
The average age was 27.4 years. Jeff Friesen was the youngest at 20, and Tim Hunter the oldest at 36.
The San Jose Sharks used 36 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 20 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 3 in Czechia. The other 7 came from Russia, Sweden, Finland and United Kingdom. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 56% on this roster.