1998–99 San Jose Sharks season
1998–99 San Jose Sharks | |
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Division | 4th Pacific |
Conference | 7th Western |
1998–99 record | 31–33–18 |
Home record | 17–15–9 |
Road record | 14–18–9 |
Goals for | 196 |
Goals against | 191 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dean Lombardi |
Coach | Darryl Sutter |
Captain | Owen Nolan |
Arena | San Jose Arena |
Average attendance | 16,903 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Kentucky Thoroughblades Richmond Renegades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Joe Murphy (25) |
Assists | Jeff Friesen (35) |
Points | Jeff Friesen (57) |
Penalty minutes | Ronnie Stern (158) |
Plus/minus | Owen Nolan (+16) |
Wins | Mike Vernon (16) |
Goals against average | Steve Shields (2.22) |
The 1998–99 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' eighth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). Under second-year head coach Darryl Sutter, the Sharks reached the playoffs for a second consecutive season. While the team won three fewer games than it had during the prior season, it became the first in franchise history to score more goals (196) than it allowed (191).
During the campaign, general manager Dean Lombardi continued to add to the Sharks' roster. During the 1998 preseason, both goaltender Steve Shields and All-Star defenseman Gary Suter were acquired from the Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks, respectively, in exchange for low-level draft picks and prospects. While neither played a major role during the 1998–99 season, both would make key contributions to the Sharks' success the following season. Indeed, Lombardi's most notable addition was that of veteran forward Vincent Damphousse. Damphousse, acquired in a midseason trade with the Montreal Canadiens, would experience immediate success in San Jose; he would ultimately remain with the Sharks until the conclusion of the 2003–04 season. The 1998–99 season also saw the continued development of several highly-touted prospects. Most notably, the campaign saw second-year forwards Patrick Marleau and Marco Sturm emerge as consistent scoring threats. Additionally, the season also saw the debut of promising young defenseman (and future NHL All-Star) Scott Hannan. These players, along with established forward Jeff Friesen and defenseman Mike Rathje, would drive much of the team's success over the following five years.
Despite their losing record, the Sharks reached the postseason for a second consecutive season. In the first round of the 1999 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Sharks were matched against the Northwest Division champion Colorado Avalanche. Due to the Columbine High School Massacre, the first two games of the series were played in San Jose;[1][2][3] the heavily favored Avalanche won both.[4][5] As had been the case one year prior, the Sharks won their next two games in Denver to even the series at two games apiece.[6][7][8] The Avalanche responded by routing the Sharks in Game Five to take a 3–2 series lead.[9] The Sharks managed to push the Avalanche to overtime in Game Six; a goal by Colorado rookie Milan Hejduk, however, spelled the end of the Sharks' season.[10] As of the 2017–18 NHL season, the 1998–99 San Jose Sharks (along with the 1998–99 Edmonton Oilers) are the last team to have qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a losing record.
Off-season
[edit]Forward Owen Nolan was named team captain.
Regular season
[edit]The Sharks tied the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.[11]
Final standings
[edit]R | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
3 | 6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
4 | 7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
5 | 11 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; 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 – Dallas Stars | PAC | 82 | 51 | 19 | 12 | 236 | 168 | 114 |
2 | y – Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 239 | 205 | 98 |
3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 245 | 202 | 93 |
4 | Phoenix Coyotes | PAC | 82 | 39 | 31 | 12 | 205 | 197 | 90 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 237 | 209 | 87 |
6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 215 | 206 | 83 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 196 | 191 | 80 |
8 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 33 | 37 | 12 | 230 | 226 | 78 |
9 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 30 | 40 | 12 | 211 | 234 | 72 |
10 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 202 | 248 | 70 |
11 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 189 | 222 | 69 |
12 | Nashville Predators | CEN | 82 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 190 | 261 | 63 |
13 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 192 | 258 | 58 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 1–6–2 (home: 1–3–0; road: 0–3–2)
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November: 4–5–3 (home: 3–2–2; road: 1–3–1)
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December: 5–5–3 (home: 4–3–2; road: 1–2–1)
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January: 5–4–4 (home: 3–2–3; road: 2–2–1)
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February: 5–7–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 4–6–1)
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March: 7–3–3 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–1–3)
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April: 4–3–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 3–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Colorado Avalanche: Avalanche win 4–2
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[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 | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
39 | Jeff Friesen | LW | 78 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 14 |
17 | Joe Murphy | RW | 76 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 10 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
14 | Patrick Marleau | C | 81 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
11 | Owen Nolan | RW | 78 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 16 | 129 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
18 | Mike Ricci | C | 82 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 1 | 68 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
19 | Marco Sturm | LW | 78 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 7 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Bill Houlder | D | 76 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
15 | Alexander Korolyuk | LW | 55 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
37 | Stephane Matteau | LW | 68 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
5 | Jeff Norton† | D | 69 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
22 | Ron Stern | RW | 78 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −3 | 158 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
26 | Dave Lowry | LW | 61 | 6 | 9 | 15 | −5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Mike Rathje | D | 82 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 4 |
32 | Murray Craven | LW | 43 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −3 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Vincent Damphousse† | C | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
10 | Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 74 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
21 | Tony Granato | RW | 35 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
3 | Bob Rouse | D | 70 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
12 | Ron Sutter | C | 59 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −8 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
27 | Bryan Marchment | D | 59 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −7 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Andrei Zyuzin | D | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Steve Guolla | C | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
42 | Andy Sutton | D | 31 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Jarrod Skalde | C | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Scott Hannan | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Bernie Nicholls‡ | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Brantt Myhres | RW | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
13 | Jamie Baker | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Shawn Burr | LW | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Alex Hicks‡ | LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Steve Shields | G | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | Mike Craig | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Sean Gauthier | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
23 | Shawn Heins | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Gary Suter | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Mike Vernon | G | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
29 | Mike Vernon | 49 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 1200 | 107 | 2.27 | .911 | 4 | 2831 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 172 | 13 | 2.43 | .924 | 0 | 321 |
31 | Steve Shields | 37 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1011 | 80 | 2.22 | .921 | 4 | 2162 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 6.00 | .833 | 0 | 60 |
30 | Sean Gauthier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Marco Sturm | [15] |
NHL Player of the Week | Mike Vernon (February 15) | [16] | |
Steve Shields (March 15) | [17] | ||
Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Steve Shields | [18] |
Mike Vernon | |||
Sharks Rookie of the Year | Alexander Korolyuk | [18] |
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Bob Rouse | January 2, 1999 | [19] |
Vincent Damphousse | April 6, 1999 | [19] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
[edit]San Jose's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.[20]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
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1 | 3 | Brad Stuart | Defense | ![]() | Regina Pats |
2 | 29 | Jonathan Cheechoo | Right Wing | ![]() | Belleville Bulls |
3 | 65 | Eric Laplante | Left Wing | ![]() | Halifax Mooseheads |
4 | 98 | Rob Davison | Defense | ![]() | North Bay Centennials |
4 | 104 | Miroslav Zalesak | Right Wing | ![]() | HC Plastika Nitra |
5 | 127 | Brandon Coalter | Left Wing | ![]() | Oshawa Generals |
5 | 145 | Mikael Samuelsson | Right Wing | ![]() | Sodertalje SK |
7 | 185 | Robert Mulick | Defense | ![]() | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
8 | 212 | Jim Fahey | Defense | ![]() | Catholic Memorial H.S. |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "San Jose Sharks 1998-99 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- "1998-99 San Jose Sharks Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Toronto: Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5.
- ^ "HOCKEY; In Denver, Games Are Called Off". The New York Times. The Associated Press. April 22, 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ Frei, Terry (April 20, 2010). "Columbine remembered by Avs, Sharks before playoff game". Retrieved September 29, 2014.
- ^ "Avalanche Postpones Two Playoff Games". Los Angeles Times. April 22, 1999. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Washingtonpost.com: Avalanche Buries Sharks, 3-1". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Washingtonpost.com: Avalanche Take 2-0 Series Lead With OT Win". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Press, The Associated (April 29, 1999). "N.H.L. ROUNDUP; Ricci Leads Sharks In First Game in Denver". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Elliott, Helene (April 27, 1999). "Game Four, Lesson One: Learn From This, Ducks". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Washingtonpost.com: Sharks Down Avalanche, Even Series". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Archives, L. A. Times (May 2, 1999). "Fleury, Avalanche Come Alive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Archives, L. A. Times (May 4, 1999). "Avalanche Beats Sharks to Advance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "1998-99 NHL Summary".
- ^ Dinger 2011, p. 155.
- ^ "1998-1999 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ a b "1998-99 San Jose Sharks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1999". NHL.com. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Vernon Named Player of the Week". NHL.com. February 15, 1999. Archived from the original on October 6, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Shields Named NHL Player of the Week". NHL.com. March 15, 1999. Archived from the original on October 22, 1999. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ a b 2014–15 San Jose Sharks Media Guide, p.255–58
- ^ a b Pollak, David (October 20, 2011). "Players who reached the 1,000th-game mark as San Jose Sharks". East Bay Times. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 28, 2023.