NHL - North Division

San Jose Sharks

Despite the fact Northern California was not a Hockey market for the 1967-68 season the NHL's expansion included a Bay Area team
In the late 1980's, a group led by former Hartford Whalers owner Howard Baldwin was pushing the NHL to bring a team to San Jose, where a new arena was being built.
On May 5, 1990, the original Hockey team (Gunds) officially sold their share of the North Stars to Baldwin and were awarded a new team in the Bay Area, based in San Jose.
The team’s name was inspired by the large number of sharks living in the Pacific Ocean; “Sharks”. Also, due to the qualities these creatures have which are: relentless, determined, swift, agile, bright and fearless.
During the 2006 off-season, the San Jose Sharks made significant changes in order to bolster their defense and team grit.
The Sharks signed many players such as Graham Mink and Scott Ferguson for their AHL affiliate. And on October 2, 2006, the Sharks acquired Vladimir Malakhov and a first-round conditional draft pick in exchange for Jim Fahey and Alexander Korolyuk, who is playing in Russia.
On February 25, 2007 the Sharks acquired Craig Rivet from the Montreal Canadians with a fifth round selection in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for defenseman Josh Gorges and San Jose’s first round selection in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Centers
NUM	NAME	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BORN	BIRTHDATE
37	Curtis Brown	31	6-0	195	L	Unity, Saskatchewan	2/12/76
11	Marcel Goc	23	6-1	195	L	Calv, West Germany	8/24/83
12	Patrick Marleau	27	6-2	220	L	Aneroid, Saskatchewan	9/15/79
8	Joe Pavelski	22	5-11	195	R	Plover, Wisconsin	7/11/84
34	Patrick Rissmiller	28	6-4	215	L	Belmont, Massachusetts	10/26/78
19	Joe Thornton	27	6-4	235	L	London, Ontario	7/2/79
Left Wings
NUM	NAME	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BORN	BIRTHDATE
7	Mark Bell	26	6-4	220	L	St. Paul's, Ontario	8/5/80
29	Ryane Clowe	24	6-2	225	L	Mount Pearl, Newfoundland	9/30/82
Right Wings
NUM	NAME	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BORN	BIRTHDATE
26	Steve Bernier	21	6-2	235	R	Quebec, Quebec	3/31/85
14	Jonathan Cheechoo	26	6-1	200	R	Moose Factory, Ontario	7/15/80
25	Mike Grier	32	6-1	225	R	Detroit, Michigan	1/5/75
13	Bill Guerin	36	6-2	220	R	Wilbraham, Massachusetts	11/9/70
9	Milan Michalek	22	6-2	225	L	Jindrichuv Hradec, Czechoslovakia	12/7/84
Defense
NUM	NAME	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BORN	BIRTHDATE
18	Matt Carle	22	6-0	205	L	Anchorage, Alaska	9/25/84
5	Rob Davison	26	6-3	220	L	St. Catharines, Ontario	5/1/80
10	Christian Ehrhoff	24	6-2	200	L	Moers, West Germany	7/6/82
22	Scott Hannan	28	6-1	225	L	Richmond, British Columbia	1/23/79
4	Kyle McLaren	29	6-4	230	L	Humboldt, Saskatchewan	6/18/77
3	Doug Murray	26	6-3	240	L	Stockholm, Sweden	3/12/80
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	19	6-1	195	L	Montreal, Quebec	3/30/87
Goalies
NUM	NAME	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BORN	BIRTHDATE
20	Evgeni Nabokov	31	6-0	200	L	Kamenogorsk, USSR	7/25/75
35	Vesa Toskala	29	5-10	195	L	Tampere, Finland	5/20/77