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San Jose Sharks Team History

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San Jose Sharks




  • 1991
  • 1994
  • 2002
  • Sharkie_with_flag 1991

    San Jose Sharks Team Formation

    The Oakland Coliseum Arena was home to the California Golden Seals of the NHL from 1967 to 1976. Gordon and George Gund III became minority owners of the Seals in 1974 and were instrumental in their move to Cleveland in 1976 and a 1978 merger with the Minnesota North Stars, which they purchased that year. They had long wanted to ...
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  • San Jose Arena

    San Jose Arena Opens

    For their third season, 1993 – 1994, the Sharks moved to their current home, the San Jose Arena (now the SAP Center at San Jose). The SAP Center at San Jose, originally San Jose Arena and formerly the Compaq Center at San Jose and HP Pavilion at San Jose is an American indoor arena, located in San Jose, California. Its ...
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  • San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises

    San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises

    Following the 2001 – 2002 season, the Gunds sold the Sharks to a group of local investors headed by team president Greg Jamison. San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (SJSEE) is a private company based in San Jose, California which owns the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League, and manages ...
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The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They play their home games at the SAP Center, known locally as the Shark Tank. The Sharks were founded in 1991 and were the first NHL franchise based in the San Francisco Bay Area since the California Golden Seals relocated to Cleveland in 1976. They have won six division titles and one conference championship.





Established
1991

City
San Jose

League History
1991 – Present / National Hockey League

Team History
1991 – Present / San Jose Sharks

Nickname
Sharks – When George and Gordon Gund were awarded an expansion franchise for San Jose on May 10, 1990, they offered fans the opportunity to name the team. More than 5,000 entries were submitted, and Sharks was chosen by management over Blades, Breakers, Breeze, Condors, Fog, Gold, Golden Gaters, Golden Skaters, Grizzlies, Icebreakers, Knights, Redwoods, Sea Lions and Waves. Blades was the most popular entry, but ultimately rejected because of its gang implications. When the Shark nickname was chosen, seven shark species made their home in a stretch of the Pacific Ocean off the California coast called The Red Triangle.

“Sharks are relentless, determined, swift, agile, bright and fearless,” then-executive vice president of marketing and broadcast Matt Levine said. “We plan to build an organization that has all those qualities.”

Championship
Stanley Cup 0

Arena
2013 – Present / SAP Center at San Jose
2002 – 2013 / HP Pavilion at San Jose
2001 – 2002 / Compaq Center at San Jose
1993 – 2001 / San Jose Arena

*San Francisco*
1991 – 1993 / Cow Palace

Owner
2001 – Present / San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises
1991 – 2001 / Gordon and George Gund

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Retired Number
99 / Wayne Gretzky

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