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Born partly as a result of all the moving around of teams that began with the relocation of the old Minnesota North Stars to Dallas back in the early 1990s, the Sharks came about because of a promise by the NHL to award a Bay Area, California franchise to a pair of brothers who were on of a group of owners of the North Stars in return for their agreeing to sell their share of the Minnesota team. This made it possible to being selling San Jose Sharks tickets in time for the 1991 season.
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About The San Jose Sharks
For the first two years of the club’s life, the Sharks shot the puck out of the old Cow Palace in Daly City, just outside of San Francisco. The franchise star at the time was Pat Falloon, who led the team in points scored in his rookie 1991-1992 season. They could also boast of the talents of veteran defenseman Doug Wilson, who came over from the Chicago Blackhawks, and whose presence on the roster also helped sell San Jose Sharks tickets.
Like most new NHL franchises, the Sharks struggled for their first couple of seasons, though pent-up demand for hockey led to strong sales of San Jose Sharks tickets. Their third season would make club history when they made it to the playoffs for the first time and in the process turning in one of the greatest playoff upsets in NHL history, defeating the heavily-favored (and first-seed) Detroit Red Wings in the first round.
They would build on that success, going to the playoffs the next year with the likes of Artus Irbe and Igor Larionov and making it to the second round. They backslid during the 1996 season, failing to make the playoffs. Sales of San Jose Sharks tickets were still strong.
Under the play of goalie Mike Vernon – who came over from the Detroit Red Wings in the off season – the Sharks would return to the playoffs, though postseason success would elude them, but not at the box office, where San Jose Sharks tickets were a hot property. It was during the 2000 season that the club turned in their first ever winning record and knocked of first seed St. Louis in the playoffs.
Goalie Evgeny Nabokov would play between the pipes in 2000 -2001, and would go on to win Calder Memorial Trophy honors as the league’s best rookie. The Sharks took it to their division in 2001-2002, finishing in first place and heading to playoffs yet again under the veteran leadership of Adam Graves. San Jose Sharks tickets were the favored gift for those having a birthday that year.
The years since then have been generally good to the Sharks, with the club making the playoffs with consistent play and timely contributions from the likes of Brian Campbell , going an entire month of the 2007-2008 season without a regulation loss and finishing the year with 108 points, second only to eventual Stanley Cup champs the Detroit Red Wings. They had a stellar 2008-2009, taking the President’s Trophy for most regular season points and making it to the conference quarterfinals and selling lots of San Jose Sharks tickets in the regular and playoff seasons.
If past performance predicts future success, this may be the year of the Shark. With hot shot players like Torrey Mitchell, just off a leg injury, the team seems well-positioned to play off last season’s prowess and take it all to the next level. Jonathon Cheechoo at forward and Nabokov in the pipes could prove too much for most teams to, in fact, overcome.
