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San Jose Sharks
NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It’s divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams. The league was established in 1917 in Montreal, Quebec and it is composed of 30 teams out of which 24 teams based in U.S. and 6 in Canada. They have a regular season and playoffs leading to the Stanley Cup, which is the NHL Championship final.
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. They play in NHL the National Hockey League. The Sharks played at the Cow Palace in Daly City, just outside San Francisco. During this time, under Coach George Kingston, they were one of the worst teams in the NHL, as often happens to expansion teams. In 1992-93, they set two single-season NHL records 71 losses and a 17-game losing streak, while earning a mere 24 points in the standings.
The Sharks moved to their current home, the HP Pavilion under head coach Kevin Constantine, the Sharks pulled off the biggest turnaround in NHL history, finishing with a 33-35-16 record, making the playoffs with 82 points a 58 point jump from the previous season. They were seeded 8th in the Western Conference playoffs and faced the Detroit Red Wings, the near-unanimous pick to win the Stanley Cup. However, in one of the largest upsets in Stanley Cup playoff history, the underdog Sharks shocked the Red Wings in seven games.
In the second round, the Sharks had a 3-2 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs, but lost the final two games in Toronto, including an overtime loss in Game 6 where, moments before Toronto's decisive goal, Johan Garpenlov's shot ringed off the Toronto crossbar.In 1995-96, the Sharks finished last in the Pacific Division and failed to make the playoffs. The team also underwent major changes during the season.
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