Q 01/05

The Gund brothers sold which team and received an expansion franchise, creating the Sharks?

A) Minnesota North Stars

B) Quebec Nordiques

C) Winnipeg Jets

D) Hartford Whalers

Answer · why

A) Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars: the Gunds had asked to move that club to the Bay Area, and the league refused, then let them sell it, start a new team in San J...

Q 02/05

Whom did the Sharks take second overall, behind Eric Lindros, with their first-ever draft pick in 1991?

A) Scott Niedermayer

B) Peter Forsberg

C) Pat Falloon

D) Ray Whitney

Answer · why

C) Pat Falloon

Pat Falloon led the first-year Sharks in scoring, but two players taken within the next four picks, Scott Niedermayer and Peter Forsberg, reached the ...

Q 03/05

Which Bay Area team, later moved to Cleveland, was the region's last NHL club before the Sharks?

A) San Francisco Seals

B) California Golden Seals

C) Oakland Oaks

D) Bay Area Bombers

Answer · why

B) California Golden Seals

California Golden Seals: nine NHL seasons in Oakland brought no winning record and thin crowds, so the club left in 1976 and the Bay Area went 15 year...

Q 04/05

Where did the Sharks play their first two seasons while their permanent San Jose home was being built?

A) The Cow Palace

B) Cal Expo

C) San Francisco Civic Auditorium

D) Oakland Coliseum Arena

Answer · why

A) The Cow Palace

The Cow Palace in Daly City was the same old livestock hall the NHL had rejected as a home for its 1967 Bay Area expansion club, yet the Sharks filled...

Q 05/05

Which former Norris Trophy defenseman was the Sharks' first captain and later their general manager?

A) Rob Zettler

B) Chris Chelios

C) Kelly Kisio

D) Doug Wilson

Answer · why

D) Doug Wilson

Doug Wilson came from Chicago a month before the first game, and within weeks of becoming general manager in 2003 he drafted a future Sharks captain i...