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Gary Suter

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: June 24, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin

Drafted by the Calgary Flames in the 9th round (180th overall) of the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

* Complete sweater numbers are currently available for the 1998-99 through 2007-08 seasons.
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San Jose Sharks
1999-2002

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1985-86 21 Calgary Flames NHL 80 18 50 68 0.85 24 0.30 156 69 106 30 11 141 9 9 0 4 195 2.44 9.2
1986-87 22 Calgary Flames NHL 68 9 39 48 0.71 16 0.24 106 51 85 20 -10 70 5 4 0 0 152 2.24 5.9
1987-88 23 Calgary Flames NHL 75 21 70 91 1.21 32 0.42 186 79 100 32 39 124 14 6 1 3 204 2.72 10.3
1988-89 24 Calgary Flames NHL 63 13 49 62 0.98 22 0.34 141 71 60 16 26 78 5 8 0 1 216 3.43 6.0
1989-90 25 Calgary Flames NHL 76 16 60 76 1.00 26 0.34 160 82 83 9 4 97 11 5 0 1 211 2.78 7.6
1990-91 26 Calgary Flames NHL 79 12 58 70 0.89 23 0.29 164 78 78 18 26 102 6 6 0 1 258 3.27 4.7
1991-92 27 Calgary Flames NHL 70 12 43 55 0.79 19 0.27 139 64 103 29 1 128 8 4 0 0 189 2.70 6.3
1992-93 28 Calgary Flames NHL 81 23 58 81 1.00 29 0.35 161 70 125 33 -1 112 12 10 1 2 263 3.25 8.7
1993-94 29 2 Teams NHL 41 6 12 18 0.44 7 0.16 51 26 58 21 -12 38 1 4 1 0 86 2.10 7.0
1993-94 29 Calgary Flames NHL 25 4 9 13 0.52 5 0.19 26 11 24 6 -3 20 1 2 1 0 51 2.04 7.8
1993-94 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 2 3 5 0.31 2 0.12 25 15 34 15 -9 18 0 2 0 0 35 2.19 5.7
1994-95 30 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 10 27 37 0.77 13 0.27 89 43 43 11 14 42 5 5 0 0 144 3.00 6.9
1995-96 31 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 20 47 67 0.82 24 0.29 137 58 103 27 3 80 6 12 2 4 242 2.95 8.3
1996-97 32 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 7 21 28 0.34 10 0.12 98 35 83 16 -4 70 4 3 0 0 225 2.74 3.1
1997-98 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 73 14 28 42 0.58 15 0.21 78 32 62 17 1 74 7 5 2 0 199 2.73 7.0
1998-99 34 San Jose Sharks NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.00 0.0 13 12:56
1999-00 35 San Jose Sharks NHL 76 6 28 34 0.45 11 0.15 105 44 83 29 7 52 3 2 1 0 175 2.30 3.4 1785 23:30
2000-01 36 San Jose Sharks NHL 68 10 24 34 0.50 12 0.18 79 33 47 9 8 84 6 4 0 1 157 2.31 6.4 1459 21:27
2001-02 37 San Jose Sharks NHL 82 6 27 33 0.40 11 0.14 104 44 55 8 13 57 3 3 0 1 174 2.12 3.4 1650 20:07
Career NHL 1145 203 641 844 0.74 293 0.26 1954 879 1275 326 126 1349 105 90 8 18 3091 2.70 6.6 4908 21:37

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1985-86 21 Calgary Flames NHL 10 2 8 10 1.00 1 8 2 0 0 1 17 1.70 11.8
1986-87 22 Calgary Flames NHL 6 0 3 3 0.50 1 10 0 0 0 0 8 1.33 0.0
1987-88 23 Calgary Flames NHL 9 1 9 10 1.11 4 6 0 0 1 0 30 3.33 3.3
1988-89 24 Calgary Flames NHL SC 5 0 3 3 0.60 3 10 0 0 0 0 16 3.20 0.0
1989-90 25 Calgary Flames NHL 6 0 1 1 0.17 0 14 0 0 0 0 20 3.33 0.0
1990-91 26 Calgary Flames NHL 7 1 6 7 1.00 0 12 0 1 0 0 11 1.57 9.1
1992-93 28 Calgary Flames NHL 6 2 3 5 0.83 -9 8 1 0 1 0 13 2.17 15.4
1993-94 29 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 3 2 5 0.83 0 6 1 2 0 0 16 2.67 18.8
1994-95 30 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 12 2 5 7 0.58 -1 10 1 1 0 0 43 3.58 4.7
1995-96 31 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 10 3 3 6 0.60 1 8 1 2 0 1 27 2.70 11.1
1996-97 32 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 1 4 5 0.83 1 8 1 0 0 0 12 2.00 8.3
1999-00 35 San Jose Sharks NHL 12 2 5 7 0.58 -6 12 1 1 0 1 33 2.75 6.1 240 19:58
2000-01 36 San Jose Sharks NHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0:16
2001-02 37 San Jose Sharks NHL 12 0 4 4 0.33 2 8 0 0 0 0 22 1.83 0.0 204 16:60
Career NHL 1 108 17 56 73 0.68 -3 120 8 7 2 3 268 2.48 6.3 444 17:45

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1981-82 17 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 18 3 4 7 0.39 32
1982-83 18 Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL 41 9 30 39 0.95 112
1983-84 19 University of Wisconsin WCHA 35 4 18 22 0.63 32
1983-84 19 United States WJC-A 7 1 1 2 0.29 12
1984-85 20 University of Wisconsin WCHA 39 12 39 51 1.31 110
1984-85 20 United States WEC-A 10 1 2 3 0.30 22
1987-88 23 United States Can-Cup 5 0 3 3 0.60 9
1989-90 25 Calgary Flames Fr-Tour 4 0 1 1 0.25 2
1991-92 27 United States Can-Cup 8 1 3 4 0.50 4
1991-92 27 United States WC-A 6 0 1 1 0.17 6
1996-97 32 United States W-Cup 6 0 2 2 0.33 6
1997-98 33 United States Olympics 4 0 0 0 0.00 2
2001-02 37 United States Olympics 6 0 1 1 0.17 4
Career Can-Cup 13 1 6 7 0.54 13
Career Fr-Tour 4 0 1 1 0.25 2
Career Olympics 10 0 1 1 0.10 6
Career USHL 59 12 34 46 0.78 144
Career W-Cup 6 0 2 2 0.33 6
Career WC-A 6 0 1 1 0.17 6
Career WCHA 74 16 57 73 0.99 142
Career WEC-A 10 1 2 3 0.30 22
Career WJC-A 7 1 1 2 0.29 12

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1986 NHL
1988 NHL
1989 NHL
1991 NHL

Awards

1985-86 NHL Calder Memorial Trophy

Honors

1985-86 NHL NHL All-Rookie Team (1st)
1987-88 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1994-95 NHL 48 (5)
1995-96 NHL 82 (3)
1996-97 NHL 82 (1)
 2001-02 NHL 82 (2)

Assists

1987-88 NHL 70 (6)
Career NHL 641 (58)

Assists Per Game

1987-88 NHL 0.93 (7)
Career NHL 0.56 (95)

Total Goals For

1987-88 NHL 186 (2)
1989-90 NHL 160 (7)
1990-91 NHL 164 (7)
1994-95 NHL 89 (5)
Career NHL 1954 (31)

Power Play Goals For

1985-86 NHL 69 (9)
1987-88 NHL 79 (4)
1988-89 NHL 71 (7)
1989-90 NHL 82 (2)
1990-91 NHL 78 (3)
1994-95 NHL 43 (2)
Career NHL 879 (14)

Total Goals Against

Career NHL 1275 (63)

Power Play Goals Against

Career NHL 326 (98)

Plus/Minus

1987-88 NHL 39 (5)

Shots on Goal

Career NHL 3091 (63)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 10, 1994: Traded to Hartford by Calgary with Paul Ranheim and Ted Drury for James Patrick, Zarley Zalapski and Michael Nylander, March 10, 1994.

March 11, 1994: Traded to Chicago by Hartford with Randy Cunneyworth and Hartford's 3rd round choice (later traded to Vancouver - Vancouver selected Larry Courville) in 1995 Entry Draft for Frantisek Kucera and Jocelyn Lemieux, March 11, 1994.

July 1, 1998: Signed as a free agent by San Jose, July 1, 1998.

October 24, 1998: Missed majority of 1998-99 season recovering from tricep muscle injury suffered in game vs. Dallas, October 24, 1998.

September 10, 2002: Officially announced retirement, September 10, 2002.