page_title: San Jose Sharks
section_title: Team captains
hierarchical_section_title: San Jose Sharks / Players / Team captains
caption_attribution_description: 4, Rob Blake, D, SJS San Jose Sharks at Nashville Predators, February 6, 2010
context_page_description: The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California. They compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The franchise is owned by San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises. Beginning play in the 1991–92 season, the Sharks initially played their home games at the Cow Palace, before they moved to their present home, now named SAP Center at San Jose, in 1993. The SAP Center is 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. The Sharks have advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals once, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016. They have won the Presidents' Trophy once, as the team with the league's best regular season record in the 2008–09 season. They have also won six division titles as a member of the Pacific Division since 1993.
  The club is affiliated with the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League.
context_section_description: Doug Wilson, 1991–1993
  Bob Errey, 1993–1995
  Jeff Odgers, 1995–1996
  Todd Gill, 1996–1998
  Owen Nolan, 1998–2003
  Rotating captains for first half of 2003–2004 season
  Mike Ricci (first 10 games)
  Vincent Damphousse (next 20 games)
  Alyn McCauley (next 10 games)
  Patrick Marleau, 2004–2009
  Rob Blake, 2009–2010
  Joe Thornton, 2010–2014
  Joe Pavelski, 2015–2019
  Logan Couture, 2019–present
caption: Rob Blake was named the Sharks' team captain for the 2009–10 season.
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