page_title: San Jose Sharks
section_title: NHL awards and trophies
hierarchical_section_title: San Jose Sharks / NHL awards and trophies
caption_attribution_description: Ducks at Sharks April 15, 2006
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: Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
  2015–16
  Presidents' Trophy
  2008–09
  Art Ross Trophy
  Joe Thornton*: 2005–06
  Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
  Tony Granato: 1996–97
  Calder Memorial Trophy
  Evgeni Nabokov: 2000–01
  Hart Memorial Trophy
  Joe Thornton*: 2005–06
  James Norris Memorial Trophy
  Brent Burns: 2016–17
  Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy
  Jonathan Cheechoo: 2005–06
  NHL Foundation Player Award
  Brent Burns: 2014–15
  All-Star Game head coach
  Todd McLellan: 2009, 2012
  (* – traded from the Boston Bruins during the 2005–06 season)
caption: Jonathan Cheechoo was awarded the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy after scoring 56 goals in the 2005–06 season.
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