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Bernie Nicholls's 1996-1997 season

Points
45
NHL#113
Goals
12
NHL#180
Assists
33
NHL#65
Plus/minus
-21
NHL#744
Games
65
79%
79% of 82

Centre Bernie Nicholls was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 16th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks. He played 65 of a possible 82 games and scored 12 goals and 33 assists for 45 points, 0.69 points per game. San Jose Sharks did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Bernie Nicholls plays the 1996-1997 season for San Jose Sharks

    Bernie was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 16th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2SJS
      game 1/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS7–6LAK
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +4 points
    • The game
      SJS0–6COL
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–4PHX
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–3SJS
      L
      game 5/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -4+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA3–3SJS
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      SJS4–1ANA
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–2STL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Bernie Nicholls reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · October 20

    • The game
      SJS3–4TOR
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–3NJD
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–2NYI
      game 11/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS6–2CHI
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY1–3SJS
      W
      game 13/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • November 1996
    • The game
      SJS3–4ANA
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–4SJS
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL4–1SJS
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL1–3SJS
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–3SJS
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–5DET
      L
      game 19/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–2PHI
      game 20/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4BOS
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      19
      points
      NHL#23
      4
      goals
      NHL#119
      15
      assists
      NHL#9
      SJS
      7-10-0W-L-OT18Points
      6th in the Pacific·10th in the Western Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET6–1SJS
      L
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      ANA3–0SJS
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3SJS
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM4–2SJS
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      SJS4–3STL
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS2–1DAL
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TBL4–3SJS
      L
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3SJS
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–0SJS
      L
      game 30/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–3SJS
      L
      game 31/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–3WSH
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–3PIT
      L
      game 33/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–1DAL
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6SJS
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      SJS3–5EDM
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS5–1CGY
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI4–1SJS
      L
      game 38/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY4–3SJS
      L
      game 39/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–1SJS
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL4–3SJS
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      30
      points
      NHL#63
      9
      goals
      NHL#117
      21
      assists
      NHL#38
      SJS
      14-22-0W-L-OT33Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS2–1EDM
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX4–5SJS
      W
      game 43/82
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      SJS1–6VAN
      L
      game 44/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–7SJS
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–1SJS
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–5VAN
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–3EDM
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG
    • The game
      SJS6–3CGY
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • February 1997
    • The game
      COL1–2SJS
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–2SJS
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–3SJS
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      SJS3–3OTT
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–4MTL
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–7DET
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      SJS3–7CHI
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–6BUF
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DAL1–3SJS
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–1SJS
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–4TBL
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–2FLA
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      44
      points
      NHL#67
      12
      goals
      NHL#132
      32
      assists
      NHL#37
      SJS
      22-33-0W-L-OT51Points
      7th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      SJS4–5NYR
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      OTT0–2SJS
      W
      game 65/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–1SJS
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL4–3SJS
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    The season in numbers

    Bernie Nicholls closes the 1996-1997 season with 45 points

    San Jose Sharks did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    45
    NHL#113
    Games
    65of 82
    79%
    Goals
    12
    NHL#180
    Assists
    33
    NHL#65
    P/GP
    0.69
    NHL#89
    +/-
    -21
    NHL#744
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    8 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts