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The 1991 NHL Dispersal Draft was a dispersal draft held on May 30, 1991 in which the roster of the NHL's Minnesota North Stars was divided between that team and the San Jose Sharks, a new expansion team who began play in the following season. Image File history File links San_Jose_Sharks. ... Image File history File links San_Jose_Sharks. ... Image File history File links NHL Minnesota North Stars logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links NHL Minnesota North Stars logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team folds, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. ... May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... The Minnesota North Stars were a team in the National Hockey League between 1967 and 1993. ... The San Jose Sharks are a National Hockey League team based in San Jose, California. ... An Expansion Team is considered to be a brand new team in a sports league. ... The 1991-92 NHL season was the 75th regular season of the National Hockey League. ...

Rationale

In 1990, as a result of slipping attendance, George and Gordon Gund, the owners of the North Stars, petitioned the NHL for permission to relocate their team to the San Francisco Bay Area. The NHL, however, wishing to maintain a presence in Minnesota, denied their request but as a compromise agreed to dissolve the Barons-North Stars merger and allowed the creation of an expansion team in nearby San Jose. The new team would be partially composed of players from the North Stars and the Gunds would assume ownership of it. This article is about the year. ... Gordon Gund was formely the principal owner of the NBA franchise the Cleveland Cavaliers, a co-owner of the San Jose Sharks NHL team, and remains the CEO of Gund Investment Corporation. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... San José – or its anglicised form San Jose – is the Spanish for Saint Joseph. ...

The NHL had previously placed a team in the Bay Area when the Oakland Seals began play in 1967, but the team was unsuccessful both on and off the ice and eventually relocated to become the Cleveland Barons in 1976 on the advice of minority owner George Gund, who soon after assumed majority ownership of the team with his brother Gordon. After two losing seasons, the Barons merged with the also financially troubled North Stars in 1978 and the Gunds assumed ownership of the franchise. Because the Gunds maintained ownership from Cleveland to Minnesota and then to San Jose, it could be interpreted that the San Jose Sharks were a resurrection of the Oakland Seals franchise. However, the Sharks were officially classified as an expansion team. The Oakland Seals were a team in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The 1967-68 NHL season was the 51st regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Draft process

Phase 1 Before the draft, the North Stars selected 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders who had played at least 50 NHL games by the end of the 1989-1990 season. From the remaining North Stars players (but excluding 1990 draft picks, the Sharks selected 14 skaters and 2 goaltenders. The 1989-90 NHL season was the 73rd regular season of the National Hockey League. ... B.C. Place, Vancouver, British Columbia The 1990 NHL Entry Draft was held June 16th at B.C. Place in Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

Phase 2 Next, the two teams took turns selecting players from those who remained until the Sharks roster reached 30 players.

Draft results

San Jose Sharks
Shane Churla, right-wing
Brian Hayward, goaltender
Neil Wilkinson, defenseman
Rob Zettler, defenseman
Ed Courtenay, right-wing
Kevin Evans, left-wing
Link Gaetz, defenseman
Dan Keczmer, defenseman
Dean Kolstad, defenseman
Peter Lappin, right-wing
Pat MacLeod, defenseman
Mike McHugh, left-wing
Jarmo Myllys, goaltender
J.F. Quintin, left-wing
Scott Cashman, goaltender
Murray Garbutt, center
Rob Gaudreau, right-wing
Arturs Irbe, goaltender
Shaun Kane, defenseman
Larry Olimb, defenseman
Tom Pederson, defenseman
Bryan Schoen, goaltender
John Weisbrod, center
Doug Zmolek, defenseman

Brian Hayward (b. ... Neil Wilkinson is a hockey player, born 15th August 1967. ... Rob Zettler (born March 8, 1968 in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for 14 seasons from 1988 until 2002. ... Ed Courtenay (2 February 1968 - ) is head coach for Northern Irish ice hockey team the Belfast Giants. ... Link Gaetz in 2004, when he was playing for the Thetford Mines Prolab of the Ligue nord-américaine de hockey Link Gaetz, aka the Missing Link, (born 2 October 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player known for his ferocious antics in the National... Jarmo Myllys (born May 29, 1965 in Savonlinna, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. ... Artūrs Irbe (born February 2, 1967 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian ice hockey goaltender, currently with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL. His first professional hockey team was Dynamo Riga of the Soviet League (from 1987 to 1991). ... John Weisbrod is a former General Manager and chief operating officer of the Orlando Magic, a professional basketball team of the NBA. Born in Long Island, NY, Weisbrod was a hockey player for many years before becoming an executive in the New Jersey Devils farm system. ... Doug Zmolek (born November 3, 1970 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States) is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for eight seasons between 1992 and 2000. ...

References

[1] Sharkspage.com draft history
[2] Usenet post quoting from "Rink Report", the official San Jose Sharks newsletter, dated October 30, 1990