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Gary Suter

#20 · Defence · San Jose Sharks

Born Jun 24, 1964 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 180th overall in 1984 by CGY (round 9)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1988-89
Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 1985-86

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Wilson CHI · 48 P in 69 GP Doug Bodger PIT · 49 P in 76 GP Brian Benning STL · 49 P in 78 GP Larry Robinson MTL · 50 P in 70 GP Gaston Gingras MTL · 45 P in 66 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0204060801985-86: 68 points6885-861986-87: 48 points481987-88: 91 points9187-881988-89: 62 points621989-90: 76 points7689-901990-91: 70 points701991-92: 55 points5591-921992-93: 81 points811993-94: 18 points1893-941994-95: 37 points371995-96: 67 points6795-961996-97: 28 points281997-98: 42 points4297-981998-99: 0 points01999-00: 34 points3499-002000-01: 34 points342001-02: 33 points3301-02

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1985-86 CGY 80 18 50 68 11 141 195 0 0.85
1986-87 CGY 68 9 39 48 -10 70 152 0 0.71
1987-88 CGY 75 21 70 91 39 124 204 0 1.21
1988-89 CGY 63 13 49 62 26 78 216 0 0.98
1989-90 CGY 76 16 60 76 4 97 211 0 1.00
1990-91 CGY 79 12 58 70 26 102 258 0 0.89
1991-92 CGY 70 12 43 55 1 128 189 0 0.79
1992-93 CGY 81 23 58 81 -1 112 263 0 1.00
1993-94 CGY 25 4 9 13 -3 20 51 0 0.52
1993-94 CHI 16 2 3 5 -9 18 35 0 0.31
1994-95 CHI 48 10 27 37 14 42 144 0 0.77
1995-96 CHI 82 20 47 67 3 80 242 0 0.82
1996-97 CHI 82 7 21 28 -4 70 225 0 0.34
1997-98 CHI 73 14 28 42 1 74 199 99 0.58
1998-99 SJS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
1999-00 SJS 76 6 28 34 7 52 175 118 0.45
2000-01 SJS 68 10 24 34 8 84 157 126 0.50
2001-02 SJS 82 6 27 33 13 57 174 99 0.40
17 seasons Career 1145 203 641 844 126 1349 3091 442 0.74

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1985-86 CGY 10 2 8 10 0 8 17 0 1.00
1986-87 CGY 6 0 3 3 1 10 8 0 0.50
1987-88 CGY 9 1 9 10 4 6 30 0 1.11
1988-89 CGY 5 0 3 3 3 10 16 0 0.60
1989-90 CGY 6 0 1 1 0 14 20 0 0.17
1990-91 CGY 7 1 6 7 0 12 11 0 1.00
1992-93 CGY 6 2 3 5 -9 8 13 0 0.83
1993-94 CHI 6 3 2 5 0 6 16 0 0.83
1994-95 CHI 12 2 5 7 -1 10 43 0 0.58
1995-96 CHI 10 3 3 6 1 8 27 0 0.60
1996-97 CHI 6 1 4 5 1 8 12 0 0.83
1999-00 SJS 12 2 5 7 -6 12 33 20 0.58
2000-01 SJS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2001-02 SJS 12 0 4 4 2 8 22 34 0.33
14 seasons Playoffs 108 17 56 73 -4 120 268 54 0.68

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 9 39 48 -10 70 152 0 0.71 5.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1987 vs WIN L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1987 @ EDM T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1987 @ LAK W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1987 vs WIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1987 @ WIN L 1-10 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1987 @ EDM W 6-3 1 0 1 -1 4 4 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1987 vs EDM W 5-4 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1987 vs BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1987 @ TOR L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1987 @ HFD W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1987 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1987 @ NYR W 7-4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1987 vs LAK W 7-2 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1987 vs MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 6 4 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1987 @ WIN L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1987 vs WIN W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1987 vs PHI W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1987 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1987 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1987 vs TOR W 7-2 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1987 @ PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1987 @ PHI W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 @ MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1987 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1987 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1987 vs VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1987 vs NJD W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1987 vs MNS T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1987 @ TOR W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1987 @ BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1987 @ NJD L 5-7 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1987 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1987 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1987 @ EDM L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1987 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1987 vs LAK W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1987 @ CHI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1987 @ STL L 4-7 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1986 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1986 @ NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1986 @ BUF W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1986 vs CHI W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1986 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1986 vs CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1986 vs WIN L 3-4 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1986 vs EDM W 6-5 0 2 2 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1986 vs NYR W 8-5 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1986 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 @ VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1986 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1986 vs HFD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 vs VAN W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1986 vs MTL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 5 3 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1986 vs EDM W 6-4 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1986 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1986 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1986 @ WIN L 2-6 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1986 @ MNS L 4-7 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1986 vs BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1986 @ WIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1986 vs EDM W 6-3 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 vs DET L 3-5 0 1 1 0 6 6 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1986 vs QUE L 2-4 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1986 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ HFD L 5-6 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1986 @ BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00