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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al MacInnis CGY · 83 P in 80 GP Ray Bourque BOS · 81 P in 78 GP Scott Stevens WSH · 72 P in 80 GP Paul Coffey PIT · 67 P in 46 GP Phil Housley BUF · 66 P in 74 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

1987-88 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 21 70 91 39 124 204 0 1.21 10.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1988 vs MNS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1988 vs LAK L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1988 @ LAK L 7-9 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1988 vs STL W 7-2 1 1 2 2 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1988 vs VAN W 6-1 1 0 1 2 4 3 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1988 vs TOR W 7-1 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1988 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1988 @ QUE W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1988 @ BOS W 7-5 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1988 @ HFD W 8-6 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1988 vs BUF W 10-4 0 2 2 5 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1988 vs WIN W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1988 @ WIN T 6-6 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1988 vs PIT L 4-5 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1988 vs EDM W 7-4 1 1 2 3 7 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1988 vs PHI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1988 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1988 @ VAN W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1988 @ CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1988 @ STL W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1988 @ NYR L 3-5 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1988 @ NYI L 3-9 0 0 0 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1988 @ WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1988 @ PHI W 3-2 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1988 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1988 @ WIN L 0-9 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1988 vs NJD L 4-5 1 1 2 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1988 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1988 @ EDM W 5-4 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1988 vs HFD W 5-1 0 3 3 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1988 @ TOR W 11-3 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1988 @ DET T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 4 4 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1988 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1988 vs VAN W 7-5 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1988 @ VAN T 4-4 (OT) 0 3 3 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1988 @ EDM L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1988 vs WSH W 8-2 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1988 vs NYI W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1988 vs WIN W 6-1 1 2 3 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1988 @ CHI W 5-3 1 2 3 1 4 4 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1988 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1987 vs PHI W 5-4 2 1 3 1 4 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1987 vs MTL W 9-3 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1987 vs EDM L 4-5 0 4 4 0 4 5 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1987 vs HFD W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1987 vs LAK L 3-6 0 3 3 1 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1987 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1987 vs WIN W 5-4 1 1 2 -2 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1987 @ BUF W 7-1 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1987 @ NJD W 5-1 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1987 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1987 @ WSH W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1987 vs MNS T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1987 vs TOR W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1987 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1987 @ LAK W 8-4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1987 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1987 vs NJD W 9-2 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1987 vs PIT T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1987 vs QUE W 9-1 0 2 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1987 vs BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1987 vs VAN W 8-4 0 2 2 3 7 2 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1987 vs LAK W 10-7 1 2 3 1 6 4 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1987 @ MNS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1987 @ WIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1987 vs BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1987 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1987 vs NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1987 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1987 @ MTL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1987 @ QUE W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 6 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1987 @ NYR W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1987 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1987 vs BOS L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1987 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00