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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 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Chelios CHI · 42 P in 81 GP Dmitri Mironov DET · 43 P in 77 GP Janne Niinimaa EDM · 43 P in 77 GP Roman Hamrlik EDM · 41 P in 78 GP Robert Svehla FLA · 43 P in 79 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

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 14 28 42 1 74 199 99 0.58 7.0 23:11

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 21:01
Apr 16, 1998 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 26:00
Apr 15, 1998 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 26:28
Apr 12, 1998 vs PHX L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 28:06
Apr 9, 1998 @ STL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 23:09
Apr 5, 1998 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23:12
Apr 4, 1998 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:50
Apr 2, 1998 vs COL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 25:55
Mar 31, 1998 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 21:23
Mar 29, 1998 vs FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 25:46
Mar 27, 1998 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:43
Mar 25, 1998 vs ANA L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 27:24
Mar 23, 1998 @ DET T 5-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 4 2 24:09
Mar 22, 1998 vs BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:41
Mar 19, 1998 vs MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:16
Mar 17, 1998 @ BUF W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 22:07
Mar 15, 1998 @ FLA W 8-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 20:04
Mar 14, 1998 @ TBL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 28:10
Mar 12, 1998 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 24:50
Mar 9, 1998 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 2 4 2 27:41
Mar 7, 1998 @ BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:28
Mar 5, 1998 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 27:20
Mar 3, 1998 @ STL L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 29:41
Mar 1, 1998 vs DAL T 2-2 (OT) 0 2 2 0 4 4 1 22:31
Feb 28, 1998 @ COL W 4-0 1 0 1 1 4 3 1 22:21
Feb 1, 1998 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -3 4 6 0 20:18
Jan 31, 1998 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:11
Jan 29, 1998 @ SJS W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 19:51
Jan 24, 1998 vs STL W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 23:48
Jan 22, 1998 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:13
Jan 20, 1998 vs NYI W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 22:49
Jan 15, 1998 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 2 24:04
Jan 14, 1998 @ CAR W 4-1 1 3 4 2 0 3 1 19:29
Jan 12, 1998 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:48
Jan 10, 1998 @ TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 21:50
Jan 9, 1998 vs PHX L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 26:33
Jan 5, 1998 vs CGY T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 23:43
Jan 4, 1998 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 20:56
Jan 1, 1998 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29:51
Dec 30, 1997 @ NJD W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 5 2 25:34
Dec 28, 1997 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27:14
Dec 26, 1997 @ STL W 4-1 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 23:35
Dec 12, 1997 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 27:39
Dec 10, 1997 vs PHX T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 21:35
Dec 7, 1997 vs EDM T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 19:59
Dec 4, 1997 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 25:27
Nov 29, 1997 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 23:22
Nov 27, 1997 @ CGY T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 28:34
Nov 25, 1997 @ EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 28:39
Nov 22, 1997 @ VAN W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 24:53
Nov 20, 1997 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 4 2 1 17:06
Nov 19, 1997 @ ANA W 4-0 1 0 1 0 2 4 3 22:29
Nov 16, 1997 vs DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 17:05
Nov 13, 1997 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 23:41
Nov 11, 1997 @ TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 2 5 0 24:05
Nov 10, 1997 vs CGY T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 27:22
Nov 8, 1997 @ NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 18:18
Nov 6, 1997 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:40
Nov 2, 1997 vs PIT W 3-1 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 19:18
Oct 31, 1997 vs SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 20:19
Oct 29, 1997 vs VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 21:23
Oct 27, 1997 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 23:56
Oct 26, 1997 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 26:53
Oct 24, 1997 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 27:49
Oct 22, 1997 @ NYR W 1-0 0 1 1 1 2 5 1 24:19
Oct 19, 1997 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:10
Oct 17, 1997 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:24
Oct 15, 1997 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 23:07
Oct 13, 1997 @ PHX L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1997 @ DAL L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:25
Oct 9, 1997 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:21
Oct 4, 1997 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 27:10
Oct 1, 1997 @ PHX L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 21:05