Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Predators thought they gave away two points to the Sharks a week ago in San Jose. They refused to make the same mistake on their own ice. Joel Ward and David Legwand had one goal and two assists each, and the Predators beat the Sharks 4-3 Tuesday night. "We kind of came up short there," Ward said of the 4-3 loss in San Jose in which the Sharks scored...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
GEORGE NIKITIN Associated Press The Sharks' Dan Boyle smiles after scoring the winning goal with 59.4 seconds left. Boyle also assisted on Devin Setoguchi's tying goal with 6:34 to play. SAN JOSE -- Scott Nichol took care of the small details that led to a big victory for the San Jose Sharks. Dan Boyle scored with a minute left in the third period to lift the Sharks to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville...
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
SAN JOSE SHARKS CENTER #17 TORREY MITCHELL - FILE PHOTO San Jose Sharks EVP/GM Doug Wilson announced Tuesday that center Torrey Mitchell would be sent to the AHL affiliate Worcester Sharks on a conditioning assignment. Mitchell missed the entire 2008-09 regular season after an awkward fall into a goal post in the second practice of training camp resulted in a broken leg. He reinjured the leg 2 games...
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
- The Sharks earned their 6th straight win, 4th straight on the road, with a tight checking 3-2 shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday night. Joe Thornton and Dany Heatley (PP) scored in regulation, and Dan Boyle scored the lone OT shootout goal to pad the Sharks lead for first place in the Pacific Division. San Jose trails Colorado by 1 point for the best record in the Western Conference....
The FanHouse - Atlanta Hawks (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
by Susan Slusser Filed under: Kings SAN JOSE -- Anze Kopitar of the Kings is leading the league in scoring and his linemate, Ryan Smyth, isn't far behind him, picking up loads of assists by getting Kopitar the puck. "Kopitar and Ryan Smyth are as good a pair as there is in the league," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said before his team beat the Kings in overtime on Wednesday night. It's a combo...
PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Good coaching is often about managing personalities as much as it’s about Xs and Os. The Sharks had lost a step (or two) so coach Todd McLellan had an interesting idea: he shifted Dany Heatley off of the first powerplay unit. It seems to have worked, as the Sharks earned a big win over the Rangers [...] Related posts: Heatley Not Going Anywhere Heatley a Tough Sell/Trade Heatley: ‘I’m...
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
OCTOBER 14-27, 2009 ISSUE OF THE WAVE MAGAZINE WAVE MAG DANY HEATLEY AND TODD MCLELLAN Q&A WAVE MAG SHARKS ISSUE - FOR MORE INFO FEATURE More notes soon.
The Blueshirts Blog (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
There is certainly no shortage of Long Island representation in tonight's Rangers-Sharks game at the Garden, so when I decided to take a little detour today to check out the Sharks' morning skate at MSG, I spent a little time chatting with San Jose winger Ryan Vesce, the Lloyd Harber, L.I., product who scored his first NHL goal at Nassau Coliseum on Saturday just after being called up from AHL Worcester....
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
San Jose's rollercoaster start to 2009-10 continued with a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders Saturday night at Nassau Coliseum. The Sharks followed a lethargic 2nd period against Washington on Thursday with hustle and intensity to finish out a 4-1 loss to the Capitals. On Saturday night the heavy legs and disjointed passes started in the 1st period. The Islanders carried a 1-0 lead into the 2nd....
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, Let’s see how San Jose Sharks left winger Dany Heatley handles this delicious new career challenge. With the Sharks’ power play stuck in an early season slump, coach Todd McLellan bumped Heatley down to the No.2 unit for last Saturday’s game against the New York Islanders. Predictably, the move to reunite last year’s top unit...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
EZRA SHAW Getty Images Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov makes a save against the Wild, which took 40 shots, the most against San Jose since March 2007. SAN JOSE -- Dany Heatley scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play late in the second period, and the Sharks overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 Saturday night. Jed Ortmeyer started the comeback with his first goal with the Sharks,...
SI.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Coming into the season, the message of coach Todd McLellan to the San Jose Sharks was clear. Drop the sense of entitlement. If they wanted to get beyond their reputation as hockey's poster children for underachievement, his players were going to have to earn their ice time.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
DANNY MOLOSHOK Associated Press The Kings' Matt Greene, top center, checks the Sharks' Dany Heatley (15) to the ice, and San Jose's Jed Ortmeyer (41) also tumbles. LOS ANGELES – Teddy Purcell scored the tiebreaking goal from behind San Jose's goal line with 5:10 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings blew a four-goal lead before holding off the Sharks 6-4 Tuesday. After the Kings chased Evgeni Nabokov...
Sharkspage (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan discussed Joe Pavelski's lower body injury in a Monday interview with SJsharks.com, also available on Sharks TV . "Pavs wasn't at practice, he got hurt in the game the other night and he had a minor procedure this morning," McLellan said of center Joe Pavelski's injury . "He will be out for a couple weeks." The "lower body" injury...
California Sports Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
For the past two days, Todd McLellan looked as if he were about to do something dramatic to spark his team. Talked about it, too. But in the end, the Sharks coach kept his top line intact with Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi all contributing to a convincing, penalty filled 4-1 victory over the [...]
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