From friend of the blog Jim Cerny at Rink Rap: I am not sure if it’s a black cloud or a full moon, but there’s something wreaking havoc on the National Hockey League so far this season. As discussed here before, the amount of injuries to star players is off the charts. Plus there have been a string of strange incidents that add to the question: what the heck is going on here? Two more stories...
E.J. Hradek, Barry Melrose and Matthew Barnaby discuss whether this year is the Year of the Shark in a panel discussion on ESPN. One problem with Barnaby's analysis, if you do not want to see another regular season game out of the Sharks this year you are going to miss some very good hockey. There are no more 'Big 4' or 'Big 2' teams in the Western Conference as parity has come abruptly to the fore....
by Susan Slusser Filed under: Predators , Sharks , NHL Injuries SAN JOSE -- As many as one in five NHL players is injured, according to widely repeated estimates, but the athletes themselves would like to see how that breaks down, exactly. It's the names of the players who are out, rather than the body count, that is creating headlines, some say. "Everyone usually has two or three guys out,"...
#16 DEVIN SETOGUCHI HAMMERS HOME HIS 8TH GOAL OF THE SEASON IN 3RD #8 JOE PAVELSKI CRASHES THE NET ON PREDS GOALTENDER #39 DAN ELLIS #12 PATRICK MARLEAU WINS A FACEOFF VS #25 JERRED SMITHSON IN 3RD More notes from the San Jose Sharks 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators will be posted soon. A photo gallery from the event is available here .
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...
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...
Penguins -Shelly Anderson's recap from last night's game . Things were pretty much a total disaster. And that doesn't even include Kris Letang's injury. -The San Jose Mercury News' recap . " If we ever see them again, they're going to be a different team. " - Sharks defenseman Dan Boyle on the injury-depleted Penguins. -The Associated Press' recap. Joe Pavelski returned to the lineup in...
Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist in his first game back from the injured list and Evgeni Nabokov made 26 saves and the San Jose Sharks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins for the seventh straight time at home, 5-0 Saturday night.
A preview of the Sharks. When and where: 10:30 p.m., HP Pavilion. TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN California. Record: 11-4-2, 24 points. The Sharks are second place in the Western Conference and in first place in the Pacific Division. Leading Scorer: Patrick Marleau, 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists). Last Game: 2-1 shootout loss to the Red Wings, Thursday . Logan Couture scored the Sharks' only goal. Last...
JOE PAVELSKI DETECTIVE COMMERCIAL, NOT AN EPISODE OF LAW & ORDER Following in the footsteps of Joe Thornton and his friend Slappy , the Sharks recently unveiled this new Joe Pavelski commercial in the Bay Area. The simple premise: officer Pavelski is a bad detective, but a good hockey player. Pretty good effort, but they should have finished off with a Law-and-Order-esque one liner: "you think...
While Canadiens coach Jacques Martin was audibly cursing on the bench last night, he must have been silently wondering if injured, star blueliner Andrei Markov could have made any difference in Vancouver's 7-1 drubbing of Montreal. In another Province, Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson found a blessing in disguise. He no longer has to practice his "I don't make goaltending decisions to please the...
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...
The Blues won the Stanley Cup on NHL 09 today. It was a good time. I enjoyed seeing CGI Gary Bettman give the cup to CGI Eric Brewer. So life-like the two of them. Blues news We're are closing the book on Sweden. [ Blues ] Things learned in this article: Eric Brewer is skating, Derek Armstrong is on waivers and Keith Tkachuk is a star. [Stltoday.com] Ha ha ... Keith Tkachuk is fat. Don't bother letting...
San Jose Sharks center Joe Pavelski will be sidelined for about two weeks with a lower body injury. Coach Todd McLellan says Pavelski had a minor procedure performed on the undisclosed injury on Monday. Patrick Marleau will move from wing to center to take Pavelski's place on San Jose's second line. Pavelski was injured in the first period Saturday, blocking a shot by Anaheim forward Ryan Getzlaf....