San Jose Sharks
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4.0K3What the Sharks have gotten right on this road trip
Following a disappointing loss to the visiting New York Islanders, a member of the postgame media scrum asked forward Joel Ward if it was a “good thing” that the Sharks were about to start a road trip. Ward shrugged, cracked a smile and said: “Sure. I mean, yeah, I guess so.” Leaving the comfortable confines […]
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3.3KSharks pull goalie less than four minutes in, lose 4-2 to NY
Another game, another thrilling second period effort from the Sharks. They out-shot and out-played the visiting New York Islanders, cutting into a two-goal deficit thanks to a sneaky marker from Joel Ward that just barely beat netminder Thomas Greiss five-hole. Yet, like in previous tilts, the Sharks had difficulty carrying that momentum into the third […]
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2.5KSharks continue to be stymied by slow starts
A hard-hitting, tight-checking, low-scoring tilt is to be expected when the Anaheim Ducks come to town. A shutout at the hands of their backup goalie, however, wasn’t what the Sharks had in mind. All it took was a goal in the first period to solidify the Sharks’ fate. Even when they took over the better […]
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3.9K3Haley vs. Thornton fight helps propel Sharks to 5-2 win over Panthers
It started at the 2:48 marker of the first frame. Micheal Haley, fresh off a call-up from the Barracuda, chucked his gloves to the ice for a tussle with Florida Panthers tough guy Shawn Thornton. The fight was just the jolt of energy the San Jose Sharks needed to get the quality start they had […]
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3.0KDeBoer on Sharks’ slow starts: “We can’t play a 40-minute game.”
Sure, bad starts happen. It’s no secret, though, that for the Sharks bad starts happen too often. What’s worse is that in recent contests Team Teal has constantly been the team playing from behind. So after an up-and-down end to October, the San Jose entered the new month with a chance get off on the […]
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3.3K1Takeaways from Sharks’ hard-fought loss to Predators
You don’t have to like the result of Wednesday night’s Sharks’ game against the Predators. But there is no denying how good of a hockey game it shaped up to be. “I thought we pushed back after the first 10 minutes from the start and it was a good hockey game,” coach Peter DeBoer said […]
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3.0K6Ward’s hat trick leads Sharks past Hurricanes
After Joel Ward scored his second goal on Saturday evening, you could see that his teammates were trying to set him up to notch a third. Brent Burns succeeded in setting him up for the empty-netter at 19:03 in the final frame. The result: Many, many hats raining down from the stands as the Sharks […]
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3.3KJoel Ward after Sharks’ loss: “The hockey gods are really up against us right now.”
It had all the makings of a neck-and-neck tilt on Thursday evening, your stereotypical Sharks-Kings matchup. That is, until Tyler Toffoli managed to wrap the puck around Martin Jones’ hyper-extended right leg to give L.A. a 1-0 lead in the first frame. After that the wind visibly left the Sharks’ sails. Woes on special teams […]
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2.6K5Four factors to watch during Sharks’ upcoming homestand
In hindsight, going 2-2-0 on the first road trip of the season isn’t too shabby … except when you consider that the Sharks were 4-0-0 on the season and those two losses ended the trip, as the team’s fatigue level increased with each game. The long stint away from home tested their stamina, and key […]
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3.3K1“Last year is in the rear view mirror.” — Sharks beat Ducks 2-0
Coach Peter DeBoer had a great way of summing up the Sharks’ victory over the Anaheim Ducks: “Last year is in the rear view mirror.” Game after game in the previous campaign, San Jose lost steam as the contest would go on. But Team Teal displayed a different style of play in Saturday’s home opener […]
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4.1K2What we learned from the Sharks’ season-opening rout of the Kings
A lot has happened since the last time the San Jose Sharks played a game that counted. And a lot of speculation has centered on how this season would go. But all those off-season roster moves and talks of fresh starts didn’t change the fact that the Sharks and the LA Kings still really don’t […]
