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It Was Just One Game: Why The San Jose Sharks Are Done Choking
May 7th, 2010
"Scooooree!!!! Oh my goodness! The Aves have won in overtime! I think the San Jose Sharks just threw it into their own net! They did! Dan Boyle threw it off the stick of Ryan O'Reilly by Evgeni Nabokov! And the Colorado Avalanche has won in overtime! They take a two ...
San Jose Sharks’ Top Five 2010 Playoff Performers Thus Far
May 5th, 2010
The San Jose Sharks are currently putting their playoff demons of years past to rest.
San Jose has rolled off six straight wins to take a commanding three games to none series lead over the defending Western Conference Champion Detroit Red Wings.
But was this suppose to happen? Aren't the Sharks the ...
Sharks 3, Red Wings 0: Why Winning Game Three Was Bigger Than You’d Think
May 5th, 2010
It was May 10, 2006.
Sharks vs. Oilers.
Triple overtime........just over two minutes in.............
"wraparound, Horcoff scooreeeeesss!!!! Shawn Horcoff!!!"
That was the story of Game 3 in the 2006 Western Conference Semi-final series between the Sharks and Oilers.
Our beloved los tiburones (to borrow a line from the Mercury News' Marc Purdy) had won ...
Winning without Patrick Marleau: Was Game One a Preview of Next Year’s Sharks?
April 30th, 2010
Thanks in large part to the continued impressive play from center Joe Pavelski, the San Jose Sharks took the victory in the opening game of their Western Conference Semifinal series with the Detroit Red Wings.
With the win, the Sharks won their first series opener since beating the Red Wings in ...
San Jose Sharks Are Playing Their Best Playoff Hockey since 2004
April 24th, 2010
After out-shooting the Colorado Avalanche 148-73 in Games 2 through 4, the San Jose Sharks finally got rewarded in Game 5, dominating on the scoreboard as well as the shot clock.
Despite controlling the play throughout the majority of the first four games, the Sharks were only ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Can Shark Ryane Clowe’s Performance Wake Up Joe Thornton?
April 21st, 2010
"It is a brand new series." "Best of seven turned into a best of three."
San Jose Sharks center Joe Pavelski tied up San Jose's first-round series with the Colorado Avalanche at two games apiece on Tuesday night with a wicked wrist shot at 10:24 of overtime.
Pavelski's clutch game-winning goal gave ...
2010 NHL Playoff Predictions: 5 Reasons Why the San Jose Sharks Are Set for a Stanley Cup Run
April 10th, 2010
After last season ended bitterly for the San Jose Sharks (losing their first-round series to the eighth-seeded Anaheim Ducks) three pressing issues were evident on Team Teal's roster.
1) They lacked a pure go-to goal scorer.
2) They were missing "sand paper" role players.
and
3) They were in need of better secondary ...
San Jose Sharks Win Second Straight With New-Look Lines
March 26th, 2010
The San Jose Sharks are still known around the league as perennial playoff choke artists. However, the way they have snapped out of their recent funk should start to put more fear into the minds of the rest of the Western Conference playoff contenders.
Now two wins after a six-game losing ...
San Jose Sharks: Spreading The Wealth Will Be Key in Playoffs
March 25th, 2010
When it comes to losing streaks, sometimes coaches have to dig deep into the bag of tricks in order to get their team to snap out of a funk.
San Jose Sharks Head coach Todd McLellan did exactly that on Tuesday night in Minnesota as he split up his team's top ...
Evgeni Nabokov: Why His Overuse Looks To Be A Costly Mistake
March 19th, 2010
Here we go again.
With 12 games remaining in the regular season, the San Jose Sharks are starting to slip.
And while some fans will say I'm overreacting, the numbers simply don't lie.
The goaltending has been far from adequate this month and the situation doesn't look to improve anytime soon.
During the last ...