Somehow the San Jose Sharks found a way to win Game 3 of the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Saturday night against the Los Angeles Kings despite being without several players for various parts of the game. To kick things off, the Sharks were already without Raffi Torres who has been suspended for the remainder of the series. more »
Sharks Need To Use Home Ice Advantage To Erase 2-0 Series Deficit
Just when it looked like San Jose was headed towards a split with the Los Angeles Kings on the road, 22 seconds that both the Sharks and their fans would like to forget sent them to their second straight loss in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. A pair of late penalties led to the two power more »
Sharks Second Round Matchup Preview
After a first round sweep of the Vancouver Canucks, the Sharks are resting up as they await their Western Conference Semifinal opponent. With the NHL playoffs being played at a bruising and punishing pace, the one thing the Sharks are absolutely rooting for is that all other Western Conference series to go seven games. As the six seed, San Jose more »
San Jose Sharks Sweep the Vancouver Canucks!
Somewhere Jeremy Roenick is pinching himself to see if this is all a dream. Patrick Marleau, the player Roenick has so often attacked as being “soft,” sent the Sharks to the second round of the NHL Playoffs Tuesday night with a goal in overtime to seal the sweep of the Vancouver Canucks. Joe Thornton took a power-play shot that managed more »
San Jose Sharks on the Verge of 1st Ever Playoff Sweep with Commanding 3-0 Series Lead
Having already swept the Vancouver Canucks on their ice in the first two games of the opening round of the playoffs to take a 2-0 series lead, the San Jose Sharks brought the battle back to San Jose Sunday evening. Having only lost at home twice in regulation all season, San Jose did not disappoint in a 5-2 thumping of more »
Raffi Torres Gives Sharks 2-0 Series Lead Against the Vancouver Canucks
At 5:31 into overtime of a 2-2 tie, Raffi Torres put the Sharks ahead in the series 2-0 with the winning goal in Game 2 of the best-of-seven series. The victory gave the Sharks a road sweep of the Canucks and sends the series back to the HP Pavilion in San Jose for Game 3 Sunday night. Joe Thornton got more »
San Jose Sharks Take Series Opener 3-1 Against Vancouver Canucks
Thank the officials for putting away the whistles and letting the Sharks and Canucks take it to each other for the first two periods of play Wednesday night. The first 40 minutes of hockey were thrilling, gritty, physical hockey, and neither team disappointed. Neither team was able to score in the first period, with the Sharks out-shooting the Canucks 15-9. more »
Mid-Season Trades Have San Jose Sharks in Better Shape For NHL Playoffs
Heading into the NHL trade deadline, San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson didn’t hold any punches in transforming his team into a speedier, grittier competitor down the stretch and into their first round playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks. The trading flurry began on March 25 with a move that shipped veteran defenseman Douglas Murry to the Pittsburgh Penguins more »
Bay Area Sports Report: Sharks Trade Ryane Clowe, Raiders Trade Carson Palmer, 49ers Sign Nnamdi Asomugha
As the Bay Area’s two baseball teams continue their season-opening series following Opening Day shutouts at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers (Giants) and Seattle Mariners (A’s), the other Bay Area sports teams continued making moves aimed at improving their teams for the future. Ryane Clowe the Latest Shark Shipped Out of Town Just a day after trading Michal more »
San Jose Sharks Are Setting Themselves Up for Another Disappointing Season
So much for those “big changes” hinted at by Doug Wilson and promised by the media. So much for dismantling the core and “blowing up” the team after a pathetic first round exit against the St. Louis Blues. It had me excited (heck, it had all of us excited) at the possibility of acquiring some top-flight free agents or making more »
