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The Sharks Side

by Paul on 05/03/07 at 01:33 PM ET
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Just in case you have not visited Sharkspage, you should make it a daily stop during the Wings/Sharks series.
PJ does a great job and always has some great photos that cannot be viewed anywhere else.

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Frustration For Wilson

by Paul on 05/03/07 at 12:39 PM ET
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San Jose Sharks coach Ron Wilson shows his frustration and delivered a wake up call to some of his players after the game.
Will it work?  We will find out Saturday.

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Just Observing

by Paul on 05/03/07 at 12:15 PM ET
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from the Hockey News,

• Sharks winger Mike Grier during a second intermission interview with TSN: “We’ve got to get back to playing hockey.”
Glad he cleared up his contractual obligations.
• At this point in the playoffs, whenever I hear a broadcaster use the words “regulation time” during a one-goal game in the late stages of the third period, I wish a small pox (thought not smallpox) on him.
• And, right on schedule, Robert Lang scores with 34 seconds left. Damn you, Chris Cuthbert!

more observations from both games last night…

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Wilson Wants A Few To Wake Up

by Paul on 05/03/07 at 10:50 AM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

On his goal, Lang said Rivet’s decision to back off surprised him.
“Definitely, it gave me a little more time and space. I think he just didn’t want to risk it, that I would pass it and then Johan [Franzen] would have a breakaway. But he made a split-second decision and I think he made the right one for me.”
Sharks’ coach Ron Wilson was unhappy with his team’s defensive play on the tying goal, by Lang. Without naming names, he suggested his players were cheating on the offensive side of the puck, instead of paying attention to their assignments. For the record, the Sharks’ forwards on the ice for the winning goal were Patrick Marleau, Bill Guerin and Rismiller.
“We blew the game in the last minute,” said Wilson. “They’re a damn good hockey team and they were desperate. We need a couple of guys to wake up in the series, or it’s going to be over….”

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Advantage Wings

by Paul on 05/03/07 at 03:28 AM ET
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Mathieu Schneider scores in OT on the power play to tie the series at 2-2.
Now a best 2 out of 3 series with two games in Detroit and one in San Jose.

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Grier Finds Another Gear During Playoffs

by Paul on 05/02/07 at 10:05 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

The Detroit-born, Boston-raised son of Bobby Grier - a former New England Patriots’ player personnel director who now works for the Houston Texans as their associate director of scouting — Grier was raised in a sports family, so he understood, from an early age, the demands of the profession, and the need to carry himself in a professional manner.
“All the little detail things are huge to Mike,” said Wilson. “He comes from a coaching family. If you talk to him about what his dad said to him along the way, it was all about being a professional and paying attention to detail. You don’t have to do much coaching with Mike.”

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Sharks Ready For Homer

by Paul on 05/02/07 at 07:21 PM ET
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from the San Jose Sharks,

Holmstrom is notorious for sitting directly in front of the netminder, and while it may ultimately be the goaltender’s problem, Nabokov is simply the last line of defense and the blueliners and forwards can help deter any potential problems as well.
“He gets there as early as possible,” said Hannan of Holmstrom’s offensive position. “You can get in front of him or lift his stick.”
Being in front of Holmstrom to stop a shot, prevents the goalie from being screened. Working his stick keeps the Red Wings forward from grabbing any rebounds or tipping for a redirect.
“You can’t allow any second chances,” said Hannan. “He’s good at tipping the puck. He knows where to screen and how to tip.”

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No Soft Goals- Yet

by Paul on 05/02/07 at 10:54 AM ET
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from the San Francisco Chronicle,

Nabokov’s playoff numbers are solid, but in comparison with his contemporaries, not spectacular. Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo and Anaheim’s Jean-Sebastien Giguere have better save percentages, and six of the eight surviving goalies (Luongo, Giguere, Detroit’s Dominik Hasek, the New York Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist, Buffalo’s Ryan Miller and Ray Emery of Ottawa) have better goals-against averages.
Wilson, awash in bias, endorsed his guy without hesitation.
“I’ve seen some soft goals in some of the other series, but Nabby hasn’t let in a soft goal since the playoffs started,” he said. “He’s not just making saves, he isn’t making any mistakes. I don’t think he’s had to steal a game for us, but he’s been error-free.”

more... I normally do not outwardly cheer for the Wings, but since they are my home team and Wilson did bring it up, tonight is the night for a few of those “soft” goals.

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Clowe And Cleary Popular Back Home

by Paul on 05/01/07 at 08:58 PM ET
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from Eric Duihatschek of the Globe and Mail,

It was well after midnight back home on The Rock when Ryane Clowe scored the tying goal and later still when he started the play that led to the San Jose Sharks’ eventual game winner.
But anyone who stayed with the television coverage into the wee small hours in Newfoundland Monday night sure got their money’s worth, when the Sharks defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1, with Clowe, their native son, leading the charge.

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In case you missed the audio interview with Eric Duhatschek I did earlier in the day, follow this link.  Cleary and Clowe were part of the discussion.

added 8:43pm, Eric also witnessed Scotty Bowman doing his blogging gig for NBC…

Is Bowman reading his own blog? “Sometimes.”
Just to make sure he’s not misquoted in his own blog? “No, he tapes it.”
Thirty years ago, could Bowman ever imagine that this is what he’d been doing, in his retirement years, keeping an on-line diary?
“I didn’t even know what the hell it was,” he said. “No, I knew what it was. He calls and I just give him what I think.”

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Duhatschek on The Wings/Sharks Series

by Paul on 05/01/07 at 02:15 PM ET
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I had the opportunity to speak with Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail this morning to get his views on the Detroit/San Jose series.
Eric has been covering the series for the Globe and Mail and I really appreciated him taking about 15 minutes out of his busy schedule this morning to discuss the series.
The audio should be of interest to all hockey fans.
I started out by asking Eric about the lack of scoring in this series… listen and enjoy!

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