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Sharks Win The Game In The 3rd

by Paul on 05/01/07 at 09:15 AM ET
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fromm Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle,

As a result, the Sharks regained hold of a series they looked as though they had lost, and chilled the members of the crowd who booed them as they left the ice after the first period.
“I don’t think they know how hard this is,” head coach Ron Wilson said afterward. “They’re the best team in the Western Conference for a reason. I mean, there’s no room out there for anyone.”
Well, almost anyone. There was room for Joe Thornton, just to name three or four of the best five or six Sharks.

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Not Long Ago…

by Paul on 04/30/07 at 08:34 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

Once upon a time, they were seen as the future of the Chicago Blackhawks and they even had a snappy nickname to go with the part. They were the ABC line — Tyler Arnason, Mark Bell and Kyle Calder — and they were thought to be the franchise’s best hope for a turnaround; three young players, with impressive credentials, who could eventually restore the Blackhawks to their glory days….
For Monday’s third game of the Red Wings-Sharks series, Bell was back in the press box, replaced in the San Jose line-up by rookie Joe Pavelski; and Babcock had Calder on a short leash.

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Where’s Marty?

by Paul on 04/30/07 at 02:51 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

Marty McSorley, the San Jose Sharks’ color man, who apparently isn’t available to work tonight’s game against the Detroit Red Wings for what the team describes as personal reasons. As a result of McSorley’s absence, the Sharks brought back Drew Remenda, their former analyst, to work with Randy Hahn, his long-time play-by-play partner, for tonight’s telecast of the third game of the Red Wings-Sharks’ series on FSN Bay Area….
Earlier in the season, McSorley was critical of Red Wings’ coach Mike Babcock on a broadcast, citing as his source an unidentified player in the Detroit dressing room. I was actually watching the broadcast on my satellite dish that night and remember thinking, it was a pretty strong statement by Marty - far bolder than the commentary you normally associate with these in-house sorts of broadcasts, where they tend to tread carefully around anything remotely interesting or controversial.

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WAS

by Paul on 04/30/07 at 02:41 PM ET
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from the Vallejo Times-Herald,

A sheet of paper taped to the locker-room wall in Detroit that listed “Warren’s Playoff Goals.” The shoulder patches with his initials - WAS - sewn on each jersey. Those same initials on lapel buttons worn by coaches and front-office staff.
But it goes beyond that. Nearly three weeks into a playoff run that began with the death of goalie coach Warren Strelow, Evgeni Nabokov makes it clear that Strelow is still very much on his mind.
“You know what? I think about his advice even more than I used to,” Nabokov said. “You used to have the guy by your shoulder all the time and telling you this and now he’s not here. But you’re trying to remember what he would say and what he would think and how he would react.”

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Sharks Try To Cutback On Mistakes

by Paul on 04/30/07 at 09:23 AM ET
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from the Mercury News,

Wilson’s impressions of Game2 against the Red Wings didn’t change after he broke down the video.
“Same. We played really well, but we made some catastrophic giveaways - unforced, too,” he said. “But at the end of the day, we got a split in Detroit. We totally limited their offense, and we were so close to scoring that third goal yesterday it was unbelievable.”
Would the Sharks have prevailed if they had built a three-goal bulge?
“It would’ve helped, but who knows?” Wilson said. “You never know. Like, if Brian Burke and I didn’t flunk chemistry, would we be doctors? We were premed. I don’t have an answer for that. If we’d have scored the third goal, would we have won? I think, but you’re playing a dangerous team, Detroit. You’re not going to keep them off the board long, and we’ve limited their offense.”

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Could Have Been Up Two-Zip

by Paul on 04/29/07 at 01:44 PM ET
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fro Scott Morrison at CBC,

The question for the day: what do the Ottawa Senators and the San Jose Sharks have in common?
Both are harbouring deep regrets.
And if they aren’t, they should be. Here’s why:
Both won their second-round series openers on the road.
Both had a chance to take a stranglehold on their series in Game 2.
But both are returning home with a split.

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Motown Letdown: A Game of Mistakes

by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/07 at 12:25 PM ET
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From Ross McKeon SF Gate,

The Sharks, with visions of bringing a 2-0 series lead home after scoring two goals in the first 4:17, were instead left trying to explain how they could let a golden opportunity slip away.
“We had opportunities throughout the game and (Dominik) Hasek made some huge saves,” Sharks coach Ron Wilson said, “but I think about the dumb mistakes we made in the third period that you can’t make in a playoff game.”

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Detroit Battling Godzilla?

by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/07 at 12:16 PM ET
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From Michael Rosenberg at the Free Press,

The Red Wings might just do something they haven’t done in 10 years: Pull off a playoff upset.
Yes, upset. I know: The Wings are the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. They came into this series with home-ice advantage. And they are the Red Wings. How can the Red Wings be the underdog? Was it an upset when King Kong beat Godzilla?

continued… *King Kong vs Godzilla?? You gotta love playoff hockey coverage…

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More Traffic In Motown

by Paul on 04/28/07 at 02:20 PM ET
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from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail,

Accordingly, the challenge for Saturday’s second game is simple — get more traffic in front of Sharks’ goaltender Evgeni Nabokov and get more shots through to the net.
“There’s no skill part of it,” said Cleary. “It’s just wanting to do it and anticipating rebounds and being confident and being brave in going to the net and hanging around there. It’s a tough area. If you’re willing to go to tough areas, you’re going to score. Most playoff goals are scored in that 10-foot range around the net, on rebounds. Not great-looking goals, but they’re goals at the end of the day.”

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Watching In Newfoundland

by Paul on 04/28/07 at 10:19 AM ET
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from the Mercury News,

In touting its overnight ratings for Game 1 of Sharks-Red Wings, Versus cited a 7.3 in Detroit and a 1.9 in the Bay Area. Too bad ratings aren’t available for the Canadian TV coverage in the province of Newfoundland, because percentage-wise it was probably a very healthy number.
There are just three active NHL players from Newfoundland, and two are in this series: Ryane Clowe of the Sharks and Daniel Cleary of the Red Wings. (Michael Ryder of Montreal is the other.)

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The CBC took a look at Cleary a few days ago too.
Thanks to a KK reader for passing it on…

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