Posts Tagged ‘San Jose Sharks’
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Andy Sutton (Sarah Connors, Wikimedia Commons)
According to TSN, Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andy Sutton has announced his retirement at the age of 38.
Sutton, had three goals and seven assists in 2011-12 for the Oilers and then missed all of 2012-13 after undergoing knee surgery.
Sutton played 13 NHL seasons with the San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Ducks and Oilers, with 2011-12 being his only year in Edmonton.
Sutton was acquired by the Edmonton Oilers from the Anaheim Ducks for Kurtis Foster on July 1, 2011.
A native of Kingston, Ontario, considered by many a hockey hot bed, Sutton had his best seasons with the Thrashers where he had 67 points over a span of three seasons from 2003-2006. He was also a +5 on the Thrashers blueline during that time, impressive when one can recall that the Atlanta/Winnipeg Jets franchise has only made the playoffs once (2007).
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Tags: anaheim ducks, andy sutton, atlanta thrashers, Edmonton Oilers, kurtis foster, minnesota wild, new york islanders, Ottawa Senators, San Jose Sharks, winnipeg jets
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
The San Jose Sharks have evened their series with the Los Angeles Kings 2-2 in the Western Conference semi-finals with a 2-1 win Tuesday night, but not without controversy.
On Tuesday evening, with the Sharks leading 2-0 in the second period, the Kings had a shot from the point from defenceman Slava Voynov, that was redirected by rookie Tyler Toffoli and into the net past Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi.
However, the play was inadvertedly whistled dead. Kings veteran Dustin Penner argued the call, but to no avail.
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Tags: boston bruins, bud selig, los angeles kings, new york rangers, San Jose Sharks, tyler toffoli
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Sunday, May 19th, 2013
The San Jose Sharks are now back in their series with the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference semi-final.
Saturday evening in northern California, the Sharks got an overtime winner from Logan Couture in a 2-1 win over the Kings, but the Kings still lead the series 2-1.
The Sharks got their goal on the power play in overtime after Trevor Lewis was called on goaltender interference late in the third period. The call upset Kings’ goaltender Jonathan Quick, who slammed his stick across his goal post after the game.
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Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, detroit red wings, henrik zetterberg, johan franzen, logan couture, los angeles kings, San Jose Sharks, valtteri filppula
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Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Sidney Crosby (Michael Miller, Wikimedia Commons)
Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all-time. Heck, he is also the greatest athlete of all-time. But I think it is safe to say that right now Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins is the best hockey player in the world right now.
On Friday night, Crosby showed just why he is so great. In a dominating performance, Crosby had a hat trick by the early portion of the second period in a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators in game two of the Eastern Conference semi-final that put the Penguins up 2-0 in the best-out-of-seven series.
Crosby will now have the opportunity to showcase his skills north of the border this weekend as Pittsburgh travels to Ottawa for game three of the Eastern Conference semi-final (Sunday, CBC, 5:30 p.m.). I know the Penguins are loaded with talent that includes Evgeni Malkin and Jarome Iginla, but the bottom line is when healthy Pittsburgh is Crosby’s team.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching:
Saturday–MLB–New York Mets @ Chicago Cubs–WPIX–11:00 a.m.–Two teams in fourth place in their divisions play today at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are 17-24 in the National League Central, while the Mets are 16-23 in the National League East. First baseman Anthony Rizzo, who represented Italy at the World Baseball Classic, with nine home runs, 29 runs batted in and a .522 slugging percentage. While so far this season, the Mets have been led by third baseman David Wright, who leads the team with a .312 batting average, .418 on base percentage and a .536 slugging percentage.
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Tags: anthony rizzo, boston bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, chicago cubs, david bolland, david west, david wright, departing, detroit red wings, evgeni malkin, frank vogel, george hill, goldencents, henrik lundqvist, indiana pacers, jarome iginla, jhonas enroth, los angeles kings, loui eriksson, mylute, New York Knicks, new york mets, new york rangers, orb, Ottawa Senators, paul george, Pittsburgh Penguins, preakness, roy hibbert, San Jose Sharks, Sidney Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, world hockey championship
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
The Boston Bruins have taken a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semi-final with a very close win over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
Brad Marchand scored with 4:20 left in the first overtime as the Bruins defeated the Rangers 4-3.
It was a very impressive win for the Bruins mostly because of the amount of injuries on the Boston blueline. On defense the Bruins had rookies Torey Krug, Dougie Hamilton and Matt Bartkowski to replace the injured Dennis Seidenberg, Wade Redden and Andrew Ference.
Krug in fact scored his first NHL career goal to send the game into overtime.
The win was the Bruins third overtime win in a row. Another Bruin that deserves praise is defenceman Zdeno Chara, who played 38:02 in game one. He also had a goal and an assist, was a +2 and had nine shots on goal.
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Tags: boston bruins, brad marchand, dougie hamilton, dustin brown, los angeles kings, matt bartkowski, new york rangers, San Jose Sharks, torey krug, trevor lewis, Zdeno Chara
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Friday, May 17th, 2013
This is sounding like a broken record, but once again Raffi Torres of the San Jose Sharks has been suspended.
This time it is for the remainder of the Western Conference semi-finals for his hit to the head of Los Angeles’ Kings forward Jarret Stoll.
Torres received a two minute minor for the infraction in game one of the series, a series in which the Sharks currently find themselves down 2-0.
A major reason that Torres was suspended for a maximum of six games is because he is a repeat offender. Torres has been suspended three times in the past for 27 games.
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Tags: brad richardson, jarret stoll, jordan eberle, los angeles kings, Marian Hossa, raffi torres, San Jose Sharks
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Jonathan Quick (Wikimedia Commons)
The Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins have taken a 1-0 lead in the conference semi-finals after Tuesday.
Last night in Los Angeles, Jonathan Quick made 35 saves as the Kings defeated the San Jose Sharks to take a 1-0 series lead.
Slava Voynov and Mike Richards each notched a goal and an assist for the Kings.
The Penguins meanwhile got two points each from Evgeni Malkin and Chris Kunitz in a 4-1 win over Ottawa.
It looks like Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma has made a firm decision to move forward with goaltender Tomas Vokoun over Marc-Andre Fleury.
Vokoun, who is now a perfect 3-0 in the postseason, made 35 saves on 36 shot attempts.
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Tags: capital region board, chris kunitz, dan bylsma, Edmonton Oilers, evgeni malkin, jonathan quick, los angeles kings, mike richards, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, slava voynov, tomas vokoun
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Patrick Marleau (Ivan Makarov, Wikimedia Commons)
The first team has been knocked out from the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Tuesday evening, the third seeded Vancouver Canucks lost 4-3 to the San Jose Sharks when Patrick Marleau scored at 13:18 on the power play in overtime. San Jose won the Western Conference Quarterfinal 4-0.
The Sharks had the man advantage in the extra period because Daniel Sedin was given a two minute minor for boarding Sharks’ winger Tommy Wingels.
Joe Pavelski also came up big for the Sharks as he scored twice.
This is the very first time that the Sharks have swept an opponent in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Marleau meanwhile scored in every game in the series for the Sharks, who now have time to rest for the Western Conference Semi-Finals.
In other action, the Ottawa Senators got a big overtime goal from Kyle Turris to take a 3-1 series lead on the Montreal Canadiens with a 3-2 victory. The Senators were down 2-0 in the third period, before getting goals from Mike Zibanejad and Cory Conacher. Conacher’s goal came with 23 seconds left in the third period, while it appears that Zibanejad’s goal was kicked in.
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Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, corey crawford, cory conacher, joe pavelski, kyle turris, mark streit, mike zibanejad, minnesota wild, montreal canadiens, new york islanders, Ottawa Senators, Patrick Marleau, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
Joe Pavelski (Ivan Makarov, Wikimedia Commons)
The Vancouver Canucks are now only one loss away from being eliminated from the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
On Sunday night in the Shark Tank, the Canucks got hammered 5-2 to San Jose, who now have a 3-0 lead on Vancouver in the series.
Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture scored twice for the Sharks against a Canucks team that is completely dysfunctional at the moment. Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider was horrible last night in giving up five goals to the Sharks.
In other action, the Montreal Canadiens/Ottawa Senators series is starting to be extremely physical. Last night there were 236 minutes in penalties, and many of the penalties the Canadiens took should be described as stupid. Ottawa meanwhile won convincingly 6-1 as rookie Jean Gabriel-Pageau recorded a hat trick.
In other games, the Pittsburgh Penguins took a 2-1 series lead over the New York Islanders as Chris Kunitz scored the overtime winner in a 5-4 Pittsburgh win. While in Minnesota, the Wild won their first of the series with a 3-2 win over Chicago on an overtime winner from Jason Zucker. Chicago still leads 2-1.
Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, chris kunitz, jason zucker, jean-gabriel pageau, joe pavelski, logan couture, minnesota wild, montreal canadiens, new york islanders, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks
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Saturday, May 4th, 2013
The 2013 World Men’s Hockey Championships will commence this weekend with Canada playing two games in Stockholm. The first will be against Denmark on Saturday (TSN, 8:00 a.m.) and the second will be against Switzerland on Sunday (TSN2, 8:00 a.m.).
There are four Oilers and one Flame on Team Canada. Jordan Eberle, Justin Schultz, Devan Dubnyk and Taylor Hall are the Oilers, while T.J. Brodie is the lone Calgary Flame.
Other notable players representing Team Canada are Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Mike Smith, Carolina Hurricanes sniper Eric Staal, Florida Panthers defenceman Brian Campbell (defending Lady Byng winner) and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Steven Stamkos, who was second in the NHL in scoring with 29 goals and 57 points. (more…)
Tags: alexander steen, brent burns, brian campbell, brian elliott, calgary roughnecks, Chicago Blackhawks, colin mcdonald, devan dubnyk, Edmonton Oil Kings, eric staal, henrik samuelsson, jordan eberle, justin schultz, kyle okposo, los angeles dodgers, los angeles kings, matt cain, matt martin, michael frolik, mike smith, minnesota wild, montreal canadiens, new york islanders, new york rangers, Ottawa Senators, patrick sharp, Pittsburgh Penguins, portland winterhawks, raffi torres, san francisco giants, San Jose Sharks, seattle mariners, seth jones, shawn evans, st. louis blues, steven stamkos, t.j. brodie, Taylor Hall, toronto blue jays, ty rattie, Vancouver Canucks, washington capitals, washington stealth, world hockey championship
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Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Pascal Dupuis (Michael Miller, Wikimedia Commons)
After night one was so strong with two overtime games, night two of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs were mostly yawners.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders are going to get their butt kicked over the next week. If they were in the West, they would have had a worse record than the Edmonton Oilers this season. Literally, the Bruins and Penguins are going to win their respective Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with complete ease.
The Penguins were dominant without Sidney Crosby and James Neal. When you’re getting outstanding offensive production from Pascal Dupuis (two goals), you know things are going really well. The Penguins won 5-0 last night, and the way they’re playing right now, they don’t need to rush Crosby back.
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Tags: boston bruins, pascal dupuis, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Marian Gaborik (Wikimedia Commons)
So far there have been 15 NHL trades on trade deadline day, but none more were bigger than the trade between the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers.
On Wednesday, the Jackets acquired Marian Gaborik from the Rangers for forwards Derek Dorsett (an enforcer with offensive upside who is hurt right now but might be ready in time for the playoffs), Derrick Brassard, defenceman John Moore and a sixth round pick.
This trade is interesting primarily because the Blue Jackets and Rangers made a blockbuster deal that involved Rick Nash in the summer of 2012.
In other moves, the Penguins acquired shootout specialist Jussi Jokinen from the Carolina Hurricanes, the San Jose Sharks reacquired defenceman Scott Hannan from the Nashville Predators and Raffi Torres from the Phoenix Coyotes, the Minnesota Wild acquired Jason Pominville from the Mnnesota Wild, the Phoenix Coyotes also sent forward Steve Sullivan to the New Jersey Devils and Matthew Lombardi to the Anaheim Ducks, the St. Louis Blues sent Wade Redden to the Boston Bruins, and the Colorado Avalanche sent Ryan O’Byrne to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Tags: anaheim ducks, ben bishop, boston bruins, columbus blue jackets, cory conacher, derek dorsett, derrick brassard, filip forsberg, jason pominville, john moore, jussi jokinen, marion gaborik, martin erat, matthew lombardi, michael leighton, minnesota wild, nashville predators, new jersey devils, new york rangers, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, raffi torres, rick nash, ryan o'byrne, San Jose Sharks, scott hannan, steve mason, steve sullivan, tampa bay lightning, toronto maple leafs, Wade Redden, washington capitals
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Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Ryane Clowe (Ivan Makarov, Wikimedia Commons)
The New York Rangers have officially added Ryane Clowe to their lineup.
Last night it was confirmed that Clowe was dealt from the San Jose Sharks for a second and third round pick in 2o13 and a conditional pick in 2014.
If Clowe re-signs with the Rangers or the Rangers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals this year, the Sharks receive the Rangers number two pick in 2014. If neither case happens, the Sharks receive the Rangers’ number five pick.
These conditional draft choices that we have seen in NHL trades leading up to today’s trade deadline are very interesting and adds a creative component to them which in turn generates greater interest for the fans.
Clowe meanwhile may just be an average player, but he has significant value in fantasy hockey pools because he gets a lot of penalty minutes and shoots the puck frequently.
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Tags: new york rangers, ryane clowe, San Jose Sharks
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Jay Bouwmeester (Wikimedia Commons)
It is safe to say that the Calgary Flames are officially in a time of transition, and yes Flames fans, you got what you are looking for and that is the start of a massive rebuilding process.
On Monday night prior to the Flames 4-1 loss to Edmonton, Calgary traded their most coveted defenceman in Jay Bouwmeester to the St. Louis Blues for two prospects and a conditional draft pick.
The prospects are Swiss goaltender Reto Berra and former Windsor Spitfire defenceman Mark Cundari. The conditional draft choice meanwhile is dependent on whether or not the Blues make the playoffs this season. If the Blues do not go to the playoffs in 2013, the Flames get the Blues’ number four pick in 2013 and then their number one pick in 2014.
In 33 games this season, Bouwmeester has six goals and nine assists for 15 points, but is a -11. However he is extremely valuable for his endurance because he has not missed a game since the 2005 lockout.
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Tags: buffalo sabres, calgary flames, Chicago Blackhawks, jay bouwmeester, jordan leopold, mark cundari, michal handzus, reto berra, robyn regehr, San Jose Sharks, st. louis blues
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