Author Archive for Tejus Govindjie
I am a journalism senior @ San Diego State University. Live, die and breath all sports; hardcore Bay Area fan. Playing guitar and sports is my downtime, usually in some combination with movies (making and watching).
Joe’s lead Sharks to 2-0 Series Lead
If Joe Pavelski and his linemates continue to play the way they are, there won’t be much need for the superstars to start leading this team. Pavelski contributed his third straight multi-goal game to give him an NHL-leading 9 in the playoffs thus far. He’s the first player to do so since Mario Lemieux back [...]
Sharks move on to 2nd Round
The San Jose Sharks got virtually everything they needed to experience to go deep in the playoffs during their first round match-up with the Colorado Avalanche. Which makes moving onto the second round after a 5-2 victory in game 6 even better. A surprise invitee to the playoffs based on season-predictions, the Avalanche provided multiple [...]
Boyle wins it in OT… for wrong team.
Good teams find a way to win. The San Jose Sharks find ways to lose. They dominated most of game 3 against the Colorado Avalanche, but thanks to Craig Anderson and Dan Boyle they came out down 2-1 in the series. The winning goal in game 1 went off of Rob Blake’s skate with less [...]
Sharks Best Line Shines In Game 2
For the first three quarters of the season, the Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley, and Patrick Marleau line was one of the best. However, since the Olympic break the Sharks’ best line has easily been Joe Pavelski, Ryane Clowe, and Devin Setoguchi and that showed in the first two games of their series with the Colorado [...]
You’re going to need a bigger box
If Roy Scheider thought the Shark in Jaws was big, he should count the gam of San Jose Shark players that were piled in the penalty box during Thursday’s tilt with the Vancouver Canucks. The final period was a completely different game altogether. A total of 76 penalty minutes were dolled out in the third [...]
Sharks clinch Pacific Division
The San Jose Sharks have won the Pacific Division for the third straight season. They won’t match last season’s President’s Trophy, or the point total. However, there are encourages signs about this years team entering the playoffs. The Pacific Division was a highly competitive division from top-to-bottom. The two teams expected to compete with the [...]
Sharks getting boost from Torrey Mitchell?
Arguably the Sharks weakest link for the majority of the season, Torrey Mitchell seems to have found his game and it’s coinciding with the team’s turnaround.After roughly two years of set-backs in still a young career, Mitchell is beginning to show flashes of the player that made him a fan favorite in his rookie season. [...]
No Confidence
A descent down the Western Conference standings may do the San Jose Sharks some good at this point. After falling to the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 tonight, the Sharks have lost six straight. They’ve seen their Pacific Division lead disappear. The Phoenix Coyotes have overtaken them and are playing much better hockey. In fact, most of [...]
Wake-up call
Did the San Jose Sharks finally get their wake-up call? That was borderline thrilling to see them get spanked 8-2 at the hands of the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. Why is that? This season was starting to look eerily like last season. The Sharks cruising in their last 10-15 regular season games, still managing to [...]
Sharks erupt in third period for 8-5 win
The starts to games for the San Jose Sharks haven’t been all that great recently. However, with their latest comeback win, the Sharks became the first team in NHL history to win three consecutive games in regulation after trailing going into the third period. Today’s version was especially sweet; after a horrid first two periods, [...]
Sharks rally around missed call
Scott Nichol is usually the driving force behind the San Jose Sharks’ energy and physical play. In another game where the Sharks came out a little sluggish, it was an injury to Nichol in the third period that sparked a comeback. After falling behind by a goal twice, the Sharks were able to tie the [...]
Nabokov sets NHL record in style
San Jose Sharks netminder Evgeni Nabokov became the first goalie to win 11 straight road games in NHL history. Nabokov made a career-high 50 saves and shut down all three shootout attempts in a game where the Sharks were completely outplayed by the Detroit Red Wings. Thanks to his play, the Sharks pulled out a [...]
Sharks acquire “The Secret Weapon”
It’s now completed, the San Jose Sharks have acquired Niclas Wallin and a fifth round pick in the 2010 draft from the Carolina Hurricanes for a second round pick in the 2010 draft. The second rounder is Buffalo’s, received by the Sharks in the trade that sent Craig Rivet to Sabres. Wallin waived his no-trade [...]
Sharks Rest and Rumors
When the Olympics roll around in just about a week, the San Jose Sharks will be sending eight players to compete for their respective countries. Included in this group: the team’s three best forwards (Thornton, Heatley, Marleau), their top defense pairing (Boyle, Murray), their second-line center who plays in all situations (Pavelski), and both goaltenders(Nabokov, [...]
Sharks short-handed defense stands strong in 5-2 win
The San Jose Sharks will most likely be looking for a defense-man at the trade deadline if anything at all. Perhaps they made a case that they do indeed go eight deep on the back-end after a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild. Defensive stalwarts Dan Boyle and Marc-Edouard Vlasic did not play in this [...]
Titan Clash didn’t disappoint, but still just game 54
You wouldn’t know it from the build-up, but the San Jose Sharks clash with the Chicago Blackhawks was just game 54 of the regular season. These teams might very well meet in the playoffs and at this point it looks like the route to the Stanley Cup for a Western Conference team is through one [...]
Haircut Opens Schnide Buster; Sharks win 9-1
Devin Setoguchi was in a notable funk the last two weeks. So to shake things up he had Torrey Mitchell’s girlfriend shave his head completely. It was a tactic Setoguchi used in the minors to get out of a similar scoring slump. The San Jose Sharks last game against the Edmonton Oilers, Setoguchi scored twice [...]
Shark Experience
Game-day: Nothing like smell of game-day to get you going. The San Jose Sharks were welcoming not only myself, but the Boston Bruins to the Shark Tank. I was graced by the company of some twenty or so employees of the Trader Joe’s crew that works with my dad, many of whom were going to [...]
Burger Line carries Sharks through two-game trip
Someone keeps heating the grill. The San Jose Sharks “Burger Line,” accounted for four of the five goals scored on the recent two-game road trip. The result was two wins over Pacific Division foes Los Angeles and Phoenix. Dany Heatley scored once in Los Angeles, and then followed that with a goal and an assist [...]
Sharks’ streak stumbles in Kings’ moat
Riding an eight-game win streak, the Sharks couldn’t have felt more confident facing the Los Angeles Kings at HP Pavilion for another Pacific Division showdown. Apparently the Kings didn’t feel like obliging because the Kings throttled the Sharks 6-2 behind Quick’s 45 saves and Drew Doughty’s four assists. Though they more than doubled the Kings [...]
