All Entries Tagged With: "Joe Thornton"
Thornton’s Penalty Shot, Third Period Domination Enough To Lead Bruins Past Jets
On what was a far more exciting Mid-January night than one would have expected, the Boston Bruins were able to use a strong third period effort to up-end the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 and right the ship after a Saturday matinee loss to the Vancouver Canucks just three days ago. Through forty minutes of surprisingly exciting [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 14-17-3 with 31 points through 34 games. After 34 games last season, the Bolts were 19-10-5 with 43 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by twelve points. Tampa Bay has fallen to 13th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference. After 34 [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
After 19 games, the Detroit Red Wings are currently 11-7-2 with 19 points in the Central Division and trail the Chicago Blackhawks by only four points for first place; the Blackhawks have played two more games than the Red Wings. Goaltender Jimmy Howard has been the best player on the team so far this season [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week In Review
The Red Wings were hoping that after being chased out of the Verizon Center by the Washington Capitals that things would look up. Not so much….. Game Recaps Game 7: Detroit Red Wings 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 4 It would be easy to think that the Red Wings would take out their frustration on the [...]
Sharks Take Bite Out of Red Wings 4-2
Whatever Detroit Red Wings’ head coach Mike Babcock instilled during practice after the loss to Columbus didn’t seem to work. The Red Wings logged another loss in the record book as they dropped a 4-2 decision to the San Jose Sharks (5-3-0) at the Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings (5-3-0) seemed to have played [...]
B’s Fail To Play A Full 60; Fall To Sharks 4-2 At TD Garden
Saturday night the Bruins were re-taught an an old lesson and cliche; that a team cannot succeed in the NHL, without a full 60-minute effort. In Saturday evening’s game the B’s did not play to their full potential for an entire game. It wasn’t until after 40 minutes of lack-luster, un-inspiring play, that saw [...]
Are hockey players the toughest sports athletes?
With only one game to go (game 7 tonight between the Bruins and the Lightning) before the Stanley Cup finals, the arduous road to the most difficult trophy to win is about to come to an end. The Vancouver Canucks will meet tonight’s winner in the ultimate best-of-seven series. It amazes me that the two [...]
Bieksa Carrying Canucks Blueline in Western Conference Final
With an Olympic gold medal and Stanley Cup ring to his name, Dan Boyle is the consummate NHL veteran. On the opposite blueline Kevin Bieksa has had a major influence on the first two games of his first ever conference final.
Sharks and Canucks Battle to Find Salvation in Stanley
The San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks have both danced with death one in these NHL playoffs and with a new lease on life in the Western Conference Final the two western juggernauts are preparing to make the most of their dangerous playoff run.
Top-20 worst bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
When the 2010-11 NHL regular season ended about three weeks ago, some teams analyzed the production of some of their key players thinking why did we give so much money to the players listed below. While some productive players like Joe Thornton (21 goals, but 70 points), Henrik Sedin (19 goals, but 94 points) and [...]
Sharks/Kings Preview and CA hockey
There may be more buzz over the Giants-Dodgers baseball series going on in San Francisco right now, but that may build up an all-California playoff series between the San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings even more. Game 1 at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Thursday may spearhead the animosity between the teams in [...]
Sharks tuning up for playoffs
The San Jose Sharks have righted the ship. The struggles of the team early in the season seem like a distant memory and yet because of the strength of the Western Conference this season, they haven’t pulled away from anyone like in years past. As it stands the Sharks are in the midst of an [...]
A Dismal Night in San Jose for the Blues
Just as the St. Louis Blues were hungry to end their prolonged skid in LA, so too were the San Jose Sharks last night. Their circumstance s were a little more dire as the offensive juggernaut had dropped six in a row. With the flu making the rounds through the visiting locker room the Sharks [...]
Blues Hope To Prolong Sharks Skid
A solid 3-1 win Thursday over the LA Kings righted the ship for one day. On Saturday, the St. Louis Blues go back to work for the final game of three in four days. The San Jose Sharks are the final California opponent on the trip. Will a tangible on ice response to the Thornton/Perron [...]
Bad Blood in the Water? | Blues vs. Sharks
As the St. Louis Blues fight to succeed with the healthy bodies available, another team facing adversity comes to town. The San Jose Sharks are much like the Chicago Blackhawks. A powerful core still intact, but the cohesion just isnt the same. Will the stress cause bad blood boil over and produce a chippy affair? [...]
Sharks Bitten by the Predators 3-2
When the Nashville Predators play the San Jose Sharks, it is often a grinding affair. The Sharks use their size and strength to grind on the Predators and wear them down, usually on their way to a victory. The formula has worked well for the Sharks against the Predators, as they have won 9 of [...]
Thoughts on a Win and the Weekend Ahead
I will be on with The Hockey Guys for their weekly show/podcast from 1:40-2:00 pm Central talking St. Louis Blues Hockey. Please listen in or get the podcast on iTunes. For Hockey podcast junkies out there, these guys should be in your rotation. – Blues 2 – Sharks 0 This was as odd of a [...]
Joe Thornton hit gets two-game suspension
Joe Thornton is the face of the San Jose Sharks franchise. It’s no wonder that every bit of newsworthy material that seems to come from this organization lately centers around it’s most productive player. Everything from the captaincy, to his new three-year contract extension seemed like good news until last nights game against the St. [...]
Ten Sleepers To Keep Your Eye On
Difference Makers, Hiding in the Shadows Here is a quick look at ten players who may wind up making the difference for their respective teams this season. RW. Nikita Filatov, Columbus Blue Jackets Although his rookie season was eventually marred by a disagreement with then-head coach Ken Hitchcock, ultimately resulting in Filatov returning to Russia [...]
Joe Thornton Named Sharks Captain
Joe Thornton has finally been named the eighth captain of the San Jose Sharks. One of the leagues most prolific set-up men, Thornton takes over the captaincy of a team for the second time in his career after doing so with the Boston Bruins for two seasons. After being acquired from the Boston Bruins in [...]