All Entries Tagged With: "Manny Malhotra"
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Sharks Forward Depth: Best in franchise history?
The San Jose Sharks have become notorious regular season studs. Then comes the even more well-known playoff duds label. Each year the excuse is different, but one trend in particular stayed the same. The team never had secondary scoring, nor did it’s third and fourth lines have much of an identity. Last season the Sharks [...]
Sharks comeback from two down, but lose in OT
The San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings went back and forth in a high-scoring game. The teams exchanged leads and chances throughout the night. Dustin Brown would score the OT winner unassisted just 1:16 into the extra period to give the Kings a 5-4 win. The Sharks have now dropped 4 of 5. Brown [...]
High Energy Game at Shark Tank; Win for the Fins
Energy ran high on a game that featured the two teams involved in one of the blockbuster trades of the offseason. The San Jose Sharks and Ottawa Senators squared off, and anyone who believes the game didn’t mean a little extra to certain players on each side didn’t read the script for this film. This [...]
Short Canada trip gets Sharks to 40 points first
It’s not exactly the record pace they set last season, but the San Jose Sharks again find themselves at the top of the NHL standings. With a 5-4 shootout victory against Edmonton on Friday and a 4-2 win over Vancouver tonight the Fins became the first team to reach the 40 point plateau. The Edmonton [...]
Heatley Gets Second Hat Trick in Quirky Game at the Shark Tank
The bizarreness that occurred in the San Jose Sharks’ 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers is almost inexplicable. The odd and unfathomable filled this game. Probably the most predictable part of the game was who did the scoring. Dany Heatley covered the spectrum netting his second hat trick of the season on an even strength [...]
Road Trip Ends on High Note for Sharks
The San Jose Sharks saved their best for last, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 to cap off a 6-game road trip. The way the team handled the physical battle seemed to be what GM Doug Wilson envisioned when he tinkered this team in the offseason. For one of the first times this season, the Sharks’ [...]
