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WorSharks stumble in third period, lose 4-3 in shootout to Providence

The Worcester Sharks took their second trip of the new season south down route 146 to take on the Providence Bruins and controlled play early, but the late game problems from last season reared their ugly heads again as the WorSharks dropped a two goal third period lead on their way to losing a 4-3 […]

WorSharks drop preseason finale to Whale, 3-2

The Worcester Sharks dropped Sunday’s exhibition game against the Connecticut Whale 3-2. James Livingston and Mike Connolly had the goals for the WorSharks. Thomas Heemskerk had 28 saves in the loss. The WorSharks finished their preseason slate going 12 for 13 on the penalty kill (92.3%) and 2 for 8 on the power play (25%). […]

San Francisco Bulls hold downtown press conference to formally announce new team for 2012-13 ECHL season

SAN FRANCISCO BULLS PRESIDENT PAT CURCIO, ECHL COMMISSIONER BRIAN MCKENNA PAT CURCIO, BRIAN MCKENNA, DALY CITY MAYOR CAROL KLATT ELOUISE AND PAT CURCIO SPENT MONTHS OF GROUNDWORK PRIOR TO TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT Two blocks from the historic Dragon Gate entrance to Chinatown, the San Francisco Bulls held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to formally announce their […]

Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche photo, plus a mini-Avs preview

COLORADO EARNED A 3-0 PRESEASON WIN OVER DALLAS – PHOTO MIKE SASSON My brother Mike sent in a photo of the Avalanche’s 3-0 preseason win over the Dallas Stars Sunday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Ryan Stoa (PP), and Ryan O’Reilly (2) accounted for all 3 goals for the home team as newly […]

Northern California gets a third hockey team, San Francisco Bulls will make ECHL Pacific Division debut in 2012

SAN FRANCISCO BULLS FRANCHISE APPROVED FOR 2012-13 ECHL SEASON ON WEDNESDAY SJ CAPTAIN DOUG WILSON AND G ARTURS IRBE ON NHL ICE AT THE COW PALACE News that Northern California will get a third professional hockey team for the 2012-13 season generated a lot of unexpected buzz around the hockey world this week. On Wednesday, […]

Summer updates from Worcester

As the heat and humidity take hold in New England there’s still lots of news for fans of the Worcester Sharks. It seems odd that the Atlanta Thrashers being purchased by True North and being moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba would have any impact at all on the WorSharks, but in the hockey world when one […]

Sharks-Wings Game 7 drew record numbers locally for CSN California and Fox Sports Detroit, Games 5&7 in top 5 for Versus, CSN regional networks to be rebranded by NBC Sports

After a pair of Eastern Conference Semifinal sweeps and a 6-game series win by Vancouver, all of the eyeballs in the hockey world were on the Sharks-Wings game 7 finale Thursday night in San Jose. After record ratings came in for both local markets, interest from casual and general sports fans was strong as well. […]

Move to new server completed

Sharkspage’s move to a new server was completed last night. Files were moved from one server to another without any problems, but a database that allowed for blog posting was corrupted in the move. Thanks to longtime friend of the blog J.B. for helping to get everything back up and running. An archive item and […]

WorSharks Lose to Charlotte, Now Out Of Playoff Contention

Heading into the final week of the regular season the Worcester Sharks needed a lot of luck to make the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup playoffs, but no amount of luck can help you if you don’t win, and the offensively challenged WorSharks again couldn’t put the puck in the net when the opportunity arose […]

ACHA D2 National Championships: Grand Valley State wins first D2 title with 6-1 win over Michigan State

GRAND VALLEY STATE CELEBRATES 2011 ACHA D2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN SJ MICHIGAN STATE GOALTENDER #31 DRAKE TODD DEFLECTS SHOT IN 2ND MICHIGAN STATE F #51 ZACK ROURKE BREAKS PUCK OUT OF ZONE IN 1ST Michigan is a hockey powerhouse in the lower 48, feeding a steady stream of players everywhere from the NHL to the […]

Hutton and Sateri Make 52 Saves In 4-1 WorSharks Loss To Providence

The Worcester Sharks drove south down Route 146 to take on the Providence Bruins for a 7pm start Friday night, and apparently everyone on the team except the goaltenders decided to take the night off as the Bruins defeated the WorSharks 4-1 while outshooting them 56-22. Carter Hutton got the start and made 30 saves […]

2011 Dakar Rally truck classification highlights

2011 DAKAR RALLY: ARGENTINA TO CHILE AND BACK – DAKAR.COM The new year traditionally signals the start of the marathon Paris-Dakar offroad rally in Europe and North Africa. Security concerns and the murder of four French tourists forced the cancellation of the 2008 edition, but for the last three years the race has been held […]

DOH Podcast #133: Alex Stalock’s first NHL win, trade deadline, All-Star Game, Nabokov saga, Calder race

[audio:http://dudesonhockey.com/podcast/doh_2011_0202.mp3] Mike Peattie and Doug Santana discuss rookie goaltender Alex Stalock’s first NHL win, the upcoming NHL trade deadline on February 28th, speculate on defenseman that GM Doug Wilson may or may not be interested in (not realistic Tomas Kaberle, Brent Seabrook, Joni Pitkanen; maybe Chris Phillips; realistic Francois Beauchemin), take a look back at […]

Nick Diaz and Jacare Souza cap main event slugfests with submission wins on stacked Strikeforce card in San Jose, Herschel Walker earns 2nd MMA win

NICK DIAZ ABSORBED RIGHT HOOK BY CYBORG SANTOS IN 1ST ‘I LOVE MY WORK’ JACARE SOUZA SAID AFTER 3RD ROUND SUBMISSION #34 HERSCHEL WALKER ENTERED THE CAGE TO A STANDING OVATION Strikeforce Welterweight title holder Nick Diaz and Middleweight title holder Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza defended their belts against agressive challengers in the San Jose based […]

Nick Diaz and Jacare Souza make weight for Saturday night Strikeforce title defenses in San Jose, Herschel Walker and Roger Gracie prepare for intriguing MMA fights

NICK DIAZ AND ‘CYBORG’ SANTOS FACE OFF FRIDAY AT WEIGH-INS STRIKEFORCE MW CHAMPION JACARE SOUZA MAKES WEIGHT FOR SAT. FIGHT FORMER HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER HERSCHEL WALKER PERPARES FOR 2ND MMA BOUT STRIKEFORCE RING GIRLS AT WEIGH-INS FRIDAY IN SAN JOSE Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz and Middleweight Champion ‘Jacare’ Souza were on weight Friday afternoon […]

Contest window running out on new look Mavericks Big Wave Surfing Contest, large swell caused near death injury to surfer last weekend

Mavericks continues to teach harsh history lessons. No stranger to harrowing occurances, a 25-30 foot set of rogue waves at Northern California’s largest break last weekend battered 30-year old surfer Jake Trette. After being caught out of position and sucked over the falls, subsequent heavy waves broke on top of Trette and rendered the southern […]

WorSharks Fail Again In Third Period, Lose 5-2 To Pirates

The Worcester Sharks couldn’t hold on to a couple of one goal leads and then had their usual terrible third period where they gave up three goals on their way to a 5-2 loss to the Portland Pirates Friday night at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine in front of a crowd of […]

The Hockey News/XM Home Ice 204 Podcast: Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke, WJC, Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle

[audio:http://www.thehockeynews.com/upload/audio/TheHockeyNewsRadioShow-January72010.mp3] Last Friday on The Hockey News Radio Show with Adam Proteau and Jim ‘Boomer’ Gordon on XM Satellite Radio Home Ice Channel 204: Boomer and Adam return for the first 2011 edition of THN Radio. In the opening segment, Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke joins the show from Atlanta and discusses the World […]

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reportedly interested in buying league owned New Orleans franchise and moving to San Jose, Ellison downplays rumor

YOUNG BASKETBALL FAN AT SAN JOSE SKYROCKETS ABA GAME IN 2005 Rumors of new team acquisitions and potential new south bay arenas continued apace yesterday, this time with a new entrant. With potential San Francisco 49’er, Oakland Athletic, and San Jose Earthquake south bay stadiums in perpetual limbo, it was reported Wednesday that Oracle CEO […]

Stalock, WorSharks Survive Falcon Attack, 3-2

The Worcester Sharks came off their extended holiday break at full steam and jumped out to an early two goal lead only to lose that lead in what has become an all too frequent third period collapse, but thanks to some very timely saves by goaltender Alex Stalock Worcester was able to grab the two […]