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San Jose head coach Todd McLellan’s decision to go with goaltender Antti Niemi for game 6 is a critical one for series

SAN JOSE SHARKS GOALTENDER #31 ANTTI NIEMI WILL START GAME 6 IN LA SHARKS GOALTENDER #31 ANTTI NIEMI 27 years old, glove: left, 6-foot-2, 210-pounds 2009-2010 PLAYOFFS: 22GP, 16-6, .910SV%, 2.63GAA, 2SO 2010-2011 REGULAR SEASON: 60GP, 35-18-6, .920SV%, 2.38GAA, 6SO 2010-2011 PLAYOFFS: 5GP, 2-2, .855SV%, 4.30GAA, 0SO Goaltender Antti Niemi will get the call for […]

WCQF Game 5: Kings withstand withering assault for 3-1 win, 51-save effort by Jonathan Quick brings series to 3-2

#31 ANTTI NIEMI WAS PULLED AFTER ALLOWING 3 GOALS IN 1ST #32 JONATHAN QUICK MADE 51 SAVES SATURDAY NIGHT IN SJ #29 RYANE CLOWE ENTERED THE ZONE WITH PASS UP THE LEFT WING The Sharks are playing an entertaining brand of hockey, but it is not playoff hockey. San Jose allowed 3 first period goals […]

WCQF Game 5: Post-game comments from San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan, Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray

Post-game comments from San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan: No. They are trying to play that way throughout the season. I don’t think we let up at all at any point tonight as far as energy level goes. We still had a lot of jump in our legs. We were getting to pucks in […]

WCQF Game 5: Sharkspage Fans of the Game

SHARKSPAGE FANS OF THE GAME GET CREATIVE WITH SHARK-ATTACK-KING COSTUME THE TRIO WERE POPULAR WITH FANS AS THEY GIRDED UP FOR THE 3RD PERIOD Any time a Southern California team visits Northern California during the regular season you can expect unusual fan displays. During the playoffs, all bets are off. The most elaborate costume in […]

WCQF Game 4: Sharks power to 6-3 win in LA, Kings on the brink trailing 3-1 in series

SHARKSPAGE FANS OF THE GAME CELEBRATE GAME 4 WIN IN LA – TSN The San Jose Sharks took control of game 4 with a burst of offense in the second and third periods, and took control of their opening round series with a 6-3 win at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Ryane Clowe scored […]

WCQF Game 4: Post-game comments from San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan, Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray

Post-game comments from San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan: We’ll take them (12 GF in Los Angeles). We had to earn them though. They are a very good hockey club. They play very hard, and very well defensively. We had to earn them. More importantly it is two wins. We didn’t play very well […]

DOH Podcast #144: Euphoric comeback in game 3, how the Kings will respond to the collapse, SJ grit and no-quit

[audio:http://dudesonhockey.com/podcast/doh_2011_0420.mp3] Mike Peattie and Doug Santana discuss the “euphoric” comeback from a 4-0 deficit in game 3, whether the defeat will cripple the Kings moving forward, how the Sharks will respond after two poor starts, whether San Jose has enough grit and no-quit to finish out the series, if Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle can […]

WCQF Game 3: Post-game comments from San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan, Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray

Post-game comments by San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan: I won a Stanley Cup before, so that was a pretty darn good one, but this is a game that you don’t expect to happen and hopefully it won’t repeat itself. It is something that we have to understand we are very fortunate to come […]

WCQF Game 2: Emotions boil over for San Jose, string of undisciplined penalties allow Kings to even series with 4-0 shutout win

#29 RYAN CLOWE TOOK PENALTY FOR ELBOW TO #8 DREW DOUGHTY IN 1ST #8 JOE PAVELSKI WINS FACEOFF VS #9 OSCAR MOLLER IN 2ND LATE IN 3RD #19 JOE THORNTON BATTLED #15 BRAD RICHARDSON FOR PUCK There was an unusual amount of positive comments from San Jose for the first game of the WCQF series. […]

WCQF Game 2: Fan of the Game

SHARKSPAGE’s FAN OF THE GAME FROM SATURDAY NIGHT It was a rough night on and off the ice for the home team Saturday night at HP Pavilion. This fan went above and beyond the call of duty and earned Sharkspage fan of the game honors.

WCQF Game 2: Post-game comments from San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan, Los Angeles Kings head coach Terry Murray

SAN JOSE SHARKS HEAD COACH TODD MCLELLAN GM2 PRESS CONFERENCE Post-game comments from San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan: I am not too much worried about individual lines, I am disappointed in our team. When you look at the game it is hard to find two or three guys that competed at the level […]

WCQF Game 1: Battle Lines drawn after opening game of San Jose vs. Los Angeles, teams dig in for a long series

#31 ANTTI NIEMI STOPPED 33-OF-35 SHOTS, 1ST PLAYOFF WIN AS A SHARK #13 LW KYLE CLIFFORD TRIES TO ENTER ZONE AROUND #44 MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC #8 JOE PAVELSKI #17 TORREY MITCHELL CRASH NET IN 1ST, MET BY 4 KINGS A hotly contested regular season series evolved into a tight, physical playoff battle after all of 1 […]

WCQF Game 1: Kings center Jarret Stoll suspended for 1-game after hit from behind to the head of Ian White

JARRET STOLL DELIVERS ELBOW TO HEAD OF IAN WHITE IN 1ST – FSKINGS JASON DEMERS DELIVERS ELBOW UP HIGH TO RYAN SMYTH IN 3RD – FSKINGS The NHL announced this afternoon that Kings center Jarret Stoll received a 1-game suspension for a hit to the head of defenseman Ian White. The hit from behind occured […]

WCQF Game 1: Fan photos from the playoff pre-game street rally

HOCKEY WEATHER, FANS HEAD DOWN W. SANTA CLARA STREET FOR SJ-LA GAME 1 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF FASHION DE RIGUEUR, THE SHARK HAT FAN SHOWS OFF THE VERTICAL SHARK HAT AT THE STREET RALLY The Sharks held a playoff block party/street rally outside HP Pavilion before the start of the WCQF series with Los Angeles. There […]

San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings Western Conference Quarterfinal Stanley Cup playoff preview

LOS ANGELES KINGS GOALTENDER #32 JONATHAN QUICK (35-22-3, 2.24GAA, .920SV%) SHARKS VS. KINGS SEASON SERIES AND OVERALL STATS CURRENT BETTING LINES: San Jose -220, Los Angeles Kings +180 Regulation time – LA +260, DRAW +295, SJ -130 Over 5/Under 5 – OVER -125, UNDER +105 First period goals: 0 +300, 1 +170, 2 +250, 3+ […]

DOH Podcast #143: San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings playoff preview, recap of the season, first round predictions

[audio:http://dudesonhockey.com/podcast/doh_2011_0413.mp3] Mike Peattie and Doug Santana preview the San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings Western Conference Quarterfinal opening series, discuss how San Jose matches up against Los Angeles compared to other Pacific Division opponents, how the loss of Anze Kopitar would be comparable to the loss of Joe Thornton, the Kings defensive strength, how […]

San Jose Sharks down Phoenix Coyotes 3-1 in rough and tumble regular season finale, await postseason foe

#15 DANY HEATLEY CELEBRATES #39 LOGAN COUTURE’S 3RD PERIOD GOAL #30 ILYA BRYZGALOV COLLAPSES TO ICE AFTER DESPERATION SAVE IN 3RD #8 PAVELSKI, #20 WELLWOOD, #17 MITCHELL LINE COMBINED FOR 1G, 3A SAT San Jose television announcer Randy Hahn noted that a Sharks-Coyotes first round playoff series was possible after a 3-1 win Saturday night […]

Green Man of San Jose appears for season finale on fan appreciation night

GREEN MAN OF SAN JOSE MAKES HIS PRESENCE FELT IN 1ST GREEN MAN OF SAN JOSE MADE SEVERAL WARDROBE CHANGES GREEN MAN CHEERS JOE PAVELSKI’S GOAL IN 2ND It was not the first appearance for a Green Man in San Jose, but for Saturday’s regular season finale against the Phoenix Coyotes he was the most […]

Sharks lose 4-3 as Phoenix Coyotes clinch playoff berth, Thornton scores 1000th point with third period goal

San Jose Sharks head coach Todd McLellan told his team Thursday on the ice in Phoenix that they might be playing with a little bit of fire. “We have not been in a one goal game for a long time. We have either been ahead successfully 4, 5 or 6 goals some nights… or we […]

San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson interviewed on the NHL Hour with Gary Bettman

San Jose Sharks EVP/GM Doug Wilson was a guest on the NHL Hour with Gary Bettman and E.J. Hradek on Thursday. After a grateful dead intro with Patrick Marleau, Wilson discussed the 4th consecutive Pacific Division title, 5th consecutive 100 point season, and 7th straight playoff berth, his decision to hire head coach Todd McLellan […]