SHARKS RUMORS & GOSSIP

With the trade deadline getting closer every hockey fan is waiting to see what will pan out and whether the deals made by fan’s favorite teams will help or hinder a Stanley Cup run. With the San Jose Sharks they have been buyers at the deadline for years now and part of being a fan is getting to express your opinion. Here is a chance for hockeybuzzers to share their thoughts...

Tonight the Flames will play their 3rd meeting of the season against the San Jose Sharks in San Jose. The first two meetings between the teams were hard-fought games in which the Flames received high praise for playing the "type of system they need to play in order to win" but the unfortunate truth is that both games resulted in losses although the Flames were able to earn...

As many of you know from this posting, I try my best to stay sane, coherent, and as creep free as possible when spotting players in the wild. I started my working life in Hollywood, and have literally rubbed elbows with some big names, all of whom I might have been somewhat excited by, but was able to keep a cool, mostly professional demeanor around. Not so with hockey players...

Former San Jose Sharks captain Owen Nolan is expected to announce his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday.The San Jose Sharks have called a press conference for 5:30 p.m. ET.The 40-year-old played for the Sharks from 1995 to 2003 and served as captain for five seasons.Nolan collected 422 career goals and 1,200 career points in 20 NHL seasons. He hasn't played in the league since...

Today we learned that Owen Nolan is making an announcement about his career on Tuesday. The Sharks will give him a forum at HP for the press conference but Brodie Brazil has already said it will be a retirement announcement. Thank goodness Brazil cleared that up. No one could have guessed that, no one was giving Nolan the option to say the word himself. Darren Dreger even congratulated...

via Sharks Media Relations, WHAT: Former Sharks Captain OWEN NOLAN will make an announcement regarding the future of his hockey career. WHEN: Tues., Feb. 7 TIME: 2:30 p.m. (PDT) WHERE: The Grill at HP Pavilion WHO: * Owen Nolan ...

Ryane Clowe had plenty to celebrate. He played his first game since a facial fracture two weeks ago and scored a goal. Even better, his father was among the sellout crowd. ''I looked up and saw him pumping his fists,'' Clowe said. ''He seemed to be having a good time.'' Clowe and four others scored in helping the San Jose Sharks win their third straight...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- All-Star Logan Couture scored a power-play goal to extend his point streak to five games and the San Jose Sharks won their third straight, beating the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Thursday night. Michal Handzus, Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Ryane Clowe also scored for the Sharks, who beat the Stars for the fifth straight time. Steve Ott and Jamie Benn scored for...

Recent sports TV ratings, including weekend coverage of the X Games on ESPN, local ratings for the San Jose Sharks on CSN Bay Area, and a decline for college football’s Senior Bowl. Sunday’s X Games Coverage Up Double-Digits: Sunday’s Winter X Games telecast on ESPN earned a 1.2 U.S. rating and 2.015 million viewers, up 33% in ratings and 25% in viewership from...

From the bowels of the now-defunct Melt Your Face-Off, Internet teen pop sensation LeNoceur returns to channel the advice-giving muse of Sharks captain Joe Thornton. You can follow LeNoceur on Twitter @meltyourfaceoff. The actual Couch Tarts are in no way responsible for the content of this post. Well, other than the fact that they invited me to do it, and gave me administrator privileges...

When the game is winding down and the Sharks have a power play and Vlasic is out there with Douglas Murray, John McCarthy, and Brad Winchester, something has gone awry. Here is where I begin a rant likely to alienate any hockey fan who bothers to read my blog. If it makes a difference, I know how you feel: alienated. So we have that in common. For the sake of that common experience...

Joe Thornton scored twice to get San Jose off to a fast start out of the All-Star break and Antti Niemi posted his 17th career shutout in the Sharks' 6-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski, Jamie McGinn and Michal Handzus also scored for the Sharks, who have beaten the Blue Jackets 19 times in 21 games at HP Pavilion. Four of...

As we get closer and closer to the pivotal NHL trade deadline of the 2011-2012 season, more and more eyes are turning towards the San Jose Sharks, who could use some vast upgrades to boost their club. With injuries to several key players, the Sharks are lacking depth offensively and have put up very little goals in the past few games. So, that should mean that the Sharks should...

San Jose Sharks goaltender Antero Niittymaki cleared waivers Thursday. Niittymaki was placed on waivers Wednesday and has only appeared with the team's AHL affiliate in Worcester this season on a pair of rehab assignments. The 31-year-old Niitymaki underwent hip surgery in the offseason, and the Sharks are now set with Antti Niemi and Thomas Greiss in net. "I know they...

The San Jose Sharks placed goaltender Antero Niittymaki on waivers today in an attempt to bring relief to the backlog of netminders the team has. Today is the first day of the all-star break for the Sharks, and Niittymaki was with his family on vacation at Lake Tahoe when he found out the news — from the Finnish media. From MTV3 in Finland, via Google Translate: “Huh, I am a...