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10/3/09 Sharks @ Ducks 7p
So, put simply, Thursday sucked. Evgeni Nabokov looked rusty, the offense looked off-kilter, and the defense looked, well, I don't know how it looked, because most of the game I couldn't really see it.Colorado, full of energy from their 5 day Joe Sakic slurpathon (might be a slight exaggeration), hit the ice and hit the scoreboard and hit the back of the net and hit a lot...
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October 03, 2009
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Opening Night Sharks @ Avalanche
After a summer of waiting that began way too early AGAIN, the day is finally here. The San Jose Sharks, revamped over the off-season, begin their journey that can't possibly end more disappointing than last year...can it?For us SF Giants fans, today is poetic. The Giants were officially eliminated from playoff contention last night, effectively ending their season, and today...
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October 01, 2009
2/9/09-2/13/09 sharks 5-2 and Boston
First, the city. Many of you may know this, but Boston is a great sports town. Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and while I was here, college hockey as well. There's a ton of history in this town, a lot of it devoted to those teams, the rest of it devoted to this country. While here, I took trips to Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox (1912), Union Oyster House, the oldest and first...
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February 13, 2009
2/7/09 COLUMBUS 3, sharks 2 (OT)
Its been a little while since we last spoke, I've been real busy with the Stealth and moving to SJSU and stuff, but I'm happy to say that I'm gonna get started blogging again. To the important part...Dan LaCosta. Remember the name, fin fans, because, well, he's some young lucky schmuck who got to face the recently rolling downhill San Jose Sharks. After dropping down...
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February 08, 2009
How they're doin
No Nabby, no Cheech, and up until last Sunday, no problem.The Teal are clearly motivated to do something this year, because they're playing strong, 60 minute contests. They're hitting, forechecking, shooting, crashing the net, anything it is taking to win, they're doing the job. A quick recap of some highlights recently...* The Boys in Teal took down both Cup finalists...
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November 11, 2008
Games 4-7
Anyone who has been following the Sharks recently knows three things: 1) The offense is pretty good, 2) the defense is iffy, and 3) us here at the Odyssey (me) haven't been doing a great job at keeping you up to date on all of that. But, just like the Sharks, business here is just beginning to pick up.Over the past week, we've seen a 5-2 win over Columbus, a 4-0 loss to Anaheim...
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October 24, 2008
Opening weekend 2008/09
I've been incredibly busy recently, and the blog has suffered a bit. But have no fear, the resurgence of the blog is here. I got three games to cover, so let's start there.But first, an incredibly sad piece of news out of Russia yesterday. Rangers prospect and current KHLer Alexei Cherepanov died of an apparent heart attac yesterday after collapsing during a game. Cherepanov...
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October 14, 2008
Hockey time is here
Well, Sharks fans. Its here. Finally. Training camp has opened, physicals have been given, numbers assigned, and now, it all gets underway.Tonight is the annual Teal & White Game, a season ticket holder event that showcases the entire squad against one another in an evening usually full of fun and autographs.Tomorrow the Sharks will open their preseason schedule when they head...
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September 23, 2008
Dear SWA
As some of you may remember, or most of you won't, I was on TV in March of 2007. I was interviewed during the 1st Intermission of the Sharks game from Raleigh against the Carolina Hurricanes. While being interviewed, I was asked to give a travel horror story that one such as myself would experience because I didn't get the luxury of traveling on a charter. I spun a yarn of...
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August 27, 2008
Blake, Boyle, and Lukowich, oh my!
Its been a little while, so lets catch things up, shall we?July 3rd, I'm sitting at my computer, and what do I read, but that the San Jose Sharks have signed longtime really old guy Rob Blake. Back in the 60s (or something), Blake was a feared defender, with a strong right-handed slapper and was a threat to lay you out if you weren't paying attention. Back to the present...
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July 19, 2008
NHL DRAFTSTRAVAGANZA 2008
Ok, so the graphic sucks, but it's ok, because the blog is sure to live up to the quality of the graphic, and none higher, and that's a promise!So without further ado, LIVEBLOGGING DRAFTSTRAVAGANZA 2008.3:22pm: I'm in my war room, better known as my couch. I got my computer, my clicker, my dog, and a soda. It's about 96 degrees outside today, perfect weather to be...
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June 20, 2008
The draft, she's a comin'
Friday night is the first round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, held in Ottawa this year. Sharks fans know the draft as Doug Wilson season, when the SJ GM wheels n' deals more than a pizza delivery guy on SuperBowl Sunday. The future of the NHL will be present, however, it won't be known who that future for a few years when they actually become household names and we've...
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June 18, 2008
And the new Sharks Head Coach is...
Who?!?Yeah, that's pretty much how most Sharks fans feel right now, as the search is over for a new skipper, and the results yielded are just a tad anonymous in nature. Todd McLellan becomes the 7th Head Coach of the Sharks, and will be entering his first year as an NHL Head Coach. Little Mac (I'm coining the term now, please send royalties to me via email) won a Calder Cup...
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June 12, 2008
Oh Canada (or at least the closed-minded towards warm weather hockey cities part)
DISCLAIMER: I'm going to reference Canadians a bunch of times, and am not intending to lump every Canadian together. But to save myself and you from having to wade through explanations whom exactly I'm objecting to, I'm pointing it out now. If you are a Canadian and you don't feel negatively towards NHL hockey in warm American markets, welcome aboard.So I was perusing...
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June 10, 2008
Ron Wilson fard and other type news
So, unless you've been under a hockey based impenetrable rock the past two weeks, you probably know that...- Ron Wilson got fired. I like that complacency isn't covering it anymore, however, I feel this was a move that made sense after last year's exit, but that he wasn't at fault for this year's elimination. It'll almost definitely be a step backwards for...
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May 22, 2008
5/4/08 DALLAS 2, sharks 1 4OT (Dallas wins series 4-2)
Took a real long time, but that's how it ends, in Game 6 of the second round. Again.The Sharks 2007-2008 season came to a disappointing end Sunday night, albeit in a new and different heartbreaking fashion. A tremendous Game 6 saw the Sharks and Stars battle for more than double a regulation contest, making it that much more disappointing when it finally came to an end. An iffy...
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May 07, 2008
5/2/08 SHARKS 3, dallas 2 OT
Ok, forget about last game, this was your stereotypical Sharks elimination game. Sharks kinda show up until they get scored on, then disappear into the summer skies, and lose by a 2-0 margin...wait, they did what? AGAIN? No ****ing way.Well, it took a third period Dallas meltdown, winding up on the fortunate side of a couple reviewed goals, and energy that I personally haven'...
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May 04, 2008
4/30/08 WCSF #4: sharks 2, DALLAS 1
Yeah, your stereotypical Sharks elimination game, they show up until they get scored on, then fold up and prepare for the sum... say what? They didn't lose? Well, hey, that's cool.The Sharks staved off elimination last night, something they're gonna have to do a few more times if they want to move on to the next round of the playoffs. Patrick Marleau recieved a great...
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May 02, 2008
4/29/08 WCSF#3 DALLAS 2, sharks 1 OT
Before each home playoff game this year, the Sharks have put a heart beat on the jumbotron and ring around the lower bowl, synching it to exciting music and video. Ladies and gentlemen, the Sharks are 60 minutes from flatlining.On a night that started pretty well, with a pp goal that was disallowed due to poor positioning by referee Don Van Massenhoven, the Sharks still struck first...
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April 30, 2008
4/27/08 WCSF #2: dallas 5, SHARKS 2
Hmm...sucks.On the bright side, Game 2 was not like Game 1. Unfortunately, that's because the Teal made more mistakes, and Dallas played much better. Despite a 2-1 lead going to the third thanks to goals by Joe Pavelski and Milan Michalek, the Stars decided to play three periods, while the Sharks were apparently content with just two. Evgeni Nabokov looked unfortunately human...
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April 29, 2008
4/25/08 WCSF #1: dallas 3, SHARKS 2 (OT)
Much hyped series, Sharks come up flat in the waning moments, and lose Game 1. I've seen this before.Despite a strong effort by the Sharks on Friday, the Stars showed up when it counted, and came away with first blood. Brendan Morrow had a pair of goals, Mike Modano had the other, and Marty Turco was stifling. Milan Michalek finally broke his schneid by banging in a puck to take...
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April 27, 2008
4/22/08 WCQF #7 SHARKS 5, calgary 3 (SHARKS WIN SERIES 4-3)
Jeremy Roenick is God. That is all.The notion of Sharks/Flames Game 7 throws back to '95, the first time these teams met in the post season, when it was #2 vs #7, albeit in the other direction. Interestingly enough, the difference makers last night were two guys who were playing in '95, f...
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April 26, 2008
3/11/08 sharks 2, NASHVILLE 1
Its been a couple days, and it's still a little weird to look at that L10 in the standings and see the Sharks as 10-0-0. But I'll take it.In yet another game that seemed like a playoff atmosphere, the Sharks eked it out, getting a goal from Milan Michalek, and another from Joe Pavelski's shin. Pavels...
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April 26, 2008
Western Conference Semifinals Preview
The first round was a throwback to 2004, and a lesser extent 1995, with the Sharks prevailing in 7, like they did back in the 90's. This second round matchup is a throwback to the 90s as well, albeit a couple years later. The Sharks and Stars met twice in 3 years (1998, 2000), and, at least one of those series was a big one. Ed Belfour, Owen Nolan, Bryan Marchment, Joe Nieuwendyk...
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April 25, 2008
4/20/08 WCQF #6 CALGARY 2, sharks 0
Well... that sucked.From the drop of the puck, it looked like the Sharks were playing for Game 7, and, miraculously, they got their wish. (This statement sounds sarcastic, but isn't really. The Sharks didn't really come out pressing, as if they were saving it for Game 7, and now they get their chance to use it in Game 7).Owen Nolan continues to haunt the Sharks, and Daymond...
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April 21, 2008
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