Torrey Mitchell played his first game this season tuesday night. They won 4-3 against the Ducks in Game #3 of the Playoffs. Game #4 will be played at 7:30 P.M tonight in Anaheim. The Ducks are leading the series 2-1.
Game #3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs didn’t start so well for the Sharks. Just :17 seconds into the game Marleau got a 4 minute high sticking penalty. Then at :35 seconds Getzlaf took an Interference penalty which helped kill 2 minutes off the double minor to Marleau. The Sharks were able to kill off the rest of Marleau’s minor. The next exciting moment came at 5:25 both Grier and Rob Niedermayer both got roughing minors. Then just :9 seconds Blake got a goal from the point after his shot was kicked out by Hiller into Drew Miller and went into the net. Then :16 seconds later Pronger got a holding penalty. Unfortunately the Sharks couldn’t capitalize on their 4 on 3. Then at 9:55 Pavelski took a tripping that turned into a Power Play goal for Bobby Ryan at 11:12 tying the game at 1 for each team. Then at 11:33 Getzlaf took a hooking penalty which resulted in a Power Play goal for Dan Boyle at 13:07. The next goal came at 14:50 for Wisniewski that tied the game at 2. Nothing much happened until 18:58 when Murray and Parros got into a fight which Murray ended up winning. The period ended with the Ducks taking 8 shots and the Sharks taking 20 shots. The score was 2-2.
In the 2nd period only 2 goals were scored one was scored by Boyle at 1:05 and the other was scored by Pronger at 11:50. The only penalty was a roughing penalty at 7:27 awarded to Mike Grier. The Sharks took 8 shots and the Ducks took 13. The score was tied at 3 to 3.
The 3rd period was the period that had the least amount of goals and penalties but was the most exciting. The only goal was scored by Marleau at 10:33 on a Power Play from a hooking penalty that Perry took at 9:07. That ended the game with the Sharks taking 7 shots in the 3rd and taking 35 total. The Ducks took 9 shots in the 3rd and taking 30 total shots. The Sharks finally got a win breaking a 4 game losing streak (counting regular season and post season goals). The Ducks are leading the series 2 to 1.
The Sharks are down 2 to 0 to the Ducks in the series with the loss on Thursday night (2-0) and last night (3-2). The Sharks will be going into Anaheim down by 2 games.
The Sharks are playing their first game of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight. The game will be played at 7:30 pm in San Jose. The Sharks are playing the Ducks.
The Sharks will be playing the Ducks in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Sharks record against the Ducks is 4-2-0. The Ducks record against the Sharks is 2-4-0. The date, time and home rink is posted in the Upcoming Schedule section.
The Sharks have clinched the Presidents Trophy with Boston’s 6-1 loss to the Sabers. The have the best record in the NHL with 117 points after their last game and the Bruin’s have 114 points with 1 game left to play. As of right now it is undecided who the Sharks will play in the first round but will be known by tomorrow night.
The Worcester Sharks are auctioning off the game used jerseys of Kyle McLaren, Claude Lemieux, Jamie McGinn, Derek Joslin, Lukas Kaspar, Thomas Greiss, Brad Staubitz, and Torrey Mitchell (issued, not worn) on Ebay. The auction has already started and will end Sunday, March 1st.