The San Jose Sharks Blog

NHL.COM is hosting a really fun game called the 2010 Playoff Challenge. It is a lot like the March Madness Tournament Bracket game on Yahoo except this is for the Playoffs. If anybody would like to join I have created a group:

Name: sharks

Password: sharksbeatavalanche

It is very easy to find on NHL.COM. It is on the right side underneath the top headlines category. There is a whole line of links and the link to the game is on the very last one. The Playoffs start tomorrow but don’t worry. The picks go by a round by round basis, so picks start over each round. Good Luck Sharks!

The San Jose Sharks learned Sunday that they will be playing the Colorado Avalanche in the first round. They also learned that they won 1st place in the Western Conference by one point, because of Detroit’s overtime victory against the Blackhawks. The Sharks will be playing there 1st game against the Avalanche on Wednesday in San Jose. Go Sharks!

      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 Detroit Red Wings won the Stanely Cup wednesday. The last game was very exciting. The penguins, down 3 to 1 with one minute thirty seconds left in the third pulled Fleury. They had many great chances. One chance they scored on. That made it 3 to 2. Then the pressure really came on. The penguins had many shots butt couldn’t score. Then with oner second left the penguins threw the puck through the crease butt couldn’t find a man.  

  The Red Wings are leading the Stanely Cup Finals series 2 to 0. Most people thought it was going to be a close series but both games have been won by a good margin. 3 to 4 goal lead each game. I think Detroit will win the Stanely Cup. 

For the 4th season in a row the Sharks have been knocked out of the 2nd round of the playoffs. They lost in the 4th overtime in last nights game. The game ended 11:30 pm here and 1:30 am in Dallas.