Stadium Series Shaping up as Must Win for Sharks Andrew Bensch | February 19, 2015 Two Teams, Two Directions The NHL couldn’t ask for better story lines heading into a February outdoor game. The defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings are making a charge up…
Top Heavy Lineup Will Doom San Jose Again Andrew Bensch | February 15, 2015 Don’t Blame the Big Boys For over a decade now the San Jose Sharks have made the playoffs every single season only to disappoint. And every year their top stars…
Time to Cease the “Trade Chara” Chatter Joe Marraccino | February 14, 2015 Cue the Zdeno Chara trade rumors. The Boston Bruins have lost four of their last five after a 5-2 defeat in Vancouver against the Canucks Friday night. A lackluster effort has Bruins fans feeling pessimistic…
Sharks Allow 40 Shots to Oilers, Face Crucial Back-to-Back Andrew Bensch | February 3, 2015 Will the Real Sharks Please Stand Up? In recent weeks yours truly has used the Jekyll and Hyde reference to describe the San Jose Sharks this season. They could also…
Top 5 Sharks This Season Andrew Bensch | February 3, 2015 It has been an up and down, Jekyll and Hyde season for the San Jose Sharks in 2014-15. A number of players have impressed and a number have disappointed. The…
Couture’s Career Year Could Fetch Him Sharks’ Captaincy Andrew Bensch | January 31, 2015 Lost in the midst of Joe Pavelski’s All-Star snub and an infamously unlucky season from Patrick Marleau has been Logan Couture. The fifth year center is quietly having his best…
Drafting the All-Time Sharks All-Star Team Andrew Bensch | January 28, 2015 Recently colleagues Tom Mitsos and Prashanth Iyer put together an incredibly entertaining All-Time Detroit Red Wings fantasy draft article. In the spirit of their fantastic piece, fellow Sharks writer Drew Weber and…
Sharks Survive But Struggle Without Joe Thornton Drew Weber | January 12, 2015 A Misleading Record After the San Jose Sharks lost their first-line center, Joe Thornton, to an injury sustained against the Anaheim Ducks, the team achieved a decent 2-2-0 record before he…
Nikolay Goldobin Wants To Be WJC Top Scorer Alessandro Seren Rosso | December 26, 2014 In this translated interview, originally appearing on the popular Russian portal Championat.ru, Sharks prospect Nikolay Goldobin talked about the draft, explained why he joined HIFK, and declared that he wants to…
An (Unrealistic) Sharks Christmas Wish List Andrew Bensch | December 24, 2014 ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the league, not a creature was stirring, not even John Scott. With it being Christmas eve and the NHL in the middle…
Most Valuable Forward for Each Team in the West Andrew Bensch | December 22, 2014 Recent discussions on what makes players most valuable to their team got me thinking, when it comes to forwards, who is the most valuable for each NHL team? After all,…
Thornton Delivers Jumbo Performance as Sharks Beat Blues Andrew Bensch | December 21, 2014 Still San Jose’s MVP It is quite nice when the player you write about in connection with the Hart Trophy for league MVP carries his team to victory that night.…