Posts About "HP Pavilion"

Perron Assists, Elliott's Glove Leads Blues to Game 4 Triumph, 2-1

April 20th, 2012 David Perron knows all about expectations. Drafted 26th overall in an admittedly sub-par 2007 draft class, he nevertheless made the Blues straight out of the Juniors, scoring 13 goals and 27 points in 62 games. In the 2008-09 season, he cracked the 50 point plateau, notching 35 assists in the process and becoming noteworthy for...

Backes to the Future; Blues Blank Sharks, 3-0, Tie Series 1-1

April 15th, 2012 The proud city of St. Louis has seen eleven World Series titles, one NBA championship, and one Super Bowl victory. And yet, over a span of 45 seasons, nary a Stanley Cup. David Backes did his best to help the Blues take their first step toward breaking that streak. In a violence-marred game featuring four fights, eight roughing...

Kings-Sharks: Horse Hockey!

April 6th, 2012 Horse hockey! — Colonel Sherman Potter, M*A*S*H In a wild, rough-and-tumble affair that featured seven power play goals, three fights, a boarding major and three roughing penalties, the San Jose Sharks came back from a 3-1 second period deficit to outlast the Los Angeles Kings, 6-5 in the shootout. With the win, the Sharks edged...

Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Torrey Mitchell: San Jose's New 'G.I. Joes'

December 18th, 2011 It's a popular misconception that NHL head coaches spend the majority of their time diagramming and implementing X's and O's. In actuality, they are mad scientists, performing chemistry experiments in fetid, cramped laboratories filled with metaphorical test tubes, Bunsen burners, and — legend has it — Gordie Howe's perfectly...

Vlasic Represents an Interesting Pickle for Sharks

November 22nd, 2011 That's one crunchy pickle™! In the Silicon Valley, Vlasic means much more than cucumbers soaking in a brine of distilled vinegar and corn syrup. It's also the last name of a young, emerging, former 2nd round pick in his sixth full season with the Sharks, carrying a team-best plus/minus of +11 and registering a defensive-corps...

Five Reasons the Sharks Have Started Slowly — and Five Reasons Not to Worry About It

October 21st, 2011 It is way too early for this article. Only in Columbus are they about ready to jump off the Main Street Bridge and into the Scioto River due to their wretched 0-5-1 start. Montreal hasn't been much better (1-4-1), but as a friend of mine from La Metropole told me tonight, fan reaction has been "surprisingly tame". Winnipeg is...