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Joe Thornton

Sharks Collapse Again in Playoffs

The Hockey Writers | May 3, 2014

Season after season, the San Jose Sharks do outstanding in the regular season, and collapse in the playoffs. The Sharks finished the regular season in second place in the Pacific…

Categories San Jose Sharks

Kings Fall, Can’t Get Up; Sharks Take Game One

Walter McLaughlin | April 18, 2014

In 1989, a ridiculous series of medical alert television commercials was launched, introducing the now-infamous line “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” as a helpless senior struggled to right…

Categories Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks

How the Sharks Can Bite the Kings

Kenneth Laws | April 17, 2014

Another year, another postseason. Another postseason, another Sharks Kings preview. Remind me again what year it is? This is part one of a playoff preview between these two. In this…

Categories Previews and Predictions, San Jose Sharks

Who Will be the Best in the West?

Tannor Torrao | April 16, 2014

Today I’ll skip all of the pomp and circumstance of an introduction to The Stanley Cup Playoffs (but if you’d like to see it one more time, check out my…

Categories Previews and Predictions

The Kings Versus the Sharks: A Series Preview

Walter McLaughlin | April 14, 2014

If you gulp down a beer, furrow your brow and turn your head slightly to one side, you may have trouble distinguishing the Los Angeles Kings from San Jose Sharks…

Categories Los Angeles Kings, Previews and Predictions

Sharks Mid-Season Review: Still on the Cusp of Elite

Kenneth Laws | February 14, 2014

So, much more than half the season has been played. But Sharks Mid-Season Review provides a much better headline than Sharks 71% of the Season Review. As all but four…

Categories San Jose Sharks

Thornton, Marleau Form an Inseparable Duo

Eric He | January 27, 2014

Joe Thornton already had a three-year contract extension with the San Jose Sharks worked out, but there was just one problem: Patrick Marleau hadn’t yet agreed to his extension. That’s…

Categories San Jose Sharks

Hockey News: Outdoor Game Recap; Miller on the Move?

Marcy Di Michele | January 27, 2014

Hockey fans in America tend to be a little sensitive at times, because of a perceived lack of respect by the other major sports in the country. [Yahoo Sports] But Dodger…

Categories Elsewhere on the Web

San Jose Sharks Lines

Kenneth Laws | December 18, 2013

Recent disappointing results have forced Todd McLellan to shuffle his lines more than he’d like.  The San Jose Sharks lines are deep, but with a few injuries (Torres and Burish)…

Categories San Jose Sharks

Joe Thornton: Hall of Fame Lock

Tyler Kerdman | December 6, 2013

Joe Thornton is one of the most disrespected players in the National Hockey League. Amidst a player contingent consisting of mean, disrespectful, reckless, or overvalued hockey players, Jumbo Joe stands…

Categories San Jose Sharks

Sharks Perfect Homestand Defies Doubters

Kenneth Laws | December 3, 2013

5-0-0.  The number itself is just pretty.  Nice and even without any blemishes on it.  The Sharks spent nearly two weeks and their Thanksgiving holiday at home in San Jose. …

Categories San Jose Sharks

Los Angeles Kings Update: The Streak Continues

Walter McLaughlin | November 30, 2013

The Kings’ annoyingly deja vu-esque 3-2 shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks last Wednesday tied one significant team milestone: the longest streak earning at least one point in club…

Categories Los Angeles Kings
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