February 6, 2021
It looks like the Oakland A’s have an interest in defending their 2020 AL West championship after all.
With star players Marcus Semien (Blue Jays) and Liam Hendriks (White Sox) departing Oakland without much resistance, it seemed the A’s were in the midst of one of their clichéd offseasons of pass...
February 1, 2021
In the military, units perform after action reviews. Usually conducted directly after missions or training, these AARs are used as an assessment of overall performance. The methods may have changed over the years, but the underlying objective remains the same. That objective is to identify what went...
January 30, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO — The 2020-2021 Warriors are a team that is best described as consistently inconsistent. While it sounds like an enigma, it is accurate. To be consistently inconsistent is to do something often enough without establishing a pattern or an identity. Case in point, Golden State has yet to...
January 28, 2021
DENVER, Colo. — Devan Dubnyk was the best player on the ice tonight.
Unfortunately for him, his team is struggling to score any goals. The San Jose Sharks were shut out for the first time this season in a 3-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday evening at Ball Arena.
Mercifully, the eight...
January 26, 2021
DENVER, Colo. — The San Jose Sharks might have felt helpless like the Donner Party did when they were snowed in back in 1846.
The Colorado Avalanche overpowered and outmatched San Jose in a dominating 7-3 victory on Tuesday evening at Ball Arena.
San Jose actually started the game well as they s...
January 24, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Brent Burns has a flair for the dramatic.
The bearded defenseman's second goal of the season couldn't have come at a better time for the Sharks, who earned its first regulation win of the season in a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday evening at Xcel Energy Center.
A...
January 22, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minn. — It was not the homecoming Devan Dubnyk or Ryan Donato had hoped for.
The Minnesota Wild scored three unanswered goals to defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Friday evening at the Xcel Energy Center.
Team Teal getting outcompeted in the middle frame is becoming a disturbing trend....
January 20, 2021
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The San Jose Sharks returned to .500 after its 2-1 shootout win over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday evening.
Unlike Team Teal's previous two games, this game was a 180 degree turn in terms of its defensive play against a speedy Blues team that features four lines that can skate...
January 18, 2021
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Devan Dubnyk made his starting debut for the San Jose Sharks on Monday evening against the St. Louis Blues.
The result didn't go according to plan for both the netminder and the team in a 5-4 loss to the home team. The Sharks are now 1-2 to start the season.
The scoreboard in no...
January 14, 2021
GLENDALE, Ariz. — 10 months seemed liked an eternity, but hockey is back.
For the San Jose Sharks that's how long it had been since they played its last hockey game. At times, they looked like a team that benefited from having such a long layoff. Other times trying to shake off the rust, looked di...
