Sharks News (Page 3)

Thank you, Patrick

May 11, 2022

SAN JOSE — I’m going to sound like a broken record. Frankly, I don’t care that I do.

Last year I wrote about Mr. Shark, Patrick Marleau, when he broke Gordy Howe’s record for most games played in the history of the NHL and what he meant to the city of San Jose.

Well, the inevitable has finally h...


Evander Kane is back, but for how long?

December 1, 2021

Evander Kane is back on the ice after a tumultuous two months.

Kane, who has made news off the ice for all the wrong reasons, was placed on waivers this past weekend by the San Jose Sharks. He cleared waivers and was assigned to the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda.

After his first practice in which he...


Sharks hanging at the end of their rope after eighth straight loss

April 25, 2021

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks are trapped in a coal mine with no way out, and are down to its last lantern that’s heavily leaking fuel from the bottom.

With its eighth loss in a row, a 6-3 defeat to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night at the Shark Tank, this team is closer to a receiving a high...


Marleau stands alone as San Jose's own

April 19, 2021

Patrick Marleau now stands alone.

On a Monday evening in Sin City, Mr. Shark, #12, broke the NHL's all-time games played record with his 1,768th game. He broke Gordie Howe's once long-standing record that was 59 years in the making in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Vegas Golden Knights.

On that open...


Marleau ties Gordie, Sharks hit new low in 5-2 loss

April 17, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Patrick Marleau reached the NHL's Ironman milestone by tying Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe, for the all-time games played mark with 1,767.

Unfortunately for Mr. Shark, his team continued its downward spiral into an endless abyss of losing in a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Saturday...


Sharks show grit, but losing streak continues in 3-2 loss

April 16, 2021

ST. PAUL, Minn. — There is a saying that you play to the level of your competition.

For the San Jose Sharks, after two humiliating losses to the Anaheim Ducks where the majority of the team either started the season or played last season for the AHL affiliate San Diego Gulls, they played like a de...


Sharks get reality check after 4-2 loss to Kings as trade deadline looms

April 10, 2021

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks should be sellers at the trading deadline on Monday.

In its latest loss, a 4-2 clunker to the Los Angeles Kings, Team Teal now sits four points out of fourth place and the final playoff spot in the Honda Pacific Division.

That may not sound like a big deficit to ov...


Sharks eat a buffet of Duck in 6-0 shutout victory

March 12, 2021

ANAHEIM — It took 24 games into the season, but the Sharks finally have a winning streak.

San Jose received goals from six different goal scorers and Devon Dubnyk was perfect in between the pipes as the Sharks routed the Anaheim Ducks in a 6-0 shutout win on Friday evening at Honda Center.

This...


Deck stacked against Sharks in 4-0 shutout loss to Vegas

March 6, 2021

SAN JOSE — Instead of those damn Yankees, it's those damn Golden Knights.

Alex Tuch scored a pair of goals in a 4-0 win over the San Jose Sharks. Marc Andre-Fleury made big saves when he had to. The Vegas goaltender stopped all 24 shots on goal for his fourth shutout of the year, improving his rec...


Sharks lose 7-6 to Blues in Wild West shootout

February 27, 2021

SAN JOSE — If you did not know any better, you would have sworn you were teleported back to the 1980's watching the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues game.

In a game that featured 13 combined goals, with no team ever scoring two consecutively, the Blues escaped Silicon Valley with a 7-6 win in a...