Loved the game. The Sharks played a full 60 minutes for once, which was nice to see. Good to get back on track.

Anyone u for NHL 09?

Todd McClellan needs to get on the refs more when the calls aren’t going our way. Especially the slash that broke Ehrhoff’s stick behind our net. I think I’ve seen The Todd (hockey five!) get us calls before. (Didn’t they give us one after the rewind on a high stick near our blue line a couple weeks back? Inebriation eradicated details, but a memory of a similar situation is rattling around.) Seriously, I’m not as mad as Drew was, but boy howdy them refs are blinder than myself after an evenin’ wit lady moonshine! It made me want to go clock Oilers in between their own net and a referee. Or even something to do with my 4-wheeler.

Clowe completely set up that goal along the half boards there with that hard-working takeaway, but the puck would have been long gone before 29 got there for the hit if we hadn’t locked down on the boards, blue line and beyond. Credit all around (not to discredit Clowe.)

Patrick Marleau is my favorite Shark for this reason: He rarely gets into a one on none without casting a wondrous red glow on the back of a beaten goalie. Not many more times has he missed on one on ones. Nor does he often misplace a pass on a well-developing two or three on two. This is getting ridiculous, everyone’s seen it, the man is a puck-handling, speed-skating, and more importantly, hockey-loving machine. Every time he’s got a big time scoring chance, you can stand up with confidence you won’t have to just sit back down.

I’m feeling a winning streak. For no other reason than that I want a winning streak. And hell, we’re the Sharks.

to Pavs instead of Cheech
Solid game all around. Very happy with the effort. Would loved to see Shelley in there in the 2nd to smooth out Moreau’s rough edges though

Someone already posted the fights to YouTube already haha

1. Marleau is not just a product of being Joe Thornton’s winger. He was on the third line, playing with two guys whose combined goals scored wouldn’t even match his own. What does he do? Score twice.
2. The third line, with a speedy center who can put the puck on net, can be productive. Oh Torrey Mitchell, please come back soon!
3. The Sharks don’t take shit from anybody, even with Shelley out. And who are the guys who take the fighting penalties? Semenov, Lemieux, and Staubitz. Guys that, while competent role players, aren’t necessary for the team to win. Having them take care of the rough stuff is much better than, say, having Joe Thornton out in the box for five minutes.

I could probably think of more (like Pavelski = still awesome), but I have a lot of homework that I procrastinated on.

That was an absofrakkinlutely (try typing that out on a cell phone keypad) awesome game. Congrats to the captain on 600. I thought it was a pretty solid effort all around. The physicality and effort really got the crowd into it. It seemed like the road trip performance kind of damped the enthusiasm in the place at first, things were not quite as loud as you’d have expected after the team being gone for a week.

1. Roloson playing baseball with the puck, tossing it up after a glove save and hitting it up ice from mid-air.

2. Mike Grier and Patrick Marleau – what a solid two-on-one. Credit to Mikey for giving the puck to the sure-fire scorer.

3. Joe Pavelski has a 4-game goal streak going on, and Jonathan Cheechoo has a 2-game point streak (hey – it’s big for him).

4. Lukas Kaspar’s assist on Jumbo’s goal is critical – to his trade value.

5. Outstanding forechecking tonight, for the most part – we pursued that puck. Not a flawless night, certainly, but improved.

Penalty Summary

 1st Period
 
 San Jose tripping – 2 min 18:12, D. Boyle
 San Jose hooking – 2 min 19:29, J. Cheechoo

 2nd Period
 
 Edmonton tripping – 2 min 2:25, M. Pouliot
 San Jose tripping – 2 min 3:30, P. Marleau
 San Jose tripping – 2 min 3:51, M. Vlasic
 San Jose roughing – 2 min 7:10, A. Semenov
 Edmonton roughing – 2 min 7:10, J. Strudwick
 San Jose fighting – 5 min 7:10, C. Lemieux
 Edmonton fighting – 5 min 7:10, T. Peckham
 San Jose misconduct – 10 min 7:10, C. Lemieux
 Edmonton roughing – 2 min 10:45, S. Staios
 Edmonton cross check – 2 min 11:01, E. Moreau
 San Jose roughing – 2 min 11:01, R. Clowe
 Edmonton high sticking – 2 min 11:27, S. Horcoff
 Edmonton roughing – 2 min 16:42, E. Moreau
 Edmonton roughing – 2 min 16:42, E. Moreau
 San Jose roughing – 2 min 16:42, B. Staubitz
 San Jose roughing – 2 min 16:42, B. Staubitz
 San Jose fighting – 5 min 16:47, A. Semenov
 Edmonton fighting – 5 min 16:47, Z. Stortini

 3rd Period

 Edmonton high sticking – 2 min 9:57, S. Horcoff
 San Jose holding – 2 min 15:11, J. Pavelski
 San Jose puck over glass – 2 min 18:44, A. Semenov

I’m hoarse. I’ll have to go and read all of the comments tomorrow, but sounds like everyone thought the refs sucked. Which they did. I’ll also have to watch the replay tomorrow (well, I guess tomorrow is today already…)

That penalty summary is something else…

Sorry I didn’t get over to see you, Mr. K; I had both boys with me (last minute change in plans). I’ll try again on Saturday.

Does anyone know of a place that I can watch a replay of the whole game? Apparently I made it on the show! The camera cut to me whilst I was screaming about one of the many none penalty calls that happened in this game. But of course, we had to make room on the DVR for some reality show I dont care about.

And I dont have comcast, so I cant pull up the replays from there. Anybody know what I can do?