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Rollin’ the Dice with Greiss

Opening night at the Shark Tank. For the first time in his career, Sharks goalie Thomas Greiss will be between the pipes for the first puck drop of the season. The 3rd Round, 94th overall pick of the…Read More

Growing Up a Sharks Fan: Love, Joy, Family and Hockey

On October 2nd 1999, a young 19 year-old defenseman named Brad Stuart played his first career NHL hockey game. My younger brother Brad, 10 years old at the time, attended the game with our Dad. At 17:17…Read More

Sharks Flux Capacitor Broken

The San Jose Sharks are just playin’ possum!  They got ‘em right where they want ‘em!  No?  Any one on board with that? Ok, those were desperately hopeful statements.  I only wish…Read More

San Jose Sharks: Just Unlucky or Metallica Curse?

The San Jose Sharks recent poor play might be due to more than the lack of a puck moving defenseman or consistent goalie play.  They might actually have been cursed by a ticked off James Hetfield of Metallica,…Read More

Sharks Whiffing on Football Like Charlie Brown

Right now, the San Jose Sharks have nothing on Charlie Brown. I suppose the good news is that the San Jose Sharks are getting into the American holiday spirit, and considering that Canadian Thanksgiving…Read More

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San Jose Sharks Need to Find Their Inner Bruce Willis

The Dole Nutrition Institute ranked Columbus as a top city for salad consumption. Sorry, but even with…Read More

Sharkamania Runs Wild on L.A. Kings!

Back when televisions only had a few channels, mine would be tuned in religiously to Saturday morning…Read More

Sharks Squeak by Islanders in OT While Fans Battle Stomach Cramps

To echo venerable Sharks’ broadcaster Drew Remenda‘s comments following the Sharks 2-1 OT win…Read More

Sharks Host Islanders Tonight in Epic Battle of Hair Gel Versus Teal

How YOU doin’? The gentle lilt of the melodic Long Island accent as it descends upon San Jose can…Read More

Anaheim Ducks Outlast Sloppy Sharks

When does Joe Thornton get back again?  Thursday?…thank heavens. After throttling the Tampa Bay…Read More

Lightning Strikes

The San Jose Sharks face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight at HP Pavilion, in what will certainly be a gut check game for Todd McLellan’s squad. In addition to needing some serious offensive…Read More

Jumbo’s Hat Trick Dooms Devils

Now THAT is what San Jose Sharks fans are used to. The somewhat redundant clarion call for Joe Thornton to shoot more, shoot more, shoot more came to fruition last night with Jumbo’s 4th career hat trick.…Read More

Calgary Stampede

The Calgary Stampede isn’t supposed to start until next summer. The Calgary Flames hosted the San Jose Sharks last night, and summarily trampled them in front of a noisy Scotiabank Saddledome.  The…Read More

Mount Pavelski Dwarfs Avalanche

Spend more than 10 minutes with any Colorado native, and you’ll swear they get paid for mentioning how “beautiful” and “spectacular” the Rocky Mountains are. Like broken records, they wax…Read More

Is Niemi the Antti-Nabby?

Bad stretch or are we witnessing the birth of the Antii-Nabby? If you’re scoring at home, Antti Niemi has now let in 9 goals in the last two games with a nice 5 spot let in during last night’s shellacking…Read More

Why Jumbo Needs to Surf More

Following in the strange tradition of naming your beloved sports team after local, catastrophic natural disasters, here come the Carolina Hurricanes to HP Pavilion.  The San Jose Sharks will be looking…Read More

Bird Flu

I was pretty confident going into the Sharks home opener last night, save one persistent little voice that kept whispering into my subconscious the most obscene of all expletives…Byfuglien. It wasn’t…Read More

Southern Fried Shark Food

It’s been a long week since the San Jose Sharks opened up their season in Sweden, splitting a pair of games with the Columbus Blue Jackets while serving as world ambassadors in the NHL’s latest outreach…Read More

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