Perhaps none are more important than Joel Ward, who rounded out a balanced and deep attack for San Jose through three rounds.
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Following Wednesday’s 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6 of the Western Conference final, the Sharks were constantly pointing out that there’s still work to be done after advancing to the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. These guys have been waiting 25 years. “All of us have been waiting a long time too”. Because this is the Sharks’ first trip to the championship series.
Asked if he had a preferred opponent in the Cup finals, Thornton had a giddy reply.
“Game one. I don’t know what seats, but it doesn’t matter; we’re there”, said Tom Tanquary.
Thornton, who at 36 is enjoying one of the best seasons of his career with three goals and 15 assists in the postseason, is quick to point out that the Sharks aren’t content. He will be great for Edmonton, especially given his season records with the Sharks. It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen that, but it again provided proof that if anything even close to a Stanley Cup being paraded down Market Street ever occur, it just might set off a New Madrid Fault-like quake of hockey craziness never seen before. “Guys that were high-minutes players. we’re going to look back on a lot of things”.
But then the Sharks lost Game 4, and then Game 5 and 6 and finally fell 5-1 in Game 7. It’s so hard to win a series.
The Sharks star veered into the family waiting area, stepping past the ropes of a hallway at SAP Center to find his wife, Tabea Pfendsack.
Also on Thursday, the Sharks brought out the Clarence Campbell Bowl, the trophy awarded to the Western Conference champ. Why couldn’t this team take care of home-ice? It would have been easy to take a breather in that game, and in the second period, it seemed like the Sharks were doing just that.
Mohagen, now a firefighter in Edmonton, first played with Marleau as 16-year-olds in the Midget AAA Hockey League in Saskatchewan.
Thornton’s shot went wide, but Pavelski picked up the loose puck, came in front and jammed it past Blues goalie Brian Elliott on a second effort.
Ward was already known as a clutch playoff performer before he signed with the Sharks, scoring some huge goals with the Capitals. Also, what to do with Kevin Shattenkirk, David Backes, Troy Brouwer and others?
The scoring was started in Game 6 by Joe Pavelski, who had led the Stanley Cup playoffs in both goals and points, prior to Game 6, as previously reported by The Inquisitr.
VANISHING STAR: Vladimir Tarasenko was silent until it was too late, getting his first two goals and first two points of the series after the Blues were down by four and desperate late in the third period Wednesday.
The Sharks forward leads the National Hockey League with 24 points and with another three-point game in the series-clincher against the Blues, Couture is now has three three-point games this postseason. His most memorable goal before tonight was easily his Game 7 overtime victor for the Washington Capitals in a 2012 first-round series win over the Boston Bruins. Jones has a 2.12 goal-against average and.919 save percentage in 18 games this postseason. “We feel confident in our building”. Throughout this postseason every element of San Jose’s game has clicked and the Western Conference Final was no different. If you can put aside your provincial tendencies and put yourself in the shoes of those folks, you can’t help but wish them well.
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In the second round, the Sharks were stuck in a back-and-forth series against the Predators. The Blues made one change with forward Scottie Upshall coming into the lineup for Magnus Paajarvi.
