Sharks news for the week ending 150516

News highlights: The AHL announces division realignment.

5/10: Ottawa Sun: NHL coaches waiting on Babcock
And other coaching suggestions.

5/9: Pucknology: From A House of Pizza to a Tank of Teal
How hockey came to San Jose May 9, 1980

5/10: Puck Daddy/Cooper: California puck love: Hockey popularity surging in the Golden State

5/10: Friedman 30 Thoughts
Updates on coaching searches in league

5/12: The AHL announces division alignment for 2015-16
SJ Barracuda in Pacific Division with other California teams, plus the two Texas teams

5/13: Sportsnet: Friedman – McLellan to coach Oilers barring major breakdown

5/13: Yahoo Sports: Kelowna Rockets’ Chartier has big 2 points in clincher

5/14: Sportsnet: Draft order 1-26 set after 2nd round playoffs
And the Sharks picks are now set

5/14: Puck Daddy: Has hockey found the next Cap Geek?

5/15: TSN: San Jose Sharks offseason game plan

5/15: Benzinga: Brenden Dillon co-hosting golf tournament in August

5/16: Hockey’s Future: Interview with Tomas Hertl @ IIHF World Championships

Sharks at IIHF World Championships May 10

Three games of interest today.

GER vs CZE (Hertl); CZE 4-2 ; Hertl even, 2 SOG

SLO vs USA (Smith); USA 3-1 ; Smith did not play (replaced by Wild’s Coyle, a former Shark prospect)

SUI vs Canada (Burns/McLellan) ; Canada 7-2 ; Burns 2 assists, +1

USA and CZE are qualified for the quarter finals, and Canada who is unbeaten in tourney. QFs start Thursday.

No games of interest on Monday.  Tuesday’s games of interest: CAN (Burns/McLellan) vs AUT; LAT (Jevpalovs) vs FRA; USA (Smith) vs SVK; CZE (Hertl) vs SUI.

Sharks news for the week ending 150509

Big story this week: new SAP Center lease through 2025+. Former Shark Steve Shields becomes collegiate assistant coach. A few more names bubble to top of list for speculation of next Sharks coach (including a former Shark). Prospect Chartier wins WHL award.

SJ Sharks

Mercury News

CSN Bay Area/California

Puck Daddy

AP

Sporting News

NBC/PHT

5/7: Michigan: [Former Shark] Steve Shields joins Men’s Ice Hockey coaching staff

5/7: Kelowna Daily Carrier: Chartier wins WHL most sportsmanlike award

5/7: Star Phoenix: Chartier won’t cry over this award

5/7: Worcester Telegram: Tuning In: Sharks’ voice Eric Lindquist taking his talents to San Jose
As new San Jose Barracuda radio pxp guy

Sharks at IIHF World Championships, May 6-8

(Traveling, catching up)

On Wednesday:

SUI vs LAT (Jevpalovs); Lativa 2-1; Jevpalovs did not play

SWE – Canada (Burns/McLellan); Canada 6-4; Burns with assist

On Thursday:

CZE (Hertl) vs France; CZE 5-1 ; Hertl with assist

USA (Smith) vs BLR; USA 2-5 ; Smith 4 SOG

On Friday

CZE (Hertl) vs AUT; CZE 4-0 ; Hertl with assist

GER vs Latvia (Jevpalovs); LAT 1-2 ; Jevpalovs did not play

USA (Smith) vs DEN; USA 1-0 ; Smith 3 SOG

 

Games of interest on Saturday: FRA – CAN (Burns/McLellan); AUT-LAT (Jevpalovs).

Sharks game stats, 2014-15 season

Some interesting numbers looking at the season that was.

Unfortunately, you had less than a 50% chance of the team winning the game (with only 39 wins on the season). But a very good chance of seeing them score, as the team was shut out only three times all season. (And shut out their opponent 8 times.)

Importantly, you want to arrive at the game on time.  More than 25% of games had the first goal within the first five minutes; and half the games had a goal scored within the first ten minutes. (More than 80% of games had the first goal scored in the first period.  (Sharks scoring first in 42 games of the season.)

But, if the Sharks were behind and the meter was running on the baby sitter, it might be OK to leave. The Sharks only came back from a deficit in 13 games all season.

However, if the team was ahead, there was nearly 25% of a chance, they’d give up a tying and winning goal, losing the game.

The Sharks best intra-game goal advantage was five goals (happened once), but their worst was also five goals against (happened twice).

The Sharks scored a maximum of seven goals (median 2).  (And gave up a max of seven goals, median of 3.)

Sharks were 4-6 in the shootout.  And lost three times in OT.

Sharks incurred 302 penalties (to opponents 341), enduring an average of just under 6 minutes of penalty kill time, while enjoying more than 6:55 minutes of power play time (offsetting penalties notwithstanding).

Sharks scored 55 power play goals, but gave up 48 power play goals.  But even strength, the Sharks scored only 165 goals compared to 171 for their opponents.

In summary, the Sharks were an OK team, but not an elite team for the 2014-15 season.  It will take a good coaching staff AND the right mix of players to ensure the Sharks return to the playoffs and/or elite status.

Sharks at IIHF World Championships, May 4

Three games of interest today.

LAT (Jevpalovs) – SWE. Sweden wins 8-1. Jevpalovs did not play.

Russia – USA (Smith). USA wins 4-2.

Sportsnet recap of first two games

NBC recap of USA game

YT Hockey USA postgame comments

Canada (Burns/McLellan) – CZE (Hertl). Canada wins 6-3.

NHL recap of Canada-Czech game

No games of interest on Tuesday.

Upcoming games:

On Wednesday: SUI vs LAT (Jevpalovs), SWE – Canada (Burns/McLellan).

On Thursday: CZE (Hertl) vs France, USA (Smith) vs BLR.

On Friday CZE (Hertl) vs AUT, GER vs Latvia (Jevpalovs), USA (Smith) vs DEN

Sharks prospects in CHL playoffs, round 4 (league finals)

Recapping round 3: In the WHL, Chartier (Kelowna) won in six games over Schooenborn (Portland). Chartier missed last three games of the series.

WHL | schedule/results

WF. Kelowna (Chartier) vs Brandon

Kelowna Cap News previews series

Now on to the Memorial Cup in Quebec City.

Schedule:

  • Friday, May 22: Kelowna vs (host) Quebec
  • Monday, May 25: QMJHL Rimouski vs Kelowna
  • Tuesday, May 26: OHL (Erie or Oshawa) vs Kelowna

Sharks news for the week ending 150502

4/26: Top 5 fights of the season (SJSharks)

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5/2: SJSharks: Game 4 Loss Ends Worcester Season