Month: December 2014

Sigh.  A Sharks regulation win.  But it may have been costly as Couture took a hit to the jaw early in the third period and did not return.

(Vlasic took a puck to the foot and missed a few shifts while in the locker room.)

Flyers’ Lecavalier was a healthy scratch for the first time in his career.

Nieto’s goal with 11.5 seconds remaining was the game winner.

Sharks Centric News

Sharks twitter list

Sharks team news

• Highlights
• Vlasic named Sharks Player of the Month
• Pavelski pgv
• Desjardins pgv
• Wingels pgv
• Vlasic pgv
• Nieto pgv
• McLellan pgv

San Jose Mercury News

• WTC: Sharks vs. Flyers preview: Was that goal by Hertl a turning point? Is Lecavalier really a healthy scratch for Philly?
• Sharks win; Couture hurt
• Sharks Couture leaves game with possible head injury
• WTC: Aftermath of 2-1 win over Flyers: Beyond Nieto’s goal and Couture’s injury, strong shifts from fourth line, Dillon’s first fight as a Shark — and more

CSN Bay Area/California

• Game thread
• Instant Replay: Sharks edge Flyers 2-1 on last minute goal
• Couture to be re-evaluated after possible head injury
• Rewind: Encouraging signs in Sharks 2-1 win over Flyers

The Gackle Report

• Nieto Scores Game Winner In Dying Seconds Vs. Flyers

San Francisco Chronicle

• Matt Nieto scores with seconds left to lift Sharks over Flyers

Neutral Centric News

NHL

• Recap

AP Recap

Sports Network Recap

SportxXchange Recap

Hockey Fights

• Sean Couturier vs Brenden Dillon Dec 2, 2014

NBC/PHT

• Video: Milbury and Roenick discuss the Flyers’ struggles
• Video: Sharks top Flyers with late goal
• Video: Couture leaves game after running into Raffl

Puck Daddy

• SOTN: HM Nieto, Niemi

Opponent Centric News

Twitter list of opponent news

Philadelphia Flyers

• Giroux pgv
• Mason pgv
• Berube pgv

Philly.com

• phillysport 10:09pm via Sprout Social A late goal doomed the Flyers in a 2-1 loss to the Sharks. @BroadStBull recaps the game: bit.ly/1CDQBUC
• BroadStBull 10:54pm via TweetDeck Attn, draftniks: With Sabres’ win tonight, Columbus and Edmonton are only NHL teams with fewer points than #Flyers.
• Flyers Notes: Flyers bench Del Zotto and Lecavalier
• Flyers’ Lecavalier: ‘I dont’ want to be a distraction’
• Del Zotto’s turn to sit for the Flyers

CSN Philadelphia

• Instant replay
• Sharks hand Flyers 5th straight loss on last-second goal

SBN: Broad Street Hockey

• BroadStHockey 10:10pm via SB Nation Flyers play well, get no points. Also, life is unfair: sbnation.com/e/7089448

TV: NBCSN

Satellite radio (click for specific station)

Sharks Radio Network

NBCSN will feature the Sharks-Flyers as the second half of a double header Tuesday.

Two teams with disappointing records, but with different drums in the background.  The Sharks owner Plattner is preaching patience, while the Flyers chair Synder is calling out individuals on the team. Neither team is in a playoff positions in their respective conference.

Flyers are playing their second game of a five-game road trip (they lost the first), and have a 7-game losing streak on the road. Lecavaier will be a healthy scratch against the Sharks.

The Sharks want to put an exclamation mark on their defense of home ice with another win (which would be only the second sequential win of the season).

Niemi will be starting for the Sharks (Stalock needs a bit more practice to return from injury as a starter, but is OK as a backup; perhaps this weekend in Alberta with the two back-to-back games).

Sharks assign Matt Tennyson to AHL Worcester. (Guessing their mini-8 defenseman experiment is over, and/or need in AHL with possible broken hand.  And they wanted two forward spots on roster.  Still think there will be more movement coming.)

Tye McGinn will be facing his former organization for the first time.

Sharks Centric News

Sharks twitter list

Sharks team news

• Great White Blog
• 12/1 Sharks weekly
• Pregame report
• McLellan
• Pavelski
• Hertl
• McGInn

San Jose Mercury News

• Analysis: San Jose Sharks take a step back
• Sharks host the Philadelphia Flyers looking for consecutive wins
• WTC: Todd McLellan on Brent Burns: “He has overall been a force for our team”
• Sharks owner Hasso Plattner staying patient as team struggles
• Sharks’ McGinn on Thornton line against former Flyers teammates

CSN Bay Area/California

• Sharks owner Plattner preaches patience
• Sharks’ Burns still working on defensive game
• Sharks’ Stalock nearly ready to play again
• Sharks searching for consistency as they prep for Flyers
• Sharks’ Tennyson reassigned to Worcester, Mueller out vs. Flyers
• Sharks’ McGinn facing former team on top line
• In the Crease: Sharks look to add to Flyers’ recent woes

The Gackle Report

• Rink Notes: Sharks Hopeful Stalock Can Return to Action This Week
• Sharks Looking To Stay Physical Against Flyers
• Flyers Voracek Providing A Model For Hertl To Follow

San Francisco Chronicle

• Ownership: Patience exactly what’s needed

From Czech Republic, article on Hertl’s season thus far
If I’m reading correctly from the Google translation, he’s a bit frustrated with lack of offensive production.

Neutral Centric News

NHL

• Preview

AP preview

Sports Network preview

SportxXchange preview

NBC/PHT

• ‘Never seen anything like it’: Snider rips Philly’s lack of secondary scoring
• NHL on NBCSN: Flyers, Sharks battle to bury rough start
• Burns’ shift back to defense remains work in progress
• ‘It’s very hard to take’: Lecavalier to be healthy scratched for first time
• Goalie nods
  Niemi vs Mason

Puck Daddy

• Ed Snider blasts Flyers for paltry secondary scoring
• Flyers make Vinny Lecavalier scapegoat, healthy scratch for 1st time

The Hockey News

• Big changes loom in Philly after owner Ed Snider publicly berates his secondary scoring

Opponent Centric News

Twitter list of opponent news

Philadelphia Flyers

• From Monday practice (vid)
• Preview

Philly.com

• Grading disappointing Flyers at quarter pole
• Slow starts killing Flyers
• Flyers ‘can’t be a one-line team,’ Snider says
• Flyers Notes: Flyers take 7-game road slump into San Jose
• Flyers bench struggling Lecavalier for game against Sharks
• Del Zotto, Lecavalier latest Flyers to be benched

CSN Philadelphia

• 5 things that need to happen on Flyers’ West Coast trip
• Flyers Weekly Observations: Why bench Bellemare?
• End to End: Which Flyers need to produce more?
• On West Coast trip, Flyers have to get angry
• Snider: Poor-performing Flyers need to ‘turn it around’
• Don’t blame Craig Berube for Flyers’ struggles
• Flyers-Sharks: 5 things you need to know
• PST: Boruk on Vinny Lecavalier: ‘I don’t know what he’s doing’
• No quick fixes coming for Flyers
• Skate Update: Andrew MacDonald back in lineup
• Vinny Lecavalier a healthy scratch vs. Sharks

SBN: Broad Street Hockey

• Flyers vs Sharks Preview: Trip through Death Valley begins in San Jose