Sharks News

Whetting appetites of Sharks viewers
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October 7
San Jose Mercury News
 
"It's Shark Week on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area. There should be a lot less death and carnage than during the identically named Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, at least until they start showing playoff highlights. On Monday, hockey programming began building up the season opener Thursday night against Anaheim. Tonight at 6:30 p.m., the season's first half-hour episode of "Shark Byte" airs, featuring new coach Todd McLellan's day with the Stanley Cup (he was an assistant in Detroit). That is followed by a Sharks Classic game, the division clincher against Anaheim last season, and other old games will air Wednesday and Friday. The centerpiece, of course, is Thursday night. At 6:30 p.m., ..."
G.M. Doug Wilson operates with low-key confidence
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October 7
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Doug Wilson is going to hate this story. That's because the subject is his least favorite topic: Doug Wilson. It was months before the Sharks general manager relented to a request to sit for a photograph. He deflects any conversation about himself to "the guys in the room" and prefers to talk about the "organization." None of this seems to be false modesty. Wilson is old-school hockey, where the individual never sets himself apart from the team. In one conversation, he stopped himself after beginning a sentence by saying "I." "We don't use that word here," Wilson explained. Yet no matter how much he prefers to stay in the shadows, this is a pivotal season for him. He's the only Wilson ..."
Kings lose to Sharks in Utah
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October 6
L.A. Daily News
 
"Todd McLellan's new system is taking a while for the San Jose Sharks to learn. The Sharks closed out their first preseason under McLellan with a 3-1 win over the Kings on Sunday night. San Jose scored less than a minute into the game and then added two goals 53 seconds apart late in the second period. "The process started two weeks ago and I think we had a lot to put into place," McLellan said. San Jose went 3-4 in the preseason and makes its actual debut under McLellan on Thursday night against Anaheim. McLellan says there is still some learning to go, but the Sharks have been picking up on his system and should be ready for the Ducks. It will help to have everybody healthy again. The ..."
Sharks see an increase in their season-ticket sales
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October 5
San Jose Mercury News
 
"The disappointment of another second-round playoff exit last spring doesn't appear to have hurt Sharks' ticket sales for the coming season. The season-ticket renewal rate dipped slightly to 93 percent, but the team has sold 1,000 more seats as full-season tickets than a year ago. Full-season and partial-season tickets account for about 14,800 seats. Another 1,000 are reserved for group sales each game, leaving 1,600 single-game seats available. "We feel blessed in these economic times," Sharks President and CEO Greg Jamison said. "People are excited." Last May's second-round loss to Dallas also may have kept the team from finishing in the black. Jamison indicated a year ago the Sharks had ..."
Thornton will be ready for opener, Sharks' coach says
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October 5
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Sharks Coach Todd McLellan isn't sure whether Joe Thornton will be healthy enough to play in Sunday's exhibition finale against the Los Angeles Kings. But McLellan had a one-word answer when asked if he's confident his star center will be ready Thursday for the season opener: "Absolutely." Thornton , who has an ailing groin, didn't play in the third period of Thursday night's 3-2 loss in Vancouver that dropped San Jose's exhibition record to 2-4. He didn't practice Friday, but showed up for treatments. "He came to camp in very good shape so we're not worrying about him having to skate every day," McLellan said Friday. The coach said Thornton was a little sore before the game in Vancouver. ..."
Blake back on point with Sharks
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October 3
San Jose Mercury News
 
"When Rob Blake moved up the California coast this summer, he also took a big step back, as in back to the point on the Sharks' power play. It's a spot the 38-year-old defenseman has grown intimately familiar with over a career entering its 19th season, but one he was asked to vacate at times with the Los Angeles Kings last season in order to go to the front of the net. Not surprisingly, Blake is happier to be the one launching rockets from the point, rather than being the guy being asked to stand in front of them. "Yeah, it's kind of what I've been doing my whole career," Blake said with a wry smile. "But you appreciate the D that keep it down." Blake also appreciates having a one of the ..."
Sharks Grier ready to put frustrating playoffs behind him
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October 2
San Jose Mercury News
 
"The Sharks are in Vancouver tonight for their second-to-last exhibition game, but count Mike Grier among those ready to fast forward ahead one week. "I'm looking forward to the season getting started and the games to mean something so I can put last year behind me," the veteran right wing said. More specifically, Grier wants to erase memories of last spring's playoff frustration - his own and his team's. "Playoffs have always been a time when I played my best," he said. "And last year was probably the first time I went home over the summer and I wasn't happy with the way I played and the end result." Beginning in mid-February, Grier was hobbled by a painful right knee. Now, after ..."
Sharks win exhibition game on Thornton's goal in OT
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October 1
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Sharks Coach Todd McLellan tinkered with his top line Tuesday night, sliding Devin Setoguchi into the right-wing slot alongside Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau. Sixty-three minutes of hockey later, the Sharks had a 4-3 overtime exhibition victory over the Phoenix Coyotes with Thornton scoring the winner and all three players contributing at least a goal and an assist. "It paid off for everybody," McLellan said after the come-from-behind effort that improved the Sharks' exhibition record to 2-3. "For Joe and Patty, they had better games, and Devin had a tremendous night. He really brought an element of speed to that line." Setoguchi didn't want to waste the opportunity he was handed. "When ..."
Sharks' McLaren finally finds some ice time
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September 30
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Defenseman Kyle McLaren was on the ice Monday, his first appearance with the Sharks since Game 5 of the opening round playoff series against Calgary last April. McLaren injured his groin and missed the final eight playoff games, but has been participating in camp without health concerns. His absence from scrimmages and the first three exhibition contests led to speculation that his time with San Jose was running short. "I'm not surprised (to be playing)," said McLaren after a 5-1 loss to the Coyotes. "I've wanted to play from day one. This is what I've wanted to do. When you don't play, it's tough, but it's just nice to get back on the ice with my teammates, to be in the locker room." With ..."
Coach giving Marleau time and space with new system
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September 29
San Jose Mercury News
 
"Patrick Marleau is coming off a rough season. His production was down and he had to deal with trade rumors and periodic reports of friction with his former coach. Now his new coach — aware of league-wide interest in how Marleau will respond this season to the change behind the bench — says he wants to give his team's captain a little space. "I think we need to give him some breathing room right now to see if the change is going to affect him positively or negatively," McLellan said over the weekend when the issue came up. "I can't be in his kitchen on an hourly basis." McLellan said he expected to know within the first month of the season how Marleau is responding to a new coach and a new ..."
Sharks lose 3-2 to Vancouver
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September 28
San Jose Mercury News
 
"This was the unveiling. Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau — t