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With the San Jose Sharks facing a 2-0 hole in their Western Conference Finals series against the Chicago Blackhawks, the next couple days will separate the true Sharks fans from the front-runners.
With the Sharks facing what is unquestionably their biggest game in team history, one that could very realistically and very profoundly alter the future course of the team (a Sharks win would do little for now, but a Sharks ...
49ers Ultimate Showdown: (No. 3) 1994 49ers 27, (No. 6) 1981 49ers 21
Posted: 19th May 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NFL
The results are in for Game Three of the San Francisco 49ers Ultimate Showdown Tournament and despite the closest game thus far, we still do not have an upset. This was the only game of the first round to feature two Super Bowl Champion opponents, and they had remarkably even records. Both were 13-3 in the regular season and 16-3 overall.
Furthermore, they had exactly the same opposing winning percentage. ...
Breaking Down the 2010 San Francisco 49ers Depth Chart
Posted: 15th May 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NFL
We may still be a couple months away from the start of training camp in earnest. The San Francisco 49ers may still be signing potential free agents to improve their team. But it is never too early to take a look at how the current roster projects to look when the red and gold take the field for 2010.
The 49ers have done an impressive job of improving their team ...
Bounce-back-ability!: Final Four NHLers Who Have Rebounded Just in Time
Posted: 14th May 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHL
In order to find success in the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs, teams often need to find key contributions from unexpected places.
Regular season performance does not always correlate to postseason success. It is all a matter of peaking at the right time.
Fans can forgive an awful lot of regular season gaffes if you step up when it matters most and wind up hoisting the Cup over your head.
Every ...
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Can McLellan’s Stoicism Help the San Jose Sharks?
Posted: 10th May 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHL
Since the turn of the century, playoff hockey in the Silicon Valley resembled plot lines from the greatest sitcom of all time. No, not Curb Your Enthusiasm , but another Larry David product: Seinfeld .
The basic premise of Seinfeld was once aptly summed up by a former roommate of mine as, “Anything that can go wrong, does go wrong.”
If that is not a spot-on description of San Jose Sharks playoff ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Joe Pavelski Leads San Jose Sharks to 2-0 Series Lead
Posted: 3rd May 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHL
If anyone still doubts the San Jose Sharks have what it takes this year to win it all, I am at a loss to explain it.
After a two-day layoff to accommodate a previously-scheduled Eagles concert at HP Pavilion, the Sharks put up another valiant effort, overcoming a hard-charging Detroit Red Wings team and two separate deficits to win their fifth straight playoff game with a second 4-3 victory over Detroit.
It ...
49ers Ultimate Showdown: (No. 1) 1984 49ers 29, (No. 8) 1992 49ers 13
Posted: 2nd May 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NFL
The excitement and drama of the NFL Draft (the most exciting event consisting of a person standing at a podium known to man) is now behind us and at long last, the first round of San Francisco 49ers Ultimate Showdown Tournament has begun!
Game One saw the top-seeded 1984 49ers overcome a spirited performance by the eight-seed 1992 49ers to move on to the second round with a 29-13 victory.
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2010 NHL Playoffs: San Jose Sharks Must ôOvercomeö a Date with Detroit
Posted: 28th April 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHL
The theme of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the San Jose Sharks has been established as “Overcome.”
Since returning from the Olympic break, they have overcome a lot.
The Sharks were able to break out of their longest losing streak in over a decade and start playing great hockey in time for the playoffs.
They survived a stint without alternate captain and team leader Joe Thornton and still managed to secure the ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: Game 6 Win Would Leave San Jose Rocky-Mountain High
Posted: 24th April 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHL
Most San Jose Sharks fans will probably concur that after the devastation of winning the President’s Trophy and losing in Round One to the “No-Longer Mighty” Ducks of Anaheim in 2009, a seven-game, hard-fought, character-building opening-round series win over the Colorado Avalanche would look pretty good.
After all, the Avalanche are a young team on the rise.
They have given the Sharks quite a series in Round One, and taken full advantage ...
2010 NHL Playoffs: San Jose Sharks Need to Adopt Underdog Mentality?
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHL
It is a strange thought to consider that the top-seeded team in the Western Conference and second-best team in the NHL in the regular season could in anyway be considered an underdog.
Still, in many ways, the 2010 San Jose Sharks ought to be.
The Sharks really are not facing the Colorado Avalanche in the first round, but the lingering ghosts of last year’s first round embarrassment against the eight-seeded Anaheim Ducks, ...