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Professional athletes are an elite group who perform, train and sacrifice on a level many of us will never realize. Despite personal achievements or ability however, in hockey you simply cannot win or lose the game by yourself.  Just ask Ovechkin or Crosby. Unless of course you are the goalie. Goalies, much like quarterbacks, are defined by a singular statistic; a singular measure of how great they are. ...

In an outcome that is well known to Sharks fans by now: The San Jose Sharks dropped another Game One on home ice. And while the Sharks did not play poorly, or show excessive rust, in the end they still failed to capitalize on home ice advantage. The Sharks came out strong in the first period, outchancing the younger, faster and in-sync Blackhawk team. With play being ...

The Red Wings brought the Coyotes crashing back down to earth with a 6-1 rout in Game 7, and in that very moment as the Coyotes' Cinderella season came to a crashing halt, the Red Wings again reminded everyone exactly why they are Hockeytown. I thought before the game that Coyotes had a chance in Game 7 at home, playing hard-nosed, inspired hockey and would prove a tough test for the Wings. When Vernon ...

Throughout the tremendously entertaining first round of the NHL playoffs thus far, we have seen goalies shine and turn in great performances. When you take the sum of all of their performances thus far as a backdrop to Monday's spectacular performance by Jaroslav Halak , there is simply no comparison. Invoking memories of great performances and goalies past, flashing Roy-like leather in several highlight reel saves, Halak was everywhere and simply ...

As the boos fell from the New Jersey faithful and mock cheers of "Let's go Flyers" rang through the Rock, I couldn't help but feel pangs of pity for Martin Brodeur. One of the greatest goaltenders of the modern era was skating through his third early exit handshakes and looked worn and tired. Despite the remarkable career this man has carved out, he looked to be near the end in this series. ...

Game Five is upon us and the stage has been set, as the Sharks return having evening the series and making it a best of three. Every game so far has been won by one goal, and the last three stretching into OT. These two teams have played a grand total 256:37 without either side being up by 2. And although there have been some dominant stretches of play by ...

You may have heard the sound, wherever you reside, wherever you live or happened to be late Monday night. The painful, collective groans from Sharks fans who saw flashes of past postseason failures, of past wrongs, of past games and past series losses. However similar or ill fated our losses or goals against have been this series, these are not your old Sharks. The 2010 Sharks are a vastly different ...

Game Two is in the books, and what a game that was! The Sharks finally put forth a great effort, sustained it well throughout the game but more importantly we never gave up. Despite some iffy penalties and a few defensive miscues we continued to get up off the mat and show some fight until we tied the game. A few numbers to chew on before you start the report ...