From youth hockey to the NHL, when a team is struggling, almost every hockey coach will stress the three basics to winning hockey. Move your feet, shoot the puck and drive the net. Sometimes, it's almost as simple as that.
The San Jose Sharks were riding a 0-2-3 win-less streak heading into Thursday's contest against the Ducks but four days off prior to the game might have been just what the doctor ordered.
Despite starting each period in a rather sluggish fashion, the Sharks were able to turn on the pressure and finished off each period playing their best hockey all month.
Towards the end of the opening period the Sharks drew their second power-play of the night and pummeled Anaheim net-minder Jean Sebastian-Giguere with seven shots on that single man-advantage.
While that particular pow ...
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San Jose Sharks Get Back To Basics, Snap Five-Game Skid
Posted: 18th December 2009 by Andy Bensch in NHLComments Off on San Jose Sharks Get Back To Basics, Snap Five-Game Skid