Record Crowd at DCU Center Highlights Week for Sharks

Published on January 25, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


Shark Snap Shot:

The Sharks chomped three out of a possible eight points last week in four games highlighted by a 5-3 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday at the DCU Center. After Worcester fell to the Pirates 5-2 in Portland on Friday, the Sharks set a franchise record with 9,803 fans in attendance to witness a 6-3 loss to the Sound Tigers at the DCU Center. The Sharks wrapped up the 4-in-5 week with a 5-4 shootout loss at home to the Pirates on Sunday. The Sharks player of the week nominee was rookie defenseman Nick Schaus; recording four points (1-3-4) along with a #2 star nod on Sunday and a #1 star in the 5-3 win over the Pirates on Wednesday.

Top 3... Last Week!

#1 The Sharks set a franchise record with 9,803 fans at the DCU Center on Worcester IceCats Night on Saturday!

#2 Rookie defenseman Nick Schaus has his first two professional multi-point games including two assists in the 5-3 win over the Pirates on Wednesday.

#3 Rookie defenseman Matt Irwin rides a two game goal scoring streak and now has nine goals this season, good for 3rd in the AHL among defenseman.

Last Week: (1-2-0-1) 3pts, 4gp

Tue. 1/19 W Portland Pirates 3 @ Worcester SHARKS 5

Fri. 1/21 L Worcester SHARKS 2 @ Portland Pirates 5

Sat. 1/22 L Bridgeport Sound Tigers 3 @ Worcester SHARKS 6

Sun. 1/23 SOL Portland Pirates 4 @ Worcester SHARKS 5

This week:

Fri. 1/28 Bridgeport Sound Tigers @ Worcester SHARKS - 7:30pm

Sat. 1/29 Providence Bruins @ Worcester SHARKS - 7pm

Rewind the Tape:

1.19.11 - Worcester 5 - Portland 3 - W - DCU Center

Worcester controlled play for the first forty minutes taking a 3-0 lead into the third period but would have to cling to the victory after a third period comeback attempt by Portland Wednesday night at the DCU Center. Tommy Wingels, Brandon Mashinter, Andrew Desjardins, Justin Braun and TJ Trevelyan scored for the Sharks and Alex Stalock made 26 saves in the winning effort. Nick Schaus and Jody Pederson each added two assists in the Sharks 20th victory of the season.

1.21.11 - Worcester 2 - Portland 5 - L - Cumberland County Civic Center

The Sharks led 1-0 and 2-1 but the Pirates scored the only three goals in the third period as Worcester fell 5-2 at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland on Friday night. T.J Trevelyan and Frazer McLaren scored for the Sharks and Carter Hutton made 30 saves in the loss at Portland. Jody Pederson, Cory Quirk, and Jay Leach added assists for the Sharks as the Pirates got goals from five different skaters.

1.22.11 - Worcester 3 - Bridgeport 6 - L - DCU Center

Bridgeport would score five unanswered goals as Worcester lost at the DCU Center 6-3 in front of a record sell-out crowd of 9,803 on Saturday night during Worcester IceCats Night. The Worcester Sharks wore special IceCats jerseys and former IceCats captain Terry Virtue dropped the ceremonial puck before the game. Tommy Wingels, Matt Irwin, and Dan DaSilva scored goals for the Sharks and Alex Stalock made 24 saves in the Sharks loss.

1.23.11 - Worcester 4 - Portland 5 - SOL - DCU Center

Worcester would explode for four goals in the third period to rally from a 3-0 deficit only to give up the lead in the final minute and lose in a shootout, 5-4, on Sunday afternoon at the DCU Center. Andrew Desjardins, Jay Leach, Nick Schaus, and Matt Irwin scored for the Sharks while Alex Stalock made 24 saves in the losing effort. Mark Mancari recorded his 2nd consecutive hat trick in the win for the Pirates, including his game tying 26th goal of the season with just 28 seconds left in the third period.

Sharks in the Atlantic: The Sharks are swimming in 4th place with 48 points (20-18-2-6) in the Atlantic Division through 46 games, which is 11 points behind the first place Portland Pirates (45gp) and 10 points behind the 2nd place Manchester Monarchs (47gp) and three points behind the 3rd place CT Whale (46gp). The Sound Tigers (45gp), Falcons (45gp), and Bruins (44gp) are all right on the Sharks dorsal fin with 44 points to round out a very choppy Atlantic Division.

400 WINS + and 1000 + games...

400 WINS!....With the 4-1 victory vs. Springfield on November 1, 2009, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 400 win plateau.

1000 GAMES... With the 3-1 victory at Springfield on January 14, 2011, head coach Roy Sommer became just the 4th coach in AHL history to reach the 1,000 games plateau.

AHL COACHING WINS - ALL-TIME

1. Fred "Bun" Cook 1937-56 19seasons 1,171GP 636 WINS

2. Frank Mathers 1956-85 18seasons 1,256GP 610 WINS

3. John Paddock 1981-2010 16seasons 1,125GP 589 WINS

4. Roy Sommer 1998-current 13th season 1,006GP 462 WINS

Worcester Sharks Head Coach Roy Sommer, who plays a major role in developing players for the San Jose Sharks, is currently the longest-tenured coach (13th season) in the American Hockey League. His current regular season record is now: 461-416 -48 -42-33. (W-L-T-OTL-SOL)

In Coach Sommer's first AHL victory.... The Kentucky Thoroughblades defeated the Albany River Rats 6-4 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on October 17th 1998. Coincidentally, Assistant Coach David Cunniff recorded an assist as a member of the River Rats in the hockey game.

Assistant Coach David Cunniff has joined Coach Sommer in 308 of the 462 victories (67%)... Coach Cunniff filled in for Roy in a 3-2SOW in Springfield on December 29, 2010 as coach Sommer was in California attending his father's funeral.

Shark Bites:

Gone but not forgotten... Before the Sharks on January 10th, there was a moment of silence for former Sharks and Falcons player Tom Cavanagh who passed away on January 6th in Providence, RI. Tom Cavanagh played for coach Sommer in Cleveland, and then came to Worcester when the franchise relocated for the 2006-07 season. He played for the Sharks through the end of the 2008-09 season and finished his Worcester career with point totals of 46-92-138. He remains the team's all-time leader in points and assists. A graduate of Toll Gate High in Warwick, R.I., and then Harvard University, Cavanagh eventually went on and played for the San Jose Sharks. Our thoughts and prayers to the entire Cavanagh family.

Captains for the 2010-11 season: Captain Jay Leach (1st year), Assistant Captains on the road: Jonathan Cheechoo (1st year) and Nick Petrecki (1st year). Assistant Captains at home: Andrew Desjardins (1st year) and Sean Sullivan (1st year)... Dan DaSilva, Cory Quirk, Joe Loprieno, and Frazer McLaren have also worn the assistant captain "A".

From east to west..... The Sharks had 12 players that saw action in both the AHL and NHL last season (McLaren, Zalewski, Vesce, Joslin, McGinn, Couture, Callahan, Ferriero, Mitchell, Demers, McCarthy, and Helminen). The Worcester Sharks have had 12 CALL-UPS this season to San Jose... Currently; Benn Ferriero, Logan Couture, Jason Demers, Derek Joslin, Jamie McGinn, Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi, Marc-Edourd Vlasic, Doug Murray are all former Worcester Sharks that are currently playing with the San Jose Sharks.

Home openers... the Sharks are 2-1-1-1 in five home openers at the DCU Center, including a 4-3 overtime loss to the Bruins on Saturday. Worcester was the last team in the AHL to host their home opener, and October 23rd was the Sharks latest home opener on record. The Sharks lost in a shootout 5-4 to Portland in 2006, defeated Portland 3-2 in 2007, defeated the Bruins in overtime 3-2 in 2008, and lost to Lowell 7-5 in 2009.

Score first... the Sharks have scored FIRST 19 times in 46 games this season (15-3-0-1) after scoring first in 42-of-80 games last season (34-6-0-2).... Benn Ferriero (3) Jonathan Cheechoo (2), Kevin Henderson (2), T.J. Trevelyan (3), Sean Sullivan (2), Dan DaSilva (2), Andrew Desjardins (1), Matt Irwin (1), Steve Zalewski (1), Chris Lawrence (1), and Brandon Mashinter have the others.

Slim Margins... 23 of the Sharks 46 games have been decided by one goal this season... Worcester is 11-4-2-6 in those 23 games.

Don't allow 4... The Sharks are 19-8-1-3 when they allow three goals or less in a game...BUT... Worcester is 1-10-1-3 when they allow four goals or more.

Can't score 4... The Sharks have been held under four goals in 16 of their last 18 games (38GF) and have just a 5-10-1-2 record during that stretch.

Quarter Mark... the Sharks finished the 1st quarter of the AHL season with a 10-6-1-3 record good for 24 points through 20 games. It was the best first quarter by the Worcester Sharks in five seasons.

through 40 games... the Sharks finished the 1st half of the AHL season with a 19-14-2-5 record good for 45 points through 40 games. It was the 2nd best first half by the Worcester Sharks in five seasons. Worcester was 18-15-1-6 (43pts) in 2006-07, 18-16-3-3 (42pts) in 2007-08, 21-18-0-1 (43pts) in 2008-09, and 24-13-1-2 (51pts) through 40 games last season.

T.J. reaches 100.... Sharks forward T.J. Trevelyan skated in his 100th game for the Sharks on January 10th and scored his 35th goal as a Shark in the 3-2 shootout loss to Springfield.

Z reaches 200 games... Sharks forward Steve Zalewski became just the 5th player in Sharks history to hit the 200gp plateau in the Sharks 3-1 win in Springfield on Friday, January 14, 2011.

Sharks feast on Falcons... Worcester has a point in 14 straight games against the Springfield Falcons (12-0-2) and 20-2-2 in the last 24 games vs. the Falcons. Alex Stalock is 11-0-1 in 12 appearances against the Falcons.

Braun in NHL... Justin Braun made his NHL debut in Vancouver on Nov 26... Justin played 16:56 in the loss to the Canucks... Braun recorded two assists in his 2nd NHL game in a 4-3W in Edmonton on Nov 24 and was the #3 star with a +2 rating in 22:48 of action.... Braun has played in 15 games with San Jose (1-8-9) this season. His first NHL goal came in a 4-0 win in Ottawa against Pascal LeClaire on December 2.

Sullivan Scores... Sharks defenseman Sean Sullivan already has 10 goals (2 GWG) this season from the Sharks blue line, good for 1st in the AHL. The 26-year-old from Boston, MA had 12 goals and 49 points in San Antonio last season. Sean ranks 3rd on the Sharks with 21 points this season.

Defense Scoring... Sharks defensemen have scored 29 of the Sharks 121 goals this season, good for 23.9% of the Sharks goals scored this season.

Irwin scoring... Sharks rookie defenseman Matt Irwin has 9 goals and 11 assists from the Sharks blue line this season. The rookie from UMASS-Amherst has 8 goals in his last 27 games for the Sharks.

Give me Moore... #8 has played 163 games in a Worcester Sharks jersey (11th all-time) and has compiled 45 points (10-35-45) and 244 penalty minutes. His +30 is 4th best in Sharks history. He recorded his first professional two goal game on November 14 vs. Norfolk and was the #1 star. Moore scored his first NHL goal in his 2nd NHL game in a 4-3OTL in Colorado on November 17th. Mike scored at 9:14 of the 2nd period on a slap shot assisted by Dany Heatley on Peter Budaj to give the Sharks a 3-1 lead.

Who's your BF ... Sharks 2nd year forward Benn Ferriero started his sophomore campaign on FIRE with NINE goals through 10 games to lead the Worcester Sharks offensively. Benn has played 28 games with the San Jose Sharks and has five goals, four assists and +6. Ferriero is currently on recall with San Jose.

Sheriff back in town... Frazer McLaren returned to Worcester on Nov 20 after beginning the season with the San Jose Sharks. Frazer has played in 138 games in a Worcester Sharks sweater accumulating 25 points (12-13-25) and 360 penalty minutes. McLaren ranks 3rd all time in penalty minutes by a Worcester Sharks player (Brennan Evans 381, and Brad Staubitz 462). The Sherriff missed 21 games due to a lower body injury before returning to the lineup on January 11 vs. Albany.

More Muscle... the Sharks signed 6'4" forward Erick Lizon to a PTO on December 16th. The 25-year-old native of Kitchener, Ontario began the season with Bakersfield in the ECHL accumulating 117 penalty minutes, nine fighting majors, and four points, in 23 games for the Condors. Lizon had four fights (Justin Johnson, Justin Soryal, Theo Ruth, and Nick Tarnasky) in eight games for Worcester before being released on January 10.

Sharks in the Atlantic... the Sharks have a 16-12-2-5 record against Atlantic Division prey this season.

Good when leading... the Sharks have a 12-2-0-1 when leading after the 1st period of play and a 16-0-0-1 when leading after the 2nd period of play this season.

Outshot but not outscored.... Worcester is 8-4-0-2 when they get outshot during a game.

Reunion of sorts...Jonathan Cheechoo returns to the Sharks organization in Worcester and will once again play for head coach Roy Sommer.... Coach Sommer coached Cheechoo in Kentucky and Cleveland in the AHL before his NHL days. Before this season, Cheechoo had 56-63-119pts in 137 games under Coach Sommer. "Cheech" ranks 1st in Worcester with 38 points (14-24-38) in 42 games this season and ranks 20th in the AHL points scoring race.

Familiar Faces...19 players return to the 2010-11 roster from the regular season Atlantic Division championship team including four 20 goal scorers (DaSilva, Mashinter, Trevelyan, and Zalewski) and team MVP Alex Stalock.

56... The Sharks allowed a franchise record 56 shots on goal in Norfolk on Saturday, October 16th in a 7-2 loss to the Admirals... the previous high for most shots allowed in a game was on April 6, 2007 when the Sharks allowed 52 shots in a 4-1 win over the Wolf Pack at the DCU Center.

47... Carter Hutton made 47 saves in his Sharks debut on Saturday, October 16th in Norfolk.

Nice Start... Carter Hutton made his first start of the season on Sunday, October 31st in Providence and made 37 saves to pick up the victory in a 6-1 win over the Bruins.

Sweet 16...The Worcester Sharks are the 16th professional team that Sharks captain has suited up for in this, his 10th professional season (Mississippi - ECHL, Springfield - AHL, Augusta - ECHL, Long Beach - ECHL, Providence - AHL, Trenton - ECHL, Bridgeport - AHL, Boston - NHL, Norfolk - AHL, Tampa Bay - NHL, Portland - AHL, Lowell - AHL, New Jersey - NHL, Montreal - NHL, San Jose - NHL, and Worcester - AHL)

Young Guns... the Sharks have dressed 13 rookies, including three from UMASS-Amherst (Braun, Irwin, and Marcou) and two from UMASS-Lowell (Hutton and Schaus).

Vets... Three veterans will provide leadership for the Sharks squad this season, which include: former Maurice Richard winner Jonathan Cheechoo, former Boston Bruins defenseman Jay Leach, and the leading goal scorer for the Sharks from last season, T.J. Trevelyan.

Super Sunday... the Sharks are 8-3-0-2 on Sunday afternoon games this season... including a 6-1-0-2 record at the DCU Center.

Home/Away goals... the Sharks have scored 58 goals at home (22 games) and allowed 65 at the DCU Center.... while scoring 62 goals (24 games) on the road and allowing 76 goals on the road.

Good Starts... Worcester has outscored their opponents 40-34 (+6) in the first period, 36-38 (-2) in the 2nd period, but outscored 39-61 (-22) in the third period.

I'll take a draft....EIGHT Worcester Sharks players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (Braun, Cheechoo, Lucia, McLaren, Petrecki, Stalock, Wingels, and Zalewski)

You always remember your first pro..... Justin Braun (UMASS-Amherst) scored his first professional goal vs. Providence on October 23... Matt Irwin (UMASS-Amherst) scored his first professional goal vs. Rochester October 29... Joe Loprieno scored his first professional goal vs. Charlotte on November 27... Cam MacIntyre scored his first professional in his first professional game vs. Portland on December 5... Nick Schaus scored his first professional goal, the game winner vs. Portland on December 5.

Firsts last Week... Jay Leach picked up his first goal of the season on Sunday vs. Portland... Frazer McLaren scored his first AHL goal in Portland on Friday.

Streakers... the Sharks have at least one fighting major penalty in nine straight games.

Stole it from Bill Ballou... The Sharks are 8-5-0-0 when there two referees calling penalties... Worcester did not have a single power play in their 4-3W over Springfield on Nov 21 - it marked the first time in 337 regular season games the Sharks did not have a power play chance.

Special Teams of late... The Sharks outscored their opponents 17-8 in special teams in the first 13 games; BUT have been outscored 34-18 in the last 33 games. The Sharks power play is just 12-for-100 (12.0%) in their last 23 games.

Through the years... the Sharks finished 2010 with a 45-25-10 record.... Followed by a 45-31-4 record in 2009, a 35-41-7 record in 2008, and a 41-27-10 record in 2007.

I like Bridgeport... Sharks forward Cory Quirk has scored twice this season with both tallies coming in Bridgeport. "Quirky" has ten goals in a Sharks sweater with 6 of them coming against the Sound Tigers.

Score in Game #1... David Marshall became the 9th Sharks player to score in his Sharks debut on December 18 at Bridgeport. (Cheechoo, Darche, Spang, Pavelski, Raduns, Larose, Lucia, MacIntyre)

Crazed Rat grabs 30... with his game winning goal on Nov 21st vs. the Falcons, Andrew Desjardins became the 9th player in franchise history to score 30 goals.

Plus Players... Andrew Desjardins ranks 1st in franchise history with a +43 rating while line mate and fellow Crazed Rat Dan DaSilva is +42.

Massachusetts... The Sharks have FOUR players born and raised in Massachusetts (Sean Sullivan - Boston, Corey Quirk - Brockton, Benn Ferriero - Essex, and Ryan Lannon - Grafton) In all, the Sharks have 13 American born players and 11 Canadians.

Breaking down the scoring... The Sharks have scored 120 goals this season... 33 on the power play, 79 even strength goals, 2 shorthanded tallies, 3 shootout goals, and 2 empty net goals.

Goals for Petrecki... 2nd year defenseman Nick Petrecki has 7 points (3-4-7) and 80 penalty minutes in 36 games for the Sharks this season....His two game winners rank 3rd in the AHL among defensemen.... Nick has 8 fighting majors to lead the Sharks....The 21-year-old from Schenectady, NY had 14 points last season (2-12-14) with the Sharks.

Loprieno the forward... D-Man Joe Loprieno has played forward in eight games for the Sharks this season and scored his first pro goal in the first period vs. Charlotte on Nov 27.

Special Teams... Worcester ranks 23rd in the AHL on the PK at 79.9% (35-for-174) and 20th in the AHL on the power play with a 16.3% conversion rating (33-for-202).

16-0... Worcester outshot the Sound Tigers 16-0 in the 2nd period on December 12 at the DCU Center... it was the first time all season an AHL team did not fire a shot in a period.

46 shots fired... The Sharks fired a season high 46 shots in Manchester on December 10th.... But lost 4-1 as Martin Jones made 45 saves... Worcester is 5-4-0-1 in 10 games in which they have fired over 40 shots on goal in a game.

Henderson surpasses... Sharks 2nd year forward Kevin Henderson has 4 goals and 7 assists this season and is +8 through 44 games this season. The 24-year-old from Toronto, ONT had 15 points (2-13-15) in 64 games last season.

Good Sharks!... The Sharks rank 22nd in the AHL with just 16.15 penalty minutes per game.

Bad Sharks!... The Sharks and Whale combined for 138 penalty minutes (WOR 47, CT 91) on December 4 at CT, with 124 penalty minutes in the 2nd period alone (10 majors,7 minors, 2 misconducts, and 4 game misconducts).

Follow the AHL leaders.... Alex Stalock ranks 3rd with 17 wins, 1st with 951 saves, and 1st in minutes played with 2221... Sean Sullivan is 1st among AHL defensemen with 10 goals... Jonathan Cheechoo ranks 20th in the AHL with 38 points (14-24-38).

Stalock the stopper... Alex Stalock grabbed his 50th professional win vs. Portland on December 5....He has allowed just 61 goals in his last 28 games (2.18 goals against per game) after allowing 25 goals in his first 7 games.... Alex ranks 2nd in the AHL with 2036 minutes played and 1st in saves with 877. Stalock is a perfect 4-for-4 stopping penalty shots, including two this season (the Bruins Roussel on Oct 23 and the Monarchs Elkins on Dec 19)

Mr. Dependable.... Andrew Desjardins had dressed in 188 straight games for Worcester breaking the record held by Derek Joslin (114 games).... Desjardins had the 2nd longest streak in the AHL (Nick Dodge in Charlotte) before his first NHL recall on January 2, 2011.

Monster Mash... Sharks power forward Brandon Mashinter received his first NHL recall on December 29, 2010. Mash made his NHL debut on December 29th in Minnesota (13 shifts and 7:17 of ice) in the Sharks 5-3 loss. Brandon has played 10 games in San Jose this season with no points and two fighting majors during his first NHL recall. Mash is currently back with Worcester.

Five for fighting...The Sharks have 54 fighting majors this season good for 12th in the AHL... 18 different players have dropped the mitts this season for the Sharks (Garet Hunt 3, Brandon Mashinter 7, Sean Sullivan 2, Jay Leach 5, Nick Petrecki 8, Andrew Desjardins 4, Dan DaSilva 4, Jason Pitton 1, Joe Loprieno 2, Kevin Henderson 3, David Marshall 1, Erick Lizon 3, Mike Moore 2. Cam MacIntyre 3, Tommy Wingels 1, Chris Lawrence 1, Frazer McLaren 2, and Ryan Del Monte 1). The Sharks had 73 fighting majors last season, 78 fighting majors in 2009-10, 68 fighting majors in 2007-08 and 54 in 2006-07.

Coming and goings from the Shark Tank:

Date

Player

Team

Transaction

01/23/2011

Chris Blight (RW)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

01/23/2011

Chris Blight (RW)

Worcester

ADD Signed to PTO

01/23/2011

Jody Pederson (D)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

01/23/2011

John McCarthy (LW)

Worcester

ADD Loaned from San Jose (NHL)

01/19/2011

Chris Lawrence (RW)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

01/18/2011

Andrew Desjardins (C)

Worcester

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

01/18/2011

Brandon Mashinter (LW)

Worcester

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

01/18/2011

Justin Braun (D)

Worcester

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

Top Worcester Sharks:

o Goals Cheechoo (14)

o Game Winners Desjardins (3)

o Assists Cheechoo (24)

o Points Cheechoo (14-24-38) - 20th in AHL

o Power play Points Cheechoo (6-11-17)

o Shots Trevelyan (129)

o PIM Petrecki (80)

o Fighting Pen. Petrecki (8)

o Plus/Minus DaSilva (+11)

o Wins Stalock (17) - 3rd in AHL

o G.A.A. Stalock (2.65)

o Save % Stalock (.907)

o Shutouts

Sharks in the Pacific:

The San Jose Sharks have won four straight games and are 25-19-5 with 55 points through 49 games and is currently in 4th place in the Pacific Division trailing the first place Dallas Stars by 8 points.

Logan Couture (22-10-32) has ripped it up in his first full season in San Jose. Logan is 1st on the team with 22 goals and 6 game winning goals. Former Worcester Sharks; Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi, Torrey Mitchell, and John McCarthy have all scored goals for San Jose. Derek Joslin has four points (1-3-4) in 16 games. Justin Braun had 9 points (1-8-9) in 15 games and Benn Ferriero has 9 points (5-4-9) in 28 games played and +6. Brandon Mashinter was scoreless in ten games with two fights.

Wed: SJS @ LA - ALL STAR BREAK

Sharks in the ECHL:

The Stockton Thunder have won EIGHT straight games and are 21-11-2-4 with 48 points in 38 games good for 2nd place in the Pacific Division in the ECHL, 5 points behind the first place Las Vegas Wranglers. Ryan Constant (AHL contact) and Tyson Sexsmith (NHL contract), are both in Stockton this season. Sexsmith is 3-1-1-1 with a 2.93 GAA and a .881 save % and one fighting major.

Coming Up:

The Sharks are in the middle of a season long six game homestand!

On Friday, the Sharks host the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at 7:30pm! Snoopy from MetLife will drop the first puck! The game will be shown live on Charter TV3!

On Saturday, the Sharks will host the Providence Bruins at 7pm with a special appearance by Boston Bruins tough guy Shawn Thornton! Shawn will sign autographs from 6-8pm in the DCU Center concourse!

Doors will open at 3:30pm for the 1st annual High School Hockey Faceoff presented by the Massachusetts Army National Guard featuring Auburn and Wachusett at 4pm in the 3rd of four high school hockey doubleheaders at the DCU Center this season.

Get your family fun pack (4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, and 4 sodas) for just $69 for all Friday, Saturday, and Sunday games! (must be purchased through the Sharks front office in advance at 508-929-0500).

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