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Shark Warning in Atlantic - Worcester Sharks Weekly

March 14, 2011 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


Shark Snap Shot:

The Sharks chomped six out of a possible eight points last week in four games highlighted by a 5-4 victory over the Whale on Sunday at the DCU Center behind John McCarthy's first two AHL goals this season. Worcester began the week with a 3-2 win over the defending Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears on Wednesday at the DCU Center on Wednesday, followed by a 3-1 victory over the first place Monarchs in Manchester on Friday. The only blemish this week occurred in Connecticut in a 4-2 loss to the Whale. The Sharks player of the week nominee was right wing Tommy Wingels; as he went 4-0-4pts in four games and is currently riding a three game goal scoring streak. The Sharks enter the week in a 3rd place tie with the Connecticut Whale in the Atlantic Division, the 3rd and final guaranteed playoff spot in the division with 13 games remaining.

Top 3... Last Week!

#1Carter Hutton makes 34 saves in his first start since February 5 in a 3-1 victory in Manchester on Friday!

#2 Tommy Wingels rides a three game goal scoring streak after a goal at Manchester on Friday, two scores in Connecticut on Saturday, and his first career power play goal vs. the Whale on Sunday!

#3 John McCarthy snipes his first two AHL goals of the season in a big 5-4 win vs. the Whale on Sunday!

Last Week: (3-1-0-0) 6pts, 4gp

Wed. 3/9 W Hershey Bears 2 @ Worcester SHARKS 3

Fri. 3/11 W Worcester SHARKS 3 @ Manchester Monarchs 1

Sat. 3/12 L Worcester SHARKS 2 @ Connecticut Whale 4

Sun. 3/13 W Connecticut Whale 4 @ Worcester SHARKS 5

This week:

Fri. 3/18 Worcester SHARKS @ Providence Bruins - 7:05pm

Sat. 3/19 Worcester SHARKS @ Wilkes-Barre Scranton - 7:05pm

Sun. 3/20 Worcester SHARKS @ Manchester Monarchs - 3:00pm

Rewind the Tape:

3.9.11 - Worcester 3 - Hershey 2 - W - DCU Center

The Sharks kicked off a 4-game-in-5-day stretch with a 3-2 victory over the defending Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears at the DCU Center on Wednesday night. Jon Landry, Brandon Mashinter, and Matt Irwin scored for the Sharks while Tyson Sexsmith made 31 saves in net for his 2nd AHL win of the season. With the victory, the Sharks swept the season series vs. the Bears (2-0-0-0).

3.11.11 - Worcester 3 - Manchester 1 - W - Verizon Wireless Arena

Carter Hutton made 34 saves in his return between the pipes for Worcester as the Sharks defeated the Monarchs 3-1 at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday night. Brandon Mashinter scored in his third straight game, Tommy Wingels lit the lamp shorthanded, and Dan Dasilva added an empty netter for the Sharks in the road win.

3.12.11 - Worcester 2 - Connecticut 4 - L - XL Center

Tommy Wingels scored twice for Worcester, but it was the only offense the Sharks would muster as the Sharks fell to the Whale 4-2 at the XL Center on Saturday night in a battle for third place in the Atlantic Division. Tommy Wingels scored his 13th and 14th goals of the season, Brandon Mashinter extended his point streak to four games with an assist and Tyson Sexsmith was solid with 29 saves in net.

3.13.11 - Worcester 5 - Connecticut 4 - W - DCU Center

The Sharks wrapped up a 4-game-in-5-day stretch with a big victory over the Connecticut Whale, 5-4, Sunday afternoon at the DCU Center. With the win, Worcester tied the Whale for 3rd place in the Atlantic Division in the race for the playoffs with 13 games remaining. John McCarthy had two goals in the second period and Kevin Henderson had the game winner in the third for the Sharks. Carter Hutton made 29 saves for his 4th straight victory. Worcester grabbed six out of eight points this week as they continue to jockey for a playoff spot for the 4th time in five seasons.

Sharks in the Atlantic: The Sharks are swimming in 3rd place with 74 points (31-24-4-8) in the Atlantic Division through 67 games, which is 14 points behind the first place Manchester Monarchs (69gp), 13 points behind the 2nd place Portland Pirates (65gp), and tied with the 3rd place CT Whale (67gp). The Sharks lead the 5th place Falcons (67gp) and Bruins (67gp) by 9 points followed by the 7th place Sound Tigers with 52 points (66gp) to round out a very choppy Atlantic Division.

Playoff Picture:

The Sharks are in a battle for the third and final guaranteed playoff spot in the Atlantic Division.

In 2010-11, the AHL will have 16 teams participating in the postseason.

In each division, the fourth-place team will play the first-place team in the division semifinals, while the second-place team plays the third-place team.

There are two possible exceptions to the qualification rules in 2010-11: in each conference, if the fifth-place team in the eight-team division (East) finishes with more points than the fourth-place team in the seven-team division (Atlantic), it would cross over and compete in the seven-team division's playoffs.

(If the fifth-place team in the eight-team division produces more points than the third-place team in the seven-team division, then the team that finishes first in the seven-team division shall play the team that finishes third in the seven-team division.)

Division semifinal winners face off in the division finals. The winner of the East Division final plays the winner of the Atlantic Division final in the Eastern Conference final, while the winner of the North Division final plays the winner of the West Division final in the Western Conference final. Conference final winners meet in the Calder Cup Finals.

All series are in a best-of-seven format.

Following are the tiebreaking procedures used in the event of a tie in the standings following the completion of the regular season. When a tie among three or more teams is broken resulting in a two-team tie, the original tiebreaking method is used.

Between two teams: a) wins (excluding shootouts) b) points in season series between teams c) goal differential d) goals scored in season series between teams e) intra-conference points percentage

Among three or more teams: a) wins (excluding shootouts) b) points percentage in combined season series c) goal differential d) goal differential in combined season series e) intra-conference points percentage

Remaining Games Break Down:

Worcester Sharks: 13 games left (6 home, 7 away)

Providence (2 H, 2 A)

Wilkes Barre (1 A)

Manchester (1 H, 1 A)

Portland (1 H, 1 A)

Springfield (1 H)

Adirondack (1 H)

Charlotte (2 A)

Connecticut Whale: 13 games left (8 home, 5 away)

Manchester (1 A) Providence (1 H, 2 A) Springfield (2 H, 1 A) Charlotte (1 H) Bridgeport (2 H, 1 A) Portland (1 H) Norfolk (1 H)

Binghamton: 14 games left (8 home, 6 away)

Adirondack (1 H, 1 A)

Portland (1 H)

Springfield (1 H, 1 A)

Syracuse (1 H, 1 A)

Bridgeport (1 H, 1 A)

Wilkes Barre (1 H)

Providence (1 H)

Albany (1 A)

Norfolk (1 H)

Rochester (1 A)

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 1,027GP 473 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: 473-426 -48 -44 -36. (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 319 of the 473 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:

Captains for the 2010-11 season: Jay Leach was the captain before he was traded to New Jersey on Feb 9th and Mike Moore was named the Sharks 4th captain in team history on Feb 11th. 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, Frazer McLaren, and John McCarthy have also worn the assistant captain "A".

From east to west..... The Worcester Sharks have had 13 different players (29 call-ups) receive at least one call up this season to San Jose... Currently; Justin Braun, Andrew Desjardins, Logan Couture, Jason Demers, Derek Joslin, Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi, Marc-Edourd Vlasic, and Doug Murray are all former Worcester Sharks that are currently playing with the San Jose Sharks.

Holy Cross Alum... defenseman Jon Landry signed an AHL contract with the Worcester Sharks on Saturday, March 5, becoming the first Holy Cross alum to suit up for the Sharks. The 26-year-old native from Lexington, MA played four seasons at Holy Cross from 2003-07 accumulating 86 points (24-62-86) in 133 games along with 188 penalty minutes. He began the season with Kalamazoo in the ECHL and had 20 points (4-16-20) in 39 games along with 60 penalty minutes. Landry also played 10 games in Bridgeport and one game with Grand Rapids on a tryout basis this season. Jon has also suited up for Elmira, Johnstown, Cincinnati, and Ontario in the ECHL and Syracuse and Rochester in the AHL. Landry wears #5 for Worcester and scored his first goal as a Shark in a 3-2 win over the Bears at the DCU Center on March 9.

Score first... the Sharks have scored FIRST 34 times in 67 games this season (25-7-1-1) after scoring first in 42-of-80 games last season (34-6-0-2).... Benn Ferriero (5) Jonathan Cheechoo (4), Kevin Henderson (3), T.J. Trevelyan (4), Sean Sullivan (2), Dan DaSilva (3), Andrew Desjardins (3), Matt Irwin (1), Steve Zalewski (1), Chris Lawrence (1), Brandon Mashinter (2), Justin Braun (1), Jamie McGinn (2), Tommy Wingels (1), and Joe Loprieno (1) have the others.

Slim Margins... 34 of the Sharks 67 games have been decided by one goal this season... Worcester is 17-5-4-8 in those 34 games.

Don't allow 4... The Sharks are 29-8-3-5 when they allow three goals or less in a game...BUT... Worcester is 2-16-1-3 when they allow four goals or more.

Can't score 4... The Sharks had been held under four goals in 20 out of 22 games (49GF) from Dec 17th - Feb 6th and had a 9-10-1-2 record during that stretch.

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. Trevelyan currently has 16 points in his last 22 games (7-9-16).

Shootout Hero... Dan DaSilva continues to lead the Sharks in the shootout this season. DD is 4-for-8 in the shootout with two game winners. DaSilva is the only Sharks player to dress in all 67 games this season for Worcester.

13 and counting... The Sharks have been in a team record 13 shootouts already this season. Worcester has a 5-8 record in the shootout. Worcester has a 26.9% (18-for-67) scoring proficiency in the shootout 36.9% (24-for-65) in goals allowed.

19 and counting... Worcester been involved in 19 overtime games this season, 1 shy of the club record of 20, accomplished in 06-07 and 07-08.

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 16 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. Justin Braun represented the Sharks at the 2011 AHL All-Star Classic in Hershey and fired a 95.6mph shot in the hardest shot competition. Justin is currently on recall to San Jose.

Sullivan Scores... Sharks defenseman Sean Sullivan already has 12 goals (2 GWG) this season from the Sharks blue line, good for 4th in the AHL. The 26-year-old from Boston, MA had 12 goals and 49 points in San Antonio last season. Sean ranks 4th on the Sharks with 32 points this season. Sullivan was featured on Sports Center as the #4 play of the top ten countdown for his hip check on Jason Pitton on Jan 22 (BRI): Watch HERE.

Defense Scoring... Sharks defensemen have scored 37 of the Sharks 181 goals this season, good for 20.4% of the Sharks goals scored this season. Sean Sullivan has 12, Matt Irwin 10.

Irwin scoring... Sharks rookie defenseman Matt Irwin has 10 goals and 16 assists from the Sharks blue line this season in 59 games. The rookie from UMASS-Amherst received his first NHL recall on Feb 18th but did not dress for San Jose.

Give me Moore... #8 has played 182 games in a Worcester Sharks jersey and has compiled 48 points (10-38-48) and 266 penalty minutes. His +36 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. He has also been the Sharks Man of the Year for the previous two seasons for his continued work in the Worcester community. Moore was named the 4th captain in Sharks history on Feb 11th before the Sharks defeated the Falcons 5-0 in Albany.

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 29 games with the San Jose Sharks and has five goals, four assists and +7.

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 157 games in a Worcester Sharks sweater accumulating 26 points (12-15-27) and 396 penalty minutes. McLaren ranks 2nd 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.

Sharks in the Atlantic... the Sharks have a 25-16-4-6 record against Atlantic Division prey this season.

Good when leading... the Sharks have an 18-4-1-1 when leading after the 1st period of play and a 25-1-1-1 when leading after the 2nd period of play this season.

Close encounters... the Sharks won for the first time at home by three goals or more in a 5-2 victory over the Monarchs on Feb 27. At home, the Sharks are 12-2-2-4 in one goal games, 5-5-0-0 in two goal games, and 1-3-0-0 in three + goal games.

Outshot but not outscored.... Worcester is 13-7-1-2 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 47 points (18-29-47) in 55 games this season. Jonathan has missed the last seven games due to injury.

6 and counting... The Sharks have used a franchise record six different goaltenders this season. (Stalock 41gp, Hutton 14gp, Gill 1gp, Machesney 6gp, Jakaitis 3gp, and Sexsmith 6gp)

44 and counting... the Sharks have set a franchise record with 44 players on their roster this season.

Welcome from Finland!... San Jose Sharks draft pick Harri Sateri arrived in Worcester on March 13th after his third season with Tappara Tampare in the Finnish Elite League wrapped up. The 21 year-old from Toijala, Finland has never played a professional game in North America. The 6-foot-1 190lbs goaltender was drafted by San Jose in the 4th round (106th overall) in the 2008 NHL draft. He played 37 games with Tappara Tampere and had a 2.96GAA and a .910 save%. In 2009-10, he helped team advance to the second round, eliminating Jokerit in the first round of the SM-Liiga playoffs...10th in the playoffs in goals-against average and T-1st in games played...Finished the regular season tied for 13th in the league in save percentage (.915)...Career 2008-09: Led Tampere in save percentage (.921) and goals-against average...T-1st on Tampere in shutouts...U-20 World Jr. Tourney: Made starts in preliminary round against Sweden and Russia...2007-08: Represented Finland at the Under-20 World Junior Championships...Attended Finland's 2008 National Junior Championship Development Camp... Sateri will wear #35 with Worcester.

Young Guns... the Sharks have dressed 17 rookies, including three from UMASS-Amherst (Braun, Irwin, and Marcou) and two from UMASS-Lowell (Hutton and Schaus).

Super Sunday... the Sharks are 11-4-0-2 on Sunday afternoon games this season... including a 8-2-0-2 record at the DCU Center.

Home/Away goals... the Sharks have scored 93 goals at home (34 games) and allowed 97 at the DCU Center.... while scoring 89 goals (33 games) on the road and allowing 106 goals on the road.

Good Starts... Worcester has outscored their opponents 58-45 (+13) in the first period, 62-62 (E) in the 2nd period, but outscored 55-84 (-29) in the third period.

I'll take a draft... 11 Worcester Sharks players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (Braun, Cheechoo, Lucia, McCarthy, McGinn, McLaren, Petrecki, Sexsmith, Sateri, Stalock, Wingels)

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....Jon Landry scored his first goal as a Shark on March 9 vs. Hershey... Tommy Wingels scored his first professional shorthanded goal on March 11 in Manchester and scored his first pro power play goal on March 13 vs. the Whale... John McCarthy scored his first two AHL goals of the season on March 13.

Streakers... Justin Braun (1-5-6) has a five game point streak... Andrew Desjardins (1-2-3) and John McCarthy (2-2-4) have a three game point streak... Tommy Wingels has a three game goal scoring streak (4-0-0).

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. Desjardins skated in his 200th game as a Shark on February 5 vs. the Bruins and picked up a fighting major.

Plus Players... Andrew Desjardins ranks 1st in franchise history with a +47 rating while line mate and fellow Crazed Rat Dan DaSilva is +43.

Massachusetts... The Sharks have FIVE players born and raised in Massachusetts (Sean Sullivan - Boston, Cory Quirk - Brockton, Benn Ferriero - Essex, John McCarthy - Andover, and Jon Landry - Lexington) In all; the Sharks have 15 American born players, 13 Canadians, and 1 player from Finland.

Original Crazed Rat back... forward John McCarthy returned to Worcester on January 28 after beginning the season in San Jose. One of the original crazed rats, McCarthy has played in 36 games with San Jose this season (2-2-4)... John was recently loaned back to Worcester on March 6.

Packing them in... the Sharks drew 33,593 fans during the six game home stand which concluded on February 5 at the DCU Center (average of 5,599). The Sharks 7,273 attendance on Jan 29 pushed them over the 750,000 mark in four + seasons in Worcester.

All 5 years... Jamie McGinn became the first player in Worcester Sharks history to dress in at least one game in the first five seasons with the Worcester Sharks when he played on January 28 vs. the Sound Tigers. The 22-year-old forward from Fergus, Ontario has played in 103 games for Worcester (34-34-68) and 75 penalty minutes.

Jamie loves the Bruins.... 10 of the 34 AHL goals scored by Jamie McGinn has come against the Bruins... and all four of his AHL playoff goals have come against Providence.

Breaking down the scoring... The Sharks have scored 182 goals this season... 49 on the power play, 113 even strength goals, 6 shorthanded tallies, 5 shootout goals, and 5 empty net goals.

Goals for Petrecki... 2nd year defenseman Nick Petrecki has 11 points (3-8-11) and 112 penalty minutes in 54 games for the Sharks this season.... Nick has 10 fighting majors and leads the Sharks in penalty minutes....The 21-year-old from Schenectady, NY had 14 points last season (2-12-14) with the Sharks.... He received his first NHL recall of Feb 17 and did not play in any games for San Jose.

Loprieno the forward... D-Man Joe Loprieno has played forward in 10 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 24th in the AHL on the PK at 79.8% (52-for-257) and 19th in the AHL on the power play with a 17.4% conversion rating (49-for-282). The Sharks have scored 6 shorthanded goals and have allowed 10 shorthanded tallies.

4 shorties... the Sharks have scored 6 shorthanded goals this season, with 5 of them coming at home. Worcester is 6-0-0-0 in those games. Jamie McGinn has 2 while Andrew Desjardins, Kevin Henderson, Tommy Wingels, and John McCarthy have the others.

10 with 10... the Sharks have 10 different players with at least ten goals this season (Cheechoo 18, Swift 17, Trevelyan 14, Ferriero 13, Sullivan 12, DaSilva 14, Desjardins 12, Mashinter 14, Wingels 15, and Irwin 10.

Henderson surpasses... Sharks 2nd year forward Kevin Henderson has 7 goals and 10 assists this season and is +13 through 60 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 25th in the AHL with just 15.58 penalty minutes per game.

Follow the AHL leaders.... Benn Ferriero ranks 2nd with 3 shorthanded assists... Sean Sullivan is 4th among AHL defensemen with 12 goals.

Stalock the stopper... Alex Stalock grabbed his 50th professional win vs. Portland on December 5....He has allowed just 64 goals in his last 29 games (2.20 goals against per game) after allowing 25 goals in his first 7 games.... at the time of his injury, Alex ranked 1st in the AHL with 2397 minutes played and 2nd in saves with 1025. 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). Stalock left the game injured on February 4th vs. Manchester and is out for the rest of the season after season ending surgery on Feb 14.

Al in the NHL... Alex Stalock made his NHL debut in San Jose on Tuesday, Feb 1. Stalock came in relief of Niemi down 3-0 midway through the 2nd period vs. Phoenix. Stalock made 9 saves and got the victory in a wild come from behind 5-3 win over the Coyotes.

Alex Stalock hits 100 games.... Stalock became just the 2nd Sharks goaltender to dress in 100 games on January 28 joining Thomas Greiss... Alex is 57-36-6 for the Sharks in those 100 games.

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. Andrew is currently on recall to San Jose.

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 11 games in San Jose this season with no points and two fighting majors during his two NHL recalls. Mash has recorded 10/10 (goals/fights) in his 2nd straight season.

He has 14 goals, 17 assists, and 10 fighting majors in 55 games for Worcester this season

Five for fighting...The Sharks have 75 fighting majors this season good for 9th in the AHL... 21 different players have dropped the mitts this season for the Sharks this season: (Garet Hunt 3, Brandon Mashinter 10, Sean Sullivan 3, Jay Leach 5, Nick Petrecki 10, Andrew Desjardins 7, Dan DaSilva 4, Jason Pitton 1, Joe Loprieno 3, Kevin Henderson 3, David Marshall 1, Erick Lizon 3, Mike Moore 4. Cam MacIntyre 3, Tommy Wingels 2, Chris Lawrence 1, Frazer McLaren 6, John McCarthy 1, Michael Swift 2, Ryan Del Monte 1, and Matt Irwin 1). The Sharks had 73 fighting majors last season, 78 fighting majors in 2008-09, 68 fighting majors in 2007-08 and 54 in 2006-07.

Rough and Tumble Atlantic.... four of the top nine teams in fighting majors reign from the Atlantic Division.... The Whale is tops with 108, Bruins 4th with 81, Monarchs 8th with 76, and Sharks each have 73.

Coming and goings from the Shark Tank:

03/14/2011

Jody Pederson (D)

Worcester

DEL Loaned to Stockton (ECHL)

03/14/2011

Tyson Sexsmith (G)

Worcester

DEL Reassigned by San Jose (NHL) to Stockton (ECHL)

03/12/2011

Harri Sateri (G)

Worcester

ADD Reassigned by San Jose (NHL) from Tappara (FIN)

03/10/2011

Daren Machesney (G)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

Top Worcester Sharks:

o Goals Cheechoo (18)

o Game Winners Wingels (4)

o Assists Cheechoo (29)

o Points Cheechoo (18-29-47)

o Power play Points Cheechoo (6-15-21)

o Shots Trevelyan (179)

o PIM Petrecki (112)

o Fighting Pen. Mashinter and Petrecki (10)

o Plus/Minus Desjardins (+14)

o Wins Stalock (19)

o G.A.A. Stalock (2.63)

o Save % Stalock (.907)

o Shutouts Machesney (2)

Sharks in the Pacific:

The San Jose Sharks are 39-22-8 with 86 points through 69 games and is currently in 1st place in the Pacific Division leading the 2nd place Kings and Coyotes by 3 points.

Logan Couture (25-21-46) has ripped it up in his first full season in San Jose. Logan is 2nd on the team with 25 goals and 1st with 8 game winning goals. Former Worcester Sharks; Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi, Torrey Mitchell, and John McCarthy have all scored goals for San Jose. Justin Braun has 10 points (2-8-10) in 22 games and Andrew Desjardins is pointless in five games.

Mon: SJ @ Chi - Tue: SJ @ Dal - Thu: Min @ SJ - Sat: Stl @ SJ

Sharks in the ECHL:

The Stockton Thunder are 31-22-5-5 with 72 points in 63games good for 2nd place in the Pacific Division in the ECHL, 3 points behind the first place Las Vegas Wranglers. Defenseman Ryan Constant (AHL Contract), Jody Pederson (AHL contract), and Tyson Sexsmith (NHL contract) are currently assigned to Stockton. The Thunder have secured a spot playoff spot for the Kelly Cup playoffs.

Coming Up:

The Sharks hit the road for three games next weekend!

On Friday, the Sharks travel to Providence to battle the Bruins at 7:05pm.

On Saturday, the Sharks head to Wilkes-Barre Scranton for their only visit with a 7:05pm clash with the Penguins.

On Sunday, Worcester visits Manchester at 3pm.

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).

For a limited time, score a ten game flex ticket package for just $130 and score two free playoff tickets!

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