Sharks Riding Four Game Win Streak Wave - Worcester Sharks Weekly

Published on February 7, 2011 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Worcester Sharks News Release


Shark Snap Shot:

The Sharks chomped four out of a possible four points last week in two games highlighted by a 2-0 victory over the Bruins on Saturday in front of 6,061 fans at the DCU Center behind Carter Hutton's 1st professional shutout. Worcester came from behind and defeated the first place Monarchs in Worcester on Friday by the score of 4-3. The Sharks player of the week nominee was rookie goaltender Carter Hutton; posting his first professional shutout (20 saves) along with a #1 star nod on Saturday; and making three saves and going 4-for-5 in the shootout as he appeared in relief of an injured Alex Stalock on Friday. The Sharks enter the week riding a season high four game winning streak and concluded their season long six game home stand 4-1-0-1. Worcester begins a season high five game road swing in Springfield on Friday.

Top 3... Last Week!

#1 Carter Hutton posted his first professional shutout (20 saves) to lead the Sharks to a 2-0 victory over the Bruins in front of 6,061 fans at the DCU Center on Saturday!

#2 Steve Zalewski records a goal, adds assist, scores in the shootout, and was named #1 star in 4-3 victory over the Monarchs on Friday.

#3 Brandon Mashinter grabs three points (1-2-3) and a fighting major in the two Sharks victories last week.

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

Fri. 2/4 SOW Manchester Monarchs 3 @ Worcester SHARKS 4 - Shootout

Sat. 2/5 W Providence Bruins 0 @ Worcester SHARKS 2

This week:

Fri. 2/11 Worcester SHARKS @ Springfield Falcons - 7:30pm

Rewind the Tape:

2.4.11 - Worcester 4 - Manchester 3 - SOW - DCU Center Worcester pulled out the shootout victory over the first place Manchester Monarchs by the score of 4-3 Friday night at the DCU Center for their third straight victory on the season long six game home stand to remain in 3rd place in the Atlantic Division. The line of Steven Zalewski, Tommy Wingels, and Brandon Mashinter played a strong game as they combined for six points to help overcome a third period injury to goalie Alex Stalock for the Sharks. Netminder Carter Hutton made three saves in relief and stood tall in the shootout for Worcester. Coach Roy Sommer broke his nose in the first period after an errant puck caught him behind the bench (WATCH HERE) in a wild game in Worcester on Friday night.

2.5.11 - Worcester 2 - Providence 0 - W - DCU Center Carter Hutton made 20 saves for his first professional shutout as the Sharks defeated the Providence Bruins by the score of 2-0 on Saturday evening in front of 6,061 fans at the DCU Center. Joe Loprieno scored his second goal of the season and Brandon Mashinter added an empty netter as the Sharks won their season high 4th straight game. With the win, the Sharks concluded their season long six game home stand 4-1-0-1.

Sharks in the Atlantic: The Sharks are swimming in 3rd place with 56 points (24-18-2-6) in the Atlantic Division through 50 games, which is 11 points behind the first place Manchester Monarchs (52gp), 9 points behind the 2nd place Portland Pirates (50gp), and one point ahead of the 4th place CT Whale (52gp). The Bruins (50gp) and Falcons (50gp) are right in the mix of things with 50 points followed by the 7th place Sound Tigers 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 1,010GP 466 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: 466-420 -48 -42-34. (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 312 of the 466 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 have had 10 different players (17 call-ups) receive at least one call up this season to San Jose... Currently; 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.

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 23 times in 50 games this season (19-3-0-1) 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 (2), Matt Irwin (1), Steve Zalewski (1), Chris Lawrence (1), Brandon Mashinter (1), Just Braun (1), Jamie McGinn (1), and Joe Loprieno (1) have the others.

Slim Margins... 26 of the Sharks 50 games have been decided by one goal this season... Worcester is 14-4-2-6 in those 26 games.

Don't allow 4... The Sharks are 23-8-1-3 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 20 of their last 22 games (49GF) and have a 9-10-1-2 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. "Z" has skated in 210 games for Worcester, surpassing Riley Armstrong for 2nd all-time and is currently the Sharks iron man with 53 games played in a row. The late Tom Cavanagh holds the Sharks record with 216gp.

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. 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.

Sullivan Scores... Sharks defenseman Sean Sullivan already has 10 goals (2 GWG) this season from the Sharks blue line, good for 3rd 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 22 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 (BRI): Watch HERE.

Defense Scoring... Sharks defensemen have scored 31 of the Sharks 132 goals this season, good for 23.4% 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 31 games for the Sharks.

Give me Moore... #8 has played 165 games in a Worcester Sharks jersey (11th all-time) and has compiled 46 points (10-36-45) and 251 penalty minutes. His +31 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. MM has also been the Sharks Man of the Year for the previous two seasons for his continued work in the Worcester community.

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 142 games in a Worcester Sharks sweater accumulating 25 points (12-14-26) and 365 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.

Sharks in the Atlantic... the Sharks have a 20-12-2-5 record against Atlantic Division prey this season.

Good when leading... the Sharks have a 14-2-0-1 when leading after the 1st period of play and a 18-0-0-1 when leading after the 2nd period of play this season.

Outshot but not outscored.... Worcester is 9-4-0-2 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 40 points (14-26-40) in 46 games this season.

Familiar Faces...21 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.

24... The Sharks tied a franchise record with 24 shots in the first period vs. the Sound Tigers on January 28. Worcester fired a season high 48 shots in the 3-2 victory.

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.

San Jose to Worcester... Sharks rookie netminder picked up his first professional shutout vs. the Bruins on February 5. (20 saves). Earlier in the day in Boston, he served as the backup goaltender for the San Jose Sharks in their 2-0 victory in Boston.

Déjà vu... the Sharks franchise picked up identical 2-0 victories over the Bruins franchise on February 5th. In the afternoon, San Jose shutout Boston 2-0 behind a goal by Logan Couture, an empty netter by Devin Setoguchi, and 26 saves by Antti Niemi. At night, Worcester defeated Providence 2-0 in Worcester behind a goal by Joe Loprieno, an empty netter by Brandon Mashinter, and 20 saves by Carter Hutton.

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 70 goals at home (26 games) and allowed 72 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 45-35 (+10) in the first period, 40-42 (-2) in the 2nd period, but outscored 42-63 (-21) in the third period.

I'll take a draft....TEN Worcester Sharks players were drafted by the San Jose Sharks. (Braun, Cheechoo, Lucia, McCarthy, McGinn, McLaren, Petrecki, Stalock, Wingels, 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... Carter Hutton picked up his first win at the DCU Center on Friday, followed by his first professional shutout on Saturday. Joe Loprieno scored his first professional game winning goal on Saturday.

Streakers... the Sharks have won four straight games and have a point in five straight (4-0-1)... Justin Braun (0-2-2) and Brandon Mashinter (1-2-3) each have a two game point streak... Carter Hutton has won two straight games (23 saves, 0 GA)

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 37-22 in the last 37 games. The Sharks power play is just 14-for-113 (12.3%) in their last 27 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. 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 +46 rating while line mate and fellow Crazed Rat Dan DaSilva is +45.

Massachusetts... The Sharks have FOUR players born and raised in Massachusetts (Sean Sullivan - Boston, Cory Quirk - Brockton, Benn Ferriero - Essex, John McCarthy - Andover) In all, the Sharks have 13 American born players and 11 Canadians.

NHL Experience... the Sharks dressed 12 players with NHL experience on Jan 28-29 in back-to-back victories at home over the Sound Tigers and the Bruins.

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 28 games with San Jose this season.

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 90 games for Worcester (29-28-57) and 71 penalty minutes.

Breaking down the scoring... The Sharks have scored 132 goals this season... 35 on the power play, 85 even strength goals, 3 shorthanded tallies, 4 shootout goals, and 3 empty net goals.

Goals for Petrecki... 2nd year defenseman Nick Petrecki has 7 points (3-4-7) and 84 penalty minutes in 38 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 nine 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 26th in the AHL on the PK at 78.8% (39-for-184) and 22nd in the AHL on the power play with a 16.2% conversion rating (35-for-216). The Sharks have scored 3 shorthanded goals and have allowed 10 shorthanded tallies.

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.

Henderson surpasses... Sharks 2nd year forward Kevin Henderson has 4 goals and 8 assists this season and is +10 through 48 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 15.80 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 2nd with 19 wins, 2nd with 1025 saves, and 1st in minutes played with 2397... Sean Sullivan is 3rd among AHL defensemen with 10 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.... Alex ranks 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 his return is uncertain.

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.

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 59 fighting majors this season good for 11th in the AHL... 18 different players have dropped the mitts this season for the Sharks (Garet Hunt 3, Brandon Mashinter 8, Sean Sullivan 2, Jay Leach 5, Nick Petrecki 8, Andrew Desjardins 6, Dan DaSilva 4, Jason Pitton 1, Joe Loprieno 2, Kevin Henderson 3, David Marshall 1, Erick Lizon 3, Mike Moore 3. Cam MacIntyre 3, Tommy Wingels 1, Chris Lawrence 1, Frazer McLaren 3, 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

02/06/2011

Benn Ferriero (RW)

Worcester

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

02/06/2011

Daren Machesney (G)

Worcester

DEL Released from PTO

02/05/2011

Carter Hutton (G)

Worcester

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

02/05/2011

Carter Hutton (G)

Worcester

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

02/05/2011

John McCarthy (LW)

Worcester

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

02/04/2011

Daren Machesney (G)

Worcester

ADD Signed to PTO

02/03/2011

Alex Stalock (G)

Worcester

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

02/03/2011

John McCarthy (LW)

Worcester

ADD Returned on loan from San Jose (NHL)

01/31/2011

Alex Stalock (G)

Worcester

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

01/31/2011

Benn Ferriero (RW)

Worcester

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

01/31/2011

John McCarthy (LW)

Worcester

DEL Recalled from loan by San Jose (NHL)

Top Worcester Sharks:

o Goals Cheechoo (14)

o Game Winners Desjardins and Wingels (3)

o Assists Cheechoo (26)

o Points Cheechoo (14-26-40)

o Power play Points Cheechoo (6-13-19)

o Shots Cheechoo (138)

o PIM Petrecki (84)

o Fighting Pen. Mashinter and Petrecki (8)

o Plus/Minus DaSilva (+14)

o Wins Stalock (19) - 2nd in AHL

o G.A.A. Stalock (2.63)

o Save % Stalock (.907)

o Shutouts Hutton (1)

Sharks in the Pacific:

The San Jose Sharks are 28-19-6 with 62 points through 53 games and is currently in 2nd place in the Pacific Division trailing the first place Dallas Stars by 3 points.

Logan Couture (23-11-34) has ripped it up in his first full season in San Jose. Logan is 1st on the team with 23 goals and 7 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 17 games. Justin Braun had 9 points (1-8-9) in 15 games and Benn Ferriero had 9 points (5-4-9) in 32 games played and +8. Brandon Mashinter was scoreless in ten games with two fights.

Tue: SJ @ WAS - Wed: SJ @ CLB - Fri: SJ @ NJ - Sun: SJ @ FLA

Sharks in the ECHL:

The Stockton Thunder are 23-14-2-5 with 53 points in 44 games good for 2nd place in the Pacific Division in the ECHL, 8 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 4-2-1-1 with a 3.01 GAA and a .879 save % and one fighting major.

Coming Up:

The Sharks begin their season long five game road swing in Springfield on Friday at 7:30pm. Worcester is in a stretch of playing just one game in 11 days.

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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