Morning Skate: Tuesday, 1/6
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — A packed slate of games as Ryan breaks it down and tells you who he thinks is going to win. Good stuff as always and I wonder if he predicted the Penguins or Devils to win tonight.....read on!!

Morning Skate: Thursday, 12/18
hockeyprogram.blogspot.com 12/18/2008 — The predictions and previews from our man Ryan. Hell,it is going to be a wild Thursday night of hockey!!!

Wings-Sharks set-up
blog.mlive.com 1/17/2009 — The Detroit Red Wings and San Jose Sharks head into a hype-filled match-up tonight (10:30 PM, FSD/WXYT) eying both a measuring-stick game of massive proportions and the Western Conference lead. Detroit trails San Jose by one point, as the Detroit...

Statement Or Just Another Game?
kuklaskorner.com 1/19/2009 — Did the San Jose Sharks’ victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night mean anything? As a gameday primer for Battle of California , I wrote that so-called statement games were really only as important as the next big game. That is, ...

Sharks Gameday: Get Confident, Stupid!
battleofcali.com 1/17/2009 — Detroit Red Wings (31-7-6) at San Jose Sharks (32-6-5) 7:30 PM, PST If one was ever to assign the term "Statement Game" to a specific night in the Sharks schedule, this would have to be it. Tonight's tilt against those pesky Detroit Red Wings ...

Add Flames to short list of West contenders
sfgate.com 1/16/2009 — Against the deserved implosion of the Warriors, the expected hiring of Scott Linehan to return the 49ers to the Wing-T, the Raiders' attempt to hire a coach and break Jim Harbaugh's heart, and even the return of vintage Roller Derby to the airwaves, ...

Sharks rivalry good barometer | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
freep.com 1/17/2009 — SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Red Wings have a twofold approach to tonight's game against the Sharks: Anticipation and perspective. With the Sharks having a one-point lead over Detroit in the Western Conference and having lost at the HP Pavilion only once ...

Flames Game Day: Meet the new Sharks
battleofalberta.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — So, good Christmas holidays? Me too. One of the highlights was a 3-day jaunt to Las Vegas with Mrs. Matt, where we partook in numerous $6 beers/$14 martinis, AND where for a larf I headed into the LV Hilton's massive sportsbook to waste 2 x $20 on a ...

Killion: Sharks must clear mental hurdle - San Jose Mercury News
mercurynews.com 1/17/2009 — Leave it to Jeremy Roenick to speak the unvarnished truth. Do the Sharks have a psychological problem with the Detroit Red Wings? "We did last year," the veteran forward said this week. "There was definitely a mental block." Though other players would ...

Gameday - Sharks in town
fiveholefanatics.ca 1/8/2009 — There's a lot of talk recently about the Flames needing to beat elite teams "if they want to be elite themselves". As of right now, Calgary has played the best in the WC six times (Detroit, Chicago and San Jose) and won precisely zero games. I haven't ...

Maple Leafs Mid-Season Awards: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/15/2009
Halfway through the season, the Toronto Maple Leafs have 16 wins, 21 losses, six overtime losses for a total of only 38 points in 43 games. They sit in the 11th spot of the Eastern Conference, nine points out of a playoffs spot. It's time for the ...

Righting the NHL's Wrongs: Carter's 2008-09 All-Stars — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/15/2009
With all the hockey fans arguing about who should be an All-Star and play in the annual game and who shouldn’t, I've decided to take it upon myself to make my own list of who should definitely go to the All-Star Game, along with some honorable ...

Sharks-Lightning: Teal and Silver and a Touch of Grey — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/15/2009
In fewer than 1,200 career hockey games, Rick Tocchet accrued almost 3,000 penalty minutes. In a brief stint as Wayne Gretzky's assistant coach in Phoenix, Tocchet was linked not only to gambling on sports, but to a dirty cop with ties to organized ...

Bread It Down! — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/15/2009
So I was requested to put my slide show into an article.  Let's look together at the Toronto Maple leafs and break it down and see what is going to happen this season and next season.  Lots of changes are coming and I am the first to inform ...

Porter's Weekly Leafland Talk:Toronto Won't Get Tavares, Maybe Duchene Or Cowen? — Bleacher Report - NHL 1/15/2009
The goal of many Leaf fans this season is to see Toronto pick John Tavares in the upcoming draft. I must say I wanted this too, but there are three reasons why Toronto won't get the junior star. 1 . No team with a chance of ...