Metallica slays national anthem at Game 4 of Stanley Cup Final (Video) Couple of #StanleyCup rockstars.🤘🏼😝🤘🏼😝🤘🏼😝🤘🏼😝 pic.twitter.com/FFZxhsbDyp— #StanleyCup Final (@NHL) June 6, 2016 The eight time Grammy Award winning band Metallica are Bay Area residents and long time San Jose Sharks fans. They're often seen at games and taking part in the customary 'door opening' for the team that before … [Read more...]

Showtime goes all-access on Joonas Donskoi's OT winner (Video) Ever want an all-access look at the most important goal of a team’s season? Showtime gave us a glimpse Monday when the network released a segment from the upcoming ALL ACCESS: QUEST FOR THE STANLEY CUP episode to be released Friday at 9 p.m. The clip is Joonas Donskoi’s overtime goal in Game 3 to help give the Sharks their first … [Read more...]

Tomas Hertl ruled out of Sharks' lineup for Game 4 of Cup Final The San Jose Sharks will be without forward Tomas Hertl for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final with a lower body injury. It will be the second-straight game Hertl will miss with the issue. Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said Hertl is still considered ‘day-to-day.’ The Sharks won Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh … [Read more...]

Dani Rylan, NWHL commissioner, opens up about scandalous offseason In March 2016, the first 'leaked' National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) emails made their way to the inboxes of several women's hockey writers. Others followed. They alleged unpaid debts, mismanagement behind the scenes and general chaos for the first-year league.  How did NWHL Commissioner Dani Rylan feel about this … [Read more...]

What We Learned: Where Peter DeBoer is failing the Sharks (Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.)  It's never going to be easy for teams to figure out a way to cover Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. … [Read more...]

Sharks vs. Penguins: Stanley Cup Final Game 3 Key Moment Joel Ward skated into the Pittsburgh Penguins zone in the third period Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final and decided to shoot the puck.   The lane was there for Ward and his team was down 2-1 so he figured a simple play could create a chance for his San Jose Sharks. Ward’s rocket past Murray's glove tied the game at 2-2 and helped set … [Read more...]

Joonas Donskoi, OT hero, giving Sharks unexpected clutch play SAN JOSE, Calif. – Through two games of the Stanley Cup Final, Joonas Donskoi had his chances to score, but couldn’t find a way to beat Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray.  Enter Game 3, and welcome to overtime. As the San Jose Sharks worked down low in the Penguins’ zone – an area where they’ve excelled this series to … [Read more...]

Bad ice forces changes for Penguins in Game 3 SAN JOSE, Calif. – It was close to 90 degrees outside the Shark Tank in the hours leading up to Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night. Lots of sweaty people, walking into the arena rocking teal jerseys.  But you didn’t need a meteorologist to gauge that heat – you just needed to step on the ice to know that the conditions outside had … [Read more...]

Marshawn Lynch sends San Jose Sharks onto ice in Game 3 (Video) SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks returned home in an 0-2 hole against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2016 Stanley Cup Final.  They needed something to rally them. Needed that extra level to elevate their game. Needed that … Beast Mode. Enter Marshawn Lynch, the recently retired Seattle Seahawks great, whose unstoppable … [Read more...]

When Muhammad Ali fought hockey’s heavyweight champ, Dave Semenko Larry Messier had an idea.  It was 1983. His nephew, Mark Messier, was a 22-year-old burgeoning star for the Edmonton Oilers, along with another 22-year-old named Wayne Gretzky. Tasked with protecting them was Dave Semenko, a 6-3 enforcer from Winnipeg who would eventually amass 1,175 penalty minutes in nine NHL seasons, and … [Read more...]