Sharks reach 100 points with 4-2 win over Phoenix Coyotes

#10 CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF CELEBRATES A SECOND PERIOD GOAL

#7 MARK BELL TIPS THE PUCK ON #31 CURTIS JOSEPH

#11 PHOENIX COYOTES RIGHT WING OWEN NOLAN

The San Jose Sharks achieved 100 total points in the regular season for only the second time in franchise history, after a 4-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes. The all-time record is 104 points earned in the 2003-04 season. A photo gallery from the game is available here.

Sharks get best of Cujo, win 5th straight at home, Nabokov turns away 25 Coyotes attempts - Arizona Republic.

For almost 25 minutes, he was Cujo the Magnificent, making his patented improbable saves. He's almost 40, and he played like someone half his age.

Then, bit by bit, the bottom fell out for Curtis Joseph and the Coyotes, and they dropped a 4-2 decision to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 17,496 at the HP Pavilion.

[Update] Josh Gratton and Douglas Murray dropped the gloves at the start of the second period for a fight that spanned the length of both benches. After several hard body checks by Murray early in the game, Gratton initiated the fight to send a message. This Hockeyfights.com report has a blow-by-blow recap.

Inside the Sharks head

Here is a brief video of the San Jose Sharks taking the ice against the Phoenix Coyotes on Friday through the infamous Sharks head.

USA Hockey Championships Friday - Honeybaked Detroit 5, San Jose Jr Sharks 4 (U16)

DETROIT HONEYBAKED VS SAN JOSE JR SHARKS FRIDAY

HONEYBAKED SCORED THE GW GOAL SHORTHANDED 5-ON-3 WITH SECONDS LEFT

2007 USA HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT LOGITECH ICE, SAN JOSE

Honeybaked Detroit's Sami Tatu scored the game winning goal against the San Jose Jr Sharks u16 team with seconds left to earn a difficult 5-4 win at the end of round robin play. Tatu's second goal of the game was shorthanded, while killing a 5-on-3 penalty. Haleigh Hutchinson, Taylor Wasylk and Brittany Dougherty also scored for Detroit. Cori Myers (2), Mikaela Hoffman-Stapleton and Whitney Fraleigh scored for the Jr Sharks team. Goaltender Shannon Ramelot made 22 saves on 26 shots in a winning effort for Honeybaked.

The Jr Sharks team coached by former Sharks defensman Tom Pederson finished preliminary play with a 2-1 record, and move on to the quarterfinals at 9AM today (audiocast underway here). The Girls 19 and under quarterfinal takes place at 3:45PM, the 12 and under semifinal takes place at 5:45, and the 14 and under semifinal takes place at 8PM. A photo gallery from the game is available here.

Recaps of the 4 San Jose Jr Sharks teams in action on Friday, 3 from Logitech Ice, from San Jose Sharks Director of Communications Ken Arnold:

Girls Under 12 (Logitech Ice):
Detroit Little Ceasars: 4 - Jr. Sharks: 0
The Jr. Sharks - coached by Sharks Radio Color Commentator Jamie Baker - lost to a top-ranked Little Ceasars team to finish the tournament with a record of 0-3. Complete tournament standings & statistics can be found here.

Girls Under 14 (Logitech Ice): Posted an 0-3 record after losing to Honeybaked today 4-0. Forward Delina Perez leads the team in scoring with two points (both assists). Complete tournament standings & statistics can be found here.

Girls Under 16 (Logitech Ice): 2-1 record, play Honeybaked at 4:45pm this afternoon and dropped a thrilling 5-4 decision. Forward Paula Romanchuk leads the team in scoring with 6 points (1g, 5a), and forward Cori Myers leads the team in goals (3) and is second in points with 4. Goaltender Meghan Gallagher from Roseville has been solid in net stopping 46 of 50 shots for a .920 SVG and a 2.00 GAA. Follows the team's road to the playoffs by clicking here.

Girls Under 19: Belle Tire (Detroit, MI): 3 - Jr. Sharks: 1. Team finishes with an 0-3 record after playing many of the toughest teams in the tournament. Team captain Amber Moore, who has committed to Colgate University next season, lead the team in goals with 2, and forward Ashley Hickey lead the team in points with 3 (all assists). Complete standings and statistics can be found here.

The USA Girls Tournament website is available here.

Media coverage of the Girls and Womens Tournaments at Logitech Ice has been extensive. NBC11, KGO7, and KTVU2 all aired video segments on the San Jose tournament.

Radio analyst and youth hockey coach Jamie Baker interviewed Boston University Assistant Coach and and former US National Team Member Erika Silva on the future of Womens/Girls hockey here.

[Update] Hockey nationals coming to area, San Jose Junior Sharks aiming to win championship - Palo Alto Daily News.

[Update2] The San Jose Jr Sharks u16 team was eliminated from play with a 5-2 loss to the California Selects in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Eric McErlain samples fan opinion on fighting in the NHL

Hockey Fans on Fighting
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Offwing, NBC Sports, and NFL Fan House blogger Eric McErlain sampled fan opinions on fighting in the NHL at Tuesday's Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins game. A full blog report and photos from the Verizon Center are available here. The fans were decidedly in favor of leaving the status quo as is, and they offered an informed analysis on the debate as well.

San Jose Jr Sharks Bantam B 2007 Norcal Championship

SAN JOSE JR SHARKS BANTAM B - PHOTO DENNIS EVANS

Longtime Sharks/SJSU fan Dennis Evans emailed in a mini-report he wrote on the San Jose Jr Sharks Bantam B 2007 Norcal Championship. His son Chase plays on the team.

2007 NORCAL CHAMPIONS - THE SAN JOSE JR SHARKS - BANTAM B

The Jr Sharks took it to the Fresno Falcons on Sunday to be crowned the NORCAL CHAMPIONS for 2007. After defeating Santa Rosa 6-2 in the opening game on Friday evening, the Jr Sharks crushed Tri Valley early Saturday morning and sent them packing for home - ELIMINATING the Blue Devils from the playoff round! This was sweet revenge for the Jr Sharks - knocking off the team that was seeded first in the playoff tournament. During the long season, these two teams met 8 times with the Jr Sharks dominating the series with a 4-2-2 record - but the Blue Devils still dominated the league play and end up in first place for the regular season.

The Jr. Sharks met the Fresno Falcons in their last playoff game on Saturday evening - a game that saw the teams battle to a 1-0 victory by the Falcons. This was a very tough and even battle that saw the Jr Sharks score first, but with the goal called off because of an "In The Crease" call - which was very interesting as most of the team had recently viewed the great film by the same name on Thursday in prep for the NORCAL playoffs. This game truly showed that more was to come the next day - the battle would continue on Sunday for the championship.

The boys were focused on Sunday, as they had been all weekend, and now they had the championship in sight. From the drop of the puck, the Jr Sharks were all over the Falcons and this time took no prisoners. Jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, the Jr Sharks held the Falcons to no goals until midway through the 2nd period when they came back with their first goal making it a close contest for the first time. But the Jr Sharks were not going to let the Falcons back into the game - as early in the 3rd period they scored on a power play to make it 3-1. Then late in the period, the Falcons going for broke pulled their goalie only to see the Jr Sharks deposit an empty net goal to make it 4-1 with just over 2 minutes to go. But the Falcons continued to push hard and scored their second goal in the final minutes, but to no avail as they could only watch the Jr Sharks celebrate the victory by mobbing their goalie - a sweet 4-2 victory to be crowned NORCAL CHAMPS!!

Visit sjjrsharks.com, or Norcalyouthhockey.com for more information. Chase was the Sharks fan who recognized me from this blog while snow boarding at Sierra Ski Ranch near Tahoe with 2 friends from Denmark. Thanks to Dennis for sending this in.

A few more notes on the USA Girls/Womens Hockey Championships underway at Logitech Ice in San Jose: With 80 teams and thousands of hockey players, this will be the largest hockey tournament ever held in California, an opening ceremony for the Girls tournament will be held March 29th featuring local soccer star Brandi Chastain and USA Women's Olympic Hockey team member Katie King. Two former San Jose Sharks coach girl's teams in the tournament, defenseman Tom Pederson (16u and 19u) and Jamie Baker (12u).

[Update] USA Hockey Women’s National Championships Conclude - SJsharks.com.

Michigan defenseman Jack Johnson signs with the Los Angeles Kings, NHL debut tonight against Vancouver

KINGS DEFENSEMAN JACK JOHNSON WEDNESDAY - PHOTO LETSGOKINGS.COM

On Tuesday the Los Angeles Kings announced a multi-year entry level contract with 20 year old University of Michigan defenseman Jack Johnson. The 6-1, 215 pound defenseman was the third overall selection in the 2005 Entry Draft (Carolina). He was acquired by general manager Dean Lombardi from the Hurricanes in a trade along with Oleg Tverdovsky for center Eric Belanger and defenseman Tim Gleason in 2006.

Jack Johnson represented Team US