From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Maple Leafs 5-1
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 08:54:23 GMT

(I missed the first period, and was a little unclear on the final goal of the
game, so if someone can fill in on those...  Thanks...)

Friday, January 8, 4:30 P. M. (7:30 P. M. EST) at the Maple Leaf Garden:

Grant Fuhr had an excellent game, and the Sharks defense had a game far from
one, as Fuhr stopped 23 of 24 San Jose shots, while the Maple Leafs peppered
43 shots on Jeff Hackett and got 5 goals to win easily.  The Sharks have now
dropped 3 straight and have not won in the past 6 games.  The Leafs' power-play
killed the Sharks, as the Leafs converted three times on seven opportunities.

The Leafs out-shot the Sharks 15-6 in the period, and got the only goal of the
period at 4:22 on the power-play, as Glenn Anderson converted the goal, with
assists to Nicolai Borschevsky and Mike Krushelnyski.

The Leafs continue to dominate the skating in the second period, as they out-
shot the Sharks 14-8, but Hackett was brilliant early on, and the Sharks tied
the game at 1-1 at 14:20, on a power-play goal of their own.  After Hackett
made a stop, he dropped the puck to the left boards, where Pat Falloon picked
it up and started to skate up ice with Rob Gaudreau, and the two of them
exchanged passes a couple times while entering the Leafs zone, and then Falloon
ripped a hard shot from the left boards past Fuhr.  However, the Leafs would
finally get a goal to stay ahead at 18:43, as Anderson, on the left boards,
one-timed a Dimitri Mironov pass from the left point, and the shot was stopped
by Hackett, but Borschevsky was there to poke the rebound past Hackett.

The Sharks initially pressured the Leafs defense and Fuhr somewhat to start
the third period, but Fuhr was outstanding early on; his best stop was on
a break-away by Johan Garpenlov.  The Leafs then turned it on, and they,
out-shooting the Sharks 14-10 in the period, got an insurance goal at 6:54,
as Anderson, getting the pass from Mironov at center ice, skated in, and
dropped the puck to Doug Gilmour, who unleashed a shot that got by Hackett.
However, the Leafs weren't done, and while working on a 5-on-3 advantage,
they struck at 14:50, as Anderson, behind the net, sent the puck back to the
point to Gilmour, who one-timed Anderson's pass, and Hackett stopped the shot,
but Borschevsky was in front to poke in the rebound.  Then, on a strange goal
(that I was confused on) at 15:59, the Leafs took the final 5-1 lead, as
Anderson scored a goal, but the play continued until 30 seconds later, when
the Leafs noticed the red light was on, and requested a video replay, and
the video replay judge ruled that Anderson's shot went in, with Borschevsky
and John Cullen getting the assists.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Glenn Anderson
2.	Nicolai Borschevsky
3.	Doug Gilmour

Tonight's lines:

Johan Garpenlov		Kelly Kisio		Rob Gaudreau
Mike Sullivan		Hubie McDonough		Pat Falloon
Yvon Corriveau		Dean Evason		Jeff Odgers
Ray Whitney		David Maley		Robin Bawa

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		David Williams		Doug Zmolek
		Tom Pederson		Rob Zettler
		Jayson More		Neil Wilkinson

Scratches:	Arturs Irbe (knee), Sandis Ozolinsh (knee),
	Pat MacLeod (shoulder), Doug Wilson (foot), David Bruce (groin),
	Lyndon Byers, Michel Picard, Mark Pederson.  Ozolinsh (who is out for
	the season), MacLeod, and Bruce did not accompany the Sharks on this
	roadtrip, but Wilson, who is listed at day-to-day, and Irbe are
	practicing with the team.

Notes:

1.	Hubie McDonough made his Shark debut tonight, and appeared to be
	tentative, not playing with as much flare as he did in San Diego,
	where he was the IHL's leading scorer.  He centered Falloon and Mike
	Sullivan, ending Falloon's tenure as a center, for now.  Falloon,
	though, continues to be hot, as he scored his 9th point in 9 games.

2.	Hackett started out outstanding, but after the Gilmour goal, he seemed
	demoralized.  Still, stopping 38 of 43 shots isn't bad.

3.	The Sharks dislike the fact that they can only protect one goaltender,
	under the presently decided expansion draft rules, and although they
	can select two players from Miami and Anaheim, director of hockey
	operations Dean Lombardi has said that they doubt the quality they
	can get from the players that the expansion teams wouldn't protect.
	The Sharks are concerned about losing either Irbe or Hackett, as both
	are still relatively young.  The Sharks argue that the rules should
	be modified to allow the teams to protect 2nd-year pros in addition
	to 1st-year, which would allow Irbe to be automatically protected.

4.	My .sig jinxes seem to be working on Calgary and Edmonton... :-)

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Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks
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