From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Whalers 4-2
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:07:04 GMT

Thursday, January 21, 4:30 P. M. (7:30 P. M. EST) at the Hartford Civic Center:

Sean Burke stopped 30 of 32 shots, as the lethargic Sharks had some flashes
of brilliance, but did not play well enough and also had some pretty poor luck,
as they lost their 9th straight game, extending their winless streak to 12
games.  Jeff Hackett played tolerably, as three of the goals pretty much came
on defensive breakdowns, stopping 23 of 27 Hartford shots in taking the loss.
After the game, the Sharks announced that they have traded left winger Yvon
Corriveau to the Hartford Whalers, with whom he played last season, to complete
the trade for left winger Michel Picard.

The teams played fairly evenly in the first period, as the Sharks had a small
11-9 advantage in shots, but the Whalers struck first at 4:35.  After a
Hartford power-play expired, the Sharks cleared the puck back into the Whalers
zone, where it bounced off Patrick Poulin's stick to Mikael Nylander, who
quickly fed it to Terry Yake on a 2-on-1 with Poulin, and Yake had little
problem beating Hackett after he was left alone on Hackett.  The Sharks
responded on the power-play, at 6:12.  After an exchange of pass between Doug
Zmolek and Jaroslav Otevrel on the left boards, Otevrel centered the puck in
front to Dean Evason, who deked around a falling Burke and scored into the open
net.

The teams again played fairly evenly (and lethargically) in the second period,
as the Whalers held a 9-8 advantage in shots, but the Whalers again seem to get
the bounces, while quite a number of times the Sharks were just denied by Burke
and/or somehow the puck seems to just bounce away.  The Whalers went ahead 2-1
at 1:38 while they were on the power-play.  After a Burke save on a Sharks
short-handed attempt, Zarley Zalapski got a pass from Murray Craven at center
ice, and went on a great rush, speeding past Doug Wilson and Rob Zettler and
went in all alone on Hackett, beating Hackett over the shoulder.  The Whalers
lead became 3-1 at 9:29, as off a face-off won by Mark Janssens, Eric Weinrich
took the puck, skated into the slot, and wristed the puck past Hackett.

The Sharks tried to put the offense on in the third period, as they out-shot
the Whalers 13-9, but again looked lethargic and disorganized and unlucky.
Eventually, the Whalers would score an insurance goal at 9:28 to make it 4-1.
The Sharks were passing in the Whalers zone, but an errant pass was picked off
by Bob McKenzie, who sent the puck on a 2-on-1 for Yake and Jamie Leach, and
Yake skated in, drawing Wilson to him, and then fired cross-ice to Leach, who
beat Hackett easily.  The Sharks did move closer, to 4-2, at 15:06, as a Jeff
Odgers shot from outside the zone took a tricky bounce after Burke stopped it,
and it went to the back of the net.  The Whalers tried to clear, but the puck
landed at the point on Zmolek's stick, and Zmolek let go a wrist shot that
Evason deflected in front past Burke.  The Sharks pulled Hackett for about the
last 1:30, but although they had a couple good chances, the puck just won't
bounce past Burke.  Craven tried to score into the empty net, but he shot it
wide as the buzzer sounded.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Terry Yake
2.	Dean Evason
3.	Sean Burke

Tonight's lines:

Johan Garpenlov		Kelly Kisio		Rob Gaudreau
Jaroslav Otevrel	Mike Sullivan		Hubie McDonough
Yvon Corriveau		David Maley		Robin Bawa
Jeff Odgers		Dean Evason		Lyndon Byers

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Doug Wilson		Doug Zmolek
		Jayson More		Neil Wilkinson
		David Williams		Rob Zettler

Scratches:	Brian Hayward (back), Sandis Ozolinsh (knee),
	Pat MacLeod (shoulder), David Bruce (groin), Pat Falloon (knee),
	Mark Pederson (shoulder), Tom Pederson, Ray Whitney, Michel Picard.

Notes:

1.	It was just an ugly game for both teams; I don't think either team
	played well, really; the Whalers capitalized on their good chances,
	though, while the Sharks either simply squandered them or didn't get
	the good bounces.  A number of times the puck just sat in the crease,
	but no one could get to it.

2.	Lyndon Byers left midway through the second period with a separated
	shoulder, and will be out indefinitely.  Mike Sullivan suffered a knee
	injury midway through the third, but if I remembered right, he returned
	for at least one more shift afterwards.

3.	So this was Corriveau's last game as a Shark.  Good luck, Yvon.  You
	always hussled during your short tenure as a Shark.  (The Whalers had
	sent Corriveau to the Washington Capitals during the off-season along
	with Mark Hunter in return for Nick Kypreos, but the Sharks drafted
	Corriveau in the waiver draft just before the season started.)

4.	Is there anything wrong with Arturs Irbe?  One would naturally think
	that the Sharks would rotate them now...

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Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
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