From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Jets 5-4
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:08:22 GMT

Monday, December 21, 5:30 P. M. (7:30 P. M. CST) at the Winnipeg Arena:

The teams played pretty evenly on the whole, but a key mis-call by referee
Mick McGeough that turned into a Jets power-play goal can be said to be the
difference, as the Jets came back from a 3-1 deficit to hand the Sharks their
12th straight loss.  Jeff Hackett was solid, but was peppered with 43 shots,
giving up 5 goals, while Bob Essensa (who, to his credit, was not given much
help on the Sharks goals) stopped just 22 of 26 San Jose shots for the victory.
A key was perhaps that the Jets got 9 (or is it 10?) power-plays, while the
Sharks got only 5.  (One of them, however, was a major power-play.)

The Jets, who out-shot the Sharks 14-8 in the first period, got on the board
first as rookie sensation Teemu Selanne showed why he is the rookie goal
scoring leader.  Selanne took a pass from Fredrik Olausson at center ice off
the boards, and skated down the right side, getting past Doug Zmolek and went
on a break-away on Hackett, beating Hackett low to the stick side at 8:01.
The Sharks tied the game at 11:04.  After an Essensa save on Jeff Odgers, the
puck bounced out to the right boards to Jayson More, who one-timed it, and
newly acquired Mark Pederson deflected it right in front pass Essensa.  Soon
after, the Jets had a 4 minute power-play, with John Carter getting the double
minor, but it soon turned nightmarish for the Jets and Essensa, as the Sharks
had at least 3 2-on-1 chances during the double minor, and converted on 2 of
them.  First, Rob Gaudreau intercepted a Jets pass at center ice and went on
a 2-on-1 with Kelly Kisio, and as Gaudreau entered the zone, he snapped a
rising wrist shot over Essensa's glove and into the upper corner of the net,
at 12:23.  Later on, Mike Sullivan stole a Jet pass just inside the Sharks
zone, and went on a 2-on-1 with Pat Falloon, and as he entered the Jets zone,
he faked a pass to Falloon, and instead shot a backhand shot through the legs
of Essensa, at 13:57.

The Jets, however, out-shot the Sharks 19-14 in a quick-action second period,
and as Essensa played well in the period, did not give a goal and got three
in return to take the lead.  First, just 32 seconds into the game, they got
within 3-2.  After a face-off at center ice won by Mike Eagles, Keith Tkachuk
quickly fed Eagles and Luciano Borsato on a 2-on-1, and Eagles entered the zone
and slipped a pass to Borsato, who deked around Hackett and stuffed the puck
into the empty net.  For the next 10+ minutes, action went end-to-end, but
neither team was able to score, until 12:55, when the Jets tied it 3-3.  After
Hackett stopped Eagles on a 2-on-1 with Borsato, Borsato took the puck behind
the net, and spun it back out to Eagles on the left side of the net, and
Eagles quickly centered it to a streaking Tkachuk, who deflected the puck past
Hackett.  And then came the McCall(tm).  After a Hackett stop on Tomas Steen,
Steen chopped him in the shoulder, and Zmolek pushed Steen away, and McGeough
called a roughing penalty on Zmolek for the push.  (It was somewhat of a bear
hug, but it does *not* justify a penalty!  If it did, the Steen chop on Hackett
should have been one as well.)  And it led to a McPower-Play, and a McGoal,
at 15:03, as the Jets got a 4-on-3 power-play due to the call.  Selanne, at
the left boards, center the puck in front for Tkachuk, whose close shot
Hackett stopped, but Alexei Zhamnov was there for the rebound, and he poked it
past Hackett.

The Sharks did tie the game early in the third period, 4-4.  After Essensa
denied Dean Evason on a deflection of a Pat Falloon shot, Evason skated behind
the net, came to the right boards, and let go an angle shot that John Carter
deflected right in front past Essensa, at 4:27.  The Sharks later on had a
good chance to win the game, as Steen was given a major penalty and a game
misconduct for high-sticking Rob Zettler, but failed to capitalize on it, and
the Jets, who out-shot the Sharks 10-4 in the period, scored just 9 seconds
after the end of the penalty, at 15:39.  Selanne, getting a pass from Teppo
Numminen at center ice, streaked in from the left side, and dropped the pass
to the left boards to Zhamnov, who saw an opening through the defense and
skated right through, beating Hackett through the legs for the game winner.
The Sharks' chances of a comeback was killed later on as Mark Pederson soon got
a penalty, and as they killed it off, David Bruce got another penalty, so the
Sharks were never able to pull Hackett off the ice and never able to get back.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Keith Tkachuk
2.	Teemu Selanne
3.	Alexei Zhamnov

Tonight's lines:

Johan Garpenlov		Kelly Kisio		Rob Gaudreau
Mark Pederson		Mike Sullivan		Pat Falloon
David Bruce		Ray Whitney		Perry Berezan
John Carter		Dean Evason		Jeff Odgers

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Jayson More		Sandis Ozolinsh
		Neil Wilkinson		Doug Zmolek
		Tom Pederson		Rob Zettler

Scratches:	Arturs Irbe (knee), Yvon Corriveau (back), Doug Wilson (leg),
	Pat MacLeod, Claudio Scremin, Lyndon Byers, Larry DePalma,
	Michel Picard.

Notes:

1.	McGeough should be condemned to the McDonald farm.

2.	Mark Pederson, acquired Saturday from the Flyers for Dave Snuggerud,
	made his Shark debut tonight, and wore Snuggerud's 18, as 14, which
	he wore with the Flyers, is worn by Ray Whitney.  He was moderately
	impressive, as he scored a goal, and showed good speed on the
	combination with Sullivan and Falloon, but also showed some defensive
	deficiencies.

3.	Jayson More got a game misconduct early in the second period for
	instigating a fight with Tkachuk, and this left the Shark defensemen
	somewhat tired down the stretch.

4.	Expect some cuts soon, as the Sharks aren't going to go with 5 healthy
	scratches every night.

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GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Luc Robitaille for Hart!
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Sandis Ozolinsh for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
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Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks