From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Canucks 6-2
Originator: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:48:21 GMT

Wednesday, November 11, 7:30 P. M., at the Pacific Coliseum:

Both the Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks played rather nonchalantly, but the
Sharks defense again failed miserably, and the goaltending was shaky, as the
Canucks jumped out to a 6-0 start and held on to the win.  Kirk McLean stopped
22 of 24 San Jose shots for the victory, while Brian Hayward took the loss for
the Sharks, stopping 22 of 28 shots.  The special teams pretty much did the
Sharks in, as the Canucks went 4-8 on the power-play while the Sharks went 1-6.

The first period started out rather disorganized for both teams, as reflected
by the shot totals, with the Canucks out-shooting the Sharks 8-5.  However,
due to a combination of a shaky Hayward and a non-existent defense, the Sharks
allowed three goals without getting one.  Pavel Bure opened the scoring at
8:08.  Anatoli Semenov had the puck behind the net, and as he was checked, the
puck skipped to the right corner to Greg Adams, who dropped the puck off for
Bure, who eluded a San Jose defender and skated in on Hayward, beating him on
the lower corner.  The lead became 2-0 at 12:32.  Sergio Momesso, skating into
the Sharks zone, made a drop pass to Jyrki Lumme at the right circle, and Lumme
blasted the puck through a screen past Hayward.  Bure gave the Canucks a 3-0
lead on the power-play with just 4 seconds left in the period.  Adams, shooting
off a Semenov pass, was stopped by Hayward, but the rebound lay in the crease
for Bure to jump up and poke past Hayward.

The second period spelled much of the same, as the Canucks out-shot the Sharks
13-6, and had three more goals, all of them on the power-play.  Dixon Ward
struck at 2:17, as he poked a rebound off a Lumme shot, which was a one-time
shot off a Bure pass, past Hayward.  Doug Lidster struck at 4:40 as he shot
off a drop pass from Cliff Ronning.  Geoff Courtnall extended the lead to 6-0
at 7:51, as he, getting a pass at center ice from Petr Nedved, skated into the
zone 1-on-1 against Brian Lawton (Lawton was the only defender back, showing
the problem with the San Jose defense) and eluded the checks of both Lawton
and Hayward, and wristed one past Hayward.  The Sharks got a power-play goal
back late in the period, at 18:08 on a rather strange play.  Sandis Ozolinsh,
who had taken control of the puck at the right point, tried to make a pass
behind the net.  Instead, the puck bounced off the endboard and came back out,
hit McLean's glove, and deflected into the net.  Dean Evason and Johan
Garpenlov got assists on the play.

The Canucks were rather complacent in the third, as the Sharks out-shot them
13-7 in the period, and had the only goal of the period, at 17:11.  Pat Falloon
was going on a 2-on-2 with Lawton, and he exchanged passes with Lawton on the
way before his shot was stopped by McLean's blocker.  However, Falloon batted
at the puck in the air and hit it past McLean for the goal.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Pavel Bure
2.	Anatoli Semenov
3.	Greg Adams

Tonight's lines:

Petri Skriko		Brian Lawton		Pat Falloon
Larry DePalma		Mike Sullivan		Johan Garpenlov
Perry Berezan		Kelly Kisio		Dave Snuggerud
John Carter		Dean Evason		Lyndon Byers

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Jayson More		Sandis Ozolinsh
		Neil Wilkinson		Rob Zettler
		Pat MacLeod		Doug Zmolek

Scratches:	Jeff Hackett (groin), Yvon Corriveau (back),
	Jeff Odgers (hand), David Bruce (groin), Dale Craigwell (back),
	Doug Wilson (shoulder), Ed Courtenay.  Hackett, Corriveau, and Odgers
	are expected to be a couple weeks away, while Craigwell and
	Wilson are day-to-day.  Bruce is expected to miss 5-10 days.

Notes:

1.	It is apparent that George Kingston wasn't happy with the 11-4 drubbing
	by the Los Angeles Kings, as he totally revamped the lines save the
	John Carter-Dean Evason-Lyndon Byers line.  Garpenlov, who had played
	every single game with the Falloon line ever since he was acquired
	from the Detroit Red Wings, played most of the game with Larry DePalma
	and Mike Sullivan, but played with DePalma and Kelly Kisio on the
	power-play.  Unfortunately, the results were not good.

2.	Petri Skriko returned to action after missing 5 games with a pulled
	groin muscle.

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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