From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Maple Leafs 2-0
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 06:54:19 GMT

Thursday, November 19, 7:30 P. M., at the Cow Palace:

Great goaltending by Arturs Irbe made it close, as he stopped 47 of 49 Toronto
shots, but the Maple Leafs' defense and offense were simply too much for the
Sharks to take, as Grant Fuhr stopped all 23 San Jose shots for his 12th
career shutout to take the victory.

The Sharks came out quickly on Fuhr, but after Fuhr stopped 5 initial San
Jose shots (when Toronto had none), the Maple Leafs turned it on, and out-shot
the Sharks 19-9 for the period.  Irbe was outstanding, stopping a number of
point blank shots and a 3-on-1, but he was unable to stop Dimitri Mironov from
scoring at 8:29.  Mike Foligno had digged the puck free at the left corner and
sent the puck back to Glenn Anderson, who sent the puck to the right point to
Mironov, who one-timed the pass through a screen (set up by Foligno, I believe)
past Irbe.

The Leafs dominated the second period, as they out-shot the Sharks 20-7, but
great goaltending by Irbe kept them off the scoreboard.  The Sharks, however,
were not able to get anything past Fuhr either.

The Sharks came out quickly on Fuhr early in the third period, but Fuhr was
outstanding in stopping them early, and then the Leafs, as in the first period,
again came out strong, and out-shot the Sharks 10-7 in the period, adding an
insurance goal at 6:38.  Mironov had dropped a pass off for Peter Zezel at the
right circle, and Zezel's screened shot was stopped by Irbe.  Rob Pearson
picked up the rebound, circled the net, and forced a wraparound between Irbe's
pads and the post into the net.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Dimitri Mironov
2.	Arturs Irbe
3.	Grant Fuhr

Tonight's lines:

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

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Doug Wilson		Doug Zmolek
		Jayson More		Sandis Ozolinsh
		Tom Pederson		Rob Zettler

Scratches:	Jeff Hackett (groin), Neil Wilkinson (back),
	Dale Craigwell (back), Yvon Corriveau (shoulder), David Bruce (groin),
	Jeff Odgers (hand), Petri Skriko (groin), Pat MacLeod.  Hackett,
	Wilkinson, Craigwell, Bruce, and Skriko are all day-to-day, while
	Corriveau and Odgers should each be at least another week away.

Notes:

1.	Irbe again had a great game, but the Sharks didn't help him out much.
	Irbe's 47 saves was a Cow Palace record, and Irbe, until Mironov's
	goal, had a team record 80:27 shutout string.  (Is that the right word?
	It seems like that you can't have a "string of time...")

2.	Fuhr had a great game as well, but sorry, he didn't show me as much
	as either Irbe or his own teammate, Felix Potvin, the first time the
	teams met.

3.	Pat Burns has really turned this Leafs team around as far as team
	philosophy goes; he is making them similar to the teams that he had
	in Montreal.

4.	The Sharks' next game against the Chicago Blackhawks will be Doug
	Wilson's 1000th NHL game.  The Sharks have scheduled a pre-game
	ceremony for Wilson, and fans are encouraged to arrive early for it.

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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
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