From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks defeated Jets 4-3 (OT)
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 06:55:26 GMT

Bob Essensa had a super game, as he stopped 42? of 46? Shark shots, including
at least two break-aways by Pat Falloon and one by Johan Garpenlov in the third
period, but he's human after all, as Kelly Kisio scored with one minute left
in overtime to give the Sharks their first victory of the season in the first
game of the season, handing Essensa and the Jets their first loss of the
season.  Jeff Hackett stopped 24? of 27? shots for the win.

The Jets looked great early, as the Sharks were apparently rusty.  Tomas Steen
scored the first of three Winnipeg power-play goals just 2:23 into the game.
With the Jets having a 4-3 man advantage, Steen received a pass from Phil
Housley at the right circle, and blasted a hard shot on Hackett, who
partially stopped the shot, but the puck went behind Hackett and bounced off
the left post into the net.  However, the Sharks soon came alive.  At 10:38,
two of the newest Sharks worked together for a pretty goal.  Sandis Ozolinsh
intercepted a Jet pass at center ice, and fed a perfect pass up ice to Yvon
Corriveau, acquired last Sunday in the waiver draft from the Washington
Capitals, and Corriveau, going in all alone on Essensa, faked to his left and
got Essensa on the lower right corner.  The Jets went ahead again at 16:37 on
another power-play goal.  Phil Housley and Teemu Selanne traded passes from
the left point to the left circle, and Selanne, after seeing that Hackett was
screened by a Jet, blasted a hard shot that Hackett never saw.  However, the
Sharks, who out shot the Jets 13-9 in the period, tied the game less than two
minutes later on a power-play goal of their own.  David Bruce fought hard in
the Jets zone to get the puck loose, feeding it to Kisio at the left circle,
and Kisio spotted Petri Skriko open on the right circle, and made a cross-ice
pass to him, and Skriko moved in and jabbed the puck by Essensa.

The Sharks out-shot the Jets 10-8 in the second period, and the teems traded
goals.  The Jets struck at 8:04 on a power-play goal to go ahead 3-2.  Right
after the Sharks cleared the puck out of their zone, Evgeny Davydov went back
and took the puck at center ice, and passed it to Housley, who went into the
Sharks zone on a 2-on-2 with Ed Olczyk, and Housley made a cross-ice pass to
Olczyk, who jabbed the puck by Hackett.  The Sharks tied the game 3-3 at 11:25
with both teams short a man.  Jayson More took a pass from Corriveau at center
ice, and went in to the Jets zone 1-on-1 against Kris Draper, and sneaked
behind him, sliding through the crease and somehow jabbing the puck by Essensa
in the process.

The Sharks worked very hard against an apparently tired Jets team in the third
period, out-shooting them 18-7, and the advantage was actually bigger, because
the Jets got 5 of their 7 shots on the power-play.  However, Essensa stepped
up to the challenge, stopping the Sharks on many excellent chances.  Hackett
was his match, as the Jets had excellent chances on a power-play, but failed
to get anything by Hackett.

The overtime opened with good chances by both teams on a 4-4, but eventually
slowed down, and it appeared late in overtime that the game would go to a tie.
However, the Sharks refused to give up, and continued to forecheck aggressively
in the Jets zone, and it paid off.  Mike Sullivan checked the puck off a Jet
defenseman, and fed it to Petri Skriko, who in turn fed Kisio just in front of
the right post, and Kisio poked the puck by a sliding Essensa.  It was the
400th NHL point for Skriko, and his second as a Shark.

Tonight's 3 stars:

1.	Kelly Kisio
2.	Bob Essensa
3.	Yvon Corriveau

Tonight's lines:

Johan Garpenlov		Dale Craigwell		Pat Falloon
David Bruce		Kelly Kisio		Petri Skriko
Yvon Corriveau		Mike Sullivan		Dave Snuggerud
John Carter		Dean Evason		Jeff Odgers

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Doug Wilson		Doug Zmolek
		Jayson More		Sandis Ozolinsh
		Neil Wilkinson		Rob Zettler

Perry Berezan (fibula), Ed Courtenay (back muscle), Ray Whitney (foot),
and Link Gaetz (automobile accident) were not able to play.  J. F. Quintin,
Brian Lawton, and Pat MacLeod were the healthy scratches.

Some points:

1.	For those of you keeping track, there were some new numbers worn
	tonight.  Dean Evason changed from #8 to #12.  Ozolinsh wears #6.
	Doug Zmolek wears #19.  John Carter wears #20.  Corriveau wears #21.
	Skriko wears #26.

2.	Ozolinsh was very impressive, in my opinion.  He displayed a great
	sense of playmaking, as he also started the Garpenlov break-away.

3.	Zmolek is a great guy as well.  He is a bit raw, but he displays very
	good offensive skills, and is not bad defensively at all.

4.	I got part of the game on TV and part on radio.  I was happy about the
	performance by both play-by-play men (Joe Starkey and Dan Rusanowski)
	but I was *very* dissatisfied with both color analysts (Pete
	Stemkowsky and Chris Collins).  Stemkowsky kept missing players' names,
	and at one point called George Kingston the Winnipeg coach.  Collins
	displayed that he might have an anti-European bias, as he called,
	at one point, Selanne "brainless."

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GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Wayne Gretzky for Ross and Hart!
GO SAN JOSE SHARKS!  Ray Whitney for Calder!  Jeff Hackett for Vezina!
	Dean Evason for Selke!  Sandis Ozolinsh for Norris!
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Nelson Lu (claudius@leland.stanford.edu)
rec.sport.hockey contact for the San Jose Sharks