From: claudius@leland.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Kings 2-1
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 06:04:55 GMT

Tuesday, October 13, 7:30 P. M. at the Great Western Forum:

Luc Robitaille's second goal of the game late in the third period snapped a
1-1 goaltenders' duel, as the Kings escaped with a close victory over the
Sharks.  Both goaltenders were *very* spectacular, as Kelly Hrudey stopped 34
of 35 shots for the victory, and Jeff Hackett stopped 29 of 31 shots in a
losing effort.  In fact, I think both teams played very well, as the moves
were smooth on both ends, without a lot of mistakes on either end.

The Sharks, though, started out slow early in the game, as the Kings dominated
the first half of the first period and ended up out-shooting the Sharks 11-8
in the period.  At 8:21, Robitaille put the Kings on top 1-0 on a power-play
goal.  Jari Kurri had taken control of the puck on the left boards in the
Sharks zone, and he sent the puck back to the left point to Alexei Zhitnik,
who let go a strong shot that Robitaille deflected right in front of Hackett
into the goal.  The Sharks, though, came right back less than two minutes
later.  Yvon Corriveau had been forechecking unrelentingly in the Kings zone,
and he finally stole the puck from a Kings defenseman (Peter Ahola?) behind
the net, and sent it right in front of Hrudey, where, despite being watched
by three Kings, Jeff Odgers one-timed the puck past Hrudey to tie the game at
1-1.

The Sharks played better in the second period, as they out-shot the Kings 11-8,
but Hrudey turned his game up a notch, turning aside many good scoring
opportunities by the Sharks, including a deflection right in front of him by
Neil Wilkinson (!).  Not to be outdone, Hackett also stopped a number of
excellent shots by Kurri and Tomas Sandstrom, but in one case had to be saved
by Jayson More.  Kurri had slapped the hard shot toward Hackett, which he
stopped, but he couldn't control the rebound.  Jim Hiller picked up the puck,
and rifled it past Hackett, but More, who somehow wounded up behind Hackett,
stopped the puck with his skate.

The Sharks worked time and time after in the third period, as they out-shot
the Kings 16-12 but couldn't get anything by Hrudey, who stopped excellent
shots by Pat Falloon and Johan Garpenlov.  Hackett matched Hrudey until a brawl
seemingly unglued the Sharks.  With about 5 minutes left, Kelly Kisio took the
puck from behind the net and skated right in front of Hrudey, trying to jab it
in, but Hrudey stopped the puck.  This developed into a brawl, and the rhythm
of the game seemed change afterwards.  Just less than a minute later, at 15:22,
Robitaille took control of the puck at center ice, entered the Sharks zone,
and just slapped a rocket that eluded Hackett for the final goal of the game.
After that, Hrudey stopped a couple more good Shark chances, including a play
in the crease by Corriveau, to preserve the victory.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Luc Robitaille
2.	Kelly Hrudey
3.	Jeff Hackett

Tonight's lines:

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

Tonight's defensive pairings:

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

Scratches: Perry Berezan (fibula), Link Gaetz (auto accident),
	Ray Whitney (foot), Dave Snuggerud, Mikhail Kravets,
	Jean-Francois Quintin, Brian Lawton, Pat MacLeod

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"M. C. Hamrlik: Can't Touch This Lightning."
GO LOS ANGELES KINGS!  Wayne Gretzky for Ross and 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