From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks lose to Flyers 6-2
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:06:08 GMT

I did get the game last night, but was so tired that I really didn't get a
good feel for it...  (Hey, team contacts can have slumps, can't they? :-))
Here is a report from the San Jose Mercury News, and following it are the usual
Sharks items, and box score.

By Mike Weaver.

Even without super rookie Eric Lindros, the Philadelphia Flyers were
way too much for the Sharks to handle Wednesday night.
	With Lindros, who was obtained from the Quebec Nordiques in an
off-season trade in which the Flyers gave up six players, two
first-round picks and $15 million, watching from the press box because
of a strained left knee, the Flyers hammered the Sharks 6-2 before a
sellout crowd of 11,089 at the Cow Palace.
	The Flyers didn't need Lindros, because they got two goals
from Mark Recchi and single strikes from Rod Brind'Amour, Shawn
Cronin, Gary Galley and Gord Hynes.
	The loss was the 15th in 16 games for the Sharks and 10th in
their last 11 on home ice.  It also marked the end of rookie right
wing Rob Gaudreau's franchise-record point-scoring streak, which was
snapped at 12 games.
	The Sharks trailed 4-0 after two periods but cut their deficit
to 4-2 in the first two minutes of the third period.
	Tom Pederson sparked the Sharks by beating Flyers goalie Tommy
Soderstrom after only 35 seconds had expired in the third period, and
Ray Whitney followed with a goal with 1 minute, 41 seconds elapsed.
	Galley deflated the Sharks at 8:08 onf the third period,
however, when he scored to give the Flyers a 5-2 edge.
	The Sharks played the second and third periods with only four
defensemen because of injuries to Sandis Ozolinsh and Pat MacLeod.
	Ozolinsh suffered a sprained left knee and MacLeod suffered a
shoulder sprain during the first period, and neither was able to
return to the game.  Both are expected to be examined further today.
	Recchi put the Flyers on the scoreboard at 4:37 of the first
period, when he scored after Sharks winger Mark Pederson lost the puck
in his defensive zone.
	The Flyers went ahead 2-0 when Brind'Amour scored a power-play
goal at 16:09, seven seconds after Sharks goalie Jeff Hackett was
called for interference to give the Flyers a two-man advantage.
	The Flyers stretched their lead to 3-0 when Recchi scored
another power-play goal at 11:56 of the second period, and Cronin
allowed the Flyers to take a 4-0 cushion into the second intermission
by scoring his first goal of the season 1:39 later.
	The goal by Cronin marked a sweet moment for former Sharks
winger Dave Snuggerud, who was credited with an assist.  Snuggerud was
traded to the Flyers for Mark Pederson on Dec. 18.
	The Sharks hurt themselves in the first two periods by failing
to score on six power-play opportunities, the last of which started
when Hynes was called for tripping Pat Falloon with 2:16 left in the
second period.  The Sharks argued that Falloon should have been
awarded a penalty shot because he was tripped from behind after
breaking into the Philadelphia zone alone, but referee Denis Larue
opted to charge Hynes with a minor penalty.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Mark Recchi
2.	Rod Brind'Amour
3.	Brian Benning

Tonight's lines:

Johan Garpenlov		Kelly Kisio		Rob Gaudreau
Mike Sullivan		Pat Falloon		Mark Pederson
Michel Picard		Dean Evason		Jeff Odgers
John Carter		Ray Whitney		Yvon Corriveau

Tonight's defensive pairings:

		Pat MacLeod		Doug Zmolek
		Tom Pederson		Rob Zettler
		Sandis Ozolinsh		Neil Wilkinson

Scratches:	Arturs Irbe (knee), Jayson More (groin), David Bruce (groin),
	Larry DePalma (back), Doug Wilson (back), Perry Berezan (flu),
	Lyndon Byers.

Notes:

1.	Horrors, oh horrors!  Sandis, say it ain't so!  (Rumor on the Sharks
	mailing list this morning has Ozolinsh out of the season...  I hope
	it's only a rumor.)  (How do you say, "say it ain't so" in Latvian?
	:-))

2.	Too bad Gaudreau's streak is over, but all things must end...

3.	Yvon Corriveau returned last night, after missing 16 games straight,
	and 28 of the last 29 games with a back injury.  He was a bit rusty,
	but played moderately well, particularly in the hussle department.

4.	Defenseman Link Gaetz has targed a March 2 return date.  He has missed
	the entire season thus far due to impaired motor skills.  He recently
	pleaded no contest to a drunken-driving charge, and was sentenced to
	three years probation.  He spent 30 days in a Monterey-area hospital
	for alcohol rehabilitation, physical therapy, cognitive therapy and
	psychiatric care.

Box Score:

FIRST PERIOD
1.	Philadelphia, Recchi 22 (Fedyk, Yushkevich), 4:47.
2.	Philadelphia, Brind'Amour 16 (Recchi, Benning), 16:09, PP.
Penalties:	Brind'Amour, Phi (roughing), 1:17;
	Carkner, Phi (roughing), 6:04; Evason, SJ (roughing), 6:04;
	Yushkevich, Phi (tripping), 7:53; Zmolek (holding), 14:51;
	Hackett, SJ, served by Falloon (interference), 16:02;
	Boivin, Phi (tripping), 19:32.

SECOND PERIOD
3.	Philadelphia, Recchi 23 (Brind'Amour, Benning), 11:56, PP.
4.	Philadelphia, Cronin 1 (Snuggerud, Yushkevich), 13:35.
Penalties:	Brown, Phi (high-sticking), 7:54;
	Picard, SJ (holding stick), 10:34; Paslawski, Phi (tripping), 14:09;
	Hynes, Phi (tripping), 17:24; Carkner, Phi, major (fighting), 19:53;
	Odgers, SJ, major (fighting), 19:53.

THIRD PERIOD
5.	San Jose, T. Pederson 5 (Kisio, Garpenlov), :35.
6.	San Jose, Whitney 3 (Corriveau, Carter), 4:51.
7.	Philadelphia, Galley 5 (Paslawski, Fedyk), 8:08;
8.	Philadelphia, Hynes 3 (Brind'Amour), 13:00.
Penalties:	None.

Shots-on-goal:	Philadelphia 16-12-8-36.	San Jose 8-12-15-35.
Power-play opportunities:	Philadelphia 2 of 3.	San Jose 0 of 6.
Goalies:	Philadelphia, Soderstrom, 3-3-1 (35-33).
		San Jose, Hackett, 2-13-0 (36-30).

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"M. C. Hamrlik: Can't Touch This Lightning."
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
Organization: Administrative Computing & Info Services, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA