From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Sharks defeat Kings 6-0
Originator: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 07:36:54 GMT

Tuesday, November 17, 7:30 P. M., at the Cow Palace:

Arturs Irbe paid back for an earlier 11-4 pounding by stopping all 39 Los
Angeles shots to give the Sharks their first-ever shut-out victory.  The Sharks
skaters did not let Irbe do all the work, as they scored 6 goals for the
Sharks' biggest margin of victory ever.  Kelly Hrudey was pounded with 39
shots, stopping 33 of them for the Kings.

The Sharks came out hitting quickly in the first period, as the Sharks tried
to slow the Kings down, and the Kings reacted poorly to the challenge, as the
Sharks out-shot them 12-8 in the period and jumped to a lead quickly.  Ed
Courtenay gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead 2:38 into the game on the power-play.
Kelly Kisio had the puck at the left boards, and sent it out to the point to
Doug Wilson, whose hard shot was deflected by Courtenay right in front past
Hrudey.  The Sharks padded the lead to 2-0 at 8:22 on a 4-on-4 situation.
After Irbe stopped Tony Granato on a good opportunity, Pat Falloon and Wilson
went on a 2-on-1, and Wilson, after Hrudey committed to him, returned a pass
back to Falloon, who had little problem scoring into the open net.

The Sharks made their lead 3-0 just 22 seconds into the second period, on the
power-play.  Brian Lawton, checked by 2 Kings behind the net, somehow got the
puck to the left boards to Larry DePalma, who one-timed the pass towards the
slot to Falloon, who in turn one-timed DePalma's pass past Hrudey.  After that,
the Kings came out in a flurry against Irbe, but Irbe made a number of
excellent stops, and the Sharks closed out the scoring of the period at 18:22
to make the lead 4-0.  Going on a 3-on-2, Dave Snuggerud, after he entered the
zone, shot the puck hard off the endboards, and it bounced back to Johan
Garpenlov, whose centering attempt bounced off Hrudey's skates into the net.

The Sharks out-shot the Kings 16-14 in the final period, and got two more quick
goals early.  The lead became 5-0 at 1:09.  Garpenlov had the puck at the left
boards, and he sent it to the right circle to Sandis Ozolinsh, who had jumped
up into the play, and Ozolinsh sent it right to the left side of Hrudey to
Lawton, who poked Ozolinsh's pass into the net.  The scoring would close at
2:09 at 6-0.  Perry Berezan had worked the puck free at the right corner to
Kisio behind the net.  After Kisio's wraparound attempt was stopped by Hrudey,
Kisio got the puck back, and sent it to the right circle to Doug Zmolek
jumping up into the play, and Zmolek blasted the puck by Hrudey.  The Kings
worked hard for the final 5 minutes trying to break Irbe's shut-out, but Irbe
stopped them, including the best chance by Jim Hiller, when Irbe went down,
leaving the right half of the net open.  Hiller tried to score into the net,
but Irbe, lying on the ice, somehow stretched his right arm out to rob Hiller.

Tonight's three stars:

1.	Arturs Irbe
2.	Pat Falloon
3.	Doug Wilson

Tonight's lines:

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

Tonight's defensive pairings:

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

Scratches:	Jeff Hackett (groin), Neil Wilkinson (back),
	Dale Craigwell (back), Yvon Corriveau (back), David Bruce (groin),
	Petri Skriko (groin), Jeff Odgers (hand), Pat MacLeod.  Skriko
	re-injured his groin against the Edmonton Oilers, and is day-to-day,
	along with Hackett, Wilkinson, Craigwell, and Bruce,  Corriveau is at
	least another week away, and Odgers at least 2 more.

Notes:

1.	The Sharks could have played their best game ever collectively.  Too
	bad it had to come against my beloved Kings. :-)

2.	Irbe was on top of his game.  He was playing the style that he liked,
	coming out of the net to check pucks off players, wrapping the puck
	around, etc.  He was not intimidated and was playing with great
	confidence.

3.	Falloon, too, was on top of his game.  He had several attempts in the
	third period at a hat trick but was denied by Hrudey.  He was playing
	well defensively, too, fore-checking and back-checking effectively.

4.	When Lyndon Byers and Warren Rychel went off for fighting at 0:02 of
	the first period, they set a Sharks record for the quickest penalty
	in a game.

5.	Byers picked up 44 PIM in the game, 1 short of Link Gaetz's club
	record.

6.	Again, I have to wonder if this might spell the end of Hayward's
	tenure in San Jose when Hackett comes back...

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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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