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Holiday horrors
Turco shuts out Sharks again
12/21/06 -
by Mike Lee
Tis the season of giving, and the Sharks were
more
than willing to oblige on Thursday night, giving away another victory to a
visiting team. This time, the Dallas Stars took advantage of San Jose's
generosity with a 3-0 win at HP Pavilion. Marty Turco was less obliged to
give
away anything, en route to his second shutout against the Sharks this
month.
After coming off one of the more inspiring wins of the season last Saturday
against the Anaheim Ducks, the Sharks used the five day break between games
to
forget how to play inspired hockey. The Stars couldn't have been more
different, bouncing back from a lackluster 4-1 loss to the Ducks on
Wednesday
to outwork the Sharks in every facet of the game.
With five games remaining in December, the Sharks have already surpassed their
loss total for the month of November.
Turco passed former Stars goaltender Ed Belfour for the Stars franchise record
for career shutouts, but he had to do little more than show up in order to
get
credit for the goose egg. His teammates set the tone all night, by
bringing an
up-tempo energy that the Sharks couldn't match.
Jeff Halpern provided the Stars with all the offense they would need 7 minutes
into the game. Halpern swept a rebound off Vesa Toskala into a wide open
net
after Phillipe Boucher bounced a shot off Toskala. The Sharks netminder
was
playing Boucher's shot at the top of the crease, exposing the entire net
behind
him.
Jussi Jokinen would add his 9th goal of the season at the 6:11 mark of the
middle period after Josh Gorges was sent off for hooking. Jokinen caught
Kyle
McLaren flat footed at the blueline as he carried the puck into the zone,
creating a 1-on-1 chance with Toskala. The Stars shootout specialist
roofed a
backhanded past Toskala after cutting from his left to right at the crease.
San Jose did little to counter the goals, mustering on 8 shots on goal in the
3rd period. The closest they came to scoring was on a Jonathan Cheechoo
shot
that bounced off the right post midway through the period.
Brendan Morrow would put the game out of reach at 12:17 when he banked a loose
puck off a fallen Toskala from behind the Sharks net. Trevor Daley tried
putting a shot past Toskala on a break, but the Sharks netminder foiled the
attempt. Morrow cleaned up after trailing while McLaren and Scott Hannan
watched from the crease.
Notes:
Milan Michalek had to leave
the
game momentarily after taking a puck off his right foot. He left the bench
for
a few minutes before returning toward the end of the 2nd period.
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2 |
3 |
T |
| DAL |
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3 |
| SJ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| 1st period - 1, DAL, Halpern 4 (Boucher),
6:56. |
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| 2nd period -
2, DAL, Jokinen 9 (Robidas, Turco), 6:11, (pp). |
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| 3rd period - 3, DAL, Morrow 10 (Daley),
12:17. |
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| 1st period - Ehrhoff, SJ (hooking),
11:14. |
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| 2nd period - Gorges, SJ (hooking), 4:29;
Barnaby, DAL (tripping), 9:20; Lindros, DAL (tripping), 16:24; Turco, DAL
(diving), 18:19; Grier, SJ (goaltender interference), 18:19. |
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| 3rd period - Barnaby, DAL (holding),
20:00. |
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Shots |
Saves |
| DAL - Turco |
20 |
20 |
| SJ - Toskala |
26 |
23 |
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2 |
3 |
T |
| DAL |
10 |
13 |
3 |
26 |
| SJ |
5 |
7 |
8 |
20 |
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| Referees: Dan Marouelli, Wes McCauley. Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway, Darren Gibbs. |
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