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Rebound in
L.A.
Roenick's game winner
one step closer to 500
11/3/07 - by Mike Lee
Jeremy Roenick took one more step closer to
500 goals on Saturday night by bagging #499 against
one of his former teams, the Los Angeles Kings 3-1.
Roenick's goal helped his current team, the San Jose
Sharks, exact a little revenge on the Kings, who
defeated the Sharks just 24 hours earlier. Rather
than trying to unleash the wrath of vengeance on the
Kings, the Sharks kept things simple and chipped away
with a steady dose of sustained pressure on Los
Angeles goaltender Jason Labarbera.
Roenick's return to Los Angeles wasn't necessarily a
pleasant one for the veteran Shark, who played for the
Kings in 2005-06. Roenick's stay in LA that season
was short lived, due in part to injuries which kept
him out of 24 games that season. Kings fans don't
think to highly of the veteran letting him hear about
it every time he touched the puck, showering him with
boos.
His 2nd period goal broke a 1-1 tie, and turned out to
be the game winning goal. Roenick pounced on a
rebound in front of the Kings net, then wrested a shot
past Labarbera at 10:38 of the period. Alexei Semanov
setup the goal bybouncing a shot of the Kings
netminder.
It turned out to be reunion night at the Staples
Center, with former Sharks Brad Stuart and Tom
Preissing on he blueline for the Kings. Stuart helped
the Kings tie the game in the 1st period after Joe
Pavelski had staked the Sharks to the early lead.
Stuart ripped a slap shot from the blueline just as a
Matt Carle interference penalty expired. Sharks
netminder Evgeni Nabokov was late in reacting to
Stuart's bomb.
Pavelski broke an 0-for-13 streak on the power play
with his 3rd goal of the season, one-timing a feed
from Joe Thornton just 2:21 into the game. Alexander
Frolov was in the box serving a hooking penalty, which
allowed the Sharks to work out the kinks on their 20th
ranked power play. The Kings stopped all five power
play chances the Sharks had on Friday night.
It would be San Jose's only chance on the
man-advantage. Referees Kerry Fraser and Wes McCauley
called a loose game, only assessing 4 penalties all
night, three on the Sharks.
Jonathan Cheechoo completed the scoring with a
one-timer of his own, ripping a shot that beat
Labarera. Thornton once again setup the goal with a
feed that Cheechoo slipped through Labarbera's pads
for the insurance goal.
Cheechoo just missed on another goal late in the game
after Kigs head coach Mark Crawford pulled Labarbera
for the extra attacker. Cheechoo's shot barely missed
hitting the side of the net.
Game Notes:
Semanov was in the lineup, because Sharks head coach
Ron Wilson benched Christian Ehrhoff and Patrick
Rissmiller for their sub-par performance at home on
Friday.
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| 1st period - 1, SJ,
Pavelski 3 (Thornton, Cheechoo), 2:21,
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| 2nd period - 3, SJ,
Roenick 4 (Semanov, McLaren), 10:38. |
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Cheechoo 3 (Thornton), 13:37. |
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| 1st period -
Frolov, LA (hooking), 1:08; Carle, SJ (interference),
3:27; Semanov, SJ (hooking), 7:38; Michalek, SJ
(hooking), 13:37. |
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McLaren, SJ (hooking), 15:02. |
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25 |
24 |
| LA - Labarbera |
28 |
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28 |
| LA |
9 |
5 |
11 |
25 |
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| Referees:
Kerry Fraser, Wes McCauley. Linesmen: Mark Pare, Tony
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