Joe Callahan News

As usual when the Sharks and Falcons play, there was an edge to the proceedings that might not be there for, say, a Binghamton game.

Hossa scored twice in his long-anticipated first game for Chicago, and the Blackhawks beat the San Jose Sharks 7-2 on Wednesday night for their eighth straight victory.

Next thing you know, Roy Sommer will be giving out stock tips. Before yesterday's game, a 3-2 victory by the Sharks over Norfolk, Sommer predicted that rookie forward Corey Quirk would have a big game.

The Worcester Sharks used two third period goala against the Providence Bruins to defeat their Route 146 rivals 3-2 Saturday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island in front of an announced crowd of 5,728. The win snapped the WorSharks franchise record seven game losing streak.

Blair Jones pulled the Norfolk Admirals within a goal with 3:59 left, but the host Worcester Sharks held on for a 3-2 victory Sunday.

Joe Callahan scored his first goal of the season, at the 18:02 mark of the third period, giving the Worcester Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Providence Bruins Saturday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

Joe Callahan takes his age so seriously, he wears it on his uniform. The Sharks defenseman is 26 years old and has that number.

Watching the Sharks these last few games has been like watching the economy dissolve in the autumn of 2008.

The Worcester Sharks, continuing to play with four of their key players in San Jose on recall, defeated the first place Manchester Monarchs 2-1 in a shootout at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts Friday night.

Detroit -- After playing to a 1-1 standoff for 65 minutes, the Red Wings finally finished off the road-weary San Jose Sharks in a shootout, 2-1 Thursday, running their unbeaten streak to five games.

"I could see in his eyes that he was just coming and shoving at it," Nabokov said of the only one of 36 shots to get past him Thursday night, a third-period goal that erased a 1-0 San Jose's and led to a 2-1 shootout victory for the Red Wings .

Defenseman Rob Blake is expected to undergo an MRI today in San Jose to determine the extent of the "upper body" injury that kept him out of the lineup Thursday night.

Faceoff: 7:30 p.m. at HP Pavilion. TV: CSNCA. Radio: 98.5-FM, 92.1-FM. Head to head: The Sharks took down the Penguins 2-1 at HP Pavilion in October, 2008 in their last meeting.

San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov said he thought the puck was safely tucked away under his pad but could tell immediately that Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg didn't share that opinion.

Of note as the Red Wings-Sharks match-up rapidly approaches: the San Jose Sharks placed Rob Blake on their injured reserve list with an " upper-body injury," and the Mercury News's David Pollak reports that the Sharks called up Derek Joslin from their AHL affiliate to replace him.

The Worcester Sharks used another great performance by rookie netminder Alex Stalock and a total team effort in beating the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 2-1 at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts Friday night in front of 2,181 fans.

Dean Strong scored his first professional goal, Danny Groulx added two assists, and head coach Roy Sommer picked up his 399 career AHL win behind the bench, as the Sharks defeated the Sound Tigers 2-1 at the DCU Center in Worcester on Friday night.

Thomas Greiss is still the gold standard for goaltending around here, but Alex Stalock is way ahead of Greiss in one regard.

Monday 26 Oct 2009 Evgeny Grachev and P.A. Parenteau Each Score Twice For Hartford Wolf Pack In 4-3 Win Over Worcester Sharks Monday, October 26, 2009 at 08:15AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -HARTFORD, Conn.

Sunday 25 Oct 2009 Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 12:44AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Worcester, MA Logan Couture's overtime goal tallies another win for Worcester and Alex Stalock made 18 saves in net for his first professional shutout in front of 3,222 at the DCU Center on Saturday night.