Raffi Torres News

In this May 5, 2013 file photo, San Jose Sharks center Logan Couture celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period of Game 3 of their first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series in San Jose, Calif.

We continue our look back at the performance of each player who ended the season with the team after skating in a significant number of Sharks games over the course of the year with a review of Raffi Torres' 2013 season.

We continue our look back at the performance of each player who ended the season with the team after skating in a significant number of Sharks games over the course of the year with a review of Joe Pavelski's 2013 season.

One of the more noteworthy trades of this year's deadline was the San Jose Sharks and their acquisition of Raffi Torres .

On Saturday, June 8, the Los Angeles Kings lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in a thrilling double-overtime game.

There is a growing sense that Raffi Torres' stint with the San Jose Sharks may extend beyond his brief 11 game regular season and first round playoff appearance during this recently finished 2012-2013 season.

It's become something of a tradition when spring time rolls around. Just as we've been able to predict a Raffi Torres suspension at some point during the postseason, we've also expected a disappointment from the San Jose Sharks .

The Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings are scoreless in the first period in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final.

Kings center Jarret Stoll is a game-time decision to play for Los Angeles, as Dan Rosen of NHL.com reports , in tonight's first game of the Western Conference finals and they could use his help up the middle.

The Oklahoma City Barons were slated to take on the Grand Rapids Griffins in Game 4 of the AHL Western Conference Finals on Friday, under a severe tornado threat... and they would have played it too, had the arena not sprung a leak.

As the Sharks went through their too-familiar ritual Thursday of emptying lockers after a playoff exit, Raffi Torres looked at both his past and future.

For all the talk about how this version of the San Jose Sharks was different, the disappointing end to the season was all too familiar for an organization still waiting for its first trip to the Stanley Cup.

The Kings' seven-game playoff victory over the San Jose Sharks, completed on Tuesday with a 2-1 triumph at Staples Center, had launched them into the Western Conference finals and led Coach Darryl Sutter to give players a day off.

Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick makes a save against the San Jose Sharks during the third period in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals in the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in Los Angeles.

Here's what I was thinking in the second and third periods of the Sharks' 2-1 season-ending Game 7 loss to the Kings: The Sharks were three points away from having home-ice advantage in this second-round series.

The Kings faced the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series Tuesday night at Staples and looked for their first victory in a winner-take-all contest since the Western Conference finals against the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1993.

MAY 21: Goalkeeper Antti Niemi #31, Brad Stuart #7 and Dan Boyle #22 of the San Jose Sharks celebrate defeating the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 21, 2013 in San Jose, California.

Kings center Jarret Stoll, who's been out with a head injury since Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals from a blow to the head from Sharks left winger Raffi Torres, acknowledged on Sunday that the two players have a history.

The Kings were a hard-hitting team that dominated every phase in their 3-0 win in Game 5. Another effort like that, and the Kings would wait to see if they play Detroit or Chicago next.

The Sharks and Kings square off tonight at 5 pm in San Jose with the Sharks looking to force a game seven.