Thomas Greiss News

There's not a whole lot of the United States north of South St. Paul, Minn., but Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock found some when he went hunting for a place to play college hockey.

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The Oilers dropped two straight games for the first time this season, losing 5-2 in Calgary on Saturday, then 2-0 in Vancouver the following night.

Three games on Sunday night. Home teams listed first: Philadelphia 1-4 San Jose .

Manny Malhotra broke a 1-1 tie in the second period with two goals Sunday, carrying San Jose to a 4-1 win over Philadelphia Malhotra had gone 18 regular-season games without a goal before scoring twice in a span of 2:14. He lifted a backhander past Brian Boucher 7:51 into the second and then beat Boucher with a wrist shot.

Malhotra double feeds Sharks Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards collides with San Jose Sharks goalie Thomas Greiss, of Germany, in the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Oct.

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

You could have had gotten good odds betting the San Jose Sharks to have losses to the Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings along with a blowout win over the Anaheim Ducks after three games.

Host Greg Papa was joined by television broadcasters and video game voice impresarios Randy Hahn and Drew Remenda as well as color analyst in waiting Jeremy Roenick.

The 2009-10 San Jose Sharks are 2-2. Often in hockey, one team outplays another but loses, perhaps because of the opposing goaltender, perhaps because of lucky or unlucky bounces.

Live Scoreboard Puck-rakers Blog Dispatch Blue Jackets beat reporters Aaron Portzline and Tom Reed keep you up to date with news and notes from on the ice and off.

If someone were to have predicted that the Sharks' top line was going to amount 13 points in their season opening three game road trip, they probably wouldn't have predicted that the Sharks would be just 1-2 going into their home opener.

Teddy Purcell scored the tiebreaking goal from behind San Jose's goal line with 5:10 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings blew a four-goal lead before holding off the Sharks 6-4 Tuesday night.

Worcester Sharks coach Roy Sommer gives his players instructions during a recent practice at the New England Sports Center in Marlboro.

Pacific Division The third weakest division in hockey last year was the Pacific Division.

With the NHL season two days away, Sharks Coach Todd McLellan indicated Tuesday that starting goalie Evgeni Nabokov will have to earn his games between the pipes more than last year when the coaching staff tried to follow a set schedule.

Martin Hanzal and Matthew Lombardi scored third-period goals for Phoenix, as the Coyotes took a 2-0 win over San Jose in the final preseason game for both teams.

Ilya Bryzgalov made 27 saves and Martin Hanzal scored 15 seconds into the third period to help the Phoenix Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 2-0 Saturday night in pre-season finale for both teamss.

Attendance: 6,245 12:52 No scoring this period 19:50 Dustin Brown Assist: Andrei Loktionov OT No scoring this period SHOOTOUT Andrei Loktionov shootout attempt against Thomas Greiss: MISSED.

Vancouver Canuck Dave Scatchard celebrates his goal with Nolan Baumgartner against the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.