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Michalek heats
up SJ snuffs out
Flames 10/22/07 -
by
Mike Lee
Back on the road for
another extended trip, the Sharks kicked things off
with a dominating 4-1 win over the host Calgary Flames
at the Pengrowth Saddledome on Monday night. Milan
Michalek scored a pair of goals, including a short
handed tally against former Sharks netminder Miikka
Kiprusoff. Evgeni Nabokov came within 2:33 of his
second consecutive shutout, stopping 18 of 19 shots en
route to his 5th win of the season.
Playing in his 1000th game, former Shark Owen Nolan
was honored before the game by the Flames in a special
pre-game ceremony. The Sharks surprised Nolan by
having former teammate Mike Ricci present him with a
special magnum of California wine. The Sharks
continued the celebration by scoring 4 straight goals
to run away with the game.
Ryane Clowe opened the game's scoring with his 3rd of
the year as the clock wound down in the opening
period. Clowe took a shovel feed from Joe Thornton
just outside the right post, before sliding it pas
Kiprusoff.
With Kyle McLaren on the shelf with a chest contusion,
Alexei Semenov saw his first action of the season, and
got to work by dumping rookie forward Eric Godard on
his head. The two squared off along the boards in
front of the Sharks bench. Semanov launched Godard
head over heels on to the Sharks bench to put an end
to the bout.
Michalek stung the Flames at 7:16 of the 2nd period
after stealing a pass at the blueline on a Flames
power play, then racing up the ice and scoring on the
short handed attempt. Michalek slipped past Dion
Phaneuf, then tried shooting the puck on Kiprusoff
from 15 feet. The Flames netminder made the save, but
the puck bounced right back to Michalek, who deposited
the rebound for the 2-0 Sharks lead.
Steve Bernier would deflect a Craig Rivet blast from
the point 10 minutes later while the Sharks were on
their own power play. With Rhett Warrener in the box
for hooking, Rivet pumped a pass from Matt Carle to
the front of the net, where Bernier was parked.
Kiprusoff was fully screened on the play, never seeing
the shot.
Bernier's goal was enough for Flames head coach Mike
Keenan , who yanked Kiprusoff and inserted Curtis
McElhinney in net.
McElhinney didn't fare much better, surrendering a
goal to Michalek 5:33 into the 3rd period. The Sharks
forward was circling around the net, when Jeremy
Roenick setup the point blank shot with a pass from
the end boards. Michalek one-timed the pass past
McElhinney to cap the Sharks scoring.
Godard took exception to the goal barrage and decided
to take his frustrations out on Douglas Murray.
Godard earned an instigator penalty for engaging
Murray from behind.
The only question that remained at that point was if
Nabokov would earn the shutout. That plan would go by
the wayside after Damon Langkow converted on a give
and go with Kristian Huselius at 17:27 of regulation.
Sharks defenseman Craig Rivet smashed his stick after
allowing the Flames to score, one of few mistakes the
Sharks made all night.
Game Notes:
The Sharks will spend the next two days in the Banff
National Forest, on a team retreat. They will get a
chance to do a little team bonding before heading to
Detroit for a rematch of last Thursdays loss at HP
Pavilion.
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SJ |
1 |
2 |
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4 |
CGY |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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1st period - 1, SJ,
Clowe 2 (Roenick, Thornton), 19:24, (pp). |
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2nd period - 2, SJ,
Michalek 5 (unassisted), 7:16, (sh). 3, SJ, Bernier 2
(Rivet, Carle), 16:22, (pp). |
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3rd period - 4, SJ,
Michalek 6 (Roenick, Ehrhoff), 5:33. 5, CGY, Langkow 8
(Huselius, Phaneuf), 17:27. |
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1st period -
Lombardi, CGY (holding the stick), 18:25; Semanov, SJ
(fighting major), 19:29; Godard, CGY (fighting major),
19:29; Yelle, CGY (tripping), 19:48. |
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2nd period -
Mithcell, SJ (hooking), 6:14; Cheechoo, SJ (hooking),
11:20; Warraner, CGY (hooking), 14:40. |
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3rd period -
Semanov, SJ (hooking), 1:59; Murray, SJ (fighting
major), 6:33; Goddard, CGY (fighting major), 6:33l
Goddard, CGY (instigator), 6:33; Godard, CGY (10 min
misconduct), 6:33; Clowe, SJ (hooking), 8:14;
Pavelski, SJ (tripping), 20:00. |
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Shots |
Saves |
SJ - Nabokov |
19 |
18 |
CGY -
Kiprusoff | 18 | 15 |
CGY - McElhinney | 2 | 1 |
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3 |
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SJ |
12 |
7 |
1 |
20 |
CGY |
5 |
7 |
7 |
19 |
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Referees:
Eric Furlatt, Tom Kowal
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Linesmen: Steve Miller, Tony Sericolo.
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