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WCSF Game 6 Game
Day No Clowe or Franzen tonight
» Let the rumor mill start buzzing. The
Sharks confirmed that forward Ryane Clowe did not make the trip to Detroit for
Game 6. The team is citing "flu like symptoms" as the reason Clowe will miss
tonight's game. The Sharks forward was on the receiving end of a big hit by
Niklas Kronwall late in Game 5.
» Sharks head coach Todd McLellan
told ESPN's Pierre Lebrun that the injury was not related to the Kronwall hit.
Given the secrecy associated with NHL playoff hockey, it probably had
everything to do with the hit
or nothing to do with it. Let's the games
begin!
» Clowe's absence is just another distraction that the
sharks don't need right now. Coming on the heels of Jeremy Roenick's comments
about Patrick Marleau, the Sharks find themselves circling the wagons after
coming off two-straight losses to Detroit.
» Speaking of Roenick,
he backed off a bit on Tuesday night, saying that he may have used the wrongs
words to describe his feelings on Marleau's performance, but he stands by the
theme.
» The Red Wings will be without the services of Johan
Franzen, who is nursing a bum ankle. The Detroit forward was in obvious
discomfort in Game 5, and missed most of the 3rd period. Mike Modano will make
his series debut.
» Red Wings Head coach Mike Babcock suggested
that Modano would skate along side Pavel Datsyuk.
» Babcock also
suggested that other roster changes are possible for Game 6.
» Game 5 was a ratings hit. The San Fran/San
Jose/Oakland market received a 4.77 HH rating and was the market's highest
local rating ever for an NHL game on VERSUS. The game was up 19% from the
Sharks' 2010 Semi Final exclusive two-game average in the market on VERSUS
(4.02, also against Detroit) and +92% from Game 4 of the series on VERSUS this
year (2.49). VERSUS was the #1 rated network overall in the Bay Area during the
game.
» CSN's Brodie Brazil reported that both Benn Ferriero and
Ben Eager wore sweaters suggesting they would be playing on the top two lines
in pactice.
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