2012 Western Conference Quarterfinals Schedule

Sharks vs. Blues. Ahhh, this matchup brings me back...

Reminds me of Owen Nolan blasting one past Roman Turek from center ice in the year 2000. Those Blues were President's Trophy winners. This year's Blues came mighty close. The Sharks were probably overachieving back then. This current team, well, let's just say they sure as shit have better players than a 7th place showing in the West would indicate!

It's gonna be interesting to see how this plays out. Going 0-4 against the Hitchcocks during the regular season isn't exactly a promising sign of things to come. Fortunately, San Jose has won seven of their last ten games and might just be hitting their stride at the right time. But as the old saying goes: regular season results don't mean dick come playoff time!

Here's the printable schedule. Let's do this...

WCF Schedule Wallpaper

Wallpaper for the Sharks vs. Canucks series:

 

 

 

2011 Western Conference Finals Schedule

Holy crap, what a series against the Red Wings! For the second season in a row, the Sharks have knocked off the flying wheel thingamajigs. A classic for the ages...

Up next, a battle of vicious ocean predators. And ginger twins (seriously, a pretty creepy genetic variant if you ask me!). The last meeting between these teams during the regular season was a fantastic match which ended with the 'Nucks winning in a silly skills competition. Expect some tight games (we should be used to this by now, right?). Both these teams have something to prove in the playoffs after disappointment last season. Who wants it more?

May Christian Ehrhoff shoot wide with great regularity!

GO SHARKS!!!

printable schedule for the next round:

WCSF Schedule Wallpaper

I went ahead and made some widescreen wallpaper of the schedule if you're interested.

sized for gigantor 2560 x 1440 Apple displays; scale as necessary...

GO SHARKS!

2011 Western Conference Semifinals Schedule

Rematch of last season's WCSF which the Sharks won in five games. Do the Wings still remember how to skate after sweeping the Yotes? Considering their advanced age, do they even remember last season's playoff exit?

Here we go again... Should be an epic series!

Printable Sharks vs. Red Wings WCSF Schedule

2011 Western Conference Quarterfinals Schedule

Yeah, so not much going on around these parts lately...

There is this, though:

Sharks vs. Kings WCQF Schedule

GO SHARKS!

BEAT L.A.!

WCQF Schedule

This may be the only "value-add" that More Teeth Than You can provide over every other Sharks blog on the interwebs:

Sharks vs. Ducks Schedule

Print this out and stick it up in your work box (i.e. cubicle). Or your bathroom (if that's where you normally conduct "your business")...

All times and channels are strictly Bay Area. Feel free to break out your favorite Sharpie® and modify as necessary. Sorry 'bout the TBDs, but I can only work with what they give me...

Get used to it.

Finally!

The first true Battle of California since the Oakland Seals played the Los Angeles Kings way-y-y back in the day...

A few thoughts:

Regular season series results: Sharks 4-2. Probably would've been 5-1 if it wasn't for the previously documented sewer breath in the second to last meeting...

Corey "Crybaby" Perry will have our killer power play on the ice more often than not. Unless he gets suspended at some point. That wouldn't be much of a surprise. Chris "Stompy" Pronger has his own history of League-imposed vacations during the playoffs, so perhaps he'll step out for a game or two for old times' sake. Lack of discipline, check!

We can likely count on Teemu Selanne to miss a critical wraparound goal at some point.

This series should be a doozy!

See you Thursday, Quacks!

Home Ice Advantage

Pickles nails it:

You're starting every series at home, where you can show the other team you're ready to play. That's huge.

I don't care about Game 7s. We don't want to be involved in Game 7s. The Sharks have the capability to set the tone in every series. And we, as fans, have the opportunity to blow the roof off The Tank early and get in the other teams' heads! That is what's important!

16 wins to go...

[chills]

Go Sharks!

Playoff Chances

So, we all know (or should know!) that the Sharks have clinched a playoff spot...

As the season winds down, the playoff seeding gets crazier by the day. For stats nerds, this is a site to watch: NHL Playoff Chances. Magic numbers, probabilities, key matchups, all that kinda jazz. If it makes no sense to you, hit the "Explain" links, that should solve your problems.

Dig in.