NEW YORK (MAY 18, 2013) -- The San Jose Sharks have been fined $100,000 for public comments by General Manager Doug Wilson pertaining to the suspension of Sharks forward Raffi Torres, the National Hockey League announced today. The fine was issued for violation of League Rules that prohibit formal team statements to the media during the 48-hour period following a discipl... read more...

The Sharks return home to the friendly confines of the HP Pavilion to try and even things with the LA Kings who took games 1 and 2 to take a strangle hold on the series. The Sharks dropped the first two games in LA, which may be disappointing but not surprising. These two teams played against each other four times during the regular season and each held court on home ice... read more...

SAN JOSE – It’s almost impossible to over-value the importance of a Sharks win tonight in Game 3. Lose this one and San Jose then tries to become only the fourth NHL team ever to overcome an 0-3 start to a series. But still, sometimes you want to hear a player’s perspective on such things. [...] read more...

Martin Havlat has been missing from action since he went down with an undisclosed lower-body injury in Game 1 of the first-round series against the Canucks. But Havlat is expected to be back in the Sharks lineup in Game 3 Saturday against the Kings. And not a moment too soon. In an 0-2 hole, the Sharks need whatever help they can get on their lines, with Adam Burish out ... read more...

I love hockey. It's something I say pretty often after watching a great Sharks' victory, but it's just as evident after a devastating loss. And I kno... read more...

SAN JOSE — Line combinations were unchanged at the Sharks morning skate, but then Todd McLellan dropped a little news into his morning press gathering: Marty Havlat should be in the lineup tonight. Here’s a copy of the online story I just filed: SAN JOSE – Forward Marty Havlat is expected to be back in [...] read more...

from the Sharks website, The Sharks organization fully supports the NHL in its efforts to remove illegal and dangerous hits from the game but we strongly disagree with the NHL's decision to suspend Raffi Torres. Upon review of the incident, it is abundantly clear that this was a clean hockey hit. As noted by the NHL, Raffi's initial point of contact was a shoulder... read more...

San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres was suspended for the rest of the Western Conference semifinal series against Los Angeles on Thursday for a hit to Kings forward Jarret Stoll's head. Torres was assessed a minor penalty for charging for the second-period hit Tuesday night in the Kings' 2-0 victory in Game 1. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Torres is consider... read more...

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SAN JOSE — Now that we know Raffi Torres will not be appealing his suspension (You do know that, right? No? See http://www.mercurynews.com/sharks/ci_23271474/san-jose-sharks-general-manager-doug-wilson-says ) a little background. I checked with NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly late this afternoon to make sure I had the appeal process down correctly. Based on his resp... read more...

A photo of Darth Maul skating around during the Tampa Bay Lightning-San Jose Sharks pre-game has been making it’s way around the Internet and inspired the Grand Rapids Griffins to recreate the stick.  Unfortunately the photo of Darth Maul is a photoshop, but that didn’t stop the Griffins from creating the stick.   The Griffins created a video of their equipment manager cr... read more...

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On Thursday the NHL suspended Sharks winger Raffi Torres for the remainder of San Jose’s second round series against the Kings for a hit on Jarret Stoll in Game 1. We concluded the punishment was a bit of an overreaction by the NHL, a penalty that seemed to discipline the player more for his past rather than the offense in question. If you thought you were mad, imagine ho... read more...

SAN JOSE — Back home Friday after the double-whammy that was Thursday. Dividing the workload today with Curtis Pashelka — he’s taking on the recovery needed after that heartbreaking loss, I’m taking a closer look at the Raffi Torres suspension, how players are reacting to it and what could come next. Mark Purdy will weigh [...] read more...

Well. Anything happen last night? How are we all feeling around here? While we await the return of second-round playoff action to HP Pavilion (and hopefully two consecutive ... read more...

After last night’s game versus the Vancouver Canucks, the Sharks boarded their plane and p... read more...

At least the Sharks can take comfort in the fact that their third period collapse wasn't the most embarrassing one to occur in th... read more...

The San Jose Sharks will begin the second round of the playoffs somewhat short-handed after losing forward Adam Burish to an undisclosed upper-body injury. Burish got hurt during the team's 4-3 overtime win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night that wrapped up the first playoff sweep in franchise history. Burish did not return to that game after being slashed by Van... read more...

“Little Joe” Pavelski showed that he is anything but little when he ... read more...

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