Sharks currently receiving ice time include forwards Jonathan Cheechoo, Ryane Clowe, Marcel Goc, Mike Grier, Claude Lemieux, Patrick Marleau, Milan Michalek, Torry Mitchell, Joe Pavelski, Tomas Plihal, Jeremy Roenick, Devin Setoguchi, Jody Shelley and Joe. Thornton. Defenders include Rob Blake, Dan Boyle, Christian Ehrhoff, Brad Lukowich, Douglas Murray, Alexei Semenov and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. Goalies include Brian Boucher and Evgeni Nabokov. Unfortunately, some of the players are on injured reserve. Those injured and watching from the sideline include Mitchell, Roenick and Lukowich.
Taking notes from the system ranks are forwards Riley Armstrong, Nick Bonino, Logan Couture, TJ Fox, Matt Jones, Cory Laroes, Carter Lee, Tony Lucia, John McCarthy, Jamie McGinn, Frazer McLaren, Mike Morris, Ashton Rome, Ryan Vesce, Tommy Wingels, Patrik Zackrisson, and Steven Zalewski. Defenders include players Justin Braun, Brendan Buckley, William Colbert, Jason Demers, Julien Demers, Samuel Groulx, Christian Jensen, Derek Joslin, Mike Moore, Nick Petrecki, and Brett Westgarth. Targets include Taylor Dakers, Thomas Greiss, Timo Pielmeier, Harri Sateri, Tyson Sexsmith and Alex Stalock.
With a victory against the Canucks on the 20th, the Sharks will close the month of January with games against the Coyotes and the Blackhawks, both in home games. Then in February, the Sharks will host more games against the Hurricanes, Oilers, Kings and Thrashers. For the rest of the games in February, the Sharks will take the ice on the road with games against the Blue Jackets, Bruins, Penguins, Sabres, Devils, Stars, Red Wings, Senators, and Canadians.
In March, fans can expect the Sharks to play road games against the Canucks, Wild, Blues, Ducks, Coyotes, Blackhawks, Predators and the Flames. He then returns to his own ice to host games against the All-Stars, Wildlings, Kings, Predators, All-Stars Again, Avalanche, and the Coyotes. By April, the writing will be on the wall and the remaining six games will be played with the Sharks hosting the Ducks, Avalanche and Coyotes and then hitting the road for the final times of the season in games against the Oilers, Ducks and Kings. The final game against the Kings will take place on Saturday, April 11.
Helping the Sharks achieve their goals are head coach Todd McLellan, assistant coach Todd Richards, assistant coach Jay Woodcroft, assistant coach Trent Yawney, goaltending development coach Corey Schwab, development coach Mike Ricci, head athletic trainer Ray Tufts, assistant athletic trainer Wes Howard, strength and conditioning coordinator Mike Potenza, massage therapist Arnulfo Aguirre, team manager Mike Aldrich, assistant team Roy Sneesby, team doctor Arthur Ting, team dentist Don Goudy, Team Internist John Chiu, Team Internist Greg Whitley, Team Vision Specialist Vincent Zuccaro, Medical Staff Steve Franzino, Medical Staff Robert Millard and Medical Staff Mark Sontag.
The Sharks are currently at the top of the league standings with 34 wins, 6 losses, 5 overtimes, and a total of 73 points. Boston is in 2nd place with only 2 more losses than the Sharks and the season is still young.
