After the Citadels, the Sharks AsHL affiliate, was eliminated from the AsHL playoffs, the Sharks and the Citadels held their awards night. The Sharks handed out the following awards:
Forward of the year - Patrick Marleau/Kyle Okposo
Dman of the year - Dustin Byfuglien
Hardest Hitter Award (Most hits) - Dustin Byfuglien
Best Plus/Minus - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Trigger Happy Award (Most Shots) - Patrick Marleau
Best Faceoff Percentage - Patrick Marleau
Rookie of the Year - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Most Valuable Player - Patrick Marleau/Kyle Okposo
The Citadels handed out the following awards:
Forward of the year - Brian Rolston
Dman of the year - Matt Walker
Hardest Hitter Award (Most hits) - Scott Nichol
Best Plus/Minus - Vladimir Zharkov
Trigger Happy Award (Most Shots) - Brian Rolston/Alex Giroux
Best Faceoff Percentage - Scott Nichol
Rookie of the Year - Kevin Poulin
Most Valuable Player - Kevin Poulin/Brian Rolston
Also as Brian Rolston was accepting the MVP along side Kevin Poulin, he announced that he would be retiring from NsHL/AsHL. The Sharks picked up Rolston up in the offseason to add some depth in the Sharks organization. Rolston played 75 games in Halifax getting 35 goals and 46 assists. Rolston got called to the Sharks and played 7 games where he registered 1 assist. The Sharks would like to wish Brian Rolston the best of luck in his future endeavors.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Sharks season end report
The Sharks had, what they think for some part, was a disappointing season. Hoping to be battling for a playoff spot this season, things didn't work out that way and they ended up battling for a high draft pick instead.
"It was definitely disappointing to a degree." Said Sharks GM Kurt Fulmore. "We thought we'd be in a better position this year, playoff wise. But after things didn't go as planned, some more dealing took place and we added some more young guys to the squad, some of which we hope will make the pro team as early as fall time."
Not all was dark and dreary for the Sharks season. Sharks RW Kyle Okposo had a career season scoring 38 goals and having 37 assists for 75 points. Captain Patrick Marleau had over a point a game, scoring 27 goals and having 57 assists. Rookie centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a solid rookie season with 19 goals and 21 assists for 40 pts. Sharks netminder Kari Lehtonen had solid numbers despite the team's rough season. He had a GAA of 2.71 and a save percentage of .913. Dustin Byfuglien led dmen on the team with 38 pts despite being in the sin bin for 204 minutes this season.
While the Sharks cleared out their lockers in San Jose when the season for them came to a close, Sharks GM Kurt Fulmore was looking forward in the offseason. Looking towards the 2013 NsHL draft. After it was all said and done, the Sharks will be selecting 4th overall in the first round. Rumors are speculating as to who the Sharks may pick with the pick. If one of Nathan McKinnon or Johnathon Drouin happens to fall to 4th, the Sharks will take one of them. If those two are gone, looks like Alex Barkov, Valeri Nichushkin or Elias Lindholm are on the Sharks radar. After their own first rounder the Sharks have the following selections: Buffalo's 3rd (74th), St. Louis' 3rd, (80th), Boston's 3rd (84th), Toronto's 3rd (86th), Minnesota's 5th (138th), their own 7th(184th), Anaheim's 7th (188th) and Colorado's 7th (205th).
After the draft is done, looks like the Sharks' scouting staff will be out and about again seeing who might be making the jump to the pro team or at least to the Sharks AsHL affiliate, the Halifax Citadels.
Speaking of Halifax, as of press time, the Citadels were up 3 games to 1 in their first round AsHL series against the Chicago Wolves.
"It was definitely disappointing to a degree." Said Sharks GM Kurt Fulmore. "We thought we'd be in a better position this year, playoff wise. But after things didn't go as planned, some more dealing took place and we added some more young guys to the squad, some of which we hope will make the pro team as early as fall time."
Not all was dark and dreary for the Sharks season. Sharks RW Kyle Okposo had a career season scoring 38 goals and having 37 assists for 75 points. Captain Patrick Marleau had over a point a game, scoring 27 goals and having 57 assists. Rookie centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a solid rookie season with 19 goals and 21 assists for 40 pts. Sharks netminder Kari Lehtonen had solid numbers despite the team's rough season. He had a GAA of 2.71 and a save percentage of .913. Dustin Byfuglien led dmen on the team with 38 pts despite being in the sin bin for 204 minutes this season.
While the Sharks cleared out their lockers in San Jose when the season for them came to a close, Sharks GM Kurt Fulmore was looking forward in the offseason. Looking towards the 2013 NsHL draft. After it was all said and done, the Sharks will be selecting 4th overall in the first round. Rumors are speculating as to who the Sharks may pick with the pick. If one of Nathan McKinnon or Johnathon Drouin happens to fall to 4th, the Sharks will take one of them. If those two are gone, looks like Alex Barkov, Valeri Nichushkin or Elias Lindholm are on the Sharks radar. After their own first rounder the Sharks have the following selections: Buffalo's 3rd (74th), St. Louis' 3rd, (80th), Boston's 3rd (84th), Toronto's 3rd (86th), Minnesota's 5th (138th), their own 7th(184th), Anaheim's 7th (188th) and Colorado's 7th (205th).
After the draft is done, looks like the Sharks' scouting staff will be out and about again seeing who might be making the jump to the pro team or at least to the Sharks AsHL affiliate, the Halifax Citadels.
Speaking of Halifax, as of press time, the Citadels were up 3 games to 1 in their first round AsHL series against the Chicago Wolves.
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