Ryane Clowe News

Ryane Clowe #29 of the San Jose Sharks celebrates his game-winning goal during the shootout during an NHL game vs the Los Angeles Kings on October 28, 2009 at HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California.

It took the San Jose Sharks most of October to put the square pegs in the square holes and the round pegs in the round ones.

Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov said he thought the puck was safely tucked away under his pad, but could tell immediately that Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg didn't share that opinion.

Dan Boyle had an assist and scored the game- winner in the shootout, as the San Jose Sharks won their sixth consecutive game with a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

A Presidents' Trophy may not be out of the question for the Colorado Avalanche. They would just prefer not to suffer the same fate as the San Jose Sharks.

Tuomo Ruutu #15 of the Carolina Hurricanes skates with the puck during Game Three of the Eastern Conference Championship Round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins on May 23, 2009 at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ryane Clowe had talked for days about how it was time for him to "get off the schneid.'' He was still looking for his first goal of the season, and he knew the Sharks expected more after signing him to a new four-year, $14.5 million contract over the summer.

Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves, and Ryane Clowe and Jamie McGinn scored their first goals of the season to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Friday night.

Wojtek Wolski #8 of the Colorado Avalanche skates against the Los Angeles Kings during preseason NHL action at the Pepsi Center on September 23, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.

Ryane Clowe scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped Jarret Stoll moments later to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

TAMPA With each game, Sharks Coach Todd McLellan seems to be getting less patient with slump-ridden forward Ryane Clowe .

When the San Jose Sharks left for their most recent road trip they found themselves in the middle of the Pacific division standings, off to a mediocre 3-2-1 start.

Roster spots are important on a fantasy team, this week we will look at some fringe players that are struggling early and should they continue to take an importunate place on our teams or enter the waiver wire.

This is what Ryane Clowe's breakout season looked like last year for the San Jose Sharks.

NEW YORK The Sharks have been plagued by poor starts this season, but even after falling behind by two goals less than halfway through the first period Monday night, there wasn't a sense of uh-oh. "We were on our heels," coach Todd McLellan said, "but we were talking on the bench that'd it be good to see how our team will respond." The Sharks ...

An insidious little devil, doubt. Devious. Spiteful. Incubating inside its victim, spreading a vile psychological poison that eats away at the brain, siphons strength and paralyzes the nervous system.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. Sharks coach Todd McLellan has been looking for someone to help light a fire under his offense and he found that spark in a 5-foot-8 rookie forward who grew up 22 miles from Nassau Coliseum.

The Sharks skipped their game-day morning skate Saturday rather than spend what would amount to 31/2 hours on the road with an extra bus trip between their Manhattan hotel and Nassau Coliseum.

John Tavares has been focused on the puck and scoring so far in his rookie season, picking up six points in New York's first five games.

Until the 2:55 mark of the second period, the Sharks were the only team that Alexander Ovechkin never had scored on in his 330-game NHL career.