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Jones burns out Flames

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~Photo credit: (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~ The Calgary Flames burned strong against San Jose Sharks Monday, sending the game to overtime, but fell in the end, 2-1.

Sharks’ goalie Martin Jones had a career-high 47 saves, as he faced seven power plays. This performance came after a one-game hiatus. Before that, Jones had been in net for 10 straight games.

San Jose’s seven penalties equaled the amount they had last game against the Canucks on Saturday, but the difference was Jones.

In fact, the Sharks had more penalties by the end of the first against Calgary, then against Vancouver, but San Jose emerged with the lead as well.

Early goals ended up paying off for the Sharks in the game.

The first came at 1:56 of the game, as Brent Burns became the first defenseman in franchise history to have a four game goal streak. That was the first part of the Gordie Howe hat trick, which Burns got a day before his birthday.

During San Jose’s first penalty, Jones stopped Sean Monahan twice.

Jones was able to replicate his save success when the Sharks had two more penalties in the first period, causing a 5-on-3 for about 30 seconds.

The Flames’ Garnet Hathaway drew three of the first four penalties, and soon became involved in another one.

After drawing a hi sticking penalty from Burns, Hathaway got two minutes for instigating a fight and a 10 minute misconduct.  Besides an additional fighting penalty for both, Burns got a double minor for drawing blood. This was the second part of the Gordie Howe hat trick for Burns.

8 seconds after Calgary’s fifth power play expired, Flames goalie Joni Ortio got his first save in just a little bit more than a period’s worth of time. Ortio emulated Jones to stop Nieto at 10:11 of the second.

Calgary peppered Jones with 18 shots in the period. In contrast, San Jose only tested Ortio four times.

The Flames did not let up on Jones at all, adding an additional 18 shots in the third. Their persistence paid off with a 6-on-4 power play goal by Joe Colborne and Mark Giordano at 18:38, to earn a point. The power play was created by the lightest of the penalties of the night, a delay of game call and with an extra attacker seconds before the goal.

Overtime then ended as quickly as it started. 19 seconds in, Joe Pavelski scored his sixth on the road and ninth this season, game winning goal, to lead the NHL, according to Bret Hedican. Surprisingly, according to Darin Stephens @SharksStats, it was Pavelski’s first career overtime goal in the regular season. Pavelski was aided by Burns and Joe Thornton, the finale of the Gordie Howe hat trick for Burns. San Jose is now 15-0-0 with such a player accomplishment, Stephens mentioned.

Game notes: Burns now has eight total points in four straight games. Dougie Hamilton led with a game-high and at least a season-high eight shots. The Sharks will play the second of back-to-back games against the Oilers, Tuesday at 6pm.

 

Barracuda Down Condors 4-2

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By Mary Walsh

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SAN JOSE– The San Jose Barracuda climbed a little closer to a playoff spot with a 4-2 win over the Bakersfield Condors. Petter Emanuelsson scored two goals for San Jose, while John McCarthy scored the game winner and Jeremy Morin added an insurance goal into an empty net. Joel Rumpel made 24 saves for the Barracuda in his first AHL game. After the win, he said that he was “a little bit nervous before the game. But the guys let me feel the first couple from the outside, so it was easy from there.”

The teams took ten penalties in the first two periods alone, not counting fighting majors. The only goal scored during any of those penalties was a short-handed goal by Bakersfield’s Jujhar Khaira. After the game, John McCarthy explained how that takes a toll on a team, even when the penalty kill is successful:

It kind of gets in way of the flow of the game. We’re not really rolling our lines when that happens so that’s something we’ve got to work on going forward. I think even last game, first period we took too any penalties. There’s a lot of guys who aren’t killing penalties then they’re kind of out of the flow of the game.

Some players, though, thrive on the penalty kill. After the game, assistant coach Ryan Mougenel said of McCarthy:

One of Mac’s biggest strengths is the penalty kill. I think it’s really kind of translated into his offense. Sometimes it’s little things, like some guys at practice have to watch pucks go in the net to have success, to score, like Goldobin. He [McCarthy] builds his confidence through the pk and he’s one of our most consistent guys.

The penalties started early and came often after that. The first was a cross-checking penalty to Bakersfield’s Rob Klinkhammer at 4:18. San Jose had a couple of shots and the Condors only cleared the puck once, but the Barracuda could not get a puck past goaltender Eetu Laurikainen.

That came a few seconds after the penalty expired. It was not a beautiful zone entry, but the Condors fumbled an interception at their blue line, putting the puck in front of Petter Emanualsson. He got moving quickly and before the defenders could get after him, he had taken his shot and scored.

Half way through the first period, the shots were 9-5 Barracuda. The shots stayed that way even when the Condors scored the tying goal. A strange bounce sent the puck into the blue paint, off of a body and into the net, surprising even the Bakersfield player who was on his way behind the net to collect the puck. The goal went to Mitch Moroz, with an assist to Dillon Simpson.

Fighting majors took Gus Young and Kale Kessy out of the game for five at 12:04. Karl Stollery and Andrew Miller joined their teammates in the box with coincidental minors for slashing and roughing respectively.

Bakersfield’s Jujhar Khaira thought had scored the go-ahead goal, but he had done so over the prone body of the Barracuda goalie. Rumpel was thus prone only because Dillon Simpson had skated into and fallen over him seconds earlier. The goal was disallowed for goaltender interference and the Barracuda got a power play. The final 30 seconds of that power play were amplified into a five on three when Matthew Ford also went to the box, this time for cross-checking.

The Barracuda found themselves on the other end of a five on three early in the second period. At 1:43, Nikolay Goldobin went to the box for tripping. Just under 90 seconds later, Stollery joined him after being called for interference. San Jose escaped the penalties unscathed, and drove the play to the other end to rebuild their shot lead.

By the middle of the second period, the Barracuda again had the shot lead at 22-18, and again took the lead on the scoreboard. A good rush from Ryan Carpenter on the wing and Petter Emanuelsson up the middle beat the Condors to the punch. Assists went to Carpenter and Gus Young.

The Condors responded by taking an interference penalty. Kessy had been in the box for less than a minute when Khaira won a race to the puck and went all the way down the ice to tie the game again. Kessy got out of the box just long enough to take two more penalties and sit for four minutes, called for high-sticking and unsportsmanlike conduct.

With 2:30 left in the four minute power play, the Barracuda lost Jevpalovs to a penalty. With less than two minutes left in the Bakersfield penalty, Jeremy Langlois went to the box for kneeing, putting the Barracuda down 3-4. San Jose weathered that too, but had squandered a perfectly good power play.

The Barracuda were back on the penalty kill less than two minutes into the third period. Julius Bergman went to the box for holding at 1:06.

Eventually, the penalties burned themselves out and with just over four minutes left, John McCarthy won the race to a puck as it exited the Barracuda zone: “I think somebody was catching up to me on my inside so I didn’t have time to move it to my forehand and shoot. So I just got it to the net and hopefully if it didn’t go in maybe we would have got a second whack at it. But it went in.” It squeaked by on the short side, bouncing off of the goaltender’s back. Assists went to Parkes and Stollery.

The Condors pulled their goaltender withe less than 90 seconds remaining and Morin scored the empty netter with six seconds to go.

The Barracuda next play on Wednesday at 7:00 PT against the Heat in Stockton.

San Jose Sharks Saturday nite game wrap: Power Play Woes Doom Sharks

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By Ben Leonard

AP photo: San Jose Sharks Joe Pavelski takes a shot against Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom Saturday night

SAN JOSE, Calif.–Recently, when the Sharks have fallen behind, they have their opponent right where they want them. Being down heading into the third period had been no trouble for the Sharks, who had won two of their last three games in that fashion. 

However, on Saturday, major penalty kill woes and undisciplined play were simply too much for the Comeback Kids to overcome, falling 4-2 to the Vancouver Canucks. Linden Vey, Daniel Sedin, and Dan Hamhuis all scored on power plays to help propel the Canucks to the victory.

Coming into Saturday, the Sharks were tied for fourth in the NHL with 71 third period goals, and had scored 9 in their last three games. It all seemed to be going according to plan heading into the third, with San Jose down 2-1 heading into the third. Center Michael Haley had scored in the first period for San Jose, his first of the season, but evidently got too amped up about the milestone and picked up a double minor penalty for high-sticking. Down a man, San Jose quickly gave up a goal to Vey, assisted by Sven Baertschi, and just a few minutes later, gave up another power play goal after center Joe Pavelski was called for tripping. That four-minute span killed the Sharks, who went 4 of 7 on the penalty kill.

The team’s play was frustrating for Pavelski: “After we scored that first goal, we started taking a lot of penalties — a lot of soft ones too. It was everybody, and was one of those nights where we just couldn’t stay out of the box….When you only have to kill a few a night, it makes it a lot easier.”

Overall, it was a sloppy performance for the Sharks, who picked up seven penalties and struggled on special teams. In spite of that, they almost found a way to pull a win out of their hat. Newly acquired goalie James Reimer did his best to keep San Jose in the game, not surrendering a goal when the team was at full strength. Brent Burns tied the game up with fifteen minutes left in the third, assisted by Joe Thornton and Marc-Edouard Vlasic, but it was to no avail.

Hamhuis netted yet another power play goal with 9:32 left to play, and the Sharks couldn’t muster any more magic. The Sharks got off 16 shots in the third, but none of them found the back of the net. Vancouver ended up icing the game with an empty net goal at the 17:54 mark, leaving many at the SAP Center filing for the exits.

 

 

No Controversy In Net For Sharks, Jones

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photo credit: San Jose Mercury News San Jose goaltender Martin Jones

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Forgive the Canadian press for blowing the San Jose Sharks February 27th acquisition of James Reimer from the Toronto Maple Leafs as a sign that the team wanted to run with a 1A-1B goalie system. They after all witnessed him single-handedly force a 7-game series against the Boston Bruins in 2013 and push Leafs trade acquisition Jonathan Bernier for the starter’s role in the 3 seasons they both have worn the leafed crest. Current Sharks netminder Martin Jones has made one thing perfectly clear with his recent play; the San Jose net belongs to him and him alone.

Jones turned aside 28 of 30 Vancouver shots in a 3-2 victory Thursday night over the Vancouver Canucks, his second win just outside of his hometown of North Vancouver in five days. The 26 –year-old netminder was especially terrific in the final two minutes of the game with the Canucks net vacant and an extra attacker on the ice.

“He was outstanding tonight,” said Sharks coach Peter DeBoer. “He made 2 or 3 huge saves in the 3rd period. That’s game changing. He’s given us that kind of goaltending most of the year.”

Since acquiring Reimer, all the 6-foot-4 keeper has done is go 3-0 with a 1.67 goals against average and a .935 save percentage. Jones doesn’t believe recent events have any correlation with his stellar surge between the pipes.

“I play to win every game,” said Jones when asked if Reimer’s addition gave him any added incentive. “I play the same way every game”

Jones has now played in the last 10 Sharks games, going 7-2-1 during that stretch while allowing just 21 goals. Twice during that run he has played in consecutive nights, allowing 6 goals total in the second half of those back-to-back match-ups. This season, he has appeared in consecutive games 5 times, with the Sharks going 2-3 as a team in those contests. The addition of Reimer gives the Sharks the opportunity to rest Jones, who has appeared in more games this season (54) than he has in his first two seasons in the league combined (34).

“It’s not tough enough,” said DeBoer when asked how hard it will be to sit Jones for the new goalie in town. “I know we can’t wear this guy out. He’s played a lot of hockey for us this year.”

While the sudden increase in workload could make a keeper weary, Jones sees it as an advantage.

“I feel good,” said Jones after the Sharks win Thursday. “Any time you play lots of games, you get a better feel for the game.”

When the deal was completed and Reimer and Jeremy Morin came to San Jose for Ben Smith, backup goalie Alex Stalock and a conditional draft pick, the Sharks were looking forward to hockey yet to be played. They recognized the uncertainty of how Jones would hold up for a postseason run amidst a career-high workload. The Sharks are battling for the Pacific Division’s 2nd place playoff spot and were just 4 points back of the Los Angeles Kings for the division lead entering play Thursday. Reimer and his 2.49 goals against average gives the Sharks the type of insurance the team didn’t feel they had with Stalock (3-5, 2.98 GAA this season).

“Everything we do now is to prepare for the playoffs the best we can,” said Jones. “We want to make sure our game is in good shape coming down the stretch here. We want to clinch that playoff spot. Everything we do now is preparing for the end of the season and getting ready for the playoffs.”

If (or more likely when) San Jose does make the playoffs, game 1 will be the first postseason start for Jones. Simply getting the Sharks to that point after missing out last season will be both a justification for the offseason deal that brought him over from Boston Bruins and the deadline deal that nabbed the Sharks Reimer. One thing is for certain, Jones will be the one manning the crease and he’ll be on the ice looking to win.

Sharks Comeback Two to Chomp Canucks’ Playoff Hopes

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AP photo: San Jose Sharks Michael Haley left and the Vancouver Canucks Derek Dorsett mix it up in the second period during Thursday game at Rogers Center

VANCOUVER, B.C.—For the second time this week, the San Jose Sharks were able to turn a first period deficit into two points at Rogers Arena. Great goaltending was once again the answer for the Sharks, as Vancouver native, Martin Jones saved 28 shots in Thursday night’s 3-2 win. “It’s huge, very huge. He’s been doing it all year for us and especially in his hometown here to do it again. It’s nice knowing he’s back there having our back,” added Marleau

The Canucks jumped on the Sharks early in the first period, trying to avenge Sunday afternoon’s loss, by going up 2-0. Jake Virtanen was feeling it for Vancouver lighting the lamp 7:14 into the contest. Dan Hamhuis, who wasn’t traded at the deadline despite speculation, picked up his seventh assist of the year on the wrap-around goal. His defensive partner, Chris Tanev picked up the other helper.

Vancouver was able to add to the lead, thanks again to the Virtanen line. Sven Baertschi scored his 13th goal of the season on a tip out in front with help coming from Hamhuis and Virtanen picking up their second points of the contest.

Despite just seeing five shifts in the first period, Virtanen was critical to the Canucks success, creating three separate scoring chances with two of them finding their way past Martin Jones, helping him earn the second star of the contest.

The Sharks were dominated in the first by Vancouver, being outshot 15-7, but it was Jones that kept them in the contest. However, they came out strong in the second, putting up eight shots in the first 100-seconds of the period. The hard work would finally pay-off half way through the period when Thomas Hertl got a stick on a Brent Burns wrist shot to make it 2-1 Canucks. “We knew after that first, it wasn’t where it needed to be, and we needed to win a period and did that in the second,” said captain, Joe Pavelski.

The goal marked his 16th of the season, a new season for the young Czech forward who will represent his country at the World Cup of Hockey later this year.

With five minutes remaining in the second frame, the 18,422 fans at Rogers enjoyed a heavy-weight bout between Derek Dorsett and recently recalled Shark, Micheal Haley. Both men through punches back and forth in a spirited brawl. Haley caught the worse of the two and went in for repairs, needing stitches under his left eye.

With .57 seconds remaining in the second period, Daniel Sedin went off for high-sticking Logan Couture behind the Sharks net. The first power play unit went to work but was unable to find the net before the horn sounded.  However, the power play was able to carry their momentum into the third, scoring .43 seconds into the period.

Brent Burns ripped a shot from the point with Pavelski screening Ryan Miller in front. The puck was able to make it was through the jumping Pavelski and past Miller to tie the game up at two.

San Jose had all of the mojo and was able to take the lead just five minutes later. Patrick Marleau found the net on the rush after a beautiful feed from Joonas Donskoi for his 19th goal of the season. This would be the eventual game winner and the 92nd of his career, tying him for 12th all-time.

The Sharks and Canucks continue their crazy schedule as both teams head back to Silicon Valley on Saturday night. There is a possibility that recently acquired goaltender, James Reimer sees his first start as a Shark, “I know we can’t wear [Jones] out either, he’s played a lot of hockey for us and was outstanding tonight,” said head coach Peter Deboer.

NHL podcast with Joe Lami: Sharks and Canucks will play three more times before end of season look for a tussle

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On the NHL podcast with Joe Lami the San Jose Sharks after taking a three goal 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday and the taking a 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Monday things were rolling for San Jose. In the game on Thursday in Vancouver the Canucks came out to a 2-0 lead after a period with goals from Jake Virtanen and Sven Baertschi but the Sharks got a goal from Tomas Hertl his 16th of the season to cut the lead within a goal, this Sharks team never gives up.

World Cup Hockey in Toronto has the Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin excited to represent Russia. The Dallas Stars defenceman John Klingberg didn’t make the Sweedish roster because there simply wasn’t enough room on the roster for him. Czech Republic general manager Martin Rucinsky is hoping 44 year old Jaromir Jagr will play in the eight team International Tournament in Toronto in September.

There’s much more NHL headlines listen to the podcast with Joe Lami below right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

photo credit: Canadian Press–The Vancouver Canucks Jake Virtanen who had a first period goal against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday scored this winning goal against the Ottawa Senators on Thu Feb 25th

 

 

Sportstalk podcast live from the Sandbar Restaurant downtown Vancouver BC Tue Mar 1, 2016

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Cast: Joe Lami (NHL Analyst), Matt Harrington (San Jose Sharks beat writer), and Lee Leonard (producer) with another edition of Sportstalk from the beautiful Sandbar Restaurant on Granville Island in downtown Vancouver. The Sandbar serves it’s dinner menu starting at 5PM daily, for an unforgettable seafood experience the Sandbar features many of downtown Vancouver’s favorite seafood dishes. The Mixed Grilled Seafood, Cedar Plank Salmon, Scallop and Prawn Jambalaya.

For Tuesday’s podcast at the Sandbar Joe tried the Sirloin steak, Matt had the GI burger, Daisy had the Swordfish, and Lee our producer had the Alaskan King Crab. Our server Tim was attentive, prompt and shared his knowledge of the menu and the NHL. Tyler the bartender told us what was his favorite dishes are and some of the favorite drinks he serves up at the Sandbar, Benny and Anne Fleming the dayshift managers were very hospitable, Sandbar’s executive chef Cooper Green sat in mid show for an interview about his favorite dishes to prepare and the famous dishes at Sandbar he makes a mean calamari, Brooklyn the night manager closed the show out with her recommendations for deserts, we want to thank John Hawkins general manager, also managers Craig Pingle, Scott Tunni Cliffe, Christian Nowak, event coordinator Gabrielle Lee, Executive Sous chef Trevor Booth, Master Sushi Chef Hoshi Tsutomu, and Sous Chef Patrick Guay all for welcoming Sportstalk to the Sandbar.

On the program the Montreal Canadiens had a rough time to prepare to play the San Jose Sharks on Monday after not getting much out of the trade deadline. The Canadiens were expected to be a playoff team after getting off to a shockingly surprising start going 9-0 to start the season only to lose their star goaltender Carey Price. The Canadiens are reportedly having internal problems and you can expect the team to unload some of the players in the off season.

Joe and Matt talk Sharks and Canucks who meet two more times this week after meeting last Sunday. They’ll bring you up to date with everything NHL on this edition of Sportstalk from the Sandbar Restaurant in downtown Vancouver.

 

 

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Pavelski with three goals in two nights swinging a hot hockey stick

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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh the Sharks face Vancouver three times this week they handed the Canucks a three goal loss on Sunday 4-1 and then beat the Montreal Candiens 6-2 at SAP Center the next night 6-2. The Sharks are back in Vancouver on Thursday night and then head to San Jose for Saturday night. Believe it not the Sharks see the Canucks again in Vancouver at the end of this one more time on Tuesday 29th.

The Sharks have been getting lots of help from team captain Joe Pavelski who has scored three times in two nights. On Sunday he scored once on the Canucks and then on Monday twice against Montreal. Pavelski has been the key guy for the Sharks and has taken the Captaincy and the offense places.

Mary Lisa Walsh covers the San Jose Sharks as a beat writer and does the Sharks podcast each week right here on http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to the podcast below

 

Sportstalk podcast part two live at Bridges Restaurant in downtown Vancouver BC Mon Feb 29,2016

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Joe Lami (host), Matt Harrington (SJ Sharks beat writer), and Lee Leonard (producer), at Bridges Restaurant in downtown Vancouver BC. On the road trip with the San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks. The Sharks play the Canucks three times in six days. The Sharks who started out the trip playing on Sunday night for the win 4-1 will continue their meeting with Vancouver on Thursday night in Vancouver before concluding the series on Saturday night in San Jose.

Ironically Sunday was the first meeting between the two teams for the season. The Sharks are looking to hold their playoff spot as they battled against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night the Sharks took it to the Canadiens with a 6-2 whipping at SAP Center in San Jose. Matt and Joe will have more coverage from Vancouver’s Rogers Center on Thursday  when the Sharks return   listen in for the NHL podcast.

We want to extend our thanks to our very generous hosts at Bridges Restaurant on Granville Island in downtown Vancouver, Peter Horwood CEO, President, Susan Sharun events manager, Katie Matthews Manager, Natalija Dreseris Manager, Richard Manager, Chef Steve, and our server Torben Rolfsen. The service was the first thing that we noticed that was outstanding as our server Torben was very attentive and also spoke at length with us about what specials were on the menu.

Tobin had recommended the Cesar salad hot seafood and his recommendation couldn’t have been better with a nice bed of lettuce choice with shrimp, local salmon, and sea bass to compliment the salad, Joe Lami enjoyed the fish and chips and the restaurant in the winter uses snapper for the fish portion Joe recommended this on the podcast to all our listeners. Matt had the steak cooked to perfection and enjoyed it with a side of mash potatoes. The soup de jour was a patato base with bits of smoked salmon. The deserts were to die for as Matt enjoyed his raspberry gelato and producer Lee had the banana split.

We know we’d love to come back to Bridges and especially thank everyone at Bridges for their warm hospitality in hosting our podcast.

Listen below for Part two of Sportstalk @ Bridges Restaurant in Vancouver podcast below right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Sportstalk podcast part one live at Bridges Restaurant in downtown Vancouver BC Mon Feb 29, 2016

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Cast: Joe Lami (host), Matt Harrington (SJ Sharks beat writer), and Lee Leonard (producer), at Bridges Restaurant in downtown Vancouver BC. On the road trip with the San Jose Sharks and Vancouver Canucks. The Sharks play the Canucks three times in six days. The Sharks who started out the trip playing on Sunday night for the win 4-1 will continue their meeting with Vancouver on Thursday night in Vancouver before concluding the series on Saturday night in San Jose.

Ironically Sunday was the first meeting between the two teams for the season. The Sharks are looking to hold their playoff spot as they battled against the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night the Sharks took it to the Canadiens with a 6-2 whipping at SAP Center in San Jose. Matt and Joe will have more coverage from Vancouver’s Rogers Center on Thursday  when the Sharks return   listen in for the NHL podcast.

We want to extend our thanks to our very generous hosts at Bridges Restaurant on Granville Island in downtown Vancouver, Peter Horwood CEO, President, Susan Sharun events manager, Katie Matthews Manager, Natalija Dreseris Manager, Richard Manager, Chef Steve, and our server Torben Rolfsen. The service was the first thing that we noticed that was outstanding as our server Torben was very attentive and also spoke at length with us about what specials were on the menu.

Tobin had recommended the Cesar salad hot seafood and his recommendation couldn’t have been better with a nice bed of lettuce choice with shrimp, local salmon, and sea bass to compliment the salad, Joe Lami enjoyed the fish and chips and the restaurant in the winter uses snapper for the fish portion Joe recommended this on the podcast to all our listeners. Matt had the steak cooked to perfection and enjoyed it with a side of mash potatoes. The soup de jour was a patato base with bits of smoked salmon. The deserts were to die for as Matt enjoyed his raspberry gelato and producer Lee had the banana split.

We know we’d love to come back to Bridges and especially thank everyone at Bridges for their warm hospitality in hosting our podcast.

Listen below for Part one of Sportstalk podcast below right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com part two is on the main page