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That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Los Tiburones – Successful Hispanic Night at SAP in San José

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NBC Sports California’s Amaury Pi Gonzalez (left and author) on color and Carlos Ramirez (right) on play by play, call the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and San Jose Sharks NHL game on Sat Oct 12, 2024, on Los Tiburones Night at SAP Center in San Jose (photo provided by Amaury Pi Gonzalez)

Los Tiburones — Successful Hispanic Night at SAP in San José

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

On Saturday, October 12, the Sharks celebrated Hispanic Night at the SAP Arena. A capacity crowd of 17,916 joined the fiesta with 100X100 Hispanic flavor, including a live Mariachi band, Balet Folklórico Mexicano.

Los Tiburones played their California rivals, the Anaheim Ducks. It was a very entertaining night, which ended with a 2-0 win for the visiting Ducks.

The action was broadcast live on NBC Sports California, with all the action in Spanish on the Secondary Audio Channel, as well as on Sharks Audio, with Carlos Ramírez handling all the play-by-play and Amaury Pi-González providing commentary and promotional announcements for the whole 2024-25 Sharks season.

Sergio Almodovar, coordinator for the Sharks Media Relations, joined us after the second half ended with insightful information about the 2024-25 Sharks season; he talked about how important the Hispanic community is for the San José Sharks.

Almodovar, born and raised in the Bay Area, is of Mexican heritage. San José is over 30% Hispanic and a community that keeps growing. Some of the most famous Spanish media in the Bay Area are in San José, including KSTS CH 48 Telemundo Network, and some of the highest audiences in Spanish on radio stations in the Bay Area’s largest city.

San José is California’s third most populous city, #1 Los Angeles, #2 San Diego. The largest city in Northern California is a global hub for the high-tech industry, home of world-famous Silicon Valley—hosts annual conferences like Facebook F8 and the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.

Spanish is the State of California’s unofficial second language. With a total population of around 40 million, there are nearly 20 million Hispanics. Here in the nine=-county Bay Area, 20% of the population is Hispanic/Latino, by far the largest minority in the State and in the Bay Area.

As of July 1, 2023, the Hispanic population in the United States was 65.2 million. The United States of America is #2 with the most significant number of Spanish speakers. México is number one, with 128 million people who speak Spanish.

The Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks, and Vegas Knights have all added Spanish-language broadcasts to serve their Hispanic fan bases.

As Sports Anchor of Telemundo CH 48 San José in 1991-92, I covered the Sharks, even before they built the SAP Center. Covered their first game at the Cow Palace in Daly City (before moving to San José to their current digs).

It was on October 5, 1991, against the Vancouver Canucks, during that 1991-92 season, their first they played at the Cow Palace before moving to the SAP Center in San José in 1993.

In 2016, they covered the first Stanley Cup for the team as they played the Pittsburgh Penguins and lost the series in seven games.

The San José Sharks partnership with the Hispanic/Latino community is more important today than ever.

The Sharks are now a Bay Area institution for the last 33 years. And we all hope their best season are soon to come.

Catch Amaury Pi Gonzalez on That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Los Tiburones Loss Second Game of The Season as Los Patos gets 2-0 shutout at SAP Center in San Jose

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By: Fernando Abarca

San Jose Sharks center Will Smith (2) puts the puck on net only to be deflected by Anaheim Ducks goaltender Lucas Dostal (1). Dostal got the shutout for the Ducks at SAP Center in San Jose on Sat Oct 12, 2024 (photo by Mauricio Segura Golden Bay Times)

Los Tiburones lost the second game of the season against Los Patos this Saturday night

SAN JOSE–San Jose was back in action for the second home game of the season before heading to a series of games on the road. On opening night Thursday, the Sharks demonstrated the potential of how this Sharks team would be fighting throughout the season.

Still, things fell short when St. Louis dominated in the third period, taking this game to OT and eventually winning. On Saturday night not much improvement as the Sharks got shutout by the Anaheim Ducks 2-0 at SAP Center.

Saturday night, The Sharks celebrated Latino Heritage Night, which intended to pay homage to the Latin American community in the East Bay. This is a night where the team highlights Latin American cuisine, music, attire, and much more.

Game Day began with bad news as Macklin Celebrini was placed on injury reserve after relapsing from the injury he suffered playing vs. Utah. The team had to find a way to fix things out to try to avoid the second loss of the season.

This game ended with a score of 2- 0 with goals by Isac Lundestrom and Anaheim’s star Trevor Zegras, both in the 3rd period.

The game seemed to have some hope as Sharks forward Fabian Zetterlund’s power-play goal early in the first period was overturned following a coach’s challenge after officials ruled an offside. Therefore, the score was kept 0 – 0

After that goal, both teams were scoreless for most of the entirety of the game and even seemed to head to overtime scoreless

The game during the first two periods happened without much to be said until, in the middle of the third period, Brock McGinn and Brett Leason assisted Lundestrom with a wrist shot, making the first of the night for Anaheim.

The Sharks tried to equalize. However, Anaheim could keep up the lead and even add another one to the scoreboard as Trevor Zegras, with a wrist shot empty-netter, sealed the 2-0 win for the Sharks with just a minute and 35 left to play.

Again, the same story repeated for the Sharks, the visitors managed to score in the very last minute of the game.

With this result, San Jose has gone winless and goes on the road to play three games starting in Dallas Tuesday, Chicago Thursday, and Edmonton Friday. In the standings, they are in seventh place, just a position above the Stanley Cup Finalist, Edmonton Oilers.

San Jose returns to home ice on Sunday, Oct 20, against Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa: Celebrini shows flashes of brilliance but Sharks collapse later in opener

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San Jose Sharks Macklin Celebrini (71) is thrilled after scoring his first NHL goal in the first period at SAP Center in San Jose against the St Louis Blues on Thu Oct 10, 2024 (AP News photo)

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 Mary Lisa, NHL number one draft choice and San Jose Sharks Macklin Celebrini scored the first goal of the home opener against the St Louis Blues on Thursday night at SAP Center. Celebrini also assisted Tyler Toffoli later with a goal. What a debut for Celebrini.

#2 The Sharks did start the game off with Celebrini’s goal at 7:01 and Toffoli’s goal later at 17:14 ending the first period with a 2-1 Sharks lead.

#3 In the second period the Sharks looked like they might just runaway with this opening night thriller getting two unanswered goals from Fabian Zetterlund at 8:26 and Barclay Goodrow at 17:37 and the Sharks took a three goal 4-1 lead.

#4 In the third period the Blues went to work playing catch up scoring three unanswered goals to tie it up from Radek Faksa at 2:54, Ryan Sutter at 6:11, and Justin Faulk at 19:13.The Blues would get the game winner in overtime Brayden Schenn scored 45 seconds into the overtime stanza. At what point did it feel like this one was going to slip away from San Jose.

#5 The Sharks host the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday for the Ducks season opener. After the loss to the Blues on Thursday how motivated do you see the Sharks to get after this game with the Ducks at SAP Center?

Mary Lisa does the San Jose Sharks podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

The Future Is Teal: San Jose Kicks Off 2024-25 season with a loss in overtime to Blues

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Hockey is back in the Bay Area. The Sharks kicked off a journey of big dreams.

San Jose Bench lined up during the season opener against St. Louis Blues on Oct 10, 2024, at SAP Center in San Jose. (San Jose Media Relations)

By: Fernando Abarca

SAN JOSE, CA – One of the most anticipated nights in franchise history finally arrived, the 2024-25 campaign kicked off, and with that, the awakening of many dreams.

People showed up tonight after an almost sellout crowd of 17,435 people in attendance. It made a statement of what people wanted to see Thursday night, and that night was Macklin Celebrini who was selected 1st overall in the 2024 draft last summer.

The crowd made themselves be heard, and it was a revelation of what used to be in past years at Shark Tank, a place where several figures from the world of hockey filled the people of San Jose with happiness and nights of joy, something that seemed to have disappeared since 2019. The San Jose Sharks battled the St Louis Blues in overtime but lost the home opener 5-4.

The Sharks dominated for the most part of the game, scoring in the first and second periods. However, the Blues found ways to bounce back. Justin Faulk scored just seconds before to end the game and secure the first victory for the Sharks, but it had to be taken to overtime.

It was then that Brayden Schenn scored the fifth goal for the Blues and ended San Jose’s dreams of victory.

Despite this, we can rescue the wonderful first and second periods in which we can highlight the dream debut of Macklin Celebrini who, beyond his debut, scored his first point in his promising NHL career.

Macklin’s defiant action created a kind of aura for the Sharks, who, with great inspiration, scored a four-goal goal, encouraging the eagerness of the public, who felt the joy that had disappeared a long time ago.

Another important factor was the goaltending, adding 29 saves and taking the ovation and confidence of the team, even though in the third period the goals came for St Louis, Mackenzie Blackwood made a good performance.

Statistically speaking, the visiting team was expected to win, but the way the San Jose team would fight was not expected.

Now, the challenge for San Jose is to avoid in every possible way starting the season in the same way the team started the past seasons with losing records.

This Saturday, the action returns to San Jose, and together with them, the Sharks will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Night, in which there is much celebration and recognition of the Hispanic culture of the area. The Sharks will host Anaheim Saturday night at 7:00pm PT before embarking on a series of road games.

Sharks Beat Golden Knights 6-5, Score 3 in Final Minutes of Preseason

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San Jose Sharks defenseman Mario Ferraro (left) got a big hug from right wing Ethan Cardwell (56) after scoring a goal against the Las Vegas Golden Knights at the T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas on Sat Oct 5, 2024 (San Jose Sharks X photo)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 in San Jose’s final preseason game of 2024. Jimmy Shuldt, Klim Kostin, Mario Ferraro, Luke Kunin and Ethan Cardwell scored for San Jose. MacKenzie Blackwood made 32 saves for the win.

Daniil Gushchin had five assists in the game. Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexander Holtz, Mark Stone scored for Las Vegas, wth Dorofeyev scoring a hat trick. Adin Hill made 23 saves for Vegas. Tomas Hertl had three assists in the game.

Pavel Dorofeyev scored the first goal of the game with a backhand shot at 4:19. Alex Pietrangelo set him up with a pass from the wing. Alexander Holtz also got an assist.

Jimmy Shuldt tied the game at 8:01 with a shot from the point through traffic. Adin Hill was without a stick and the puck went under him. Assists went to Luca Cagnoni and Collin Graf.

About a minute later, Klim Kostin gave the Sharks a lead with a snap shot off the rush. Assists went to Danil Gushchin and Ty Dellandrea.

Alexander Holtz tied it again with a wrist shot at 14:38. Assists went to Tomas Hertl and Dorofeyev.

At the end of the first period, the teams were tied on the scoreboard and almost tied in shots, 13-12 Vegas. Each team took a penalty and each team killed it off.

Dorofeyev made it 3-2 with the lone second period goal at 5:12. He tipped a shot from Zach Whitecloud at the point. Brayden McNabb also had an assist.

The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks in the second period 9-6, despite taking two penalties while the Sharks took none.

Just 35 seconds into the third period, Mario Ferraro tied the game at 3 with a slap shot in the slot. Assists went to Gushchin and Dellandrea.

Less than three minutes later, Vegas made it 4-3 with a power play goal. Mark Stone tipped a shot from Shea Theodore. Hertl also got an assist.

Dorofeyev completed his hat trick at 8:46 of the third, making it 5-3 Vegas. Hertl and McNabb got the assists.

As hats were picked off the ice, the shot clock read 14-1 Vegas in the period. The Sharks stemmed the bleeding with a power play at 11:51. Though they did not score, they regained their composure and got some shots on net. They allowed no more shots from Vegas in the period and added ten of their own.

With the net empty for an extra skater, Luke Kunin cut the Vegas lead to 5-4 with a tip-in goal at 17:00. Assists went to Gushchin and Alexander Wennberg.

At 18:18, Kunin scored again to tie the game, another tip-in off a shot from Gushchin.

Ethan Cardwell scored the game winner for the Sharks with 12 seconds left in regulation. Assists went to Nico Sturm and Daniil Gushchin.

The Sharks will open their season on Thursday at 7:30 PM PT at home against the St. Louis Blues.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa: Askarov might be on shelf until regular season gets underway

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Former Nashville Predator goaltender and current San Jose Barracuda goaltender Yaroslav Askarov did not travel with the Barracuda for pre season game in Bakersfield on Fri Oct 4, 2024 (photo from nhl.com)

On the SJ Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 How surprising is that the San Jose Sharks have demoted their goaltender Yaroslav Askarov and was assigned to the AHL affiliate San Jose Barracuda.

#2 On Friday Askarov skated with the Barracuda during the Friday morning skate but did not travel to Bakersfield for the Barracuda’s first pre season game.

#3 The Barracuda have one more pre season game on Sun Oct 3 against Bakersfield before they open the regular season on Sat Oct 12th in Ontario. It’s quite possible without risking injury to Askarov he could see action once the regular season gets started.

#4 Askarov who was with the Nashville Predators last season asked for a trade after goaltender Jusse Saros was given an eight year extension and Scott Wedgewood would be the back up goalie which would most likely equate to Askarov having more bench time.

#5 There has to be very little doubt that Askarov looks at being in the San Jose organization as a second opportunity to get a chance to see more time and work his way up back to the Sharks.

Join Mary Lisa for the Sharks podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks hosted the Anaheim Ducks on Fri Oct 4, 2024, during the preseason game at SAP Center in San Jose (San Jose Media Relations)

San Jose Adds Another Loss in Dramatic Fashion

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San Jose Sharks hosted the Anaheim Ducks at the SAP Center in San Jose on Fri Oct 4, 2024, during the final pre-season game at home. (San Jose Media Relations)

By: Fernando Abarca, San Jose Sharks Beat Writer.

SAN JOSE, CA –– Time flies by, and so does the NHL Pre-season.

Back in action for the final time, at least for pre-season at home, the Sharks host for the third time during these warm-up games to the Anaheim Ducks. The Sharks last played against Anaheim a week ago where the local team managed to take the win home with a 3-2 score in Overtime.

Things have not gone well since that Friday night for the Sharks. The Teal added another loss against Utah and lost something more than just a game, Mac. Celebrini was injured in the second period, and the young star did not return to the game. The good news is that. The injury is nothing serious and is clear to play.

This time, The Sharks played well but simply couldn’t maintain the pressure that playing in life-or-death situations requires. The team showed good chemistry and fighting, but in. these instances, the team that plays better wins

Throughout the first period, both teams were fairly evenly matched, dominating strategy and playmaking more than execution, so the first period passed without much news with a score of zero to zero.

The Sharks came out onto the ice with a different DNA, showing a more aggressive game, especially on the offensive side, recovering pucks and closing down opportunities for Anaheim to score goals.

All of this paid off, and at minute 19:07, with an assist from W. Smith and J. Walman on a deflected slap shot, Klim Kostin scored the first goal for the home team.

San Jose maintained the lead for a long time until minute 12:06, when Anaheim’s Frank Vatrano tied the game for Anaheim.

The second period was plagued by penalties, power-plays, and a close game.

Everything seemed to be setting up a good third period, Anaheim managed to counterattack, starting with a play by L. Carlsson, A. Killorn, and a goal by Cutter Gauthier. During the third period, Anaheim maintained the lead for the rest of the game, and San Jose seemed to add another loss in regulation time.

San Jose’s Henry Thrun took charge of tying the score at 3-3 with a powerful slap shot assisted by W. Eklund.

The game went to overtime, and there was not much new, but the latest thing about the game was that the game went to a penalty shootout for the first time this season.

The first to score in the shootout was Anaheim star Trevor Zegras, who failed to get the puck into the net, and then Will Smith for San Jose, who also failed to score.

That’s how the second shootout went, neither team scored. San Jose’s D. Gushchin had a good performance tonight but couldn’t give any hope in the shootout.

The game was decided on the last goal as Anaheim’s Cutter Gauthier scored again for Anaheim and gave itself the lead and the chance to win.

San Jose’s F. Zetterlund failed to score, and thus, the Sharks added another loss in the pre-season.

San Jose will travel to Las Vegas to finish its pre-season commitments against the Vegas Golden Knights and thus begin the long-awaited opening night next October 10 against the Blues.

San Jose will once again host the Ducks on Hispanic Heritage Night on October 12 at home.

Double Loss For Sharks Against Utah; SJ loses game 3-1 and Celebrini to injury

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Macklin Celebrini seen here at the San Jose Sharks practice on Sep 19, 2024. Celebrini left during Tue Oct 1, 2024 pre season game against Utah with a lower body injury at SAP Center in San Jose (AP News photo)

By Fernando Abarca

The Sharks added another preseason loss but they did not just lose in the final score.

We are just a week away from the NHL’s 2023 face-off opening week where all the games finally mean something. Tuesday night, the San Jose Sharks hosted the Utah Hockey Club. Utah, a team that has been having a good pre-season so far (4-1), demonstrated that the team could give surprises as the season begins. San Jose could not replicate the same success as last Friday on the road.

The first period began without much news, and in the same way as the game started, it also ended since no team managed to put the puck in the net. San Jose struck by scoring the first goal eight minutes past the start of the second period at 12:33, a play assisted by William Eklund and Andrew Poturalski helped defenseman Matt Denning, to add points to the teal.

The Sharks kept the lead for almost the whole period. However, a powerplay granted to the visitors, Utah’s Sean Durzi brought hope just seconds to finish the period as it concluded with a tie heading on to the second intermission. 

The highlight of the story is the plague of injuries in the league and a plague that various teams are dealing with in this case, Macklin Celebrini, the number one pick and star of the team, was affected by a lower-body injury when trying for a breakaway goal that just did not go right.

Macklin returned for one more shift, but the pain won the battle against his conviction to continue playing, and did not return for the third period.

In the third period, Maklin’s absence was felt, and the San Jose team was unable to maintain a tie or find ways to score goals.

The visiting team took advantage of every indirect advantage, and this is how it happened, demonstrating a change in the dynamics of the game. Utah’s Kailer Yamamoto was the author in giving Utah the two-goal lead at minute 17:38 and 6:23.

It is also worth highlighting the work of Utah’s goaltender, Connor Ingram, who recorded 19 saves, avoiding opportunities for the Sharks to widen the scoresheet.

The Sharks still have two opportunities to refine details, try new ideas, and reinforce the areas that remain to be improved in this game this Friday night against Anaheim.

The Sharks look to get another pre-season victory, and this time at home.

The Sharks are confident that this is the way and that despite the numbers and statistics do not support the result after the games. The Sharks want to be ready and in good shape for the home opener this October 10 against St. Louis.

More updates regarding Macklin Celebrini’s injury will be provided as news becomes available

Continuing coverage will be provided on Sports Radio Service this Friday night when the Sharks host the Anaheim Ducks at SAP Center in San Jose.

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Sharks Eklund, Granlund, and Benning listed day to day with injuries; plus more news

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San Jose Sharks William Eklund (72) seen here scoring against the St Louis Blues on Sat Apr 6, 2024 at SAP Center in San Jose. Eklund is one of three Sharks players in camp that are day to day as reported on Fri Sep 27, 2024 (AP file photo)

On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The San Jose Sharks have some minor injuries they incurred after their pre season game against the Anaheim last Tuesday in San Jose. William Eklund, Mikael Granlund, and Matt Benning are all day to day.

#2 Sharks rookie Macklin Celebrini’s words ring like it was spoken by a veteran said that the Sharks should hate to lose games even if it’s pre season and that losing is not acceptable.

#3 Celebrini it should be noted that he’s the last player off the off after a practice. One of the reasons why he’s the number one NHL draft pick. Celebrini comes to work even in practice as the old saying goes practice makes perfect and he puts in the extra work.

#4 Mikael Gralund who is nursing an injury is day to day talked about what it’s been like in camp saying he could feel the energy and see the Sharks going somewhere this season. Granlund said having someone like Celebrini around is exciting and he brings a positive dimension to the team.

#5 The Sharks Barclay Goodrow said it’s exciting to be back in San Jose and he had a lot of good memories. Goodrow said he’s also excited about the new season coming up. Goodrow broke in with the Sharks in the 2014-15 season and left in 2019-20 and returned for this 2024-25 season and said he’s happy to be back in San Jose.

Join Mary Lisa for the San Jose Sharks podcasts Saturdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sharks Win in Preseason, Beat Ducks 3-2 in OT

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San Jose Sharks left wing Colin White (16) chases the puck against the Anaheim Ducks in pre season action at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Thu Sep 26, 2024 (photo by nhl.com)

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks won their first game of this preseason, 3-2 over the Anaheim Ducks in overtime on Thursday night. Tristen Robins, Klim Kostin and Luca Cagnoni scored for the Sharks. Georgi Romanov made 32 saves for the win. Mason McTavish and Leo Carlsson scored for the Ducks. Lukas Dostal and Calle Clang shared the Anaheim net. Dostal made 12 saves and Clang made 4.

After the game, Sharks Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky talked about Georgi Romanov’s performance:

“I thought he was awesome. I thought he was tracking pucks, he just looks more of a completed goalie as far as structure. He’s not flopping, he’s very square to pucks, he’s tracking pucks. He’s trying to just be a little more calmer in the net. I think [Goaltending Director Evgeni Nabokov] and Thomas Speer have done a really really good job.”

The Ducks scored the lone goal of the first period. Mason McTavish tipped a shot from Trevor Zegras at 19:42. A secondary assist went to Tristan Luneau. The teams finished the first period very close in shots, 9-9 Anaheim. There were a smattering of penalties, two for Anaheim and one for San Jose.

In the second period, it was the Sharks’ turn to score the lone goal. Tristen Robins scored with a wrist shot at 2:31, assisted by Danil Gushchin and Ethan Cardwell. The second period shots favored Anaheim, 14-7. There were just two penalties in the second period, one for each team.

The Ducks took the lead again at 5:21 of the third period with a power play goal from Leo Carlsson. Assists went to Jackson LaCombe and Troy Terry. The Sharks tied it again at 17:19 with a power play goal from Klim Kostin. Assists went to Gushchin and Kasper Halttunen. The overtime winner came from Luca Cagnoni at 2:08. Assists went to Cardwell and Klim Kostin.

Each team took two penalties in the third period and the Sharks were outshot 11-3. Cagnoni’s shot and goal was the only shot of the overtime period.

The Sharks will play their next preseason game on Tuesday October 1 at 7:00 PM PT, in San Jose against the visiting Utah Hockey Club.