SHARKS ABUSE KINGS : SAN JOSE 7, KINGS 2.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Owen Nolan Owen Liam Nolan (born February 12, 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian professional hockey player who is currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. wasn't capitalizing on his All-Star performance, he was getting revenge. The Sharks' forward, who had a hat trick hat trick n. Sports 1. Three goals scored by one player in one game, as in ice hockey. 2. Three wickets taken in cricket by a bowler in three consecutive balls. 3. in last weekend's All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games , had two goals and two assists to lead San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. to a 7-2 victory over the Kings on Wednesday night. Just two nights before, Nolan was scoreless as Vancouver beat the Sharks 6-1. ``We took that pretty hard,'' Nolan said. ``We weren't going to let that happen again.'' It was Nolan's second four-point game of the season; he had three goals and an assist Oct. 27 at Chicago. Nolan leads the Sharks with 19 goals and 20 assists. Darren Turcotte Darren Turcotte (Born March 2 1968 in Boston, MA) is a retired professional ice hockey player. Turcotte was drafted in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He was selected in the sixth round number 114 overall. and Jeff Friesen Jeff Friesen (born Jeff Daryl Friesen on August 5, 1976 in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a professional hockey player, who is currently an unrestricted free agent. Playing career each added two goals for San Jose, giving Sharks coach Al Sims a pleasant dilemma. ``Three guys with two goals. We put them in the same line in the third period hoping to get one of them the hat trick,'' he said. The Kings, 4-2-1 over their last seven games, have lost both of their meetings against the rival Sharks so far this season. In their games against San Jose, the Kings have surrendered 14 goals. ``This was the worst game for us,'' Kings coach Larry Robinson said. ``This is a team we're fighting for a playoff spot with, and we skated like we didn't care. There was absolutely no commitment out there at all.'' Nolan opened the second period with his second goal, knocking a pass from Friesen past Kings goaltender Byron Dafoe to give the Sharks a 3-0 lead. Kings forward Ray Ferraro answered with a power-play goal against Sharks goalie Chris Terreri. But Viktor Kozlov's wrist shot went between Dafoe's legs 51 seconds later and put the Sharks up 4-1. Friesen and Turcotte also had goals for San Jose in the second. Dafoe was replaced after the period by goalie Stephane Fiset. Nolan gave the Sharks an early lead when he outmaneuvered Kings defenseman Doug Zmolek and scored at 3:12 of the first period. The Sharks went up 2-0 later in the first when Turcotte took a pass from Andrei Nazarov and beat Dafoe from out in front of the crease. Yanic Perreault scored the Kings' only other goal 55 seconds into the third period. Friesen scored his second, a shorthanded goal, when teammate Bernie Nicholls stole the puck from Kings defenseman Aki Berg in the third period. |
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