I took Dan to this game for his birthday since he's an Avalanche fan and this was the first time the Sharks played the Avs at the Tank this year. He wore all his Avalanche garb and I warned him that if the Sharks went up big, I wasn't responsible for what the Sharks fans would do (or say) to him :-) Unfortunately, that wasn't meant to be, but at least Dan was able to see a good game by the Avalanche.
The first half of the game was very even. The Avalanche struck first when Brett Clark scored 11:10 into the first period. The Sharks answered back 2 minutes later when Jonathan Cheechoo scored on a power-play to tie it up. The second period started with Joe Sakic scoring from the goal crease 4 minutes in to put the Avs up by one. Four minutes later, Joe Thornton scored on a long shot to even it up at 2-2. From that point on, it was all Avs.
Brett McLean scored at 14:02 of the second to put the Avs up 3-2. Five minutes later, Brett Clark scored his second goal of the game (third of the season) to increase the Avs lead 4-2 and that's how the second period ended. In the third period, the Sharks had several chances to get back into the game (including a 5 on 3 power-play), but failed to score as Jose Theodore stood strong to get the victory. Joe Sakic provided one last goal as he scored for the second time in the game on the power-play at 7:34 to give the Avs a 5-2 victory.
After that last goal, the crowd was very silent for the rest of the game and a lot of fans started to leave with 10 minutes left. Since the Sharks have been playing great and winning this season, it was a strange sight to see the arena empty at the end instead of celebrating another win. Oh well, you can't win them all and the Sharks were definitely outplayed by the Avs in this one. Happy Birthday Bro!
Score: L 5-2
1st Period
Avs - Brett Clark (Joe Sakic, Wojtek Wolski)
SJ - Jonathan Cheechoo(PP) (Joe Thornton, Milan Michalek)
2nd Period
Avs - Joe Sakic (John-Michael Liles)
SJ - Joe Thornton (Rob Davison, Marc-Edouard Vlasic)
Avs - Brett McLean (Tyler Arnason, Brett Clark)
Avs - Brett Clark (Wojtek Wolski, Andrew Brunette)
3rd Period
Avs - Joe Sakic(PP) (Patrice Brisebois)
SJ SOG: 30
Avalanche SOG: 25
Winning Goalie: Jose Theodore
Losing Goalie: Vesa Toskala
Tickets: Section 211 Row 5
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