Only remaining team from the 1967 expansion that has yet to win a Stanley Cup, even though they've been a pretty good franchise for pretty much their entire history in the NHL.
Plus it was awesome when the fans sang "Take Me Home, Country Roads" during the game last night, and North American sports needs more fun team songs like that one.
Technically the Sharks have a loose connection to the 1967 expansion Golden Seals too.
I think I will be cheering for the Blues from here on. They are the team that has been in the league the longest without a Cup. If any fan base is "deserving" it is them.
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Saturday, May 11 at San Jose on CBC, Sportsnet, NBC, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm
Monday, May 13 at San Jose on CBC, Sportsnet, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1900h/7:00 pm
Wednesday, May 15 at St. Louis on CBC, SN360, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm Friday, May 17 at St. Louis on CBC, SN360, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm
*Sunday, May 19 at San Jose on CBC, Sportsnet, NBC, and TVA Sports 1300h/1:00 pm
*Tuesday, May 21 at St. Louis on CBC, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1800h/6:00 pm *Thursday, May 23 at San Jose on CBC, SN1, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1900h/7:00 pm
Blues: 45-28-9, 99 points (fifth in the western conference) Sharks: 48-27-7, 103 points (second in the western conference)
Regular-season series: Sharks won 2-1-0 (Blues 1-1-1) Games were on November 9 and 17 and March 9.
TheRealPepman mentioned it in his post that this will be the sixth time the Blues and Sharks meet in the playoffs. The Sharks won 4-2 in 2016 which was also the western conference finals. The previous series were all in the 1st round.
This is the game 6 in its entirety of the 2016 series.
Only remaining team from the 1967 expansion that has yet to win a Stanley Cup, even though they've been a pretty good franchise for pretty much their entire history in the NHL.
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Originally Posted by FireGilbert
Technically the Sharks have a loose connection to the 1967 expansion Golden Seals too.
I think I will be cheering for the Blues from here on. They are the team that has been in the league the longest without a Cup. If any fan base is "deserving" it is them.
Yep, that was quite a circle route to having a hockey team return to the Bay area. The Golden Seals leave Oakland, become the Cleveland Barons, and then merge with the Minnesota North Stars and remain in the Twin Cities. Here are two of the better explanations and a key quote of the Sharks and Seals history from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Barons_(NHL) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_N...pansion_Drafts
"The league arranged a special dispersal and expansion draft in which the Sharks claimed 16 North Stars players in a dispersal draft, with both teams then allowed to choose players in an expansion draft. Although the NHL considers the Sharks to be a separate franchise from the Seals/Golden Seals/Barons, the dispersal to San Jose had the effect of reversing the original Barons-North Stars merger, with the Sharks occupying the same market as the Golden Seals did prior to their move to Cleveland."
Hertl's cross check to create the turnover in the goal has set the tone for this game, with plenty of stick work that has followed. This is going to be nasty, and fun
Bouwmeester gets a pretty soft interference call, but then SJ gets away with one themselves at the blueline followed by Parayko breaking Kane's stick for a 5 on 3.