Sharks Game!

Last night I went to an NHL ice hockey game between the San Jose Sharks and Phoenix Coyotes at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. I must say I wasn't sure what to really expect and went with no expectations what so ever. The amount of flashy stuff they had was cool, lots of light and sound, in addition to a good game.


The opening couple of minutes was exciting as there was a big hit - a Sharks player slammed a Coyotes guy into the glass and the Coyotes guy didn't take too kindly too it. A fight ensued with them swinging a couple of punches.. a helmet flew off there, a glove there.. all the while the referees were standing around. Once the fight hit the ice, the referees jumped into stop the fight. The Coyotes guy was ejected from the game and at this point I thought things were really exciting :D

Well for the first period the Coyotes dominated territory and shots on goal, however the Sharks looked dangerous on each attack they had. After some sort of penalty, the Sharks were defending a power play late in the first period. They managed a counter attack and scored a short handed goal - the crowd erupted - i.e. watch the video.


The only thing that surprised me was how many actual stoppages there were in the game. Each break between periods was twenty minutes, plus the time stopped when there was an infringement, so an hour game took two and a half hours to play..

Anyway the sharks scored another goal in the second period to lead 2-0. In the third they scored again, another fight broke out and yet again another Coyotes player was ejected. From that point the Sharks completely dominated and scored two more goals, finishing the game 5-0, with me thrilled to have watched an exciting game :D