Friday, March 03, 2006

 

View from the Red Road

View from the Red Road

Sharks And The “Cheechoochraan”
Is A Runnin’ Again!

March 1, 2006
(API)
In their first game following the two week break for the Olympic Winter Games, the San Jose Sharks managed a decisive 5 - 1 victory over the Detroit Redwings, current holders of the most NHL points. The Redwings had five players on the gold medal Sweden hockey team and were without their star defenseman, Nicklas Lidstrom.
Jonathan Cheechoo got the ‘Cheechoochraan’ rollin again as he recorded the first Shark’s assist and first game-winning goal to bring in the second half of the season with a fantastic start. Had the Sharks not gotten “shut out” six games back, Cheechoo would have had a point-scoring streak nearing 25 games – which would have led the NHL. Cheechoo also upped his ranking in ‘power play goals’, recording his 18th of the season to fall into second place over all NHL players this year thus far. He adjusted to an off pass from star teammate, Joe Thornton, and chipped the puck over the Detroit netminder to give the Sharks a 2 – 0 lead. Cheechoo recorded one goal and two assists in the game and led the team in shots against the star Redwings goaltender, Manny Legacy.
The newly acquired star centerman Thornton led the team with one goal and three assists, as the other star center, Patrick Marleau, also recorded a goal and assist.
Cheechoo’s standings in the NHL goal scoring race increased to 35 goals – 4th place overall in the NHL, as his power play tallies moved up to 18 – second overall - so far this year.
The Sharks return to action Friday night in Edmonton as they begin a three game road trip.

Official Cheechoo Updates can be found here: http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/50268

Note: "The Hockey News" chose Jonathan Cheechoo as an alternate to 2006 Canadian Olympic Hockey Team.

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