San Jose Sharks

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) Update] The Sharks assigned forwards Logan Couture and Benn Ferriero to Worcester on Sunday. Captain Rob Blake was placed on the IR last week and is expected to be out "a couple of weeks" with an upper body injury according to head coach Todd McLellan. Blake underwent an MRI and CT scan last Fr...

By San Jose Sharks Staff The San Jose Sharks success to start 2009-10 shouldn’t come as a surprise. They’ve got the big horses in Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Dany Heatley, Dan Boyle, Rob Blake, Evgeni Nabokov and others carrying their weight. However, t...

By Nick Burger His first NHL goal came in his hometown against the Edmonton Oilers. With San Jose shorthanded, captain and veteran defenseman Rob Blake went down with an injury on the resulting penalty kill. Blake's vague upper-body injury has him sidelined for a week.

By Jason Figueiredo-Dumpit Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings, the void left by Blake’s injury immediately presented more ice time for Kent Huskins .  While Huskins is a great replacement for Blake defensively, leading the Sharks with a plus-8 +/-, he doesn't create much offensive noise. 

The San Jose Sharks placed defenseman Rob Blake on injured reserve Thursday with an upper-body injury.

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) Update2] Sharks' Rob Blake admires Kings' team -- The veteran San Jose defenseman and former L.A. captain says he likes the strategy General Manager Dean Lombardi has put in place and how the focus is on young players - Los Angeles Times.

The Sharks announced that defenseman Rob Blake will be the team's captain, with Joe Thornton and Dan Boyle as the alternates. San Jose opens its season tonight at Colorado. Big deal for Ward: The Hurricanes signed goaltender Cam Ward, 25, to a $37.8 million...

By PJ Swenson(jon@sharkspage.com) The San Jose Sharks named defenseman Rob Blake as the 10th captain in franchise history Wednesday afternoon. Blake joins past captains Doug Wilson (91–93), Bob Errery (93-95), Jeff Odgers (95-96), Todd Gill (96-98), Owen Nolan (98-03), Ricci-Damphousse-McCauley (03-04) and Patric...

By jon@sharkspage.com (PJ Swenson) Q] Dan Boyle challenged fellow defenseman Rob Blake and Marc-Edouard Vlasic shortly after the loss to Anaheim, and in the State of the Sharks event he said the team needed better play from Evgeni Nabokov as well as himself. How would Boyle perform as a captain, and how would that affect the t...

By jon@sharkspage.com (PJ Swenson) A knee injury limited him severely against Anaheim, but the troubling playoff history dating back several years almost demands that a change be made. Veteran defenseman Dan Boyle and Rob Blake, and forwards Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau could be options for captain in 2...

By jon@sharkspage.com (PJ Swenson) Brad Lukowich added a veteran presence and depth to the Sharks blueline last year, which turned over more than 50% with the additions of Rob Blake, Dan Boyle, Kent Huskins and Brad Lukowich. Huskins, acquired in the trade with Anaheim along with Travis Moen, signed a 2-year $3.4 million con...

The San Jose Sharks could emerge as a trade partner for the Blue Jackets , who continue their search for a puck-moving defenseman. The Sharks' signing of Ryane Clowe, Kent Huskins and Rob Blake leaves them $1.7 million from the $56.8 million salary cap for next season, and they still need to si...

SAN JOSE Defenseman Rob Blake is coming back to the Sharks .

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By jon@sharkspage.com (PJ Swenson) After a 2-minute minor to Sydor expired at the start of the second period, the Stars had a full 3 minute power play to work with. Rob Blake cross-checked Loui Eriksson giving Dallas an extended 5-on-3 power play (17:33, 2-minutes 5-on-3, 2:33 left in Pavelski major). Patrick Marleau, Chris...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: San Jose Sharks at Calgary Flames (10 p.m. EST; TV: CSBA, RSW). The Sharks are on a 7-1-4 streak, which is what qualifies as a slump for them. Could the Sharks send five players to the all-star game in Joe Thornton, Dan Boyle, Evgeni Nabokov, Patrick Marleau and Rob Blake ... and yet have non...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: San Jose Sharks at Calgary Flames (10 p.m. EST; TV: CSBA, RSW). The Sharks are on a 7-1-4 streak, which is what qualifies as a slump for them. Could the Sharks send five players to the all-star game in Joe Thornton, Dan Boyle, Evgeni Nabokov, Patrick Marleau and Rob Blake ... and yet have non...

By Ross McKeon Dishonorable mention: The fact it took Minnesota's Marian Gaborik 27 games to get over his owie. … The Sharks got caught on a long shift in overtime, and specifically defenseman Rob Blake, who might have been thinking a little too much offense on the play considering he had cranked a season...

By Greg Wyshynski With Boyle in the Norris race, the Sharks don't miss Campbell at all; in fact, Rob Blake (5-16-21) has Campbell's numbers this season with less ice time (21:45). Still ... we'd love to see what Boyle's campaign commercial against Campbell would look like.

By Ross McKeon New coach Todd McLellan wants to see the San Jose defense get involved, and that hasn't been a problem for newcomer Rob Blake. He assisted on four of San Jose's seven goals during a blowout win over the Washington Capitals. Blake has 17 points for the season, two fewer than the league-leader f...

By Jess(noreply@blogger.com) Its been a little while, so lets catch things up, shall we?<br /><br />July 3rd, I'm sitting at my computer, and what do I read, but that the San Jose Sharks have signed longtime really old guy Rob Blake. Back in the 60s (or something), Blake was a feared defend...

By chuqui Picking up pieces and an update on Michalek - The San Jose Mercury News Sharks Hockey Blog -: Thornton Marleau Pavelski Mitchell Grier Clowe Setoguchi Jeremy Roenick Craig Rivet Rob Blake-Dan Boyle Vlasic-Rivet Murray-lukowich (rumored coming from tampa)

Going to the Sharks with Boyle is veteran defenseman Brad Lukowich in exchange for defenseman Matt Carle, blueline prospect Ty Wishart, a first round pick in 2009 and a fourth round pick in 2010. After signing an aging Rob Blake from the LA Kings the Sharks have now given themselves what the...

By Damian Cristodero WESTERN CONFERENCE Rob Blake, Los Angeles Kings Scott Hannan, Colorado Avalanche Ed Jovanovski, Phoenix Coyotes Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames Brian Rafalski, Detroit Red Wings Robyn Regehr, Calgary Flames Sheldon Souray, Edmonton Oilers Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars