Pat Caputo: Sharks And Red Wings More Different Than Alike
The Red Wings and San Jose Sharks don't seem to have much in common.
One is an Original Six team, with blood-red uniforms that have long be identifiable, and a logo as famous as any in hockey.
The other is the consummate expansion team with the ultimate modern-day uniform color, teal. The Sharks are not known as much for their tradition as their logo, which is a shark taking a bite out of a hockey stick.
Sports > Columns.PAT CAPUTO: Sharks and Red Wings more different than alike WITH VIDEO
Published: Friday, April 29, 2011
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Of The Oakland Press
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San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton celebrates after scoring the winning goal against the Los Angeles Kings during overtime of Game 6 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series in Los Angeles, Monday, April 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
The Red Wings and San Jose Sharks don't seem to have much in common.
One is an Original Six team, with blood-red uniforms that have long be identifiable, and a logo as famous as any in hockey.
The other is the consummate expansion team with the ultimate modern-day uniform color, teal. The Sharks are not known as much for their tradition as their logo, which is a shark taking a bite out of a hockey stick.
The Red Wings have won 11 Stanley Cup championships, including four since the Sharks entered the league as a marketing executive's dream in the early 1990s. The Sharks have never won a Stanley Cup. They have never even been to the finals.
But this season, the Sharks entered the postseason as the chic pick to win the Stanley Cup. They finished a point better than the Red Wings in the regular season, and hence have home-ice advantage in a Western Conference semifinal playoffs series that begins late tonight.
The Sharks have long been known for excelling in the regular season and disappearing in the postseason. The Red Wings have just been known for excelling.
