Draw the Sharks: Crankshaft

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This actually started out as part of a comic I was working on for Diamondback, but for some reason, it just wasn't clicking. I liked the Doug Murray I had drawn for the first pannel, so I decided to salvage him. Here he is, in all his digitally colored glory.

The summer is long, so I might do a few more of these to fill the hockey void.

If you're the owner of an image I use as reference, no worries,these aren't for sale. I will do my best to credit the original owner of the images.

When A Sharkspage Rosterbates, People Listen

Some good stuff regarding the Sharks current roster and possible changes for next season

DW, seriously. KEEP CLOWE! And Patty, but really...CLOWE!


*Internet bonus points to anyone who gets that old commercial reference.

Is This The End?

Tonight @ 5pm
NBC HD, CBC HD RDS HD
Wings lead series 3-2

We all know how this game went last year. In the dark recesses of my mind, this fact was churning, causing me to dream about tonight's game.

In my dream, at first it seems like the Wings had won. I was annoyed. But then, it was discovered that the game had yet to happen. What I had seen of the Wings skating around the ice with the Cup was imagined. The game had yet to be played. As I compared some odd seals representing each of the two teams, I awoke. I have no idea what this means, other than I apparently have too much hockey on the brain.

Post Game Recap:

Holy effing poop popsicles on a stick. That was a GAME.

Games 1 and 2 were made up for with game 6.

Nuts.

Tivo'd it? watch this game. Holy crap.

Save by Scuderi was sick.

MAF was amazing. Osgood was good too, but MAF needed it more.

Pens were all over the place. The Wings had nothing until the third.

The third was nuts. Everything the third period in a game 6 of the finals should be.

Some tricky penalties, but only a few for both sides. This game flowed.

@wilw sums it up best: Two post-game six thoughts: 1. Wow that whole game was a freakin' highlight reel. 2. I can't wait for game seven.

Whooooooo

Game 7 here we come!

They aren't the Sharks, but I can still dig it. Go Pens!

All the News That We Deem Important

Things here in Tartsville have settle down a bit, so we figured it'd be a good time to brief you on all the Sharks news we missed this week.

Equipment sale was yesterday. For those of you who like buying smelly old socks and framing them. Hope you all had a good time.

The Ehrhoffs welcomed their new baby daughter to the world, then flew back to Germany with her. Congrats to the family! And double congrats for surviving all those flights with a newborn.

Looking for a reason to hit Vegas this summer? JR will be there. That's reason enough to go just about anywhere.Considering who's playing, it could be quite a show. I'd rather have tickets to this then the NHL Snore Awards.

WTC had an update on some Marleau rumors a few days back.

SCF, Day 5, Game 5

Today @ 5pm (how steadily scheduled)
NBC HD, CBC HD, RDS HD
Series is tied at 2 a piece
pining for the big screen

May or may not be home for this one. RL occasionally interferes with hockey watching. One thing we can all be sure of, however, is that one team will win tonight and one team will lose.

Book it.

Post Game Recap:

That was awful. I got home in time to the second and third and I kind of wished our dinner plans had not fallen through because that was painful to watch. Wow in a bad way. I'd like to see this go 7. Go Pens.

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Moving on to better things, here's an article I found on digg that talks about whether or not scoring the first goal in game has any impact on who wins. I'll give you a hint, it dpends on who you ask and what games you look at.

SCF, Day 4, Game 4

Today @ 5pm
VERSUS HD, CBC HD, RDS HD
Wings lead series 2-1

The good ladies at HLOG will be live blogging tonight's game. Please stop by and join us if you can.

SCF, Day 3, Game 3

Today @ 5pm
VERSUS HD, CBC HD, RDS HD
Wings lead 2-0

Post Game Recap:

Until they talk to Tavares for 5 seconds, this game was all about TOO MANY MEN ON THE ICE!

I'm sure that's a big conspiracy theory today, but I am confident that occasionally people just can't count. How many times have you had to recount heads when out with a group for dinner? Yeah. Like that. It was funny, and it was obviously a penalty that should have been called, but it wasn't. Moving on.

OMG TAVARES!
That interview was...over very quickly. They asked him if he was ready to assume a leadership roll like Crosby had. Like he's going to say "no, I don't want to take on a leadership role. I kinda want to suck for a few years." Not going to happen, but I suppose they have to ask him something, so might as well lob a pre-approved softball.

This game was much more of what I had been looking for in terms of pace and battles. Both teams actually seemed to realize they were playing for something special last night. The last five minutes of this game was CRAZY! Loved it.