San Jose Sharks Continue to Struggle with Allowing Shorthanded Goals

Posted: 4th December 2009 by Jason Figueiredo-Dumpit in NHL
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The San Jose Sharks' miscues while up a man this season are becoming quite the pesky problem. áá For the second time in five games, the dreaded Short Handed Goal Against (SHGA) reared itÆs evil head and forced an abrupt end to a promising Sharks winning streak.á á Notching a tally in the SHGA column is one of the gravest sins you can commit in the game of hockey.á When this unfortunate turn of events happens to your team, it is easy to just throw away the occurrence as a fluke.á Considering there is a 12-to-one chance that a ôshortyö actually occurred in the last game you watched, a SHGA is not exactly a common happening.á áá Currently, 8.9-percent of NHL games have a shorthanded goal occur, which is con ...

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