Whether you hold a grudge against the National Hockey League and its players for the lockout matters not—the first puck drop of the season for San Jose Sharks fans comes Sunday.
The Sharks’ first game is against the Calgary Flames, in Calgary, starting at 3 p.m. The team’s first home game is Thursday, Jan. 24, against the Phoenix Coyotes starting at 7:30 p.m.
The 2012-13 season is really just the 2013 season thanks to a lockout by the NHL against the players as they struggled to come to terms for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was reached Jan. 6 after missing 113 days of the season. The normal 82-game schedule is reduced to 48 games.
There are some new faces on and behind the bench.
Right-winger Adam Burish is new to the Sharks from the Dallas Stars, but has a 2010 Stanley Cup ring from his time with the Chicago Blackhawks. Burish was a linemate of forward Joe Pavelski’s on their University of Wisconsin team that won the NCAA Frozen Four title in 2006.
New bench bosses include Hall of Famer Larry Robinson who becomes associate coach to head coach Todd McClellan, and Jim Johnson comes on as assistant coach.
Robinson achieved Hall of Fame status as a player and has a host of awards and impressive stats to support it. He has been an assistant coach and head coach for the New Jersey Devils and helped take the team to a 1999-2000 Stanley Cup win.
Johnson is a former NHL player and was most recently an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals.
The Sharks return to the ice with a new emblem on their helmets honoring the team’s original owner George Gund, III, who died on Jan. 15.
Here is the San Jose Sharks season schedule:
January 2013
Day/Date
Visitor
Home
Time (PT)
TV/Network
SUN JAN 20
SHARKS
FLAMES
3:00 PM
TUE JAN 22
SHARKS
OILERS
7:00 PM
TSN
THU JAN 24
COYOTES
SHARKS
7:30 PM
SAT JAN 26
AVALANCHE
SHARKS
1:00 PM
NHLN-US
SUN JAN 27
CANUCKS
SHARKS
5:00 PM
TUE JAN 29
DUCKS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
THU JAN 31
OILERS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
February 2013
Day/Date
Visitor
Home
Time (PT)
TV/Network
SAT FEB 2
PREDATORS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
MON FEB 4
SHARKS
DUCKS
7:00 PM
TUE FEB 5
BLACKHAWKS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
SAT FEB 9
COYOTES
SHARKS
1:00 PM
NHLN-US
MON FEB 11
SHARKS
BLUE JACKETS
4:00 PM
TUE FEB 12
SHARKS
PREDATORS
5:00 PM
FRI FEB 15
SHARKS
BLACKHAWKS
5:30 PM
TUE FEB 19
SHARKS
BLUES
5:00 PM
TSN2, NBCSN
FRI FEB 22
SHARKS
BLACKHAWKS
5:30 PM
NHLN-US
SAT FEB 23
SHARKS
STARS
5:00 PM
TUE FEB 26
AVALANCHE
SHARKS
7:30 PM
THU FEB 28
RED WINGS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
March 2013
Day/Date
Visitor
Home
Time
TV/Network
SAT MAR 2
PREDATORS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
TUE MAR 5
SHARKS
CANUCKS
7:00 PM
WED MAR 6
SHARKS
FLAMES
6:30 PM
SAT MAR 9
BLUES
SHARKS
1:00 PM
NHLN-US
SUN MAR 10
SHARKS
AVALANCHE
5:00 PM
TUE MAR 12
SHARKS
BLUES
5:00 PM
THU MAR 14
KINGS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
SAT MAR 16
SHARKS
KINGS
7:30 PM
MON MAR 18
SHARKS
DUCKS
7:00 PM
WED MAR 20
SHARKS
OILERS
6:30 PM
TSN
SAT MAR 23
SHARKS
WILD
11:00 AM
MON MAR 25
SHARKS
DUCKS
7:00 PM
WED MAR 27
DUCKS
SHARKS
7:00 PM
THU MAR 28
RED WINGS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
SAT MAR 30
COYOTES
SHARKS
7:30 PM
April 2013
Day/Date
Visitor
Home
Time
TV/Network
MON APR 1
CANUCKS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
WED APR 3
WILD
SHARKS
7:30 PM
FRI APR 5
FLAMES
SHARKS
7:30 PM
SUN APR 7
STARS
SHARKS
1:00 PM
NHLN-US
TUE APR 9
SHARKS
BLUE JACKETS
4:00 PM
THU APR 11
SHARKS
RED WINGS
4:30 PM
SAT APR 13
SHARKS
STARS
5:00 PM
MON APR 15
SHARKS
COYOTES
7:00 PM
TUE APR 16
KINGS
SHARKS
7:30 PM
THU APR 18
WILD
SHARKS
7:30 PM
SUN APR 21
BLUE JACKETS
SHARKS
5:00 PM
TUE APR 23
STARS
SHARKS
7:00 PM
WED APR 24
SHARKS
COYOTES
7:00 PM
SAT APR 27
SHARKS
KINGS
7:30 PM
NBC, NBCSN
