The formal name is HP Pavilion at San Jose, but this building will forever colloquially be known as the Shark Tank. The 17,562-seat home of the San Jose Sharks since 1993 could be considered a significant step up from Daly City’s Cow Palace, the Sharks’ original facility from 1991-93. This has not been a particularly kind venue to the Los Angeles Kings, who are 20-31-7 all-time on the road against San Jose. The Sharks have won 21 of the last 29 meetings at HP Pavilion. Aside from Wayne Gretzky’s 99 – retired league-wide in 2000 – San Jose has not retired any numbers.
hey, they have the same crowd as Coyotes do??
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Mars Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
@harty, Bazinga!
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harty Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
@Mars, okay Sheldon……..
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Too bad nothing good ever comes out of this Shark Tank…
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harty Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:33 pm
@shiny, tonight we will let the water out of the tank, sharks are going down…….
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Mars Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
@harty, Wonder if the Shark drain it to watch the casucks flop aroud
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Please stop beholding!
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Looks like it was assembed in Mexico.
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Duncanz Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
@Mars, Like your TV probably was!
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Mars Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:43 pm
@Duncanz, Nope, Mine was assembled in Irvine.
Picked it up directly from Mitsubishi.
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Mars Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:44 pm
@Mars, Even says assemebled in Irvine, Ca on the back!
I dunno where the parts came from and dont want to think about that.
LA_1968 Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:54 pm
@Mars, Mexico is the new Made in USA anyway for most things. But yeah, it looks like a cookie cutter Mexican government building. The inside is so bland too. Grey and black are the only things that don’t clash with teal. They could have added teal to the building but they didn’t want to give everyone a migraine.
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kissmyblarneystones Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:01 pm
@Mars,
It looks like a shanty town was raided. Corrugated steel exterior, weird.
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Behold…A pale Horse….
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‘Patty’ Marleau’s #12 could be the first Sharks jersey retired.
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The Cow Palace sure had some
Good Rock-n-Roll shows back in the day…
I didn’t know that 99″s sweater is in every venue…
Did I read that right?
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shiny Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:44 pm
@SLIM, I don’t think it’s in every venue, but his # was retired around the whole league
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harty Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:47 pm
@shiny, that is the case, the jersey is retired throughout the league and displayed as 99 in banner form in most arenas
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Mars Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:49 pm
@harty, I dont recall seeing it at the pond or whatever they call it now when the Kings play there.
JonRosen Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:52 pm
@SLIM, the famous show by The Who where a drummer was selected from the crowd to replace [an incapacitated] Keith Moon took place at the Cow Palace, I believe.
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SLIM Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:04 pm
@JonRosen,
Yes …this did happen…
Twice…1st time passed out on tranks and liquor..
Went back and passed out again…
Had a audience member play….
I was there with “Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush”…
Who.. No one will remember..
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I was in highschool when this team was squited out of someones rear end into existence.
I remeber seeing a lot of Kings fans convert.
Remeber seeing the stickers vanish around town when the Kings won the cup too.
It was nice.
There was this d-bag whom had his Chevy astro painted the team colors with the logo on his spare tire chingadero, and after the Kings won, he sold it. Never to be seen again.
I also saw a lot of Sucks fans vanish too.
Ahhh the memories of fairweather and bandwagon fans….
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jess Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:49 pm
@Mars,
Once a shark, always a shark…
I don’t trust them.
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No wonder Bob can’t see some of the jersey names.
Jon, is this shot from the press area?
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JonRosen Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:53 pm
@jet, Yes, but zoomed in. There’s a lot of metal scaffolding in the way that would obscure a wider shot – and makes for one of the loudest home environments in the league, so I’m told. My first trip to the Tank!
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The fact that Sharks have no retired sweaters tells you no one good ever played there for very long… or the Sharks ownership just doesn’t care enough. Either way, really sad…
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harty Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:48 pm
@shiny, or with thier revolving door they need all the sweaters and numbers……..
I still like Handzus….he was slow out there for us but he knew what to do in our end all the time down low supporting the D….
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cup4kings Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:54 pm
@shiny,
They started in 91′…..that tells me they haven’t been around long enough for retired jerseys.
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shiny Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:12 pm
@cup4kings, They haven’t had one veteran come through their doors that’s good enough to have his sweater retired? That’s sad
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Kind of off topic but I just read the post about Rich Clune, well actually I read the bloggers after midnight on that post. I’m sorry but all I can do is laugh at it because its just ridiculous and psycho (no pun intended)! What in the heck is going on here? I don’t do any “blogging” other then here so I’m not sure if all that went on is typical of blogging life. I do come here and have been for a few years now and enjoy this blog for the most part. Some of you get my BP up with all the ludicrous ideas, trades, lineups, etc but for the most part I enjoy discussing the Kings and hockey in general, and I’ve butted heads with some off you. I’ve also held a couple of watch parties at my pad where some of you attended. We had fun I think, and I’ve thought about having another this season. I also like what Jon Rosen is doing here but…………the stuff that was allowed to go on last night/early morning is just too much! Many weeks(?) ago I made a generic comment/post to not respond or pay attention to those whom I don’t think deserve my attention. Of course one blogger (guess who?) had to comment about that, even though I never used anyone’s “handle” and posted it on its own and not connected with another post. Anyway, I guess what I’m trying to say is if the bloggers here who do come here to really talk Kings and hockey, and do so mostly in a respectful way to each other would just follow suit, it may alleviate what happened last night and other nights.
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cup4kings Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:55 pm
@Shotongoal,
Your post is about as long as that article, lol
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Shotongoal Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 6:59 pm
@cup4kings, yeah well it’s much shorter and way nicer than some last night!
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cup4kings Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:12 pm
@Shotongoal,
Sorry brotha, I was only making a joke….I can see that you were offended on here last night and that’s not cool. This board, unlike many other boards, is usually on-topic discussions about the Kings. What I like about this board is that no one typically personally attacks other people.
LA_1968 Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:06 pm
@Shotongoal, Only blog for me too. I have used forums for learning and helping for a couple decades but this is really different than that. Even so, there’s always a jerk. It gets real bad, then they ban the IP address. Then the a-hole changes IP’s and it goes in circles until the quality suffers. Good people end up going around the mess like someone puked in the middle of the joint. People come out of the woodwork with this Cup. No love, no respect.
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Shotongoal Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:07 pm
@LA_1968, when are you going to be in LA for a game? Would love to hook up for dinner before.
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CB14 Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:32 pm
@Shotongoal, I agree completely. It’s gotten crazy around here lately.
The only place I blog on is here and Pauls site, and the reason is because these are the only places where you can come to and talk about the Kings in a respectfull manner with sane people. Well, it used to be respectfull, it’s gotten crazy lately. Like you said, the best way to fix the problem is to not respond to it/him.
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CB14 Reply:
March 14th, 2013 at 7:34 pm
I add that I’d like the 10 minutes back for my life after reading that crapfest. It’s like a car wreck, you can’t stand to watch it, but you can’t look away either.
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Stupid HP Pavilion! O, I shouldn’t be that way, I work for them. Or am I that way because I work for them. Any way, combine the previos statment with the Kings last game, I started drinking before this game!
GKG! Pleeeeese win.
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I knew that Marleau multi goal game streak, and power play, and 7-0-0 was going to bite those fools in the ass. Hockey loves to even things out.
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