Chicago Blackhawks vs San Jose Sharks Live Streaming
Sunday, May 16, 2010
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3:00 pm EDT Sun May 16, 2010
The Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks seemed to be on a collision course toward the Western Conference final. With 14 Olympians, seven gold medalists, two silver medal winners and plenty of other talented players, these two teams spent much of the season battling for the top spot in the conference. The buzz has only gotten bigger this week, with a berth in the Stanley Cup final on the line. The best-of-seven series opens Sunday in San Jose, all because the Sharks beat the Blackhawks by one point for the top spot in the conference on the final weekend of the regular season. The Sharks got here by beating Colorado in six games in the first round and two-time defending Western Conference champion Detroit in the second. The Blackhawks are in the conference final for the second straight year after beating both Nashville and Vancouver in six games. This is just the sixth time since the current playoff format began in 1994 that the top two seeds have made it to the conference final.
Both teams are eager to get this started. The Sharks will have had seven full days off since beating Detroit, while Chicago will have had a four-day break since dispatching Vancouver. The Sharks geared up, backed off and picked up the pace again as they waited to find out when this series would open. The Blackhawks took a day off Friday to tour Alcatraz before returning to the ice Saturday. Seven of them won gold medals for Canada earlier this year. Thornton was joined on the squad by linemates Patrick Marleau and Dany Heatley and defenseman Dan Boyle. There they were teammates with Chicago’s Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook. They will now be on opposite sides with another big prize on the line. Those temporary alliances from Vancouver are clearly a thing of the past for both sides.
