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Article: Sharks notebook.(San Jose Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- May 3, 2002
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DENVER _ With Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals series between the Sharks and Colorado set to start at 4 p.m. MT Saturday, here again is the requisite revisiting of the Sharks' early start struggles.
Since the 1999 playoffs started, the Sharks are 3-14 in postseason games starting before 7 p.m. This included their lone loss in the first round this year against Phoenix: Game 2 started at noon in San Jose, and the Sharks lost 3-1.
"Brutal," defenseman Marcus Ragnarsson said. "I hope you can stop writing that."
Although they dropped this year's only previous early start, the Sharks had won one every year during this 17-game stretch with ...