Back to the San Jose Sharks Newsfeed

Purdy: Couture punctuates record-breaking series

More demons, gone.An opposing goalie stick, destroyed and sacrificed.In a stirring Game 7 playoff spectacular Thursday night, the Sharks continued to banish the ghosts of their past postseason disappointments from SAP Pavilion and exiled them back to the dank Cow Palace basement where they were birthed 25 years ago.The final score was Sharks 5, Nashville Predators 0. The last goal caused angry Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne to smash his stick in half on the post behind him, then hurl the damaged lumber into the air. The damaged stick may still be floating somewhere above Section 108 of the Tank and may not come to earth until the Sharks get to St.