When and Where to Watch Sharks Hockey

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