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NHL: San Jose 6, Vancouver 4

The San Jose Sharks downed the Vancouver Canucks 6-4 Friday, helped by Curtis Brown's shorthanded breakaway goal in the third period.

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NHL: San Jose 4, Calgary 1

Vesa Toskala made 29 saves and four different San Jose players scored Monday night as the Sharks remained perfect with a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames.

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NHL: San Jose 5, St. Louis 4

Curtis Brown scored a goal 2:12 into overtime, lifting the San Jose Sharks to a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues in the teams' NHL season opener.

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NHL: Edmonton 2, San Jose 0

Dwayne Roloson recorded his first career playoff shutout Wednesday night as Edmonton beat San Jose, 2-0.

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NHL: Edmonton 6, San Jose 3

Ryan Smyth had two goals and two assists in helping the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-3 NHL playoff victory over the San Jose Sharks.

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NHL: Edmonton 6, San Jose 3

Six different players scored one goal Friday night as Edmonton beat San Jose, 6-3, Game Four of their Western Conference semifinal series.

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NHL: Edmonton 3, San Jose 2 (3OT)

Shawn Horcoff scored 2:24 into the third overtime, giving the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 NHL playoff victory over the San Jose Sharks.

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NHL: San Jose 2, Edmonton 1

San Jose goaltender Vesa Toskala made 24 saves in helping the Sharks to a 2-1 NHL playoff victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

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NHL: San Jose 2, Nashville 1

Steve Bernier and Patrick Marleau scored power-play goals Sunday as San Jose beat Nashville, 2-1, to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

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NHL: San Jose 5, Nashville 4

Patrick Marleau's hat trick led the San Jose Sharks past the Predators, 5-4, in Game Four of a Western Conference quarterfinal playoff series Thursday night.

Vesa Tapani Toskala (born on May 20, 1977 in Kangasala, Finland), is a professional ice hockey goaltender currently with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.

Toskala was selected by San Jose in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft (4th round, 90th overall). The Sharks also took fellow Finn Miikka Kiprusoff in the fifth round. Toskala turned heads with his stellar play in the 1998–99 season with Ilves of the SM-liiga, where he went 21-12-0 with a 2.14 GAA and a 0.916 save percentage and posted five shutouts. The next season, playing a style that modeled after Markus Korhonen he played with Färjestads BK of the Swedish Elitserien and posted an impressive 2.59 GAA. In one game with Färjestad, Toskala scored a goal. At this point, Toskala was not sure if he wanted to have a career in hockey. Wanting a more stable job, he was going to quit hockey altogether to go to school full-time, before San Jose enticed him to North America.

He holds the San Jose Club record as the only goalie to record a multiple point game as he tallied two assists against Chicago on February 3, 2007.

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