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Injuries ‘the reality’ for Sharks, says GM Doug Wilson

2009 NHL Entry Draft, Rounds 2-7

MONTREAL, QC - JUNE 27: Executive Vice President & General Manager Doug Wilson of the San Jose Sharks looks on during the 2009 NHL Entry Draft at the Bell Centre on June 27, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Despite a number of key injuries, the San Jose Sharks have managed to keep in the hunt for the Pacific Division.

With the National Hockey League on its Olympic break, the Sharks currently sit second in the division, seven points back of the Anaheim Ducks with a game in hand and the stretch drive about to begin.

Along the way, the Sharks have seen two key members of their scoring attack fall to injury - Logan Couture (a hand injury) and Tomas Hertl (a knee injury suffered on a Dustin Brown major penalty for kneeing). And there have been plenty of others, too. That includes those in the supporting class, like Tyler Kennedy and Raffi Torres, who has yet to play a game this season due a torn ACL that required surgery in September.

Yet the Sharks have managed to rise above three other teams in the division and keep the Ducks in their sights. That has left the team’s general manager Doug Wilson quick to compliment his players and coaching staff.

“To me, the players and coaches have done an excellent job in this type of season and schedule, to get through some of the challenges that we faced,” Wilson told the San Jose Mercury News.

“It’s not excuse making. It’s kind of the reality.”

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