Coaches use break to bark

For the Sharks, the two days between Thursday’s 2-0 loss to the Ducks and Game 2 today at HP Pavilion felt like two weeks.

“I hate it. It’s driving me nuts,” forward Jeremy Roenick said Saturday. “It’s no fun, especially when you lose. It just gives you longer to think about it.”

The break gave each coach time to find fault with his team. San Jose’s Todd McLellan stopped a drill to bark a few choice words Saturday morning and Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle did the same a few hours later.

Defenseman Rob Blake said it was typical of McLellan, who’s in his first year as an NHL head coach but was an assistant in Detroit and won an American Hockey League title with Minnesota’s top affiliate.

“He just wants us to be sharp. His whole thing all year is that practice is to get better at something,” Blake said. “I think he talks from experience with other teams he’s been with. The first game’s over. We had to work on our power play and it has to be better.”

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Ssshh

Roenick, a veteran of 149 NHL playoff games, said he was surprised at the tone of Game 1.

“It’s more of a chess match than I thought it would be,” he said. “I thought it would be a lot more physical, more stuff after whistles, more punching, more slashing. A lot more verbal stuff on the ice. It was really quiet on the ice. . . . I think both teams see the importance of this series and to stay disciplined. Nobody wanted to be that guy that took the stupid penalty.”

Speaking of stupid penalties, Ducks forward Rob Niedermayer, who took a hat trick’s worth in the second period Thursday, was advised to avoid a repeat.

“We were awfully lucky and we’ve just got to be a lot smarter,” he said. “You definitely don’t ever want to get that again, for sure.”

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Slap shots

Tickets are available for Games 3 and 4 and, if necessary, Game 6 at the Honda Center. They can be purchased through AnaheimDucks.com, Ticketmaster or the arena box office. . . . Ducks General Manager Bob Murray and Sharks General Manager Doug Wilson were defense partners for the Chicago Blackhawks and are friends, but they’ve put their friendship on hold. “We talked a couple days before to make sure the other guy had what he needed at the rink, and that was it,” Murray said. They’ll talk afterward. “Either way,” Murray said.

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