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The caps fly on the ice. Timo Meier celebrates his hat trick.
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Sharks striker Timo Meier scores against Philadelphia goalie Carter Hart.
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AppenzellerTimo Meier cheers after one of his goals with team-mate Barclay Goodrow.
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Sharks interim coach Bob Boughner criticized Meier & Co.
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The San Jose Sharks are not doing well this season. The dismissal of coach Pete DeBoer in mid-December has not yet brought about the hoped-for change. Against the Los Angeles Kings (4: 5 a.V.) interim coach Bob Boughner burst on Friday in the fourth defeat in a row.
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The 48-year-old had strikers Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc braised on the bench during the last 12 minutes of the final third and in overtime and then said: «You cannot line up twelve strikers and only eight or nine are in the game. We had to join forces and had a few boys who didn’t stick to our game system. »He didn’t want to give names. “Those affected know who it is. This is a wake-up call for some players on this team. »
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Hard pronunciation before the game
The Sharks were playing again in the night of Sunday. The morning before the game against Philadelphia, plain text was spoken internally. “The players who know they need to get going have definitely heard it,” said Boughner. And he saw the desired response. The Sharks cleaned the flyers off the ice 6: 1. Timo Meier scored his first NHL hat trick.
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«We wanted it to be harder to play against us. I think we played a lot more physically. After the first third we had 17: 4 checks, »said the coach, who had made a name for himself as a pirate in the league.
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Meier: “We were angry”
After scoring goals 12 to 14 this season, Meier said: “We were angry after losing to the Kings. Angry about how we played. I think this time we were the team that played with more despair. This is how we will be successful as a team. ”After a season that was extremely strong, the 23-year-old Appenzeller had a new contract with Swiss records (30 goals, 66 points), which brings in $ 6 million annually.
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The Sharks, who failed last season at the Vegas Golden Knights in the semifinals and then lost their captain Joe Pavelski to Dallas, are still seven points behind a playoff spot.
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