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5 8% 6 25% 7 34% 8 22% Out 11% Sharks Set For Two Against Phoenix March 29, 2006 After a respectable road trip in which they earned six out of 10 possible points, the San Jose Sharks will return home Thursday night to face the Phoenix Coyotes in a rare home back-to-back series as the teams will face each other on Saturday.

For Team Teal, the Coyotes present a tougher challenge than what their current last place standings suggest.

The Sharks have struggled against them this season, going 1-3-1 against the Pacific Division rivals and being outscored, 21-15, in those contests.

But with just two weeks left in the regular season, this is no time for San Jose to worry about the past.

They must focus on finding a way to earn four points against Phoenix.

“We need to bring our ‘A’ game,” said Sharks Head Coach Ron Wilson.

“For some reason we haven’t done that against Phoenix this year.

The game that we won (an overtime 5-4 win on Feb.

12) was probably our worst game against them.

We’ve actually played them pretty well, but in a couple of the games, ‘Cujo’ (Coyotes goaltender Curtis Joseph) play...

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