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Sharks vs. Capitals: When will Romanov start, message for Ostapchuk, lineup changes
SAN JOSE – Those waiting for goalie Georgi Romanov to make his first career start for the San Jose Sharks might not have to wait much longer.
Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said Saturday that he might give Romanov a start sometime during this homestand, which continues for two more weeks. After Saturday, the Sharks’ next home games come later next week as they host the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday and the Boston Bruins on March 22.
The homestand wraps up the following week with games against the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 27 and the New York Rangers on March 29.
Romanov, a pending restricted free agent, made two relief appearances for the Sharks at the end of last season, stopping 29 of 30 shots in games against the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.
“I think so. We’ll see,” Warsofsky said about starting Romanov. “We’ll get through today. We have four days until our next game.”
Romanov, 25, joined the Sharks roster on March 5 after fellow goalie Vitek Vanecek on March 5 to the Florida Panthers. He’s had a steady diet of practices with the Sharks ever since, but had not gotten into a game as veteran Alexandar Georgiev has played every minute since the deal.
Saturday’s game against Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals marked Georgiev’s seventh consecutive start dating back to March 3. In the previous six games, Georgiev is 3-3-0 with a .870 save percentage.
LINEUP CHANGES: Eight days after he was acquired from the Ottawa Senators, Zack Ostapchuk is making his Sharks debut Saturday and will start on the fourth line with Klim Kostin and Barclay Goodrow.
With Ostapchuk going in, Nikolai Kovalenko will come out of the lineup and Carl Grundstrom will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game,
At 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds, Ostapchuk said Friday that he wanted to come out and lay the body early in Saturday’s game. That’s fine with Warsofsky, who wants the 21-year-old to play to his identity.
“I think he knows what that is, and we’ll work through the mistakes,” Warsofsky said. “It’s a game of mistakes. I’m sure he’ll make some structure-wise, with some new structure that he’s learning. But I want him to go out there and compete and play to his ability of what his identity is, and we’ll correct mistakes as we go.”
Kovalenko returned to the Sharks’ lineup on March 6 after missing nine games with an injury. In the four games since, Kovalenko has had one goal, one shot, three hits, and one blocked shot, with five giveaways, while averaging just under 11 minutes of ice time per game.
Kovalenko needs to regain the puck-hunting and forechecking style he had when the Sharks first acquired him in December.
“When you don’t have your ‘A’ game,” Warsofsky said, “what does your ‘B’ and ‘C’ game look like? How are you impacting the game in different ways? Are you being disruptive on the forecheck? Are you being physical, good defensively, blocking shots? You can’t just have one game. You have to have a couple different areas of your game that you can impact and help our hockey team.
“That’s not just (Kovalenko). That’s a lot of young players that come into this league.”
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Protester scales Washington DC bridge, stays for days
A demonstrator protesting the war in Iran and the use of artificial intelligence climbed Frederick Douglass Bridge, and stayed for days.
Despite saying he would “soon” come down, a protester has remained on top of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Washington, DC since May 1, impacting traffic and extending a dayslong standoff with police.
Guido Reichstadter climbed the 168-foot bridge Friday, then draped a black banner and set up a tent while making the bridge his home for the past four days.
Here’s what to know about Reichstadter’s protest and how it is affecting locals in the nation’s capital.
Why is there a man on top of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge?
After Reichstadter climbed the bridge Friday, he identified himself as a protester, writing on X that he was “calling on the people of the United States to bring an immediate end to the Trump regime’s illegal war on Iran and the removal of the regime power through mass nonviolent direct action and non-cooperation.”
He has posted on X throughout his protest, reminding his followers of his cause as he thwarts attempts from the DC police to bring him down.
“The Trump regime occupying the office of the US executive is prosecuting a criminal war of aggression against the nation of Iran, enabled by the refusal of Congress to assert its constitutional power, and by the continued submission of the majority of the US population to this intolerable state of affairs without effective civil resistance,” he wrote on X, saying it’s the public’s responsibility to nonviolently put an end to Trump’s presidency.
Reichstadter said May 4 he hasn’t eaten for days, but previously told NewsNation he went on a 30-day hunger strike while protesting AI outside the Anthropic headquarters.
He has run out of water, however.
“I’ve got the stamina to stay up here a bit longer,” he told WTOP Monday.
What impact is the protest having in Washington, DC?
Reichstadter’s protest has caused lanes to shut down on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, but lanes had reopened for traffic late Monday morning.
Tuesday morning, all lanes were open for traffic, but the pedestrian walkway was closed, according to the Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination (MATOC) Program.
If he stays on top of the bridge into Tuesday night, it’s unclear how his protest could impact people traveling nearby to the Washington Nationals game.
“My efforts here have had impacts on the local community and its people, and it is my desire not to harm but to work in communication, to lift up and to contribute what strength I can to the ongoing struggle for rights and freedom which this community has been engaged in for years,” Reichstadter said Sunday.
Police said Monday that their negotiators will remain on the scene.
Mike Stunson is the DC Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – SEPTEMBER 21: Voi Tunuufi #52 of the Washington Huskies gestures during the third quarter of the game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Husky Stadium on September 21, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies defeated the Wild (Alika Jenner / Getty Images)
Former University of Washington defensive lineman Voi Tunuufi has died at the age of 23, the school announced on Monday night.
“Our hearts are with the Tunuufi family, his loved ones, and every brother who wore the W beside him. Forever in The Pack,” the school posted in an announcement on Twitter.
According to Andy Yamashita of The Seattle Times, Tunuufi’s sister, Sanita, said that he died in a car accident.
Tunuufi appeared in 52 games for the Huskies over four seasons from 2021-24, which included Washington’s run to the National Championship against Michigan in 2023. Tunuufi had 86 total tackles with 12.5 sacks, a forced fumble and two passes defended during his career.
The Source: Information in this story came from the University of Washington and The Seattle Times.
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