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Sharks looking for emergency backup in light of injuries to Stalock, Grosenick

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Dust off your résumés, beer league goalies. The San Jose Sharks may be calling prior to Wednesday's game against the Calgary Flames.

With Alex Stalock already out of the lineup with a knee injury, Troy Grosenick suffered an upper-body injury in practice on Tuesday, which leaves Antti Niemi as the only healthy goalie on the roster.

As such, the club is looking for an emergency goalie to sit on the bench as an emergency backup.

"There's a lot of scrambling going on this morning," head coach Todd McLellan said, according to Curtis Pashelka of the Bay Area News Group. "Our first concern is Troy's health. He didn't have a good night last night, so our doctors had a look at him and ruled him out immediately."

Former NHL goalie and current television analyst Kelly Hrudey's name has been bounced around as a candidate to fill the role.

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