SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Comcast SportsNet California, the home of “Authentic Bay Area Sports,” will present the season debut of Shark Byte, a monthly half-hour San Jose Sharks magazine show hosted by Sharks television color analyst and Emmy Award winner Drew Remenda, on Friday, October 15 at 9:30 p.m.

In its ninth year, the season premiere of Shark Byte will feature an inside look at the Sharks’ recent trip to Europe. Shark Byte was there as the team boarded its team plane in San Jose bound for its first stop in Germany. After the long journey across the pond, winger Ryane Clowe takes viewers around the team’s hotel and then out to dinner in Mannheim. In the exhibition contest against Adler Mannheim, Shark Byte features a mic’d up Coach Todd McLellan during the game and is given rare access to the coaches’ morning meeting and the players’ meeting before the game. Away from the ice, the show follows defenseman Dan Boyle , center Torrey Mitchell and others as they play a round of golf with some of the Adler Mannheim players less than 24 hours after their game, and presents Sharks players and coaches visiting injured soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the largest military hospital outside the United States.As the team heads to Sweden, the homeland of defenseman Niclas Wallin (Boden, Sweden) and defenseman Douglas Murray (Bromma, Sweden), the show follows center Logan Couture , winger Jamie McGinn and other players as they cruise around Stockholm. Before heading home, Drew Remenda sits down with Coach McLellan and discusses the team bonding during the trip and the season ahead.Each month during the 2010-11 National Hockey League season, Shark Byte will give fans an inside look at the Sharks franchise on and off the ice, with exclusive interviews with players, coaches and members of the front office. The program also will present feature stories, behind-the-scenes footage, exciting game highlights, and more.After the October 15 debut (9:30 p.m.), Shark Byte replays on October 16 (10:30 p.m.), October 17 (3:30 p.m.), and October 19 (6:30 p.m.).