STATELINE, Nev. – Joe Pavelski is still missing a couple lower teeth. A couple others are damaged. The replacement process is still at least a few months out to repair the damage from using his mouth to score the San Jose Sharks’ first goal in the final playoff push of his 13-year tenure.
“It’s just part of it,” Pavelski said nonchalantly about the price he’s paid trying to bring San Jose its first Stanley Cup.
With free agency recently vaulting him to the Dallas Stars, Pavelski does have one more chance to experience relatively local love this weekend and vie for a championship – at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe.