Battling all the way through the postseason just to come up short in a championship series is a crushing blow for any professional athlete. Some find healthy ways to channel that dejection, others don’t.
For Sharks star Brent Burns, picking up a new hobby helped take his mind off San Jose’s loss in the 2016 Stanley Cup Final to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
“When we lost in the Stanley Cup finals, that was my first hunt. I went and hunted a buffalo or bison,” Burns told The Athletic. “I’m very beginner still. It’s not very pretty when I do it.