Jamie Baker didn’t have much time to enjoy the biggest goal of his NHL career.
Twenty-five years ago next week, Baker scored the Sharks’ Game 7-winning goal that clinched a shocking upset of the top-seeded Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Before that could happen, though, San Jose had to protect a lead for over six-and-a-half minutes.
“Like, literally 10 seconds after scoring,” Baker, the former Sharks winger and current NBC Sports California analyst recalled, “all five of us that are on the ice hugging and all that, and [former Sharks captain] Bob Errey looks up at the clock and says, ‘Boys, we’ve got lots of work to do.