GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dan Rusanowsky can remember the day that the city of San Jose started to truly feel like home.
Ironically, Rusanowsky, who will call his 2,000th NHL game Tuesday when the Sharks (23-12-6) take on the Arizona Coyotes (10-28-7), experienced the moment in a luxury box at SAP Center, not the broadcast booth that has served as his office since 1993.
After surviving a near-fatal car accident, the only radio play-by-play man in Sharks history made his return to the Tank on Dec. 30, 2001. When Rusanowsky’s name was announced and his image appeared on the cube, the fans rose to their feet and let the Connecticut-native know just how much he meant to the hockey community in San Jose.