SAN JOSE — Some Sharks players might have been able to use an afternoon of fun to get their minds off some recent troubles on the ice.
But the people who really looked forward to Sunday’s floor hockey event at Bellarmine College Prep were the Special Olympians.
For the second straight year, Special Olympic athletes from San Jose and Palo Alto got a chance to play floor hockey with several Sharks players, including Joe Pavelski, Mikkel Boedker, Joel Ward and Brenden Dillon.
The Sharks wanted to make it as close to a game-day experience as they could for the Special Olympians, as the event started with player introductions out of an inflatable Sharks head.