This post was submitted for Happy Hockey Day by Cody Thompson.
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We own season tickets to the Sharks and last year my father and myself decided to go down to Anaheim to watch the Sharks clinch the division title. We thought it would be boring for just us two to go, so we invited the guy that sits next to and also own season tickets. We flew down the morning of the game and when we went to our hotel we were told by the lady at the desk that their was a party that has not checked out their rooms yet, so we were going to have to wait. So we went to the little lounge area that we could have a couple of sodas and what not.

So a half hour goes by and we see this man walk out of the elevator and is caring a bag with the NHL logo on the back. We thought it might have been an NHL official and ignored it. But when this guy turned around all of our jaws might have dropped to the ground, because we just saw Joe Thornton! We were excited and did not get his picture because we lost sight of him. Then Jody Shelly came out and we ask if I could get a picture with him, and his response was quite funny. He said, “Uh? With me? Sure why not.”

Then Douglas Murray comes out and we politely ask if we could get a picture. He said, sure and got a picture with him, then Campbell comes and we ask and he says of course, however at the time we did not know he would be leaving, but that is besides the point. Anyway, we went to the game having a good feeling and excited. We sat where the Sharks were warming up before the game and we saw Shelly, and when he looked at us we waved and gave a smile and waved back at us.