Photos: San Jose Sharks team up with Special Olympics Northern California to play floor hockey

The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Del Grande Supplier Group and Particular Olympics Northern California for his or her fifth annual flooring hockey match, the primary after a two-year hiatus because of COVID.

Group Black performed Group White with every staff having about 10 gamers plus a number of Sharks gamers. Group Black acquired Sharks’ Logan Couture and Matt Nieto whereas Group White drafted Sharks’ Timo Meier, Nico Sturm and Steven Lorentz. Lead by Group White’s Louis Manson’s hat trick, Group White was in a position to pull off a 5-4 win. Group Black pulled their goalie late within the third and regardless of a number of shut calls was not in a position to get the puck previous Group White’s goaltender Jason Jacquez.

New head coach David Quinn donned a referee shirt and whistle and officiated the sport, even tossing Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie within the first interval after Sharkie took a dive. Sharks broadcasters Randy Hahn and Dan Rusanowsky saved the fitness center energetic whereas doing the play-by-play for the small crowd within the Bellarmine School Preparatory gymnasium.

Sharks workers dotted the fitness center, together with 5 Sharks assistant coaches, host Emily Harlan and organist Kevin Seal. The staff donated 120 customized Particular Olympics and Sharks co-branded jerseys to outfit three Santa Clara County Particular Olympics Flooring Hockey applications.

The Sharks Basis and DGDG can even donate $10,000 to Particular Olympics Northern California to go in the direction of program prices and new gear for the ground hockey groups.

Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black’s Michael Donovan (25) chats with San Jose Sharks’ Logan Couture (39) throughout their sport in opposition to Particular Olympics Northern California Group White firstly of the third interval of their Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

San Jose Sharks’ Timo Meier (28) chats with Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black’s Gabriel Morales (11) earlier than their flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Toby Hauptman (17) waits to be launched earlier than their flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Mara Dempsey (22), Raechel Perez (6), and Brian Overby (45) are launched earlier than the Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport that featured a number of Sharks gamers at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

San Jose Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie fist bumps Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Mara Dempsey (22) as Group White is launched earlier than the Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport that featured a number of Sharks gamers at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

San Jose Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie is launched earlier than the Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport that featured a number of Sharks gamers at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

San Jose Sharks’ Nico Sturm (7) sits subsequent to Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Jason Jacquez (44) as they look forward to the beginning of the Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport that featured a number of Sharks gamers at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black’s William Murray (38) stops a shot by Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Raechel Perez (6) within the first interval of their Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Justin Steinberg (21) celebrates his aim within the second interval of their Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Louis Manson (24) controls the puck in opposition to Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black within the first interval of their Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

San Jose Sharks head coach David Quinn, referring the sport, ejects San José Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie for embellishing a fall within the first interval at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Louis Manson (24) celebrates his aim, one in all three, in opposition to Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black subsequent to San Jose Sharks’ Steven Lorentz (16) within the first interval of their Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

From left to proper Jennifer “J-Lo” Corridor, from San Jose, Vanessa Mock, from Cupertino, and Mercy Wong, from San Jose, cheer within the third interval of the Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group White’s Jason Jacquez (44) takes a shot in opposition to Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black’s Lindsay Mibach (15) within the second interval of their Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport that includes a number of San Jose Sharks’ gamers, together with San Jose Sharks’ Logan Couture (39) and Timo Meier (28), at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

San Jose Sharks’ Steven Lorentz (16) defends in opposition to Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black’s Justin Volaggio (14) within the first interval of their Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

Group Black and White play through the second interval within the Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport that featured a number of San Jose Sharks gamers at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

San Jose Sharks’ Steven Lorentz (16) indicators autographs after the Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 

 

Particular Olympics Northern California Group Black and Group White pose for pictures with a number of San Jose Sharks gamers after Group White’s 5-4 win for his or her Particular Olympics Northern California flooring hockey sport at Bellarmine School Preparatory in San Jose, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The San Jose Sharks teamed up with the Particular Olympics Northern California Flooring Hockey Program. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group)