Hockey Friday: San Jose Sharks

I live near San Jose (Susan's in Seattle), so I root for the San Jose Sharks. The local media enjoy the boys-being-boys storyarc of two of the younger players, Torey Mitchell and Devin Setoguchi. They came to the team at the same time a couple of years ago and there was an instant little-brother quality about them. They got teased a lot for sharing an old Honda Civic at first (they now have their own new shiny cars); they still share an apartment; and right before the preseason started the local paper had a story about how they decide whose place to have supper at.

They were notorious for showing up at the Roenicks’ dinner table there, but also were scouting other dining options at the homes of some of their married teammates.

The two players have specific criteria they look for.

“It has to be someplace quick. We show up, eat and maybe stay awhile, but there are no expectations,” Mitchell said, giving points to Joe Thornton’s wife Tabea for excellent appetizers.

They are totally your little brothers who come over to charm you into letting them eat your food and do their laundry. It's a fun narrative for them, but for now I wish they'd both get healthy so I could watch them play hockey!