How is hockey related to sharks?
Are sharks more than fishes?
How is hockey related to sharks? It is quite simple; a professional hockey team joined the NHL in 1991 as the San Jose Sharks. The name of this team was based on the fact that seven shark species live in the Bay area. In fact, the qualities related to sharks have represented the ones shared by this hockey team. After all, sharks are relentless, determined, swift, agile, bright and fearless. These qualities also applied to the character of the team and its players.
From the worst team in the league for the first two seasons it is now known as a fierce competitive team participating in the playoffs of the 2006-2007 year. They are facing the Red Wings from Detroit to get up to the next round. Besides sharing the same dream, which is to compete in the final game of the playoff and carry the Stanley Cup as the champions of the league for the season, their fans also share a peculiar habit.
What habit am I talking about? Well, throwing sea creatures on the ice during the game. While the Red Wings fans throw octopuses on the ice as a sign of support, a San Jose Sharks fan actually threw a huge leopard shark on the ice during the May 2, 2007 game, a game they actually lost to the Red Wings.
In what other ways do the San Jose Sharks are related to sharks? Well, let’s see. The HP Pavilion in which they actually play their home games is also known by its popular nickname, The Shark Tank. Their mascot is also a shark named S. J. Sharkie which is quite popular with the kids, in the arena as well as on the team’s official website.
Amongst other cheerful habits, the San Jose Sharks players make a grand entrance on ice by entering the skating rink threw the mouth of a giant shark. The fans of this team also cheer to the Jaws theme song by doing special arms gestures representing the chewing motion of a shark mouth.
The San Jose Sharks team is also responsible for a special initiative called The Sharks Foundation which major goal is to help local youths by providing financial support to various youth groups. This foundation was created in 1994.
Although you wonder how a fan would be able to sneak in a huge carcass of a leopard shark underneath his clothes, you also question such a habit as it could affect shark species if fans should adopt this habit as it is not only cruel to animals but could eventually affect some shark species. Why not use rubber sharks, it is not smelly, is easier to carry and could become memorabilia in the San Jose Sharks store, becoming a good source of profit for this team while not affecting sharks in a bad way.
Let’s make cheering a good habit and enjoy the fun related to it. After all, players probably do not enjoy sharing the ice with the carcasses of sharks and it also represents a time delay for both players and fans. Let’s enjoy the game in a good way.
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My name is Sylvie Leochko. I love sharks! If you are interested in learning all about sharks, I invite you to visit the following page: http://sharks.findoutnow.org/related-to-sharks.html .
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