Patrick Marleau: Flying On Ice

In the span of his 11-plus years at the NHL level, there hasn't been much that Sharks forward Patrick Marleau hasn't gone through.

All-Star games, division championships, Conference Final appearance, a rift with a head coach, injuries, minus-19 plus/minus for a full season, captaincy, captaincy taken away, trade rumors, home-town fans blaming him for the team failures—being the hero and being the goat are just some of the ups and downs Patrick Marleau has experienced during his career.

The undoubted face of the Sharks over the last decade was the hero during the 2003-04 season, when they won their first Western Conference Final appearance in their history. Marleau posted a solid eight goals and four assists in the 17 playoff games that year, including a hat trick in eac...

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