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Patrick Marleau presented with amazing gift before his possible final NHL game

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Patrick Marleau presented with amazing gift before his possible final NHL game

Patrick Marleau was given a special gift by the NHL Players’ Association before the Sharks played the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday at SAP Center.

At the request of Gordie Howe’s family, the NHLPA presented Marleau with the stick used by Howe in his 1,767th and final NHL game on April 6, 1980.

The stick had been on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and will be replaced by a stick used by Marleau on April 19 when he played in his 1,768th career game and broke Howe’s all-time record.

The Sharks also presented Marleau with a custom painting by Lucasfilm and Disney Master Artist Kevin-John, which is of him and Howe.

“It was a really nice, touching moment,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner said. “The Players Association also sent a gift that was amazing.”

Wednesday’s Sharks game, a 6-0 loss to the Golden Knights, might have been the last of Marleau’s 23-season NHL career, as he is set to become a free agent this summer.

Marleau filled in for Logan Couture as the Sharks’ second-line center, playing with Timo Meier and Kevin Labanc in what was his 1,779th career NHL game. He came into Wednesday with nine points in 55 games. His ironman streak of 910 consecutive games dates back to April 9, 2009.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) shakes hands with Vegas Golden Knights head coach Pete DeBoer following the Sharks 6-0 loss at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 

After the game, Marleau shook hands and hugged Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer and his assistant Steve Spott, both of whom coached Marleau for two seasons from 2015 to 2017, and part of a third in 2019.

Marleau hugged and shook hands with his teammates and waved to the Golden Knights players before they left the ice. As other Sharks players filtered off the ice, Marleau, the last remaining player, gave one final salute to the crowd before he made his way to the Sharks’ dressing room.

“It was honestly so cool,” said Sharks rookie defenseman Brinson Pasichnuk, who played in his fourth career NHL game Wednesday. “it’s something I’m going to tell my kids about one day.

“I was just talking about it my dad. He said that’s a tough game, but think about how cool it is that in some of your first few games in the NHL, you get to be a part of something with an absolute legend like Patrick Marleau helping honor him and his huge milestone this season so I’m so grateful to be around for that.”

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) waves to the crowd following their 6-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) enters the ice before their game against the Vegas Golden Knights at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) waits for a face-off against the Vegas Golden Knights in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) fights for the puck against the Vegas Golden Knights in the first period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) fights for the puck against Vegas Golden Knights’ Chandler Stephenson (20) in the second period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) controls the puck against Vegas Golden Knights’ Reilly Smith (19) in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – MAY 12: San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau (12) leaves the ice following their 6-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
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