by Larry Leavitt

SAN JOSE–Some members of the San Jose Sharks got away during the Olympic break and went to Cabo San Lucas in the warm sunshine of Mexico and they had a wonderful time there. It was a lot fun they actually went fishing and caught a shark. So the Sharks caught a shark and they ate it.

Some of the other interesting things that they did was goaltender Alex Stalock actually went home to Minnesota and went ice fishing. He had the chance to go anywhere in the world and he went to the freezing cold of Minnesota of his hometown to go ice fishing and he caught quiet a few fish.

Also there were fans who watched the Olympic hockey games from some of the strangest places and the strangest place was in Bally where Sharks broadcaster Randy Hahn went all the way to Bally. He was in Bally and he did not hear a thing about Olympics the whole time he was there until he found out that Canada was playing for the gold.

Hahn searched out and found a small sportsbar in Bally, and when he walked in at one in the morning for the game, he found four or five Canadians there and they all huddled up together and watched the game and in Bally of all places. He was in Hong Kong and then Hahn went to Bally.

On Monday night members of the Sharks did a fundraiser at Club Auto Sports a wine tasting in San Jose, it’s part of the Sharks foundation big fundraising and they do many good fund raisers throughout the year but the wine tasting is one of the better events.

It’s classier, dress up, no autographs, plenty of pictures taken, really good food, and they had a silent auction and then they had a live auction and some of the live auction was very interesting and one of the best ones was going wine tasting with Jim Johnson and head coach Todd McClellan up in Napa.

Very happy to say that went for $10,000 and two people bid on it and it got up to $10,000 and instead of four people going with Johnson and McClellan it’s going to be eight people going with Johnson and McClellan. The winner of the whole thing is the Sharks Foundation.

Which the foundation is a very good cause, something that I believe in, and it was a great event, very classy, and it was a beautiful time to be had by all.

Larry Leavitt does San Jose Sharks commentary each week for Sportstalk radio