Thanks, But No Thanks; Sharks Don't Touch Campbell Bowl Trophy After Winning West
SAN JOSE (CBS Sports) -- For the first time in their 25-year history, the San Jose Sharks are going to the Stanley Cup Final. With a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals, the Sharks won the Clarence Campbell Bowl as Western Conference champion.
For most players on the team, this is the first time they've ever reached this stage of the playoffs and the first time they'll receive postseason hardware. So, the big question on everyone's mind when the shiny silver bowl gets wheeled out to the ice with deputy commissioner Bill Daly: Would the captain touch the trophy?
"Thanks but no thanks" #StanleyCuphttps://t.co/qwi1xW8SEF
— NHL (@NHL) May 26, 2016
Many hockey players, being the superstitious lot that they are, think it is bad luck to touch or lift another trophy before winning the Stanley Cup. Apparently Sharks captain Joe Pavelski buys into that because he didn't come anywhere close to touching the trophy.