Boyle, who played 431 games over six seasons with San Jose, appeared with fellow ex-Sharks Evgeni Nabokov, Scott Hannan, Douglas Murray and Curtis Brown outside SAP Center before the game to sign autographs and calm the nervous fans. He might've stained his white Sharks Alumni polo while chugging, and also with his aggressive style of towel waving, but fortunately his teal headband survived the incident.
The ex-Sharks weren't the only Bay Area athletes firing up the home fans in San Jose. San Francisco 49ers offensive linemen Joe Staley, Mike McGlinchey, Mike Person, Weston Richburg and Laken Tomlinson opened the door to the Sharks locker room and escorted them to the ice before the do-or-die game.
