Aaron Dell made 24 saves, and Daniel O'Regan, Mikkel Boedker, Kevin Labanc and Brandon Bollig scored in the second period of a 5-0 win for the San Jose Sharks against the Anaheim Ducks in the preseason opener for each team at SAP Center.

SAN JOSE - San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the following players have been returned to their junior clubs:

Noah Gregor - F
Joachim Blichfeld - F

In addition, the following players have been assigned to the training camp of the San Jose Barracuda (AHL):

Michael Brodzinski - D
Cavan Fitzgerald - D
David Makowski - D
Jeremy Roy - D
Jonathon Martin - F
Colby McAuley - F
Bryan Moore - F
Alex Schoenborn - F
Alexander True - F
Manuel Wiederer - F
Stephon Williams - G

The Sharks training camp now stands at 42 players. An updated roster can be found here.

Media Day is the NHL's equivalent of yearbook photo day taken to the next level, with all sorts of photos and video being taken of the players. Most significantly, the players take their media mugshots that will be used everywhere by everyone for the next year, from the official NHL site to next year's edition of the EA Sports NHL 18 franchise.

The mugshots are also a great way to see how the players have evolved over the years, from their first season with the big club to their current status as a grizzled (sometimes literally) veteran.

In honor of that evolution, sjsharks.com took a look at the mugshots of some of the longest-tenured Sharks players to see how they've changed their look over the years. 

Note: Despite evidence to the contrary, we swear there isn't a reverse-Yankees facial hair requirement on the San Jose Sharks. At least, we don't think there is. 

SAN JOSE -- Center Joe Thornton was a full participant at the San Jose Sharks' first training camp practice Friday and said his surgically repaired left knee was 100 percent healthy.

SAN JOSE - The San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) announced today that Miner Family Winery, a distinguished family-owned winery located in the heart of Napa Valley, is the latest proud partner of the National Hockey League franchise. As part of the exclusive partnership, Miner Family Wine will be the official wine of the newly announced BMW Lounge, a members-only, upscale club space located within SAP Center at San Jose. Selections from the Miner portfolio of wines will be served complimentary and on a rotational basis in the BMW Lounge and will be available for purchase to patrons of legal drinking age in the Alaska Airlines Club, the Citrix Suite Level, and on the concourse at SAP Center at San Jose during arena events including San Jose Sharks games.

SAN JOSE - The San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) today announced the schedule for their 2017 Training Camp, which will be held primarily at Solar4America Ice at San Jose. This schedule is subject to change without notice. The first day all players will be on the ice and the first day for full media access is Friday, Sept. 15.  

The full training camp roster will be broken up into three squads (Group A, B & C) and their schedules will vary for the first portion of the camp. Those media members seeking specific players should check with the Sharks media relations department in advance for the best time to gain access to individuals as it will likely change daily. Sharks Head Coach Peter DeBoer will address the media at the end of each day's final session.

A full training camp roster can be found here.

SAN JOSE -- Twenty-one Latvians have played in the NHL, and two of them, defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh and goalie Arturs Irbe, began a long career in the League in the early 1990s with the San Jose Sharks.

Rudolfs Balcers, a 20-year-old forward prospect from Latvia, hopes to follow in their footsteps.

SAN JOSE - The San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks), NBC Sports California (@NBCSAuthentic) and the Sharks Radio Network today announced their broadcast schedule for the Sharks 2017-18 National Hockey League season. NBC Sports California will broadcast 76 of the team's games, while 98.5 FM KFOX (@KFOX) will cover every game of the Sharks 82-game regular season.

A total of 6 Sharks games will be broadcast nationally on NBC Sports Network: Oct. 4 vs. Philadelphia, Oct. 17 vs. Montreal, Nov. 1 vs. Nashville, Nov. 8 vs. Tampa Bay, March 1 vs. Chicago, and March 22 vs. Vegas. 

Sharks Alumni Owen Nolan and Scott Hannan felt the need for speed on September 11th when they participated in a charity GoKart race benefitting the SEAL Legacy Foundation.

Tweet from @OwenNolan11: This is what happens when u put 2 hockey players against other athletes in GoKarts.Were used to going hard into corners. #shake&bake! pic.twitter.com/uDyAcOjfhs

It's no secret that former San Jose Sharks captain Owen Nolan is kind of a big outdoorsman. He even hosted his own show Sportsman 360 TV about hunting and fishing across the country.

And, being from Wisconsin, it's no surprise that current Sharks captain Joe Pavelski also enjoys going out on the lake (or ocean, or bay - it is California) to do a little fishing.