It's crazy. Like since I've been traded, this whole thing has felt a little bit like a dream. It's a dream come true, but it still doesn't feel real," said Devin Cooley.
Cooley is the first Bay Area hockey player to make the trek from Sharks junior hockey to the AHL San Jose Barracuda, to NHL stardom with his home team in its home arena.
He would beg people to shoot pucks on him. His brothers, me, his mom. Anybody," said Scott. Added Heynia, "And then, when he was inside, they were doing knee hockey. So we had portable nets and little sticks and so if it wasn't enough on the outside, on the inside they were still playing some form of hockey."
"A once-in-lifetime opportunity to go play pro, or play college and then consider playing pro? So we'd support anything that he wanted," said Heynia.
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