question for us Sharks fans

for a couple of reasons.

1) I’ve been a Sharks fan since I was 5 years old and they were playing in the Cow Palace.

2) The Sharks are the only team in our area who’ve been consistently dominant force in the last few years.

3) The Stanley Cup really is the hardest championship to win in sports.

When you follow a team – day-in and day-out – as many of us have, you begin to feel as if you are a part of everything that’s happening with the team. Major events in the franchise’s history become intertwined with events in your own life. You may not be on the ice every night as the players are. You may not even be in the stands (though you wish you could be for every game). But after a while, you feel connected on a deeply personal level to the fate of your franchise.

I can count just a few things that would bring me such immediate joy as a Sharks Stanley Cup victory.

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No drugs, no alcohol, no hyperventilation, but an elation. Can one describe such a feeling?
And to get to share it with all of the other fans! There aren’t really any words.
I enjoyed the Oakland A’s Championships in ‘72, ’73, ’74 (when I was a kid), and in ’89, and I also enjoyed winning the local Little League Championship back in the good ’ol days. There’s also the feeling I get when onstage, and the audience is cheering for me or singing along.
I would very much like to experience this high from the Sharks winning the Cup!

My fandom consists (primarily) of the A’s, Niners, Lakers, and the Sharks.

Since I’ve been born the A’s won a championship when I was 6. I was happy and all, but really wasn’t aware enough of what was going on to enjoy it fully, nor old enough to party and celebrate it.

The Niners have won 4 super bowls, the first when I was less than 1 (my first super bowl!), the next when I was 5, then when I was 6 (1989 was an awesome year), and the final when I was 10. I was conscious of the Niners winning the super bowl, and was a Montana, Rice, and Young fan…but, once again, was a bit too young to celebrate it properly.

The Lakers have won 8 times since I was born. The early Magic led championships are in the same boat as the others. The Kobe-led Lakers championships, though, have been a bit more fun. I was very pleased…especially this last one over the Celtics. But I’m not a huge NBA fan…basketball is by far the least favorite of all the major sports for me. So, really, while I enjoy when the Lakers win, and will celebrate it and such, it doesn’t resonate with me as much.

The Sharks are my favorite professional franchise. I have spent more money on Sharks tickets and gear and such than I have on all my other favorite teams combined. I’ve been to more Sharks games in the last two years that I have been to A’s, Niners, and Lakers game combined ever. Them winning a championship, especially now that I’m old enough to celebrate it properly, and that I’ve been in the Arena suffering along with all the other fans as we strive to get that championship, well, it will be far sweeter than any championship I’ve ever experienced.

Put another way, it would be way better than this last Lakers chip, and it would be better than a Niners Super Bowl or A’s World Series win, although, I’d be pretty deleriously happy should either of those happen as well! I’ve put so much into this team as a fan, that the Sharks winning a chip would just mean the world to me…and I’d party all summer to celebrate!