Torrey Mitchell: The Long Road Back for the Hobbled Sharks Center

Joe Pavelski, Devin Setoguchi, Dan Boyle, and Ryan Vesce.

These are four of the San Jose Sharks that have battled injuries during this young season.

But none of them have had to go through what center Torrey Mitchell has.

Heading into the 2008-09 season, I was excited to watch the Sharks at one of their first days of training camp.

On that day, Sept. 21, the excitement of seeing team teal again turned into anxiousness when one of the players flew into the right goal post during a scrimmage at Sharks Ice in San Jose.

The player stayed down for several minutes and the building was hushed until the injured Shark was finally helped off the ice.

A roaring ovation awaited him.

With all the commotion surrounding the net, coupled with the ...

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