Pavelski's finely-honed scoring touch
/Joe Pavelski has enjoyed enormous success with the Sharks this season, including in these playoffs against the Los Angeles Kings.
The San Jose Mercury News relays an off-season training nugget from longtime friend Adam Burish related to Pavelski's increase in goal scoring this year.
"He may tell you differently," Burish said, "but this summer he worked on scoring stuff a lot, a lot of tip stuff. It was all around the net stuff. And he was bouncing tennis balls and batting them against the wall. His hand-eye is incredible. He was just focused on finding ways to score."
Coach Todd McLellan sees Pavelski's detail-oriented work ethic in practice as well.
"He continues to work on tiny little pieces of his game," the coach said. "He picks pucks up in certain areas and does something with it, then all of a sudden you see it in the game, and you know that he's worked on that."