By Roger Phillips -

SAN JOSE -- Thirty-four years ago, the California Golden Seals skated off to Cleveland and then into oblivion, and everyone from Oakland to San Jose to San Francisco yawned, aside from what few hockey diehards existed in the region.

With that as a backdrop, it's hard to imagine how much things have changed 10 years into the new millennium.

Saturday morning, the San Jose Sharks opened training camp at Sharks Ice -- a rink with four surfaces, more than any other ice skating facility in the United States west of the Mississippi.



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