Patrick Marleau continues to chase the Cup into record book

San Jose Sharks center Patrick Marleau in action against the Ducks during the second period on Wednesday in San Jose.Patrick Marleau’s hometown is a speck on the map of Saskatchewan, one of Canada’s prairie provinces. According to Statistics Canada the farming community of Aneroid had a population of 50 in 2016, up from the 40 that were counted five years earlier.

It was a great place to learn the value of hard work and fulfilling responsibilities, but it wasn’t an ideal place to launch the hockey career he dreamed about. “As I got older we had to join small towns to make a team,” he said, “so Vanguard and Aneroid joined together and we had a team. And then when I was about 14 years old I…