SAN JOSE — For his entire life, from high school to junior hockey, the NCAA and eventually the NHL, Joe Pavelski has overcome doubts abouts for his size, speed and talent.
He’s still doing it.
At age 34, Pavelski isn’t merely playing in his 12th NHL season, he’s playing better than ever before — and doing it in a league that continues to grow faster and younger.
The Sharks captain will be on the ice when the NHL All Star game is played Saturday at SAP Center, suiting up alongside the likes of Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews and Mikko Rantanen, proving that he can still produce against a generation of early-20 somethings that’s rewriting the rules of the game.