San Jose Sharks’ Mike Ricci remembers “being very nervous” in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002.
Mike Ricci was more than a bit anxious prior to the San Jose Sharks exhibition game on Oct. 6, 2002, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and it had little to do with facing the Canucks.
Others at the Vancouver event were Olympic gold-medal winning Canadian hockey players Ed Jovanovski, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Howie Meeker, and Gretzky. Ricci was a skilled but rough-and-tumble hockey player whose face belied that of a longtime professional in the sport, with missing teeth and a crooked nose. For the event, Ricci told the Sun he wore new gloves, put his teeth back to fill the gaps in his mouth, and tucked his long hair into the back of his jersey.
Ricci scored both of the Sharks’ goals in their 3-2 loss to the Canucks. San Jose had left most of its veteran players home.
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