- Editor's note: Sheng Peng will be a regular contributor to NBC Sports California's Sharks coverage for the 2021-22 season. You can read more of his coverage on San Jose Hockey Now, listen to him on the San Jose Hockey Now Podcast, and follow him on Twitter at @Sheng_Peng.
Logan Couture suffered more than just one defeat in Edmonton last week.
The San Jose Sharks lost 5-2 to the Oilers, Couture had to leave the game mid-way because of an upper-body injury, and…
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“Megna [took over for Jake Middleton in the escape room]. We didn’t get out.”
Before Middleton was traded to the Minnesota Wild at the Trade Deadline, he was already talking about his excitement for the San Jose’s trip to Edmonton and the scheduled escape room. Tomas Hertl had let it slip recently that some Sharks had celebrated his eight-year contract extension in a Los Angeles escape room.
“We’ve been going into one in every city on the road,” Couture said in LA. “Our record is pretty good.”
So what happened in the Great White North?
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Couture pointed out that escape room stalwart, Nick Bonino, wasn’t there, so it was just Couture, Hertl, Jaycob Megna, and Rudolfs Balcers on the clock.