The city of San Jose on Thursday will celebrate legendary Sharks player Patrick Marleau, the franchise’s all-time leader in regular season games played, goals and points, ahead of his historic number retirement on Saturday.
During Thursday’s event, Mayor Matt Mahan is expected to declare Feb. 25 as Patrick Marleau Day in San Jose. There will also be a special flag raising ceremony.
Marleau and Jonathan Becher, the president of the Sharks, are expected to be at the ceremony, which will take place at city hall at 1 p.m.
Saturday’s number retirement ceremony will be held at SAP Center at 5:30 p.m. before the Sharks play the Chicago Blackhawks.
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