Sharks’ Patrick Marleau adopted stray cat Jo Pawvelski

Whatever happened to that infamous stray cat that wandered onto the ice during the San Jose Sharks’ playoff run? Patrick Marleau adopted it.

During the San Jose Sharks’ playoff run in their second round series against the Nashville Predators, a black cat infamously found its way onto the ice. Usually a black cat is bad luck, but it wound up being a bit of good luck for the Sharks even though they lost in the Stanley Cup Final to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The cat was a stray and was taken to a local animal shelter. Patrick Marleau and his family wound up adopting the cat, appropriately named “Jo Pawvelski” by the shelter as a pun of Sharks captain Joe Pavelski. They adopted her sister as well.

It’s so great to hear that Jo Pawvelski and her sister both found a great home and that the Marleau family appears to have found two new members. The cat got a lot of interest from other families. Animal shelters all over California have seen an uptick in donations thanks to that poor stray black cat that became famous by sneaking onto the ice.

Marleau and his family have a lot to be happy about. Not only did they find two new furry members to their family, Marleau had a very successful 2015-16 season. He scored 25 goals and had 23 assists for 48 points during the regular season. In the postseason, Marleau led the Sharks to their first ever Stanley Cup appearance with five goals and eight assists for 13 points in 24 games.

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