SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 April has an old-time feeling around the San Jose Sharks this year.<\/p>\n
The Shark Tank is buzzing again, the team is playing meaningful late-season hockey games and San Jose has a shot to snap a six-year playoff drought thanks in large part to a teenage sensation putting up numbers reminiscent of some of the game\u2019s greatest players.<\/p>\n
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