It was a night to remember for 15-year-old San Jose Sharks fan Hayden Bradley.
The team signed Bradley to an honorary three-day contract as part of the Make-A-Wish program, and had planned to have him drop the puck to Joe Pavelski and Sidney Crosby in a ceremonial faceoff.
Instead, the Sharks' captain had Bradley stand in the dot with the Pittsburgh Penguins' superstar center.
Bradley was born with a heart defect that required major surgery last April, and his family recently lost their home in a fire that befell his neighborhood in nearby Santa Rose.
Bradley and his family will travel with the Sharks to Anaheim for Sunday's game against the Ducks.