Sharks pick remembers coach who first believed in him: ‘I’m sure he’s smiling up there’

LOS ANGELES – The San Jose Sharks selected goalie Josh Ravensbergen with the 30th overall pick at the NHL Draft on Friday night, and it probably wouldn’t have happened had he not met Sean Murray a few years ago.

Murray, the goalie coach for the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League from 2016 to 2018, provided some inspiration to Ravensbergen, who was then competing in Pee Wee hockey in the Vancouver area.

Years later, after he was passed over in the WHL’s Bantam Draft...