Dillon Says Sharks Find Confidence Heading Home

Here is Dillon’s blog from Friday, the day before Game 3:

It’s a little out of the ordinary to have a five-hour flight between games like yesterday. There’s a lot of time to think about Game 3, to unwind. I think it is beneficial for both of those things. If things don’t go your way like they didn’t in Games 1 and 2, you can forget about those and move on during the flight. A seven-game series, as we have learned in the past five or six weeks, there are going to be highs and lows. You have to remember that it doesn’t matter if you win 11-0 or 1-0, it is still a win or a loss either way.

I think getting back into San Jose on Friday, getting into your own bed, your own place, own comfortability, getting on the ice back in our facility, there is a sense that you are home and you are in a place where you have some confidence playing in.

On the plane, I am a big cards guy. We have one card table in the back of the plane and we get five or six guys that are on there. Joe Thornton has the cards dealing before you are even out of your suit and into your comfortable sweats. It makes time go by really quickly. You are able to get your mind on something else. Some guys will be watching TV shows, movies, playing games on their phones. We are pretty lucky in the NHL to travel the way we do and are fortunate to be able to share with your …

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