Overview

• During the first intermission, the center-hung scoreboard displayed a message reading “SJ SHARKS FANS/LOVE ICE !!/GET ‘EM BOYZ !,” as reported by the Marin Independent Journal.
• Sharks Sports & Entertainment said the message did not reflect team values, issued an apology, and is working to determine the origin of the submission.
• Team president Jonathan Becher condemned the content on X and said it slipped through internal controls after multiple fan complaints surfaced online.
• The incident occurred during the club’s Los Tiburones celebration, which the team describes as honoring the Bay Area’s Hispanic community.
• The episode follows a recent correction to an arena banner that listed the wrong Presidents’ Trophy year, focusing attention on in-venue review processes.