Memoriesby David Pollack - Mercury News10 November 2008Monday night, Igor Larionov became the first player who wore a Sharks jersey to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In summer 1995, I spent time with Larionov in his Sunnyvale home for a story I wrote for West, the newspaper's Sunday magazine at the time. The moment that sticks with me the most came after Igor finished constructing a wooden platform in his garage, 33 inches high. I asked him its use and he showed me. We were standing side by side next to it and in an instant, the wiry Larionov was standing on it in an amazing display of vertical leap. Even then, he looked more like a professor than an athlete, but don't be fooled.
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