Torrey Mitchell Torrey C . Mitchell ( born January 30 , 1985 ) is a Canadian ice hockey centre for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the Sharks in the 4th round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft ( # 126 overall ) . Personal . Pre - NHL . Mitchell graduated from Selwyn House School and The Hotchkiss School before he attended the University of Vermont . During his Junior year at UVM he served as co - captain of the Catamounts . After the Catamounts 2006 – 2007 season , Mitchell left the school and played in the American Hockey League for the Worcester Sharks . < BR > On March 31 , 2007 Mitchell scored his first AHL goal against the Houston Aeros , in the second period . The final score was Sharks 7 Aeros 3 . NHL career . In the summer of 2007 Mitchell attended the San Jose Sharks training camp , and on October 4 , 2007 , he played his first NHL game against the Edmonton Oilers . He scored his first NHL goal on November 9 , 2007 , against Jean - Sébastien Giguère of the Anaheim Ducks . During that season , Mitchell spent most of his time playing on the third line with Patrick Rissmiller and Mike Grier , becoming a penalty - killing specialist with the Sharks . Mitchell also became a favorite among the fans when he scored a memorable goal in a game against Sharks rival , the Anaheim Ducks . The Sharks were killing a penalty , and Mitchell was able to grab the puck on a breakaway and score on Giguere while Mathieu Schneider was hooking from behind and even forced Mitchell to fall on the ice before Mitchell got up and scored the goal , then Chris Pronger tried taking him down also with a hook also but to no success . That goal was arguably the goal of the season for the Sharks . Mitchell scored his first career NHL playoff goal on April 10 , 2008 , during the second game of the first round series that Sharks played against Calgary Flames , assisted by Ryane Clowe and Craig Rivet . After a 2009 season that was marred by injury , Mitchell became a restricted free agent in the offseason . He ended up signing a contract worth 4 . 1 million over 3 years with the San Jose Sharks . Incidents . In March 2008 , Torrey Mitchell had a run in incident on the ice with Kurtis Foster of the Minnesota Wild . Foster was racing for the puck alongside Mitchell to touch up for an icing call when both men lost their edges , Mitchell behind Foster . Foster slammed into the bottom of the boards which resulted in a broken femur . Mitchell received a 2 minute tripping call , which many Wild fans disagreed with . The NHL made no move towards suspending Mitchell due to the accidental nature of the incident . According to San Jose head coach Ron Wilson , Mitchell was " extremely shaken up " over the incident , and called Foster while he was in the hospital to apologize . On September 21 , 2008 , during an open team practice , Mitchell was pushed by Brett Westgarth while skating full speed towards the net . He slammed into the right goal post and suffered a complete non - displaced Tibia / Fibula fracture , commonly known as a Boot Top fracture . The original estimate for his return to the ice was a minimum of two months after the incident . He resumed skating with the Sharks in practice in January 2009 . He resumed play with a planned three - game conditioning assignment to the American Hockey League Worcester Sharks on January 16 , 2009 , but he suffered another injury to the same leg during play on January 18 . He missed the remainder of the regular season , later making his season debut in the Sharks third playoff game .