"It was Oct. 4, 1991, and a dehydrated Jeff Hackett was lying on a table getting replenished intravenously.

He had just stopped 48 of 52 shots in a loss at Vancouver during the expansion Sharks' first game ever.

Assistant coach Drew Remenda walked into the trainer's room and put a game puck on his chest.

Hackett threw it back and said, "I've seen enough rubber tonight," Remenda, now the Sharks' television color analyst, said.

Twenty years later, Wild rookie Matt Hackett made his NHL debut against the team his uncle ushered into the league. Called on to relieve an injured Josh Harding 71 seconds into a game the Wild already was trailing, Hackett deserved an IV and a game puck himself after backstopping the Wild to a grueling, come-from-behind 2-1 victory at the Shark Tank."