Longtime NHL forward Joel Ward, who last played in the 2017-18 season for the Sharks, announced his retirement Monday on The Players' Tribune.
The Sharks' Joel Ward and the Blues' Troy Brouwer are friends and former teammates in Washington, but they won't cut each other any slack in the West finals with the Capitals watching from home.
The San Jose Sharks have signed free-agent forward Joel Ward to a three-year contract, the team announced Friday afternoon.