Leafs players have a close encounter with a shark!

No this is not a joke, Leafs captain Phil Kessel claims that he and teammate Tyler Bozak caught an 11 foot Sharkdown in Florida during the off season. Now some of you might be skeptical, that is until you see the footage below. The video was shot in the summer of 2013 and it features Frazer McLaren, Tyler Bozak, and Phil Kessel catching a 150lbs shark using not much more than a fishing rod. Seeing them nearly accomplish the feat once before makes Kessel's story much more credible and it has since been reported by multiple news outlets including the Globe and Mail's James Mirtle who confirmed it on twitter.

Kessel said he and Bozak caught an 11 foot shark down in Florida in the summer. — James Mirtle (@mirtle) September 18, 2014 Hopefully Kessel and Bozak have as much success on the ice this winter as they've had on the water during the summer.