The San Jose Sharks are still a couple of years away from competing for the Stanley Cup. They have one of the most exciting young rosters in the league, complete with budding superstars like Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith, stud prospect defensemen like Sam Dickinson, and a solid goaltender in Yaroslav Askarov.
Which second-year players are on the rise and poised for a breakout year? Let's take a look at four names.
It’s not easy making the transition to the NHL as a teenager. No one understands the experience of being thrust into the spotlight at a tender age better than Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby.
The NHL began awarding the Conn Smythe Trophy to the most valuable player of the postseason beginning in the 1965 season. How many of the past winners can you name in six minutes?
San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini is on the verge of superstardom. A finalist for the Calder Trophy for the NHL’s top rookie last season, Celebrini put together a fantastic first season in the league.
Getting to 500 NHL goals is not as rare as it used to be, but it certainly still is not commonplace. Heading into the 2025-26 season, 48 players have done it.
EA Sports has announced the changes that will be made to their Be a Pro mode for their upcoming NHL 26 game. EA Sports unveiled all the details of the overhauled Be A Pro mode on their website, and in a video with San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini.
There is no title celebration quite like the captain of an NHL team hoisting the Stanley Cup. We mean, unless you love to see sweaty racecar drivers dump milk all over their heads.
In today’s National Hockey League, the biggest hurdle to a playoff spot is besting the seven teams in your own division. The Canucks’ rivals in the Pacific Division, each at different points in their team’s evolution, will try to keep Vancouver out of the postseason party.
The San Jose Sharks may have finally turned the page.
The first round of the 2025 NHL Draft is, finally, a wrap. There were, as always, winners and losers — teams, players and fans alike.
There weren’t many surprises on this year’s All-Rookie Team.
The NHL on Thursday unveiled its All-Rookie Team, comprised of the top freshmen from the 2024-25 season. Leading the forward ranks is San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini who appeared in his rookie season after being chosen atop the 2024 NHL Draft last summer.
The 2025 IIHF World Championship ended with disappointment for Team Canada, but plenty of their players had positive takeaways from the tournament, perhaps none more so than Macklin Celebrini of the San Jose Sharks.
When Canada’s 2025 IIHF Men’s World Hockey Championship roster was officially announced, everyone looked to two names in particular: Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon.
The 2025 IIHF World Championship had its third of four game days with six contests on the docket, with Canada, USA, Sweden, Czechia, Denmark and Finland coming up victorious.
Forward Macklin Celebrini -- the first pick in the 2024 NHL Draft -- joins defenseman Lane Hutson and goaltender Dustin Wolf as finalists for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, the league announced on Monday.
San Jose Sharks rookie Macklin Celebrini delivered a record-setting performance on Wednesday night, notching his first NHL hat trick and finishing with five points in an 8-7 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild.
San Jose Sharks’ forward Macklin Celebrini suffered a lower-body injury Saturday vs. the Ottawa Senators and wasn’t at practice on Sunday, and while he’s expected to make the trip north of the Canada-U.S.
Typically, after an embarrassing loss, you wouldn’t ask an 18-year-old to answer for the team post-game. Those responsibilities are usually left for leadership
The NHL is just about halfway through its season, and with that, there have been plenty of impressive first-year players. The Calder Trophy, given to the best rookie, should be a tight race between several candidates.
Macklin Celebrini knows what it’s like to lose for Team Canada at the World Juniors Last January, before he was drafted first-overall by the San Jose Sharks, Celebrini and Canada were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Czechia, 3-2.
Macklin Celebrini says that he’s never experienced a losing streak this long. The San Jose Sharks have dropped seven in a row, heading into a New Year’s Eve match-up against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The 18-year-old has tallied eight goals and six assists for 14 points in 15 games.
Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks hit the road riding high. As Celebrini - the first pick in this year's draft - and the Sharks head into Wednesday's clash with the Dallas Stars to kick off a two-game trip, San Jose will aim to build on a thrilling victory in which its young star was the hero.
Both hyped San Jose Sharks rookies mentioned one theme that has been a big change for them: freedom.
Jack Hughes is on the verge of reaching a notable milestone in his young career, and the New Jersey Devils are constantly finding the back of the net lately.
The San Jose Sharks host the Minnesota Wild at SAP Center. Macklin Celebrini scored, but the Sharks lost 5-2. 1 in: Zetterlund kills the play in the DZ after extended Wild possession.
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