Felicia Keller
Josh Ravensbergen has golfed with Carey Price.
The 2025 San Jose Sharks’ first-round pick shared that fun fact in a sit-down with San Jose Hockey Now at Rookie Faceoff. The 6-foot-5 goaltender also talked about practicing with Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard in North Vancouver over the summer, and more.
Ravensbergen stopped 16 of 19 shots to help the Sharks to a 6-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday at the Rookie Faceoff.
While he didn’t face tons of rubber, head coach John McCarthy praised the magnitude of the 18-year-old’s stops.
“We didn’t give up a ton of chances, but the ones we did give up were dangerous,” McCarthy said. “He handled it.”
So what has Ravensbergen been up to since he was drafted by the San Jose Sharks at No. 30 back in June?
At the Draft, the North Vancouver native called Macklin Celebrini’s work ethic on the ice at a last summer practice up in Vancouver, “Kind of ridick.”
This summer, he participated in a few scrimmages with Celebrini and Connor Bedard.
He said both star players’ shots are “unreal.” But to Ravensbergen, the biggest difference between the two is the release points on their shots.
“You’ve got to be really ready if you want to save them.”
As a goalie, you might have expected Ravensbergen to have been particularly excited to meet Carey Price when he was in San Jose this week. The future Hall of Famer, acquired from the Montreal Canadiens in a cap dump, is believed to have taken (and failed) a physical which will allow the Sharks to put him on IR.
And while other San Jose Sharks prospects like Haoxi (Simon) Wang were starstruck seeing Price at their hotel in San Jose, it wasn’t too big of a deal for Ravensbergen.
He’s actually played golf with Price.
They played a golf scramble with ex-NHL goalie Mike Smith this summer in British Columbia.
Ravensbergen said it was “lots of fun” and “they played some good golf.”
Speaking of retired greats, this goalie made Ravensbergen a surprising Boston Bruins fan growing up.
As a kid, he always loved Tuukka Rask’s masks. He loved another Bruins goalie, too, in Tim Thomas.
Ravensbergen said he got his share of flak because of his allegiance to the black and gold. Ravensbergen was four when the Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final.
After Rookie Faceoff, Ravensbergen is headed back to the Prince George Cougars of the WHL for the season. But next year, he could have an opportunity to head to the NCAA if he wants.
There’s the benefit of an education – although Ravensbergen said, laughing, that he may just pick whichever major is easiest – as well as the opportunities with hockey.
“The guys get more time to work out and really build in their frame if you need that, more time on ice practicing, which can be good for some guys,” Ravensbergen said.
But that’s a discussion for later. First, back to the WHL, and hopefully, getting tapped by Team Canada for the 2026 World Junior Championships, kicking off after Christmas.