San Jose Sharks
Sharks Practice: New Lines, Celebrini’s Honest Reaction To Being Named NHL 1st Star of the Week
WASHINGTON — The San Jose Sharks, riding the high of 12 goals in their last two games, both wins, made a small tweak to their lines at Monday’s practice.
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Hello from Washington DC! pic.twitter.com/fNVFM9uT4m
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 2, 2024
Carl Grundstrom, battling through the second-worst goal-less slump of his career, 21 games and counting, looks like he’ll get another shot in the line-up for Tuesday’s match-up against the Washington Capitals, in place of Ethan Cardwell.
Last year, the Swedish winger with a big shot went 28 games without a goal.
“The more important thing is his play without the puck, his identity, and the goals will come. That’s a cherry on the top of the cake. So just playing the right way is what it comes down to, being trustworthy,” San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky said. “He’s improved throughout the year, obviously new system, so he’s improving. He’s one of our better forecheckers.”
Warsofsky said he wanted to give Cardwell a view of the game from up top, a learning experience for the rookie.
Blackwood just hit a 200-foot empty netter to end practice early for the Sharks
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 2, 2024
Celebrini Named NHL 1st Star of the Week
Yesterday, Macklin Celebrini was the first San Jose Sharks rookie since Tomas Hertl to be named Rookie of the Month. Hertl earned the honor in October 2013.
Today, he’s the first Sharks rookie since Hertl to be named NHL First Star of the Week. Hertl earned the honor during the week of Oct. 7-13, 2013, which was highlighted by a memorable four-goal game versus the New York Rangers.
Macklin Celebrini (@SanJoseSharks), Quinn Hughes (@Canucks) and Jakob Chychrun (@Capitals) have been named the NHL’s “Three Stars” presented by GEICO for the week ending Dec. 1.#NHLStats: https://t.co/PRLlm4egyn pic.twitter.com/oJUWZ5ONR6
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) December 2, 2024
Celebrini’s reaction was exactly what you’d expect from an 18-year-old:
Celebrini was just informed by media that he was named NHL First Star of the Week: "Holy fuck. I didn't know that."
Moments like these are fun, you remember that he's just 18 & he's taken aback by all this too.
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) December 2, 2024
He added: “We’re obviously playing pretty good hockey right now as a team, we’re doing well and we’ve won some big games where we’re playing a really good team game. We’re trying to stick to our identity. Things have been going pretty good for all of us.”
The San Jose Sharks are 6-5-3 since Celebrini came off IR (hip injury) on Nov. 5.
