San Jose Sharks stars Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith and Zack Ostapchuk along with Rebecca Johnston, a Canadian Olympic medalist in women’s ice hockey, visited classrooms at Walter L. Bachrodt Elementary School. The San Jose Sharks and the Sharks Foundation hosted a literacy-focused event as part of Reading is Cool powered by the Sharks Foundation, the organizations youth literacy initiative.

Celebrini and Smith read “The Home Team: The San Jose Sharks” by Holly Preston and James Hearne, while Johnston read “I Can Play Too” by Cammi Granato.

“It’ll be super cool,” Smith said. “I remember being in middle school and elementary school and having different professional people come in.”

Smith, a Massachusetts native who turns 21 this month, said some players with the Boston Bruins visited his classroom with the Stanley Cup after they won the trophy in 2011, and members of the Boston Red Sox came by his school after they won the World Series in 2013.

The event wrapped up with a Q&A hosted by Dan Rusanowsky, a play-by-play announcer for the Sharks. Students asked the players about their favorite books and how to play hockey.

San Jose Sharks' Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini, and Zack Ostapchuk talk before reading to students at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks’ Will Smith, Macklin Celebrini, and Zack Ostapchuk talk before reading to students at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks' Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini walk towards the library at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks’ Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini walk towards the library at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks' Macklin Celebrini enters a classroom to read to children at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks’ Macklin Celebrini enters a classroom to read to children at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks' Will Smith reads to students at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks’ Will Smith reads to students at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Students are read to as part of a literacy initiative called Reading is Cool by the Sharks Foundation at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)Students are read to as part of a literacy initiative called Reading is Cool by the Sharks Foundation at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks' Will Smith signs autographs at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks’ Will Smith signs autographs at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Victoria Lozano, family liaison at Bachrodt Elementary, dances with S.J. Sharkie during a literacy event called Reading is Cool by the Sharks Foundation at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)Victoria Lozano, family liaison at Bachrodt Elementary, dances with S.J. Sharkie during a literacy event called Reading is Cool by the Sharks Foundation at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks' Macklin Celebrini signs autographs at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks’ Macklin Celebrini signs autographs at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
A hat colored by a student with San Jose Sharks' mascot S.J. Sharkie sits on a desk at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)A hat colored by a student with San Jose Sharks’ mascot S.J. Sharkie sits on a desk at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Rebecca Johnston, four-time Canadian Olympic medalist in women's ice hockey, reads to a class at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)Rebecca Johnston, four-time Canadian Olympic medalist in women’s ice hockey, reads to a class at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
A San Jose Sharks decoration is hung on the wall at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)A San Jose Sharks decoration is hung on the wall at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Remi, 5, hugs S.J. Sharkie during a reading initiative by the Sharks Foundation called Reading is Cool at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)Remi, 5, hugs S.J. Sharkie during a reading initiative by the Sharks Foundation called Reading is Cool at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks' S.J. Sharkie high fives students at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks’ S.J. Sharkie high fives students at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie does a heal click while walking to a classroom at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)San Jose Sharks mascot S.J. Sharkie does a heal click while walking to a classroom at Bachrodt Elementary in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, March 5, 2026. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)