Macklin Celebrini is taking the hockey world by storm at the 2026 Winter Olympics for Team Canada.
Really, he was already taking the NHL by storm all season long with the San Jose Sharks as a 19-year old superstar.
Celebrini has the most goals in these Olympics entering Sunday’s gold medal game.
Really, though, he has the chance to change hockey in San Jose.
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The San Francisco Standard wrote a new feature on Celebrini during the Olympics, and two things stand out.
The first is this quote, from KNBR radio’s Derek Papa: “He’s going to be the Steph Curry of hockey. He’s going to be the guy we all root for. So I’m rooting for him.”
Then there’s this stat:
“Sharks individual game tickets sales during the NHL pause are up 47% and season ticket memberships have surged more than 400% compared with this point last season.”
Yeah, people want to watch Celebrini play.
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He’s probably the most impressive and productive teenager in the NHL since Sidney Crosby, who was the most impressive and productive teenager in the NHL since Wayne Gretzky.
Almost no one has ever done what Celebrini is doing.
He’s already got his Canadian teammates at the Olympics talking about him as the soon-to-be best player in the world, too.
Celebrini has certainly arrived.
It took Curry until the summer of 2024 to get his first gold medal.
For Celebrini, it can arrive on Sunday.
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