gold medalist figure skater Alysa Liu<\/a>, who trains at the Sharks-owned rink in Oakland.)<\/p>\nLike the gold-medal game, however, Celebrini wound up on the losing end.<\/p>\n
The Sharks stumbled into the Olympic break and didn\u2019t come out of it any better, falling 4-1 to the Flames for their fifth straight loss, dating back to Jan. 29. Before the skid, they were 27-21-3 and in control of a playoff position; they\u2019re now five points back.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone\u2019s got to dig in and execute at a higher level because he\u2019s obviously creating and showed what he can do on the world stage with the best,\u201d left winger Kiefer Sherwood said of Celebrini after the loss. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to be better around him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Another superstar in these parts turned a once-woebegone franchise into the most valuable team in the NBA. There\u2019s a reason why Celebrini is beginning to draw comparisons to Steph Curry. The NHL scout agreed: It isn\u2019t misplaced, given Celebrini\u2019s drive and demeanor.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no coincidence that Celebrini\u2019s father, Rick, is the Warriors\u2019 head trainer.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven his dad\u2019s role with the Warriors, he understands the responsibility and what it takes to be a superstar,\u201d Bentz said. Still, he tries to remember that Celebrini is still the age of a college sophomore. \u201cWe want to be sensitive to his growth not only on the ice but off the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Celebrini, for one, isn\u2019t shying away from the spotlight.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll this comes along with it \u2014 the fans, the attention \u2014 we want those expectations. We want that pressure,\u201d Celebrini said Thursday upon rejoining the Sharks from the Olympics. \u201cBecause that means we\u2019re doing a good thing and we\u2019re trending the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unlike the Warriors, the 49ers or the Giants, the Sharks don\u2019t typically have a large media contingent. No traditional outlet consistently covers the team away from home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Celebrini addressed a crowd of at least eight cameras and more than a dozen reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the most media we\u2019ve had, ever,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s starting to feel like a Canadian market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 Behind the counter inside the Sharks\u2019 team shop, Luis Borga couldn\u2019t press sevens and ones…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7,404,88,90,89,98,127,42022],"class_list":["post-196942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-california","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sports","tag-winter-olympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}