{"id":202773,"date":"2026-03-03T21:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202773\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T21:27:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:27:27","slug":"the-wolf-watch-south-county-native-shuts-down-sharks-in-san-jose-gilroy-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/202773\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wolf Watch: South County native shuts down Sharks in San Jose | Gilroy Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf, right, goes for a save against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center Feb. 26.
\nPhoto: Courtesy of the Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

The NHL\u2019s Calgary Flames are struggling through a rough season and will likely miss the playoffs, but South Santa Clara County native Dustin Wolf is sparkling in goal as the league returned after a break for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most recently, Wolf shined in a return to San Jose, where he and his parents attended Sharks games when he was a youngster growing up in Morgan Hill. On Feb. 26, Wolf made 34 saves to backstop the Flames to a 4-1 win over the Sharks in front of a sold-out SAP Center crowd of 17,435.<\/p>\n

In the post-game press conference, Wolf talked with the media about his latest victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s awesome,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cAnytime you get to come close to home is awesome. And anytime in the second period, I always find myself looking up to where I used to sit as a season ticket holder for a number of years, and it\u2019s pretty cool to be on the other side of it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wolf\u2019s parents live in Seattle but his South County and Morgan Hill relatives attend his games and wear Flames gear in the stands. The Calgary-red section is visible in the stands which are generally filled with fans in the Sharks\u2019 teal colors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had my aunt and uncle and my grandma, who loves to come to the games when we\u2019re in town,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cSo glad to have them around. I couldn\u2019t tell you the seats we used to sit in; I just know the general area of it was in their zone up to my right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wolf was born at Saint Louise Regional Hospital and spent his childhood in Morgan Hill. His family moved to southern California when he was about 10 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Calgary\u2019s win in San Jose<\/p>\n

After the win, Wolf\u2019s recent statistics show a solid .905 save average over his last seven games. Calgary coach Ryan Huska noted Wolf\u2019s crucial play in this victory, particularly during the first period.<\/p>\n

San Jose had roared out of the gates with an emotional start, as it was their first game after the Olympic break and the crowd was eager to see the Sharks\u2019 Macklin Celebrini, star and leading scorer of the Canadian national team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll go back to the first period,\u201d Huska said. \u201cIt could have been a much different game if he wasn\u2019t on his game tonight. He made a lot of great saves. And it\u2019s not just the first period, it was right through the game. That was one of the nights where, when you watched him in there, how calm and cool he looked in the net, you knew that they weren\u2019t going to get many by him tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Flames players echoed those views.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no doubt we were outplayed early on,\u201d Connor Zary said. \u201cThey had 17 shots in the first, and he held strong and played like Wolf always plays. It\u2019s always nice having him back there when we don\u2019t have our best and allows us to find our game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calgary\u2019s leading scorer, Nazem Kadri, had similar things to say.<\/p>\n

\u201cWolfie held us down for the first 20 minutes, and we were able to score a few goals for him,\u201d Kadri said. \u201cHe was definitely ready to play. Hometown game for him, and I think it gives you a little cool extra juice. So it\u2019s nice for him to enjoy that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent results with Wolf in goal<\/p>\n

Feb. 26: Flames won 4-1 at San Jose<\/p>\n

Feb. 28: Lost 2-0 at Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Season totals<\/p>\n

Wolf\u2019s record: 17-22-3 with a Save Percentage of .901 and a Goals Against Average of 2.91<\/p>\n

Calgary\u2019s record: 24-28-6, in seventh place in the Pacific Division<\/p>\n

The Wolf Watch is a periodic look-in at the career of Gilroy native and ex-Morgan Hill resident Dustin Wolf, goalie for the NHL\u2019s Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary Flames goalie Dustin Wolf, right, goes for a save against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[27929,33013,187,401,193,404,88,90,89,98],"class_list":{"0":"post-202773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-calgary-flames","9":"tag-dustin-wolf","10":"tag-gilroy","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-morgan-hill","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-san-jose","15":"tag-san-jose-headlines","16":"tag-san-jose-news","17":"tag-san-jose-sharks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202773","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=202773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}