{"id":263081,"date":"2026-04-11T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263081\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:44:13","slug":"sharks-misa-dickinson-share-favorite-sap-center-moments-from-rookie-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/263081\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks’ Misa & Dickinson Share Favorite SAP Center Moments From Rookie Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Misa<\/a> and Sam Dickinson<\/a> have had their good and bad moments during their rookie season, but have loved playing in front of San Jose Sharks fans.<\/p>\n

Both Sharks rookies made their NHL Debut<\/a> at the SAP Center<\/a>. First Dickinson during the second game of the season, then Misa the next game. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember it felt really long, thought the guys left me out there a little too long,\u201d Dickinson told SHD exclusively. \u201cI don\u2019t really remember looking into the crowd. Was pretty focused on not falling over [or] whiffing on a shot. It was just soaking it in. The one thing I think I did was I looked up and tried to find my parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Jose Sharks fans gave the 2024 NHL Draft<\/a> pick a nice hand as he entered the ice. He\u2019s responded this season with some highlight moments and some struggles that any rookie defenseman would go through.<\/p>\n

When asked about his favorite moments from the 25-26 season at the SAP Center, Dickinson couldn\u2019t pick just one. He also didn\u2019t pick his first NHL goal, which was a clutch finish in the third period against the Detroit Red Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of the OT winners were pretty cool. Just guys scoring and everybody hopping over the bench, rushing on the ice, and the fans getting into it. \u201d Those are pretty cool,\u201d Dickinson said. \u201cFor now, we\u2019ll go with that, and hopefully there\u2019s a couple more bigger OT winners that we see here.\u201d<\/p>\n

SHD asked the 19-year-old what he would say to the Sharks fans if he were addressing them directly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI probably would just thank them and that sort of thing. There\u2019s not really much else to say, other than we definitely appreciate them,\u201d Dickinson said. \u201cIt makes playing here a lot more fun. Makes the home games pretty exciting. It\u2019s an exciting time to be a fan of the Sharks and just to be part of the organization as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Misa says it\u2019s been a pleasure, Sharks fans<\/p>\n

For Michael Misa, playing his rookie season with the San Jose Sharks has been bumpy. He\u2019s shown flashes of the brilliance that made him the No. 2 overall pick at the 2025 NHL Draft<\/a>, along with expected growing pains.<\/p>\n

Misa had to wait for his NHL debut, but when he finally got it, the fans showed their excitement for his rookie year during his solo lap.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely remember. I was just trying not to fall out there. That was the biggest thing for that lap,\u201d Misa told SHD. \u201cThey\u2019ve been there throughout the year, and can\u2019t thank them enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misa\u2019s overtime goal<\/a> against the Winnipeg Jets<\/a> is one of his favorite memories at the SAP Center this season, but the Sharks rookie took a broader look at the fans when asked about his favorite memories.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust probably how loud they are and how much they support our team, and what we got going on here,\u201d Misa said. \u201cObviously, [we\u2019re] still trying to make the playoffs, and we\u2019re not out of it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sharks centerman turned 19 during the Olympic break, but when asked what he would say to fans, Misa had a question for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would ask them [what] the fan experience is on a Saturday night at the SAP Center,\u201d Misa said. \u201d Ask them what it\u2019s like from their audience\u2019s view.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, with one Saturday night home game left in the regular season, Misa can try to find his answer.<\/p>\n

Misa & Dickinson feel the support from Sharks fans is the beginning of something greater<\/p>\n

Neither Sharks rookie had to go through the agonizing pain of 114 wins out of 384 games from 2021 to 2024, but they\u2019ve heard the stories.<\/p>\n

Along with Macklin Celebrini<\/a>, Will Smith<\/a>, William Eklund<\/a>, and more, Misa and Dickinson are the future of Team Teal. They believe that the growth they saw in the fan base this season will only get better as they reward them with Stanley Cup-contending teams in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s heard about what the Shark Tank was like. That finals run, and when they had that string of really good years and really good teams. A lot of guys have talked about what it\u2019s been like,\u201d Dickinson said. \u201cEven guys on other teams have talked about the difficulty it was playing here because of them. It\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can feel through the season, it\u2019s ramped up. The seats are getting more full and it\u2019s getting louder. It feels like it\u2019s peaked recently. I\u2019m sure tonight will be no different. It\u2019s pretty exciting to know that that\u2019s been building, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s gonna continue to build.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey feed off us the better we\u2019re doing. They\u2019re gonna keep showing up for us,\u201d Misa said. \u201cIt encourages them if we win. They\u2019re going to be with us and keep cheering hard. We gotta find a way to win these last couple games we got and try to get in the playoffs for them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Misa and Sam Dickinson have had their good and bad moments during their rookie season, but have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3259,5670,1037,88,90,89,98,2577,42057,755],"class_list":{"0":"post-263081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-michael-misa","9":"tag-nhl-debut","10":"tag-sam-dickinson","11":"tag-san-jose","12":"tag-san-jose-headlines","13":"tag-san-jose-news","14":"tag-san-jose-sharks","15":"tag-sap-center","16":"tag-sharks-fans","17":"tag-sj-sharks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263081","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=263081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}