{"id":432257,"date":"2026-08-14T00:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432257\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:30:13","slug":"rising-stars-michael-misa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/432257\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising stars: Michael Misa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Jose Sharks have a plethora of young talent, aside from just superstar Macklin Celebrini, as the team continues to usher in a new era of San Jose hockey.\u00a0 One talented young forward who grabs attention is 19-year-old Michael Misa.\u00a0 Misa has always had a competitive spirit and a fire under him, going back to his youth hockey days, so it\u2019s no wonder the forward has high expectations going into his sophomore season.<\/p>\n

Back when he was 14, turning 15, years-old, Michael Misa joined the Mississauga Senators U16 AAA team.\u00a0 At the ripe age of 15-years-old, Misa finished the season with 43 points (16G, 27A) in 27 games.\u00a0 Riding the wave of a great season, Misa led the Senators to the U16 OHL Cup where they won the championship.\u00a0 In this championship run, Misa notched a remarkable 20 points in only 7 games, the most of anyone in the tournament.\u00a0 Unsurprisingly, these 20 points earned him a spot on the OHL Cup All-Star Team and named the tournament MVP.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following such an incredible AAA season, the OHL\u2019s Saginaw Spirit saw Michael Misa\u2019s prowess and drafted him first overall in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection Draft.\u00a0 Since Misa would only be 15-years-old entering his OHL rookie season, the league granted him \u201cexceptional status\u201d.\u00a0 This \u201cexceptional status\u201d cleared Misa to play in the OHL a year early, a status held only by five other players in OHL history: John Tavares (2005), Aaron Ekblad (2011), Connor McDavid (2012), Sean Day (2013) and Shane Wright (2019)…certainly some impressive names to be among.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Misa wasted no time to get into the swing of things with the OHL, and continued his outstanding campaign.\u00a0 In his 45 games played his rookie season, Misa had 56 points (22G, 34A).\u00a0 These 56 points were the most by any rookie in the CHL, earning him a spot on the CHL All Rookie Team, and a spot on the OHL 1st Rookie Team.\u00a0 Early in the season, he also played in the U17 World Hockey Challenge for Canada Red, where he put up 6 points (3G, 3A) in 7 games played and won a silver medal.<\/p>\n

He sustained his spectacular OHL career in another season with the Spirit, notching 75 points (29G, 46A) in 67 games.\u00a0 His fantastic playoff performance, scoring 11 points (4G, 7A) in 17 games led the Spirit to becoming the CHL\u2019s Memorial Cup 2024 champions.\u00a0 However, Misa wasn\u2019t done there.\u00a0 In the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, a U18 international tournament ahead of players\u2019 draft seasons, Michael Misa recorded 8 points (2G, 6A) in 5 games in his gold medal campaign.\u00a0 This appearance set the tone for Misa\u2019s next, and final, season in the OHL.<\/p>\n

In his draft season, Michael Misa took his talent to the next level.\u00a0 Already producing at a high amount in previous seasons, Misa skyrocketed his production.\u00a0 In 65 games played wearing the \u201cC\u201d for the Saginaw Spirit, Misa notched an astounding 134 points (62G, 72A) and +45.\u00a0 This knockout performance earned him the title of the CHL and OHL\u2019s top scorer, CHL 1st All-Star, OHL 1st-All Star, and the Red Tilson Trophy (awarded to the OHL\u2019s most outstanding player).\u00a0 On top of his hockey success, Misa also showed his multitasking and prioritizing abilities by also earning the OHL\u2019s Bobby Smith Trophy for Scholastic Player of the Year.\u00a0 With a good head on his shoulders and talent to match, the Sharks understandably drafted him 2nd overall in the 2025 draft.<\/p>\n

Last year, in his rookie season with the Sharks, Misa cemented his spot as the number two center on the roster.\u00a0 In 45 games played, the freshman scored a solid 21 points (9G, 12A) and even represented Canada in the U20 World Junior Championship, winning bronze with 7 points (2G, 5A) in 7 games.\u00a0 With his continued upward trajectory, the sky is the limit for Misa.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of expectations for Michael Misa going into this season, ones he is more than equipped to handle gracefully.\u00a0 Misa himself said at the end of the last season we haven\u2019t even begun to see what he really can do, and there\u2019s reason to believe that\u2019s absolutely true.\u00a0 In the moments we saw him not getting weighed down by Tyler Toffoli\u2019s slowness, Misa was a clinic of speed, stickhandling, and confidence.\u00a0 Additionally, the prospect of potentially getting more playing time with fellow young talent and former Saginaw Spirit linemate, Igor Chernyshov, is incredibly exciting.\u00a0 Plus, the added factor of this year\u2019s second overall draft pick, Ivar Stenberg, incoming is enough to make Sharks fans shake with excitement.\u00a0 Misa is ready to take his play up a notch and help bring this organization to the next step in the rebuild.\u00a0 The question is: is the rest of the league ready?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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