{"id":460565,"date":"2026-09-11T13:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460565\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:42:09","slug":"san-jose-sharks-ivar-stenberg-michael-misa-set-for-rookie-faceoff-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460565\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks’ Ivar Stenberg, Michael Misa set for Rookie Faceoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 Twenty-five players are on the San Jose Sharks\u2019 roster<\/a> for this weekend\u2019s Rookie Faceoff event<\/a> at Tech CU Arena and Sharks Ice.<\/p>\n

Some are ticketed to return to their major junior teams soon after the event ends. Several others will, at some point this month, be assigned to the Barracuda of the AHL or Wichita of the ECHL. A select few should start the season<\/a> with the Sharks in the NHL.<\/p>\n

Still, the Sharks\u2019 roster, with a combined eight first- or second-round<\/a> draft picks, is expected to be the deepest of the five teams at the event, with several players ready to make an impact at the professional level, either this season or in the future.<\/p>\n

The Sharks\u2019 team plays the Los Angeles Kings\u2019 rookie team on Saturday and the Utah Mammoth\u2019s squad on Sunday, with both games at 5 p.m. at Tech CU Arena. The Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, and Vegas Golden Knights are also sending teams.<\/p>\n

Tickets, as of Thursday, were $34 for each game<\/a> \u2013 compared to the roughly $25 it costs for an upper deck seat at the Sharks\u2019 first preseason game<\/a> on Sept. 22 at SAP Center against Vegas \u2013 or $54 for an all-game pass.<\/p>\n

Here are the 10 most intriguing Sharks players competing this weekend.<\/p>\n

FILIP BYSTEDT, center \u2013 Bystedt last season was on the verge of getting called up to the Sharks for the first time in his career. This month, Bystedt will have a tough time cracking the opening week roster, with Macklin Celebrini, Alexander Wennberg, Michael Misa and Zack Ostapchuk slated to start as the Sharks\u2019 four centermen<\/a>. While Bystedt might start the year in the AHL, his NHL debut feels closer now than ever before.<\/p>\n

IGOR CHERNYSHOV, winger \u2013 Chernyshov remains waivers-exempt,<\/a> so there\u2019s a chance he could start the season in the AHL if he is drastically outshined by another young winger in training camp. That would be a big disappointment \u2014 and a surprise \u2014 considering how good Chernyshov looked last season with 19 points in 28 NHL games<\/a>. Although the Sharks are deeper up front than last season, the Russian forward can start the year in the NHL if he plays well.<\/p>\n

ANDRE GASSEAU, center \u2013 The Sharks liked Gasseau\u2019s potential so much that they acquired his rights from the Boston Bruins in mid-June for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick. At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, Gasseau is big and plays big, and should greatly benefit from a season in the AHL learning the pro game while improving his skill set.<\/p>\n

CAM LUND, winger \u2013 Lund was enjoying a strong season<\/a> with the Barracuda and might have earned a call-up had his season not ended in February with an injury. He\u2019ll likely start this season in the AHL, but he\u2019s definitely on the Sharks\u2019 radar, and figures to be one of the first in line for a recall if the big club has injuries and needs a top-nine winger.<\/p>\n

MICHAEL MISA, center \u2013 Misa, in his second year as a professional, is one of the Sharks\u2019 most intriguing players. Following February\u2019s Olympic break, he showed steady improvement and was tied for third<\/a> on the Sharks roster with seven goals in his final 27 games. He averaged 12:49 in ice time as a rookie, a number that will likely increase as a middle-six center in year two.<\/p>\n

QUENTIN MUSTY, winger \u2013 This is a big year for Musty. While he\u2019ll be hard-pressed to make the Sharks\u2019 roster out of camp, he still needs to take a step forward in his development after a good but perhaps not great year with the Barracuda in his first season as a pro. If he does take steps, an NHL call-up isn\u2019t out of the question.<\/p>\n

IVAR STENBERG, winger \u2013 All eyes will be on Stenberg this weekend. Taken second overall at the NHL draft in June, Stenberg, who will turn 19 on Sept. 30, has the skill set and the intangibles needed to make the Sharks roster out of camp. He still has to play well, though, as the Sharks have the option of sending him to the Barracuda if they feel he\u2019s not quite NHL-ready. If he starts the year in the NHL, the Sharks may, for health reasons, keep him out of the lineup in back-to-back games to begin the season.<\/p>\n

ALEXANDER KARMANOV, defenseman \u2013 No one will stand out this weekend quite like Karmanov, the 7-foot-1, 275-pound rearguard drafted 201st overall by the Sharks in June. Will anyone try to hit him? Or get in his way on a rush up the ice? He could make a big impression \u2013 literally \u2013 before the Sharks return him to the OHL.<\/p>\n

ERIC POHLKAMP, defenseman \u2013 There\u2019s a lot of intrigue surrounding Pohlkamp, the NCAA\u2019s top-scoring defenseman last season who became a Hobey Baker Award finalist. There are jobs to be won at camp for young Sharks defensemen, and starting this weekend, Pohlkamp will get his chance to stand out. Still, as a first-year pro, Pohlkamp would probably be best served long-term by starting the season with the Barracuda.<\/p>\n

LEO SAHLIN-WALLENIUS, defenseman \u2013 Drafted 53rd overall by the Sharks in 2024, Sahlin-Wallenius is finally in San Jose after spending parts of the last two seasons in the Swedish Hockey League. He\u2019s a tremendous skater with sound puck distribution skills, but he will obviously need time to adapt to the North American game, like fellow prospect defenseman Mattias Havelid did last season, by being harder to play against in his own zone. He\u2019ll start the year in the AHL and get an opportunity to play significant minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2013 Twenty-five players are on the San Jose Sharks\u2019 roster for this weekend\u2019s Rookie Faceoff event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,402,181,404,88,97,90,89,98,198,403,94685,200,127],"class_list":["post-460565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-barracuda","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-sharks-alert","tag-social-alert","tag-south-bay","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460565","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=460565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}