{"id":483299,"date":"2026-10-03T00:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/483299\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T00:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T00:14:37","slug":"san-jose-sharks-ivar-stenberg-the-latest-guest-at-joe-thorntons-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/483299\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks’ Ivar Stenberg the latest guest at Joe Thornton’s home"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 Sharks rookie Ivar Stenberg\u2019s<\/a> living arrangements were a little unsettled during training camp<\/a> last month, but he seems to have the perfect place to call home, at least for now: Joe Thornton\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n

As they did with Macklin Celebrini over the last two seasons<\/a>, Thornton\u2019s family, at the request of Sharks general manager Mike Grier, is welcoming Stenberg, the 19-year-old Swedish-born winger, into their home.<\/p>\n

A day after making his NHL debut in the Sharks\u2019 emotional 4-3 overtime win<\/a> over the Florida Panthers, Stenberg said he was moving into Thornton\u2019s South Bay property on Friday. He\u2019ll also get to drive the car that Celebrini had been using.<\/p>\n

Asked how the arrangement began, Stenberg said Grier and the Sharks wanted him to live with someone as he gets used to San Jose and California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted that, too,\u201d Stenberg said Friday afternoon. \u201c(Thornton\u2019s home) was a perfect spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll learn English quick,\u201d quipped Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky.<\/p>\n

Thornton, officially in his second year as a player development coach and hockey operations advisor with the Sharks, had 1,539 points in 1,714 games<\/a> over a 24-year NHL career, culminating in induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

The Sharks also had Will Smith live with Patrick Marleau for his first two NHL seasons, before Smith and Celebrini moved in together after they returned to San Jose several weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuys that have gone through it and understand what they\u2019re going through can really help them on and off the ice,\u201d Warsofsky said. \u201cSometimes more off the ice to let him decompress and breathe and understand the adrenaline and the emotion that went into (Thursday\u2019s game), go home, kind of reset.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on there. Jumbo\u2019s been through that. He can help him. He can put his arm around him, talk to him, and guide him through it. There\u2019ll be times when he can maybe push him a little bit and say, \u2018Hey, you\u2019ve got to get back in there.\u2019 Such a value for these players that we\u2019ve had with Jumbo and Patty \u2014 you can\u2019t really (put enough) value on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thornton, the 14th-leading scorer in NHL history, won the Hart Memorial (league MVP) and Art Ross (leading scorer) trophies in 2006, more than a year before Stenberg was born.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a legend,\u201d Stenberg said. \u201cI didn\u2019t watch him too much growing up, but he\u2019s a really cool guy and an amazing person. It couldn\u2019t be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stenberg said he hasn\u2019t been driving around San Jose much, but has noticed a big difference in how fast local drivers go compared to those back in his hometown of Gothenburg.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t driven too much, to be honest,\u201d Stenberg said. \u201cBut yeah, American drivers drive crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stenberg, listed at 5-foot-11, might be more comfortable on the ice than on Bay Area freeways.<\/p>\n

In the Sharks\u2019 4-3 overtime win over the Florida Panthers, Stenberg earned kudos for his hockey sense and responsible play, two traits that helped him become the No. 2 overall pick during June\u2019s NHL draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was unreal,\u201d Celebrini said. \u201cHe made a lot of great plays for us, and he was really smart with the puck.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the Sharks killing over 10 minutes in penalties, Stenberg finished with just 13:35 of ice time, skating on a line with center Alexander Wennberg and fellow winger Collin Graf. Stenberg went without a point but also held his own, as he and his linemates were often matched up against Sam Bennett\u2019s line and, per Natural Stat Trick<\/a>, created as many scoring chances as they allowed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought his third (period) was really good,\u201d Warsofsky said of Stenberg\u2019s game. \u201cHe\u2019s strong on the puck. He can hold on to a puck, and that\u2019s probably what impressed me last night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stenberg took a shoulder-to-shoulder hit from Panthers defenseman Uvis Balinskis midway through the second period. Stenberg said it wasn\u2019t that big of a hit, but appreciated Graf stepping in to challenge Balinskis, even though the scrap was short-lived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2013 Sharks rookie Ivar Stenberg\u2019s living arrangements were a little unsettled during training camp last month,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7,100,404,88,90,89,98,127],"class_list":["post-483299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-california","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483299","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=483299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}