The San Jose Sharks might be a young team finding their way on the ice, but, off of it, their marketing team appears to be full of savvy veterans.<\/p>\n
In what may be the NHL promotional giveaway of the year, the team announced that its opening night giveaway will be a bobblehead of star forwards Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith in hotel beds, playing off a viral moment from last season. All fans who enter SAP Center on October 9 for the Sharks\u2019 game against the Vegas Golden Knights will get the dual bobblehead<\/p>\n
For an extra $35, fans can also purchase a Tyler Toffoli bobblehead that features him in a cot. The add-on completes the set but only a limited run of 1,000 Toffoli bobbles will be available to buy at the arena. All proceeds will go towards the Sharks Foundation.<\/p>\n
The silly bobblehead design is in reference to the trio\u2019s sleepover after a March 4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres<\/a> during the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n Toffoli went on the \u201cNever Offside with Julie and Cat\u201d podcast<\/a> \u2013 hosted by his own wife and Julie Petry (wife of Jeff Petry) \u2013 in March to explain how the whole situation came to be.<\/p>\n \u201c[The day before the game] I went to the front of the [team] bus and we were just like talking and then all of a sudden \u2013 out of nowhere too \u2013 [Smith is] like, \u2018Alright, if all three of us score tomorrow, you\u2019re sleeping over.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Will, I\u2019m not sleeping over, like I\u2019m 32 years old like it doesn\u2019t happen anymore.’\u201d<\/p>\n But Smith wasn\u2019t taking no for an answer. According to Toffoli, the 20-year-old centerman was convinced he\u2019d envisioned a hat-trick of goals for them.<\/p>\n \u201cHe said, \u201cNope, it\u2019s going to happen I feel it. We\u2019re all going to score,’\u201d Toffoli continued. \u201cLong story, short, we ended up playing really well in Buffalo and I scored the empty net goal, whatever, with like 30 or 40 seconds left\u2026 As soon as it went in I went to the bench and I was laughing, I didn\u2019t even realize all three of us scored. Will is like, \u2018Sleepover! Sleepover!\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018What are you talking about? It\u2019s not happening.\u2019 And then we ended up getting on the plane after the game and my coach came up to me and was like, \u2018You know you have to sleep over, you know that, right?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh God, here we go.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Indeed, Smith, Celebrini and Toffoli all turned on the red light in the Shark\u2019s 6-2 win over the Sabres. They combined for five points on the night (3g, 2a) but Toffoli admitted he wouldn\u2019t have taken the late third period pot shot if he was aware of what was at stake.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I had thought of that, I would\u2019ve passed it,\u201d he said jokingly. \u201cJust because they would\u2019ve been so mad about it.\u201d<\/p>\n The trio gathered in a hotel room the next night to fulfill their promise, complete with typical sleepover cuisine. Toffoli posted the photo that inspired San Jose\u2019s bobbleheads to his Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cSo they ordered cookies,\u201d Toffoli added. \u201cFrom what I understand, they order milk and cookies every night.\u201d<\/p>\n Other NHL teams have slowly been releasing their promotional calendars for the 2025-26 season. The Washington Capitals dropped theirs on Thursday, featuring fan giveaways like an Ovi-Wan Kenobi bobblehead and a Pierre-Luc Dubois designed hat<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> and Detroit Red Wings<\/a>, both members of the \u201cOriginal Six\u201d era of the NHL, are celebrating their centennial seasons this year. Their respective promotional schedules feature theme nights and giveaways surrounding each club\u2019s century-long history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks might be a young team finding their way on the ice, but, off of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-117850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}