In a locker room, the word \u201cculture\u201d is all-important, but sometimes, difficult to define.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a sports clich\u00e9 to associate \u201cculture\u201d with wins and losses. In a bad culture, perhaps players are more selfish, and you lose more. In a good culture, perhaps players are more team-oriented, and you win more. And so on.<\/p>\n
The San Jose Sharks lost 4-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday, but you saw two significant instances of \u201cgood\u201d culture, that didn\u2019t lead to winning today, but may in the future.<\/p>\n
In the first period, Ryan Reaves dislocated his finger, fighting Garret Wilson. Reaves skated another shift, then went into the locker room.<\/p>\n
Ryan Reaves got into a scrap with Garrett Wilson, dislocated his finger, and went to the bench to have one of the Sharks trainers pop it back into place \ud83d\ude29\ud83e\udd22 pic.twitter.com\/EabWrPx6Nh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) March 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Reaves joined the bench in the second period, and for the rest of the game, but never left it.<\/p>\n After the game, Barclay Goodrow started crying when asked about his \u201cgreat, great friend\u201d. Reaves and Goodrow were previously teammates on the New York Rangers for two seasons.<\/p>\n \u201cSorry, guys,\u201d an overcome Goodrow said. \u201cEven when he\u2019s not playing, he\u2019s there for everyone. He works his butt off everyday. I think everyone in the room can learn a lot from a guy like that.\u201d<\/p>\n This caught the entire media corps by surprise, first, because Goodrow is usually serious with the media. Second, because athletes don\u2019t often cry on camera. And third, because we\u2019re not aware of any major Reaves news yet.<\/p>\n But there\u2019s no doubt, Goodrow cares a lot for Reaves, and you aspire for every player in your locker room to care for each other like that.<\/p>\n Then, early in the third period, score tied at one apiece, Garnet Hathaway caught an unaware Macklin Celebrini with a thunderous hit.<\/p>\n The 19-year-old franchise face, typically, has a gift for avoiding the brunt of contact.<\/p>\n Mario Ferraro flipped, and jumped Hathaway, even though the hit was clean.<\/p>\n Hathaway popped Celebrini and then Ferraro IMMEDIATELY went after him taking a penalty \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udca5 pic.twitter.com\/KqQCx39Vps<\/a><\/p>\n