Article: SJ Hockey Now publishes "The Making of Sam Dickinson"
He didn’t love hockey at first—he only joined as a backup goalie so he could be with his friends. But somewhere along the way, he fell in love with the sport. He started out as a forward (a winger), playing alongside Beckett Sennecke (center), before eventually finding his place on the blue line as a defenseman. A few years later, he was drafted 11th overall by the Sharks in the 2024 NHL Draft.
Some cute Mack-Delly walk-in photos and the boys in toques. | x x
Mack pregame interview on TSN. Some observed that his tooth gap's coming back—must've forgotten his retainers. | x
WillMack tunnel walk. | x x
Dickie's homecoming game in Toronto. There were nearly a hundred people that came for him.
TSN shared a funny anecdote (with receipt) of Dickie's Grade 3 yearbook. They were asked "What do you want to be when you grow up and why?" and his answer was "I want to be a professional hockey player. I do not want to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs." ICONIC. | x
Delly breakaway + penalty shot (he failed to put one in though).
Reavo puts in one (could've been the biggest "f*ck you" to the Leads) but unfortunately it got disallowed as the play was offside.
Orly gets the first goal (first period), Klingy tied it up (second goal) with 1:25 remaining in the clock on the third period (also marks his 3-game point streak); and Wenny gets the OT GWG which almost got disallowed (Eky's skate and the puck literally crossed the blue line simultaneously, it was crazy).
Dickie intermission interview. | x
Wenny postgame interview with Randy and Drew (2A 1G 3P). | x
Wenny and Dickie postgame interview with media. | x
Dickie with his family and friends postgame. | x x x
Socials Update: Will shows support for Jacob Fowler on his NHL debut with the Montreal Canadiens via IGS.
Socials Update: Will posts a new photo dump featuring Mack and Delly on Instagram.
The first photo was a walk-in shot of him, with Mack visibly trailing behind. It also featured that fan-fave bomb jacket, along with three game-day photos in his top three favorite jerseys (Heritage, Cali Fin, and Away). My favorite slide is the photo of him with Mack and Delly from the 49ers game, with his heart eyes fully on display.
Sharks Content: Gift wrapping with Skinny, Klingy, and Lily
Skinny looks so soft and cutieful and adorable! | x
SJS @ PIT (OT W 6-5) ; THE GAME OF THE SEASON
WillMack + Delly walk-in. | x
Fun pregame warmups with WillMack and Delly. | x x
Craziest comeback in the regular season in Sharks history—similar to the NHL Playoffs 2019 Game 7 against VGK. The Sharks records the fifth-latest four-goal comeback win in NHL history. | x
Bench + on-ice yaps and moments before the storm hits. | x x x x x x x
Toff puts one in during the first period, and the team looks good for the most part—until the second period. Phil also gets injured (upper body).
Grafer and Ben Kindel beef side plot from the second period. | x
The score stays 5-1 in favor of the Pens halfway through the third, until the Sharks wreak havoc after Will gets hurt.
During the Sharks’ power play, Will gets hit hard along the boards by Wotherspoon, with Mack immediately jumping Wotherspoon (and Eky backing him up). Mack lands some solid hits, leaving Wotherspoon bleeding. Mack doesn’t drop a glove, and the refs call for a roughing penalty. He gets four minutes. If Mack had dropped a glove and taken a fighting penalty, he would’ve gotten his first Gordie Howe hat trick. | x x x x x x
Then, in about six minutes, they completely turn the game around by scoring four goals (Klingy, Eky, Mack, then Toff), forcing the game into overtime. Note that after Will gets hurt and Mack serves the penalty (3:30 into the third), the SOG are 15–40, with the score 5–1 in favor of the Pens. The fifth, game-tying goal from Toff comes with 1:38 remaining on the clock, by which point the Sharks’ SOG had climbed to 30 (42 for the Pens). | x x
Klingy then walks Sid Crosby with an unreal dangle and scores the OT GWG (with a Mack assist). | x x
Mack postgame interview (looking tired and defeated despite the win). | x
Mack’s TOI total is 27:14 | x
Updates on Phil and Will's injury will most likely be on Monday.
Article: NBC Sports Bay Area and California publishes "Power of friendship helps spark Sharks' historic comeback victory over Penguins"
When impossible odds were stacked agains them, the Sharks turned to the most powerful tool there is.
Love.
San Jose's historic 6-5 comeback OT win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday at PGG Paints Arena will be one Sharks fans talk about for generations to come. But when we reflect on the miracle that occurred on that ice, it must be remembered what propelled the inconceivable scenario that played out before us.
The power of friendship.
[Full walkthrough of the final minutes with clips.]
Article: SJ Hockey Now publishes "Warsofsky: Misa Is Not Injured" — confirming that Mis is not injured and will not be missing the Team Canada Training Camp.
San Jose Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky clarified, “We just kept him back for a couple days for his [conditioning loan]. He’ll be fine.”
Hockey Canada announced that Misa was “day-to-day”, but did not actually say that he was injured, which might explain the confusion.
Article: The Mercury News publishes "Kurtenbach: For Sharks superstar Macklin Celebrini, the ‘C’ isn’t silent"
"When Will Smith — the other pillar of this franchise’s future and Celebrini’s winger — took a tough (but clean) hit from Penguins defenseman Parker Wotherspoon with 16:35 to play in the third and the Sharks only down 4-1 (Pittsburgh would go up 5-1 on the subsequent power play), it was Celebrini who stepped in to defend his teammate.
In a sane world, your 19-year-old franchise savior, the kid with the golden hands, does not fight. (It should be noted that the wunderkind did not, in fact, drop his gloves, though he got in a few padded hooks.)
You don’t take the Ferrari off-roading. You don’t use a Stradivarius to hammer a nail. But when Smith went down hard, Celebrini didn’t look at the refs. He didn’t look at the bench, either. He looked for the fight."
"He says he did what anyone on his team would have done.
I say he did what a captain does."
"It’s not just the skill. We knew the skill was coming. We watched the draft highlights. We knew he could shoot the puck through a keyhole.
But you can’t manufacture heart. You can’t scout the kind of fire that makes a superstar risk a broken hand to defend a buddy."
Sharks on Demand with Drew Remenda & Dan Rusanowsky: Instant Replay 12/13/25
Dan: Macklin Celebrini is going to join us from the sharks dressing room. What a game for Macklin. A tremendous show of leadership, first of all. When Will Smith got knocked out of the game. He never did return after getting hit hard by Parker Wotherspoon. Macklin stepped right up and defended his teammate. and then he basically was the architect of the sharks comeback with a tremendous burst of energy and a variety of great plays. Macklin, what does that feel like? That's all I can say, what a remarkable comeback.
Mack: Yeah, I mean, that was one of the crazier games I've ever been a part of. From top to bottom, we found a way to win.
[...]
Dan: Will Smith knocked out of the game, Philipp Kurashev knocked out of the game, you didn't have any linemates for the rest of the contest. But how did you guys hold it together emotionally and keep your discipline?
Mack: That's tough, losing those guys, those two are a pretty substantial part of our team. You hate to see anyone go down with an injury. So, hopefully, they're back soon.
[Transcript by keelpay]
Dan: But then the moment that Will Smith got knocked out of the game at 3:30 when Parker Wotherspoon drilled him up against the boards. Macklin Celebrini stood up and stood up for his man, got 4 minutes for roughing, 2 minutes for roughing for Wotherspoon. That resulted ultimately in a powerplay and the result of it was going to be a goal by Anthony Mantha. [...] And you're thinking are they just going to scoot to the rest of the game and get to the airplane, well that didn't happen, did it?
Owen: No, they found a way to get back into the game. It took them a while, they chipped away at it, they didn't realize they had to get it all right away, but they kept going.
Dan: But the most important thing that you mentioned, and when we were talking to Macklin, the same thing, you mentioned the fact that when MC stood up for WS, everybody on the bench stood up and what does that tell you?
Owen: For me, I've always watched that, and when I played the same time, whenever a player is in a fight or a skirmish or whatnot, you look at the bench. If you can…those guys are on the ice fighting away for your team, the least you can do is stand up and respect them for doing it. And I looked at the sharks bench, every player was standing up and that means they care for each other.
[transcript by keelpay]
Roster Update + Active Injuries: Will and Phil gets placed on IR; Cardsy and Cherny recalled from Cuda.
Sharks Content: Alan Hoshida (NBCSSharks) shares an edit from the Pens game.
WillMack spotted in Downtown Los Gatos; Will with a sling
Selfie with fan and sighting at a cafe
Sharks Holiday Family Skate 2025 (all posts)
Cat shares a short clip of Mack and Toff playing together and hitting a puck towards her [x] and a minute-wrap-up video [x] (plus a discussion of a Will sighting at the rink from Cat's video)
Felicia shares a clip Wenny with his daughter Ivy and Dickie with Wenny's son, Rio [x], Delly as the goalie for the kids [x], Eky playing with Rio [x], and a bunch of photos with Wenny and Eky [x]
Socials Update: Will shares his 2025 Red Bull Advent Calendar
Active Injuries: Warso confirms Will to be out for the week and will be reevaluated on 12/22 (Monday)—he also said "I'm going to be alright"; Phil as week-to-week; Gauds as day-to-day (lower body—to miss one game) and Muk (upper body).
SJ Hockey Now: Cherny's interview on his first NHL game.
Never Offside: Cat and Toff with Ryan Reaves
Sharks on Demand: Coach's Chalkboard
Dan: Owen Nolan worked with me on the air the last couple of games and when, um, Macklin Celebrini stood up for his teammate, Will Smith, the first thing he did was look at the Sharks bench, and he said every single player was on their feet, they were engaged, and he said, “This team cares about each other,” and he - he has total confidence in that. How does that make you feel?
Warsofsky: Yeah, I think it’s - it’s - it’s obviously - you can see it uh, in the growth that we’ve had, um, obviously Eky’s in there, Macklin’s in there, we’re gonna stick up for each other, we’re gonna play together. We’ll never - gonna give up and, um. You know, I think that comes with, you know obviously we have some success in - in the win column but now you’re starting to see guys care for one another and the - and the - the True Love that they have for - for your teammate. And that goes a long way.
[transcript by julyberet]
Skinny and Cherny's special walk-in post for their 1100th and 1st NHL game, respectively. | x
Cherny's solo lap. | x x x
Skinny congratulatory post for his 1100th game. | x
Mack pregame interview re: the Pens game and how he stood up for Will. | x
Mack solo (lowkey) giggling during the national anthem. | x x
Funny moment of Mack fighting to get his stick. | x x
Mack gets a glorious spin-o-rama goal courtesy of Grafer and Cherny. This also marks Cherny's first NHL point. | x x x x
Mack’s 50th point in his 34th game this season puts him among another set of milestones in Sharks franchise and league history. | x x
Toff gets his 300th NHL goal.
Mis and Smitty spotted in the building. | x x
Flames commentator talks about Mack standing up for Will, "of all people" | xPeak brotherhood moment of Mack and Toff postgame. | x
49ers at the game. | x
Mack Sportsnet postgame interview. | x x
Mack, Toff, and Goody media postgame interview. "We're in a playoff spot, which is kinda new for me." | x x
Extra (Second Intermission): Eric Francis and Brendan Parker discuss Hockey Canada’s Olympic roster, Mack and Bedsy’s potential inclusion, the Sharks’ support for Mack making the team, and how Mack reached out to Bedsy immediately after his injury.
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