Sharks sign 2024 third-round pick Carson Wetsch to NHL entry-level contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Sharks have signed Carson Wetsch to an entry-level contract.
Wetsch, a third-round pick by the Sharks in the 2024 NHL Draft, enjoyed a career year with the Kelowna Rockets, notching a personal WHL-high 50 assists and 72 points. The 20-year-old also captained a Rockets squad that featured over a half-dozen NHL draft picks, including 2024 sixth-overall Tij Iginla.
The 6-foot-2 winger was acquired by the Rockets from the Calgary Hitmen last May. In 2024-25, Wetsch set a personal WHL high with 33 goals.
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The North Vancouver native, who grew up with Sharks superstar Macklin Celebrini, is a heart-and-soul physical winger, evidenced by being named Kelowna captain. He also was invited to Hockey Canada’s 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase.
“Wetsch is a well-rounded winger who plays the game the right way, knows his role and is consistent shift to shift,” Scott Wheeler wrote in The Athletic in April. He was also an honorable mention in San Jose Hockey Now’s post-trade deadline top-10 Sharks prospects rankings.
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