{"id":391427,"date":"2026-01-05T06:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T06:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/391427\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T06:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T06:24:13","slug":"alex-wennberg-signs-three-year-sharks-contract-extension-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/391427\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Wennberg signs three-year Sharks contract extension \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area & California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note:\u00a0Sheng Peng is a regular contributor to NBC Sports California\u2019s Sharks coverage. You can read more of his coverage on\u00a0San Jose Hockey Now<\/a>, listen to him on the\u00a0San Jose Hockey Now Podcast<\/a>, and follow him on Twitter at\u00a0@Sheng_Peng<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sharks have signed Alex Wennberg to a contract extension.<\/p>\n

Wennberg, 31, was one of the best centers potentially on the NHL trade deadline market. He also was set to be an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n

But instead, the Sharks have inked Wennberg, just named to the Swedish Olympic team, to a three-year, $18 million extension.<\/p>\n

Wennberg, who signed a two-year, $10 million contract<\/a> with San Jose in the summer of 2024, told the Sharks over the summer that he wanted to come back.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe loved San Jose from the second we got here,\u201d Wennberg said after the extension\u2019s announcement. \u201cIt\u2019s been a good week and it couldn\u2019t have ended it better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wennberg has seven goals and 19 assists, third on the Sharks with 26 points.<\/p>\n

But he\u2019s also an ace defensive center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s an eraser out there, the way he plays,\u201d Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said. \u201cHis game structure, his details are some of the best that I\u2019ve been around.\u201d<\/p>\n

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