{"id":554506,"date":"2026-04-17T12:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554506\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:09:23","slug":"sharks-macklin-celebrini-joins-wayne-gretzky-sidney-crosby-in-hockey-history-with-special-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554506\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks’ Macklin Celebrini joins Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby in hockey history with special season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharks’ Macklin Celebrini joins Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby in hockey history with special season<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Macklin Celebrini<\/a> has concluded one of the most impressive seasons by a player his age in NHL history.<\/p>\n

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The San Jose Sharks<\/a> phenom will go down as the third-best points scorer for a 19-year old that hockey has ever seen.<\/p>\n

The Sharks didn’t make the playoffs, so Celebrini probably heads home at least a little disappointed. But he’s got nothing to hang his head about.<\/p>\n

The final tally: 45 goals, 70 assists.<\/p>\n

That’s 115-points for the young Canadian superstar.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of him on the all-time list are just two names for players at 19 years old: Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Crosby’s age-19 season featured 120 points — he scored 36 goals and dished out 84 assists.<\/p>\n

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Gretzky’s age-19 season will always be the gold standard. He finished with 164 points, which included 55 goals and 109 assists.<\/p>\n

Fans in the replies to the above post were quick to point out a number of things.<\/p>\n

One of them: Crosby had 61 power-play points in his age-19 season, compared to just 32 for Celebrini, who was more impressive at even strength.<\/p>\n

Another pointed out that Alex Ovechkin<\/a> didn’t get his age-19 season due to lockout.<\/p>\n

And there’s the overhanging reality here that the Sharks weren’t very good and Celebrini finished with a highly improbable total of his team’s points. He wasn’t doing this totally alone, but in a sense, he kind of was.<\/p>\n

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There’s greatness ahead for Celebrini, for sure. In a lot of ways, it has already arrived.<\/p>\n

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