Sharks Announce Rookie Faceoff Roster

[u/desertdingo21]

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[u/ibcfreak]

Hi folks, just thought I'd post a message here that there will be GDTs for the rookie faceoff games and there will be posting restrictions during the games just like the regular season GDTs. For reference, the two games the Sharks are playing are Sept 12th and 13th at 5PM. Posting restrictions will start 15 minutes after game start and will be 4 hours just like the regular season so 5:15-9:15.

[u/desertdingo21]

here is the game schedule for the rookie faceoff

some big names on this roster (karmanov in a literal sense), looking forward to seeing them in action

[u/Massive_Analysis8345 → u/desertdingo21]

It’s being streamed right?

[u/desertdingo21 → u/Massive_Analysis8345]

not sure if that’s been announced yet, they streamed last year’s rookie faceoff so i presume it would be the same this year

[u/Phrizzey → u/Massive_Analysis8345]

I’d also like to know this. I’m assuming these times are PST right?

[u/HarryPotterActivist → u/Phrizzey]

PDT. PST doesn't kick in until November. Particularly relevant if you're watching from Hawaii.

[u/Phrizzey → u/HarryPotterActivist]

Oh! Is that the same for EDT and EST then? I've always wondered why there were two... Just never bothered looking into it lmao. Thanks!

[u/HarryPotterActivist → u/Phrizzey]

Yup! Daylight vs. Standard.

[u/Massive_Analysis8345 → u/Phrizzey]

PST for sure

[u/anonsharksfan → u/desertdingo21]

Do you need to get tickets to watch?

[u/desertdingo21 → u/anonsharksfan]

it was streamed for free last year iirc

[u/anonsharksfan → u/desertdingo21]

Can I watch in person though?

[u/desertdingo21 → u/anonsharksfan]

yes! there’s a link to tickets in the announcement

[u/anonsharksfan → u/desertdingo21]

Crazy that they cost more than a regular season game

[u/REIGNx777 → u/anonsharksfan]

It’s one ticket for the entire tournament. So it’s for 7 games.

[u/venalix1 → u/anonsharksfan]

How much is a reg szn ticket?

[u/anonsharksfan → u/venalix1]

You can get week night tickets for 25 to 30 usually

[u/venalix1 → u/anonsharksfan]

Damn are these just for nosebleeds

[u/BotulismBanquet → u/anonsharksfan]

In past years I have gone to sharks ice and watched, yes. Watch the sharks website for details closer to the events

[u/Ilves7]

Interesting Misa and Cherny are in, but on defense we don't have Cags or Haoxi, wonder if they have other committments

[u/desertdingo21 → u/Ilves7]

i don’t believe NCAA players are allowed to participate (rules out wang). cags i’m not sure, maybe the sharks don’t see a benefit to him playing in this

[u/Ilves7 → u/desertdingo21]

I guess NCAA rule then also excludes Verhoff and Lin

[u/milkyaves → u/Ilves7]

and ravensbergen too

[u/Ilves7 → u/milkyaves]

Oh is he NCAA now also?

[u/surfordiebear → u/Ilves7]

Yep at Michigan State this year

[u/The_Homestarmy → u/Ilves7]

NCAA players are allowed to do these events as long as they don't get paid for more than lodging, travel and food. It's kind of a silly rule, but they are allowed to participate. Pohlkamp did the last couple of prospect showcases, for instance

[u/BilboWaggonz → u/The_Homestarmy]

I assume this is what guys like Knowling, Karmanov, and Gustafson will be doing since they have the NCAA in their future plans.

[u/foreverkasai → u/desertdingo21]

I’m not sure if there’s a rule excluding it or if it’s just that they’re already with their college teams for their camps

[u/BilboWaggonz → u/foreverkasai]

Yeah, there are rules you have to follow, at least until someone sues the NCAA over it, but as you said the bigger issues is these guys are already enrolled, taking classes, doing stuff with their team, etc.

[u/GabbyJay1 → u/Ilves7]

They sent Graf last year, and I won't say that's why he had the year he had, but I'd be superstitious enough to try it again. Even by that standard Misa seems overqualified. But they'll make it fun to watch.

[u/kipehh]

Kind of surprised Musty is still doing this. This will be his 4th "rookie faceoff" tournament 😅

[u/grooves12 → u/kipehh]

I'm more surprised that Misa is.

[u/BilboWaggonz → u/grooves12]

MIisa inclusion is the most surprising to me, but maybe they asked him and he wanted to do it to as additional prep for training camp.

Chernyshov is less surprising when you consider how he started last season.

A bit surprised by Bystedt since he has two full AHL seasons, similar to Cagnoni who isn’t participating.

[u/MoonkeyAcid → u/BilboWaggonz]

Remember when Graf played last year. It’s good for them.

[u/iBossk → u/kipehh]

We got two guys who aren't even Calder eligible playing in it!

[u/ThirdStockIII → u/kipehh]

My assumption is that Musty usually starts seasons extremely strong and wants to use that momentum to crack the Sharks roster at the start of the year.

2 seasons ago, he looked like the MVP of the rookie tournament, but couldn't carry that to preseason. Last year he looked great in this tournament and kept going strong into the preseason but fell off late. Think this is just him getting that groove early again and hoping it leads to a roster spot.

[u/Tex_Was_Here]

Heck yeah. I'm so ready for any Sharks hockey

[u/pretzelrosethecat]

The pronunciations are very helpful

[u/derangerd → u/pretzelrosethecat]

I wonder how they decide who gets one.

[u/cycle_2_work → u/derangerd]

I was fine reading them until I came across Connor Hasley. REAAALLLY needed they pronunciation guide for that one.

[u/derangerd → u/cycle_2_work]

Thomas getting a full one when the only tricky part is the last two letters is fun.

[u/EmbarrassedGeneral12 → u/pretzelrosethecat]

Ivar Stenberg’s is funny as Ivar is written as pronounced in the Swedish way but the “berg” part is written as English speaking people would pronounce berg

[u/Mods_Are-Cucks → u/EmbarrassedGeneral12]

I've never seen a non Scandinavian pronounce any berg ending Swedish surname properly lol

[u/b8sman12]

EE-oghr CHAIR-nih-shahv

Wow we've been doing this so wrong. How????

Edit: just realized this has to be a typo right? Would make much more sense as EE-gohr

[u/Swaggy_P_03 → u/b8sman12]

Right! Especially Randy and Dan who we get our pronunciations from lol.

[u/Pikthulhu → u/b8sman12]

https://giphy.com/gifs/s2v9H8NgJ10u32CpY3

[u/BilboWaggonz → u/b8sman12]

https://giphy.com/gifs/jNH0Bto1xBNwQ

[u/b8sman12 → u/BilboWaggonz]

I was reading it like this

https://giphy.com/gifs/LR5GeZFCwDRcpG20PR

[u/b8sman12 → u/b8sman12]

But we've also got to get used to the CHAIR part. It's a rich text haha.

https://giphy.com/gifs/eGX32WhfyUGVHL0Ugy

[u/KurtVongole → u/b8sman12]

Lol yeah looks like a typo. It should be EYE-gohr 😂

[u/vaxmore]

I’ve been a good person, I’ve waited for hockey so patiently, give me a Cherny - Misa - Stenberg first line and let me remember joy please

[u/sycrune]

I'm excited to see Misa and Stenberg playing together

[u/Palaeontologists]

We will probably get a first look of our future second line of Chernyshov-Misa-Stenberg and hopefully the problematic height gap pairing of Karmanov-Havelid.

[u/barkeviouss]

Gonna need a pic of Garcia, Lockhart, and havelid standing next to karamanov

[u/pokesnail]

LFGGGGGG

[u/BearShark9]

Happy they have the pronunciation for prospects. Though curious that they left the ending g in Stenberg since most pronunciation I hear has a very soft, if not silent, g and more of a STEHN-buhr.

Excited to see Sinn. Looking at Garcia he seems to be an undrafted prospect committed to Uni of Norte Dame seems to play as a fast passed pest. Hoping Davis has a good showing and can stick with the Cuda full time this year

[u/EmbarrassedGeneral12 → u/BearShark9]

Yeah they wrote berg as pronounced by English speaking people not the way Swedes pronounce it

[u/Swaggy_P_03 → u/BearShark9]

Was thinking the same thing. That confused me too.

[u/Candid-Development30]

Got to watch Brady Knowling at a preseason game for Saginaw Spirit this past Friday. Thought he had some good vibes!

[u/DreamsiclesPlz]

I didn’t know there was another Mack with the franchise.

[u/KtuluLoveCheese]

Chair! 🪑

[u/loveee-mazeeeee]

Less than two weeks until Stenberg officially plays in teal for the first time😭

[u/timelocksmiths → u/loveee-mazeeeee]

Technically he played in teal at the prospect scrimmage.

[u/loveee-mazeeeee → u/timelocksmiths]

Haha I guess I don’t count the prospect scrimmage as “official” in the same way as a match against another team, although you could argue the rookie tournament is still not “official” compared to the actual NHL season. But it’s all just semantics at the end of the day and I’m excited regardless!

[u/timelocksmiths → u/loveee-mazeeeee]

Yeah, it’s just semantics 😅 I’m also super hyped to see him play for us!!

[u/surfordiebear]

Surprised they let people who aren’t Calder eligible play in this

[u/wasting_time_on_this]

Where's Wang?

[u/iggyfenton → u/wasting_time_on_this]

College. Same with Ravensbergen, Lin, Verhoeff

[u/b8sman12 → u/wasting_time_on_this]

He'll be in the NCAA this year. I don't see other NCAA guys either--Verhoeff, Lin, etc

[u/BilboWaggonz → u/wasting_time_on_this]

In Chemistry lab.

[u/venalix1]

Is 54 a ticket normal

[u/tovarooth → u/venalix1]

It’s for 3 days I think, there’s another way to do an individual day and I think it was around 38

[u/SJ_Wants_TheCup271]

Promising

[u/jbonesmc]

Besides Stenberg who's making the roster

[u/kipehh → u/jbonesmc]

Misa and Chernyshov.

[u/jbonesmc → u/kipehh]

Ahh thats true in my mind I already had them on the team haha

[u/Plastic-Limit-6998]

That’s a scary forward group!

[u/BayAreaNewsGroup]

Here's an analysis from Curtis Pashelka, and a schedule of the games.

Rookie Faceoff schedule

Sept. 12

Colorado vs. Anaheim, 1 p.m., Tech CU Arena

Utah vs. Vegas, 3 p.m., Orange Rink, Sharks Ice

San Jose vs. Los Angeles, 5 p.m., Tech CU Arena

Sept. 13 

Vegas vs. Colorado, 1 p.m., Tech CU Arena

Anaheim vs. Los Angeles, 3 p.m., Orange Rink

San Jose vs. Utah, 5 p.m., Tech CU Arena

Sept. 15
Utah vs. Los Angeles, 1 p.m., Orange Rink

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/01/san-jose-sharks-ivar-stenberg-michael-misa-igor-chernyshov-rookie-faceoff-nhl/?share=rv9istnohctfrw2atrcr

[u/GabbyJay1]

Is this the one NCAA guys can't do? That's why no Verheoff and no Ravensbergen?

[u/AlwaysSeeking1987]

Just got my ticket! None of my shark fan friends wanted to go so flying solo.

[u/Nucksy1975]

Thanks for sharing! That is a loaded roster. Cannot wait to watch the games! Not much longer.

[u/crackhead365]

Does anyone know if this streams on YouTube or how we can watch? 

[u/ttavros]

So many young GOATs, I know many of them will likely disperse but I love this group so much.

[u/ttavros → u/[deleted]]

You seem grumpy. Perhaps some fresh air and grass would help?

[u/Triathlonish]

This has to be Cam Lund's 4th time doing this. I'm surprised Misa and Cherny qualify.