Sharks' Macklin Celebrini joins Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby in hockey history with special season
What a season it was in San Jose.
Sharks' Macklin Celebrini joins Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby in hockey history with special season originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Macklin Celebrini has concluded one of the most impressive seasons by a player his age in NHL history.
The San Jose Sharks phenom will go down as the third-best points scorer for a 19-year old that hockey has ever seen. 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.
The final tally: 45 goals, 70 assists. That's 115-points for the young Canadian superstar. MORE: Sabres' playoff ticket costs are mind-blowing Ahead of him on the all-time list are just two names for players at 19 years old: Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby.
Crosby's age-19 season featured 120 points -- he scored 36 goals and dished out 84 assists. Gretzky's age-19 season will always be the gold standard. He finished with 164 points, which included 55 goals and 109 assists.