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Sharks Bypass Captain for 2025-26, Install Five Alternate Leaders

Team leaders frame the setup as a patient handoff after Logan Couture’s injury-ended tenure.

San Jose Sharks’ Logan Couture (39) waits for a face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose Sharks forward Tyler Toffoli (73) reacts after scoring during third-period NHL hockey game actionagainst the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto, Monday, March 3, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP

Overview

  • San Jose named Tyler Toffoli, Alexander Wennberg, Barclay Goodrow, Mario Ferraro and Macklin Celebrini as its alternate captains.
  • Toffoli will wear an 'A' in every game this season.
  • Goodrow and Celebrini will serve as home alternates, while Ferraro and Wennberg will handle road games.
  • Celebrini, 19 and entering his second NHL season, will wear an 'A' for the first time in the league.
  • This is the Sharks’ first season without a designated captain since 2014-15 following Couture’s April announcement that he can no longer play due to a chronic groin and pelvic injury.