1st overall pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft McClean Celebrini will return to the San Jose lineup. The 18-year-old Canadian will play in the home match against Columbus in the NHL regular season (November 5, beginning Moscow time - November 6 at 06:30).
Celebrini scored 2 points (1+1) in his league via footballcapper debut against St. Louis (4:5 OT). In this match, he suffered a recurrence of a hip injury suffered in a preseason match with Utah. In total, the striker missed 12 games.
It`s frustrating to play one match and then sit and wait. But now I feel great and can`t wait to get back to playing.
In a pre-season game, I had a bad run into the boards and slightly injured my hip. Then I didn`t play until the start of the season and recovered. But in the first shift of the first game [in the NHL], the pain worsened. I didn`t want to leave the ice, so I somehow held on, but at the end of the game something was wrong.
During my recovery, I worked hard in the gym and strengthened all the muscles around my hip. "I did a lot of exercises and tried to move correctly so as not to take risks, " Celebrini said.
At Sharks practice on Monday, McClean skated on a line with Mikael Granlund and Tyler Toffoli.
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