SAN JOSE – Rookie defenseman Sam Dickinson already knew he was going to make his NHL debut in the San Jose Sharks’ game against the Anaheim Ducks. But it still felt good to arrive at the team’s practice facility on Saturday morning and see his name listed in the lineup.

“It kind of only kicked in when I looked over at the board and saw that my name was there for the roster playing,” the 19-year-old Dickinson, who was taken 11th overall by the Sharks at last year’s NHL Draft, said Saturday morning. “It’s pretty cool to see that, and then obviously everybody around the rink today has been extremely happy for me.”

As Dickinson makes his Sharks debut, another one of the team’s top prospects, Michael Misa, may not need to wait much longer to play his first NHL game.

Sharks coach Ryan Warsofs

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