Macklin Celebrini does not have a publicly confirmed girlfriend. As of late 2025, no credible journalism, official statement, or verified public sighting confirms that the San Jose Sharks center is in a relationship. He has kept his personal life entirely separate from his public image since entering the NHL in 2024, and that separation appears deliberate rather than accidental.
Who Is Macklin Celebrini? The NHL’s Most Talked-About Young Player
Macklin Celebrini was selected first overall by the San Jose Sharks at the 2024 NHL Draft, held at Sphere Las Vegas on June 28, 2024. He was 18 years old. Before the draft, he won the Hobey Baker Award — college hockey’s highest individual honor — after just one freshman season at Boston University, becoming only the fifth college player ever taken with the top pick.
His family background helps explain why scouts were so confident. His father, Rick Celebrini, serves as the Director of Sports Medicine and Performance for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, a role he built after years with the Vancouver Canucks. His mother, Robyn, is a former soccer player. Growing up in that household, surrounded by elite sports culture, gave Macklin a foundation that most prospects simply don’t have.
The numbers since entering the NHL have made the hype look modest. In his rookie year (2024-25), he posted 25 goals and 38 assists for 63 points in 70 games, earning Sharks Rookie of the Year honors. His sophomore campaign (2025-26) was something else entirely: 40 goals, 65 assists, 105 points across 74 games. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, he represented Canada and produced 10 points in 6 games. He is 19 years old.
That last sentence tends to stop people cold. He is also the person receiving more personal-life questions than almost any other player his age in the league, which is what brings most readers here.
Does Macklin Celebrini Have a Girlfriend? What the Record Shows
No credible source has confirmed that Macklin Celebrini is in a relationship. In December 2025, Times of India published a dedicated piece titled “Is Macklin Celebrini dating anyone?” and its conclusion was blunt: “At this time, there appears to be no trusted public record that Macklin Celebrini is with anyone.” No confirmed sightings, no public acknowledgment, no social media evidence from any reliable account.
That absence of information is itself informative. Celebrini is not someone who accidentally stays out of the tabloids. He uses social media selectively, almost entirely for hockey content. He gave his first extended off-ice media interview only after settling into his second NHL season. During his rookie year, he lived with retired legend Joe Thornton in San Jose, an arrangement that became its own story when Auston Matthews (who had done the same years earlier) joked, “I’m kind of jealous.” Celebrini’s response to the attention around even that arrangement was measured, focused on what Thornton could teach him: “Just to learn from his advice, his lessons and his wisdom is super important for me.”
Someone that disciplined about controlling the narrative around something as benign as a living situation is not going to accidentally let relationship news slip. If Celebrini has a girlfriend, she is not public, and that is by design.
The Ella Topp Name: Where the Rumors Come From
The name that circulates most frequently in connection with Celebrini is Ella Topp, a real person worth understanding correctly. Topp is a hockey player from Woodbury, Minnesota, who committed to the University of Miami’s Farmer School of Business. She and Celebrini are both part of the hockey world, which is presumably how their names became linked in fan communities.
The critical context: no mainstream journalist, no sports reporter with access to the Sharks, and no verified public figure has stated that Ella Topp and Macklin Celebrini are in a relationship. What exists instead is a significant volume of TikTok fan content, a gossip Tumblr dedicated to hockey players and their significant others, and fan fiction on fan-created platforms. That community first discussed the pairing in 2024 and by January 2025 was already debating whether the two had “broken up” — with one Tumblr post claiming he had since joined Raya, the celebrity dating app. None of this traces back to a verified source.
The Ella Topp story is genuinely interesting as a piece of internet culture: a 19-year-old athlete becomes famous enough that strangers on the internet construct an entire relationship arc for him, complete with a beginning, a breakup, and post-breakup speculation, while the supposed central character says absolutely nothing. But it should not be read as factual reporting, because it isn’t.
Why Celebrini Stays Quiet About His Personal Life
Celebrini is 19 playing in a league where the average age is roughly 27. He came in carrying more expectation per capita than any player since Connor McDavid, and McDavid won a Stanley Cup in 2025 at age 28. Celebrini still has almost a decade of that pressure ahead of him.
In that context, the decision to compartmentalize makes complete sense. Athletes who let their personal lives become public early tend to find that personal life becomes the story during difficult stretches of their career. A scoring slump plus a public breakup is a dramatically worse news cycle than a scoring slump alone. For a 19-year-old still learning the professional game, protecting every controllable variable is rational rather than secretive.
His family background reinforces this instinct. Rick Celebrini has worked in professional sports performance for over two decades; Robyn Celebrini was a competitive athlete. That household almost certainly produced conversations about the difference between what you share and what you protect, what serves your career and what simply feeds other people’s curiosity. The result is a player who, at 19, draws a harder line than most veterans twice his age. That consistency across rookie year, sophomore year, and international play suggests the quiet is a feature, not a phase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Macklin Celebrini have a girlfriend in 2025?
No girlfriend has been confirmed by any credible source as of late 2025. Times of India reported in December 2025 that there is “no trusted public record” that Celebrini is with anyone. He has kept all aspects of his personal life out of public view since entering the NHL in 2024.
Who is Ella Topp and is she Macklin Celebrini’s girlfriend?
Ella Topp is a hockey player from Woodbury, Minnesota who committed to the University of Miami. Her name has been linked to Celebrini in TikTok fan content and hockey gossip communities, but no credible journalism has confirmed any relationship between them. The association appears to originate from fan speculation rather than verified reporting.
Was Macklin Celebrini on Raya?
A January 2025 Tumblr post from a hockey gossip account claimed that Celebrini had been seen on Raya, a celebrity dating app, but this claim has never been verified by any credible source. Tumblr posts from fan gossip accounts are not reliable journalism. No mainstream outlet picked up the story.
How old is Macklin Celebrini?
Macklin Celebrini was born in 2006, making him 19 years old during the 2025-26 NHL season. He was 18 when the San Jose Sharks selected him first overall in the 2024 NHL Draft at Sphere Las Vegas.
Who are Macklin Celebrini’s parents?
His father, Rick Celebrini, serves as the Director of Sports Medicine and Performance for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors after previously working for the Vancouver Canucks. His mother, Robyn Celebrini, is a former soccer player. He also has two brothers, Aiden and RJ.
What are Macklin Celebrini’s NHL stats?
In his rookie season (2024-25), Celebrini recorded 25 goals and 38 assists for 63 points in 70 games, winning the Sharks’ Rookie of the Year award. In his sophomore campaign (2025-26), he posted 40 goals and 65 assists for 105 points in 74 games. He also represented Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, scoring 5 goals and 5 assists for 10 points across 6 games.
The on-ice production tells a clear story. The personal life offers almost none. For anyone hoping to find out whether Macklin Celebrini has a girlfriend, the honest answer is still the same one it’s been since he arrived in the league: he hasn’t said, and that appears to be exactly how he wants it.
