LOS ANGELES – Mathieu Darche had nothing to do with the Islanders winning the NHL Draft Lottery despite just a 3.5% chance to ...

The New York Islanders are projected to take defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the top pick of the 2025 NHL draft. Who'll ...

Schaefer (6-foot-2, 186 pounds), who has been the projected No. 1 pick in the 2025 draft all season, had 22 points (seven ...

His mother died of cancer 16 months ago. Two months earlier, the mother of his billet family was struck and killed by a train ...

With the 2025 NHL Draft orbiting near the theatrical release of DC Studios’ new universal beginnings under director and ...

Emotional because he'll be thinking of his mom every step of the way. The 17-year-old defenseman of Erie of the Ontario Hockey League lost his mother, Jennifer, to breast cancer in February 2024, two ...

Matthew Schaefer, a defenceman with the OHL’s Erie Otters, is the top-ranked North American skater heading into the NHL draft ...

Barely a month into his new role overseeing the New York Islanders, Mathieu Darche understands there is not much he can take ...

LOS ANGELES — Matthew Schaefer has watched the NHL draft plenty of times. A player gets picked and is congratulated by family ...

Seventeen-year-old defenseman Matthew Schaefer, widely projected as the top pick in the 2025 NHL draft, has demonstrated remarkable strength and perseverance through some incredibly challenging times.

Matthew Schaefer is not a member of the New York Islanders organization just yet, but all signs are pointing to that with the 2025 NHL Draft just a day away.

Michael Misa has already demonstrated during his brief hockey career that he’s quite willing to put the team first.