The New York Islanders selected defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft on Friday night.

The 25th and 29th selections are both towering wingers who will take many years to potentially reach NHL readiness, but the ...

New York surprises nobody by using its first No. 1 selection since 2009 on the 17-year-old Schaefer, a 6-foot-2 blue liner ...

Schaefer played only 17 games last season before breaking his collarbone in December, but Schaefer’s acumen on both ends of ...

With the No. 1 pick in the 2025 draft, the Islanders selected Erie Otters (OHL) defenseman Matthew Schaefer to help stabilize ...

With the 2025 NHL draft in the rear view, scouts' eyes will now turn to a new class of prospects highlighted by Gavin McKenna ...

With the 25th pick of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, the Blackhawks have selected Vaclav Nestrasil from the Muskegon Lumberjacks ...