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

The New York Islanders are set to make the first pick in the NHL draft Friday night in Los Angeles. New general manager ...

Schaefer, a wiry 17-year-old defenseman standing 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds, heads into the draft as the consensus top prospect, ...

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

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

There was a debate for a little bit as to who the New York Islanders should select No. 1 overall at the 2025 NHL Draft after ...

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

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

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 ...

Schaefer's billet mom was Emily Matson. She married Ryan Onderko, and they had two kids. Matson was born and raised in Erie, ...

Schaefer is the total package as a skater. He has a phenomenal top gear and will push the pace with the puck through open ice ...

Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer has refused to let the pain and grief of personal losses and injuries define him in ...