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

Top NHL draft prospect Matthew Schaefer enters the 2025 Draft carrying the weight of unimaginable personal loss. In just one ...

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

Even though roster moves and head coaching hires have already been made, the start of the NHL draft is the real official ...

NHL Draft first round begins today. Here's everything you need to watch, including time, date, TV channel, schedule and more.

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

Seventeen-year-old Matthew Schaefer, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, has faced immense personal tragedy, ...

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

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

The Islanders, surprise winners of this year's draft lottery, will make the first selection. They're expected to take Matthew ...

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 ...

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