Matthew Schaefer, the 17-year-old defenseman and consensus No. 1 pick of the 2025 NHL Draft later this month, had his first ...

Top NHL and possible first-overall pick Matthew Schaefer was asked at the NHL combine who he models his game after, and he ...

Leading up to the 2025 NHL draft, as part of the San Jose Sharks’ due diligence, they had one of their team psychologists ...

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Matthew Schaefer has gone through more tragedy than anyone should have to at any time, let alone as a 17-year-old. The defenseman lost his mother, Jennifer, after a two-year battle ...

It seems like everyone is projecting Matthew Schaefer to be the Islanders pick but what about Michael Misa? Here's his case.

Matthew Schaefer, a top NHL Draft prospect, faced immense personal loss. He lost his mother, team owner Jim Waters, and ...

But the tragedy in Schaefer’s life — his junior hockey billet mother in Erie, Ontario, Emily Matson, died by suicide three ...

He could have drowned in grief a year before that, when his mother, Jennifer, died of cancer shortly after his billet mom, ...

When the Islanders won the draft lottery to move up from 10th to first overall in the 2025 draft, there was immediate ...

After surveying a number of NHL evaluators, here's what they think about the big questions facing this draft class.

While in town this week, Schaefer visited the Western New York Compassion Connection in Lancaster to talk to teens like ...