Scott Wheeler
National Reporter, NHL Draft/Prospects at The Athletic
National reporter (NHL Draft/prospects) at @TheAthletic. Author of On The Clock: Behind the Scenes with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft, out now.
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nytimes.com | Corey Pronman |Scott Wheeler
NHL Central Scouting released its final rankings for the 2025 NHL Draft class on Tuesday morning. Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer and Saginaw Spirit exceptional status center Michael Misa headlined the list of North American skaters, while Djurgarden center Anton Frondell leapfrogged teammate Victor Eklund for the top spot on the list of international skaters. Here are the rankings and some takeaways from The Athletic 's draft experts, Corey Pronman and Scott Wheeler.
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nytimes.com | Scott Powers |Scott Wheeler
CHICAGO - Ryan Greene has watched as more and more players he's played alongside at Chicago Blackhawks development camps over the last few years have made their NHL debuts. Among them are Artyom Levshunov from the 2024 draft; Oliver Moore and Connor Bedard from the 2023 draft; and Kevin Korchinski, Frank Nazar and Sam Rinzel from Greene's 2022 draft class. "It's definitely pretty cool," Greene said recently.
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nytimes.com | Scott Wheeler
ST. LOUIS - In the end, Sascha Boumedienne made the right call. Even in defeat, his hands shaking and a lump in his throat outside of Boston University's locker room at the Enterprise Center following his Terriers' 6-2 loss in the national championship on Saturday night, he knew it. "No regrets at all," he said. "No regrets at all. I 100 percent made the right decision to come in to BU. I wouldn't change a thing.
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nytimes.com | Scott Wheeler
ST. LOUIS - Western Michigan University won its first-ever national title in its first-ever Frozen Four appearance on Saturday night, defeating five-time champs Boston University 6-2 in front of a sold-out crowd at the Enterprise Center. The national championship caps off a season that also saw the Broncos win their first NCHC title, completing the work done by head coach Pat Ferschweiler to turn Western Michigan into one of college hockey's top programs since his hiring in 2021.
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nytimes.com | Scott Wheeler
ST. LOUIS - Michigan State star Isaac "Ike" Howard was named this year's Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner - awarded each season to the top player in men's Division I college hockey - in a ceremony at the Stifel Theatre on Friday evening, the eve of the national championship game. Howard, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound winger who just turned 21 on March 30, was the Tampa Bay Lightning's 31st pick in the 2022 NHL Draft.
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Frozen Four semifinals takeaways, with @JoeSmithNHL and @jprutherford: Denver-WMU, with notes on Zeev Buium (MIN), Matt Davis and Pat Ferschweiler: https://t.co/7vzOFsUGak BU-Penn State, with notes on Cole Hutson (WSH) and Mikhail Yegorov (NJD): https://t.co/dZxLtuTx99
Jack Harvey (TBL) into the empty net and it's 3-1 BU. That might do it.
Penn State has pulled the goalie with 1:52 left and an offensive zone draw down 2-1. This is it for the Nittany Lions. One last push.
