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Rival in Focus: New Jersey Devils by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com It doesn't feel like all that long ago that the New Jersey Devils gave fits to virtually every team in the National Hockey League -- they were, after all, three-time Stanley Cup champions between 1995 and 2003 and took four trips to the Cup Final between 1995 and 2012 -- but none more so than the Flyers. The Flyers lost twice to the Devils i...
Beniers of U.S. among top 2021 NHL Draft prospects to watch at WJC Forward one of three players on list to earn A rating from Central Scouting by Mike G. Morreale @mikemorrealeNHL / NHL.com Staff Writer The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship is scheduled for Dec. 25-Jan. 5 at Rogers Place in Edmonton. Today, we look at some draft-eligible prospects to keep an eye on in the tournament. Matthew Beniers of the United States Natio...
Goalie Week: Memorable Masks by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com Ever since Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante, in 1959, became the first NHL goaltender to permanently don a face mask and the use of masks went from a curiosity piece to a necessity over the next decade-plus, the masks themselves evolved from strictly a utilitarian piece of equipment to a colorful expression of a goalie's personality,...
This year’s team also includes defencemen Jake Sanderson, picked fifth overall by Ottawa in the 2020 NHL draft, and Tyler Kleven, who the Senators selected in the second round this year. The U.S. will play its first game of the tournament against Russia on Dec. 25. The team will also face Austria, the Czech Republic and Sweden in group action. All 10 teams are scheduled to arrive in the Edmonton “bubble” on Sunday. They will undergo five days of quarantine and daily tests before being allowed to hit the ice. The U.S. team’s players and staff were careful to follow safety protocol...
The group features eight members of the 2020 U.S. National Junior Team, including both goaltenders Spencer Knight (Darien, Conn.) and Dustin Wolf (Gilroy, Calif.), defenseman Cam York (Anaheim, Calif.), and forwards Bobby Brink (Minnetonka, Minn.), Cole Caufield (Stevens Point, Wis.), Arthur Kaliyev (Staten Island, N.Y.), Alex Turcotte (Chicago, Ill.) and Trevor Zegras (Bedford, N.Y.). Knight was also a member of the silver medal-winning 2019 U.S. National Junior Team. “Our players and staff have done everything we’ve asked of them, all of the safety protocols and considerations, in order...