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

The New York Islanders selected Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft. What to know: ...

LOS ANGELES – The expectation always was for the Islanders to select defenseman Matthew Schaefer with the first pick in the ...

NHL Draft first round draft order as each selection is made, beginning with Matthew Schaefer picked No. 1 overall.

Doerrie predicted that the Islanders would use the No. 1 pick on Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer. The 17-year-old was ...

That rant aside, here is how I think tonight could go.

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

The hard work of turning around an Islanders team that has missed the playoffs twice in the past four years, and not won a ...

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

Schaefer, who doesn’t turn 18 until September, is just the second defenseman the Islanders have ever drafted first overall, ...

NHL Draft with theScore's live tracker to view all selections as they happen.The New York Islanders selected defenseman ...

Matthew Schaefer wasn't going to the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft without his mother close to his heart. The top defenseman ...