The Islanders selected gifted defenseman Matthew Schaefer, 17, with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft Friday night. Center ...

The New York Islanders officially drafted defenseman Matthew Schaefer of the OHL's Erie Otters with the No. 1 pick on Friday night, to no one's surprise. Schaefer is the first draft pick made by ...

The Islanders selected gifted defenseman Matthew Schaefer, 17, with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft Friday night. Center Michael Misa went second to the Sharks, and the Blackhawks took Swedish ...

She would do anything for us." Schaefer is just the fifth defenseman picked No. 1 overall in the NHL draft since 2000, and the first since Owen Power went to Buffalo in 2021.