Schaefer selected n ° 1 by the Icelanders at 2025 NHL project

Frondell (6-1, 204) has an average of one point per game (25 points; 11 goals, 14 assists) in 29 games to finish with the second largest point by a player aged 17 or under the second Sweden division (behind William Nylander in 2013-14).

Sweden was well represented in the first round of the NHL draft, but a 13 -year -old race with at least one player chosen in the first round ended last year when the first choice was striker Lucas Pettersson at the Ducks d’Anaheim in the second round (n ° 35).

This year, two players born in Sweden were selected – Frondell and Eklund.

James Hagens (5-10, 186), who collected 37 points (11 goals, 26 assists) in 37 first-year games with the Boston College at Hockey East this season, was selected by Boston Bruins at No. 7. Actor Adam Sandler of “Happy Gilmore” made the choice.

“I saw (Sandler) appear and I remember watching my mother and I just had the biggest smile on my face because I liked” Happy Gilmore “it was my favorite film,” said Hagens. “It was just the coolest thing right away, then when he started to speak, you hope to hear that he will say ‘Boston College’ and he ended up saying it and I waited an additional second to hear my name, got up, and from there it was just crazy.

“I remember having descended in the aisle to see him climb his golf club or whatever he was doing, so it was quite funny.”

The Philadelphia flyers entered the first round with three choices (n ° 6, n ° 22, n ° 31). They chose the right to Porter Martone (6-3, 204) with Brampton (OHL) at No. 6, then exchanged choices n ° 22 and 31 to the Pittsburgh Penguins and chose the Jack Nesbitt Center (6-4, 186) with Windsor (OHL) at n ° 12.

Two guards were chosen in the first round, marking the first time in four years that a player in the post has been selected. Pyotr Andreyanov (6-0, 207), which was 23-6-6 with a GAA of 1.75, .942 for a percentage of Salve and three laundering in 37 regular season games with the CSKA in Russia Junior League, was selected by the Blue Jackets of Columbus in the 20th n ° 20. Joshua Ravensbergen (6-5. 191), which was 33-13-4 with a goals-Against. The percentage in 51 games with Prince George of the Western Hockey League, went to San Jose at n ° 30.

Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of the end Johnny GaudreauDied August 29, 2024 when he was struck by an alleged drunk driver who was accused of death by Auto, announced the two first -round choices by the Blue Jackets. She received a standing ovation before announcing defender Jackson Smith (6-4, 199) from Tri-City (WHL) at No. 14 and Andreyanov six choices later.

Friday, five NCAA players were selected. The Boston College and the University of Michigan each chose players chosen in the first round for the 30th consecutive year (from 1996). Hagens (Boston College) went to Bruins and the center of Michigan William Horcoff (6-5, 203) in the Penguins at n ° 24.

The other college players were the defender Logan Hensler (6-2, 198) of the University of Wisconsin (n ° 23, Senators of Ottawa), defender Sascha Boumedienne (6-2, 184) of the University of Boston (n ° 28, Winnipeg Jets) and Center Cullen Potter (5-10, 172) of Arizona State (No. 32 Flame).

“I think university hockey is an unreal path to follow,” said Boumedienne. “Obviously, there are many older players at university and it’s more a professional style game, so that prepares you for the NHL and that’s what I wanted.”