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Goalie Issue 2024
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RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
ELITE GOALTENDING dominated the PWHL’s inaugural season. Night after night, it was a duel between Olympic and World Championship all-stars. There was never an easy game for shooters, but for up-and-coming goalies, it also meant that to earn a spot, even as a second- or third-stringer, they needed to be world-class. Enter Gwyneth Philips. At the 2024 PWHL draft, there were no guarantees a goaltender would be selected, particularly one who’d appeared in just 16 games over her first three NCAA seasons. It wasn’t Philips’ lack of talent or Northeastern University’s lack of trust in her that limited her games, however. What held Philips’ totals down was the fact the school’s starter was Aerin Frankel, who won the NCAA’s Goalie of the Year Award in 2021 and 2022 and is now…
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
FANS IN QUEBEC CITY are already learning Maddox Dagenais’ name. It certainly helps when it’s plastered on billboards around the city (“Bienvenue avec les Remparts,” the signs proclaim). But even before citizens of one of the QMJHL’s cornerstone cities were introduced from nearly 100 feet above to the teenager they hope will become the latest in a long line of legends, Dagenais had already reached new historical heights, starting with the way he entered the league. In June, the Remparts made the 16-year-old sniper the top pick of the 2024 QMJHL draft. Along with his father, Pierre, who was alongside him that day, the pair became the first father-son duo in league history to both be No. 1 draft picks. “It was amazing just being there with my parents and seeing…
UTAH JAZZED
THE 2024 NHL DRAFT in Las Vegas was a lot of things for a lot of different groups. For the San Jose Sharks, it was the opportunity to cement a No. 1 center of the future in first-overall pick Macklin Celebrini. For the NHL, it was the chance to stage a bold marquee event in one of the world’s most buzzed-about new venues, The Sphere. (For the record, it was fantastic). But there was another group who made a big splash in Las Vegas, and it was the Utah Hockey Club, inhabitants of the newest locale in the NHL and the team formerly known as the Arizona Coyotes. For it was in The Sphere that the hockey media got their first in-person scrum with new owner Ryan Smith. Not only that, but…
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RAVE REVIEWS
NESTLED INTO BRITISH Columbia’s rugged mountain slopes, North Vancouver is well-known for its natural beauty and plentiful outdoor activity options, including skiing, hiking and mountain biking. These days, the region has also developed a reputation for breeding some of the world’s best hockey players, including back-to-back No. 1 overall NHL draft picks Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini. In 2025, North Van’s draft hype will center around goalie Josh Ravensbergen. At a time when Canada’s goaltending pipeline has been short on top-end talent, the lanky 17-year-old has propelled himself into the conversation as a potential first-round NHL pick after just a single season with the WHL’s Prince George Cougars. This summer, looking to build off his impressive debut and further solidify his draft stock, Ravensbergen scaled back his grand plans for an epic back-country…
BEHIND THE MASK
LOGAN THOMPSON | WASHINGTON CAPITALS WE’RE NOT SURE ABOUT Logan Thompson’s credentials as a history buff, but perhaps he was heeding the words of Abraham Lincoln – “Don’t say, ‘If I can.’ Say, ‘I will.’ ” – when he sought to prove himself as a true-blue contender for a starting gig in the NHL. Thompson’s ambition led to him requesting a trade and subsequently landing in Washington, where the Lincoln Memorial’s iconic statue of ‘Honest Abe’ has become a key feature on the back panel of the 27-year-old’s first Capitals mask. Designed and painted by Friedesigns’ Dave Fried, who has worked with Thompson since he was with the WHL’s Brandon Wheat Kings, the new lid embraces the themes of the U.S. capital, incorporating the Capitol Building and a bald eagle, which…
ALLEN-FORSBERG
>WINS: 17 NEW JERSEY POS G AGE 34 2023-24 STATS 12-18-4, 3.44, .895 GAA 2.93 SP .902 JAKE ALLEN CAP HIT: $1,925,000 He’s no longer a No. 1, but he won’t be asked to be, and he’s a cut above a regular backup. >WINS: 20 NASHVILLE POS G AGE 22 2023-24 AHL STATS 30-13-1, 2.39, .911 GAA 2.50 SP .911 YAROSLAV ASKAROV CAP HIT: $925,000 With Saros locked in, Askarov is trade bait. A good future keeper, but monitor his status. >WINS: 33 FLORIDA POS G AGE 36 2023-24 STATS 36-17-4, 2.37, .915 GAA 2.41 SP .912 SERGEI BOBROVSKY CAP HIT: $10,000,000 Has played at least 50 games 10 times in his career. Not ready to slow down yet. >WINS: 39 VANCOUVER POS G AGE 28 2023-24 STATS 35-14-2, 2.45, .918 GAA 2.51 SP .915 THATCHER DEMKO CAP HIT: $5,000,000 Second-best SP for goalies with 50-plus games. Should be near the top of your list. >WINS: 27 PHILADELPHIA POS G AGE 27 2023-24 KHL STATS 21-22-1, 2.37, .914 GAA 2.45 SP…
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