DETROIT, MI – It’s hard to summarize the impact of captain Dylan Larkin on the Detroit Red Wings this season because there are so many things he has done well.
From his presence on the ice to his leadership in the dressing room, Larkin’s impact has been immeasurable, and his late defensive effort in Detroit’s 3-2 overtime win over the New York Rangers last Thursday is the latest symbol of who Larkin is as an athlete in what has been the best season of his career.
BEIJING, CHINA – Those who know Sarah Fillier expected her to turn some heads at the Olympics. But as the women’s hockey tournament progresses, the 21-year-old is finding ways to surprise even them.
Before the competition began, Princeton head coach Cara Morey had warned analysts that Fillier’s contributions may not be obvious from the stats sheet.
“If you’re expecting her to score a ton of goals, you might be disappointed because she’s more of a playmaker,” Morey recalls saying. “But if you watch what she does with the puck and away from the puck, you’re going to realize she’s one of the greatest players that we’ve seen.
LOS ANGELES, CA – Last summer, Los Angeles Kings general manager Rob Blake made a series of moves intended to take the team from rebuilding bottom-feeders to playoff hopefuls. The first of those moves was trading a 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 third-round pick to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Viktor Arvidsson. The initial plan was for Arvidsson to come in and be the goal-scoring winger Anze Kopitar has been missing for the last few seasons. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, but Arvidsson has still found success with the team and is now one of their best offensive weapons.
BEIJING, CHINA – Sarah Fillier isn’t the next big thing. She isn’t the future of Canadian hockey. She isn’t going to be a star. She’s the big thing right now. She’s the national team’s thrilling present. She is so transparently the star of her squad in Beijing that many of sports media’s forward-looking pronouncements in the last week—the “next generation” and “poised for breakout” reads of her career—already feel quaint and belated. The great-skating 21-year-old, on leave from her team at Princeton to make her Olympic debut, centered Canada’s electric, productive second line at the world championships in Calgary in August, and shined in just about every one of the hard-fought rivalry series games the U.S. and Canadian national teams played to prepare for the Olympics throughout the fall. It’s not so much that Sarah Fillier has arrived, but that you have.
LAS VEGAS, NV – Jason Spezza was right beside Jack Campbell when the goaltender received some good news that would only further brighten a Canada-based hockey player’s midwinter’s day off in sunny Arizona.
A dozen years after being drafted into the league, and a zillion dozen self-effacing thoughts later, Campbell had just learned he’d been named to his first NHL All-Star Game.
Vegas, baby.
BEIJING, CHINA – Before she was an Olympic hockey gold medalist, before she became the first woman to compete in the NHL’s all-star skills contests or was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as a player development coach and youth hockey growth specialist, Kendall Coyne Schofield was the Hockey Girl with the Braid.
She fell in love with hockey while growing up in the Chicago suburbs, copying her older brother Kevin as they rollerbladed around their basement and blasted pucks at the walls. The photogenic dimple on the right side of her face isn’t a blessing of genetics: it’s the souvenir of a slapshot taken by Kevin.
Their parents let him play hockey and enrolled her in figure skating classes, no small expense for a family that grew to four children. She quit after two sessions. “I need the sport,” she told her stunned parents. They gave in — and learned to braid her hair to keep it out of the way when she wore her hockey helmet.
LAS VEGAS, NV – Jack Campbell will take part in his first career NHL All-Star Game this weekend. The 30-year-old is looking forward to rubbing shoulders with Atlantic Division teammate Andrei Vasilevskiy. “He’s been unbelievable since he’s been in the league,” Campbell said. “Just excited to share a dressing room and learn from him a little bit.” The Leafs goalie is also eager to catch up with old USA teammate Dylan Larkin.
DETROIT, MI – Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin is enjoying an incredible bounce-back season, already having eclipsed his goal total of last season’s COVID-19 shortened campaign and currently on pace to light the lamp 41 times. And for his efforts, he’ll be participating in the 2022 NHL All-Star game.
And you can bet that Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman has taken notice.
When the hats start flying, more player-supported charities are rewarded, thanks to the @Enterprise #NHLHatTrickChallenge! This time around its @Dylanlarkin39 and @troyterry1997 who see their charities of choice receive $1K each from Enterprise.
Dylan Larkin chose Ted Lindsay’s Foundation Impacting Autism as his charity while Troy Terry chose Colorado Police Officers Foundation.
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