The Youngstown Phantoms look poised to make a run for first place in the USHL’s Eastern Conference, and as exciting as their recent play on the ice has been, there is plenty of excitement off it.

LANGLEY, B.C. – The CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game is an interesting showcase every year for the NHL Draft. You don’t want to put too much stock into a single game, but it does provide a fairly level playing field for the 40 individuals invited to participate.

LANGLEY, B.C. -- In a game that had so much focus centered around one player, it was the four young players that stepped between the pipes that stole the show at the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. No. 1 NHL Draft prospect and hometown boy Connor Bedard was held off the scoresheet as his Team Red dropped a 4-2 decision to Team White at the Langley Events Centre.

LANGLEY, B.C. – The NHL scouting world has descended upon Langley, just outside of Vancouver, for one of the premier prospect showcases of the season. The CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will feature 40 high-end prospects eligible for the 2023 NHL Draft including North Vancouver native and No. 1 prospect Connor Bedard.

Joe Shawhan was spitting mad Saturday night.

So what happens after an NHL team drafts a player?

The 2023 ECHL All-Star Classic is set to be played in Norfolk tonight with a 3-on-3 tournament featuring two teams made up of ECHL All Stars representing the Western and Eastern Conferences and two teams comprised of players from the host Norfolk Admirals, called the Cruisers and Destroyers. There will also be an integrated skills competition with points counting towards each team’s score.

Connor Bedard is the top-ranked North American skater for the 2023 NHL Draft according to the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau in their mid-term rankings, released Friday. The WHL's leading scorer and reigning World Junior Championship MVP has built up a large consensus of his status as the top prospect for 2023.

This week RinkRap recaps a banner weekend for the CCHA. Two stars thrust themselves into Hobey contention while a Trophy Trolley rolls through Tempe, Arizona, and an at-large NCAA berth beckons.

The 2023 World Junior Championship is a few days in the rearview. After the spectacular tournament that brought plenty of drama and intrigue, we're looking back at the prospects who played in the tournament.

Connor Bedard rewrote the Canadian record books at the World Junior Championship, culminating with a gold medal for Canada on Thursday. Back with the Regina Pats in the WHL and playing in his first game since the World Juniors on Sunday evening, Bedard wasted no time in resuming his dominance of one of Canada's top junior leagues.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- After scoring a Canadian-record 23 points in a single tournament, Connor Bedard was named MVP of the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship. The 17-year-old North Vancouver native led all players in scoring in the tournament by nine points. He is also the youngest player to receive the MVP award, which was established in 2004.

Click here for photos from Canada's gold-medal win

Team USA defeated Team Sweden to win the bronze medal at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship on Thursday. Here's a look at photos from the bronze-medal match.

Click here for photos from Team USA's bronze-medal win