The 2025 NHL Scouting Combine presented by Fanatics is taking place this week at KeyBank Center and LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo. The combine will allow NHL teams an opportunity to conduct interviews and provide physical and medical assessments of the top prospects eligible for the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft. NHL.com will bring you all the sights and stories.

BUFFALO -- The reality is setting in for Matthew Schaefer.

In less than three weeks, the defenseman with Erie of the Ontario Hockey League will learn his fate in the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater.

"Everything goes by super fast and I feel as you get more and more close, it feels more real," Schaefer said during an NHL Scouting Combine prospect media availability at LECOM Harborcenter on Friday. "You’ve g

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