Toronto Maple Leafs ahead Fraser Minten scored his first NHL objective in his first sport of the 2024-25 season on Wednesday evening (Nov. 20). The 20-year-old buried a move from William Nylander at 8:53 of the primary interval to open the scoring towards the Vegas Golden Knights.
First NHL objective for Fraser Minten!! 💪
Congrats, Fraser!
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Minten was recalled from the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Nov. 19 after the Maple Leafs introduced that David Kampf was being positioned on injured reserve. With the persevering with absence of star ahead Auston Matthews, he was instantly given an opportunity to play an affect function down the center and he took full benefit of it.
Drafted thirty eighth general within the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Minten has labored his approach by the junior hockey ranks earlier than making his skilled debut with the Marlies this season. After enjoying 4 years with the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL), he was drafted and performed 4 video games within the NHL with the Maple Leafs in 2023-24 earlier than being returned to the junior ranks.
After shifting in a blockbuster commerce from the Blazers, Minten performed his 2023-24 season with the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL the place he recorded 38 factors in 36 video games. Through the season, he was chosen to play for Staff Canada within the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championships, the place he was named captain of the crew.
Earlier than his call-up this season, Minten had recorded two objectives and two assists in 5 video games for the Marlies within the AHL.
