Arnott came to UMaine because Barr sold him on the program and their aggressive style of play that encourages defensemen to jump into the rush and be a part of the offense.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/01/12/sports/umaine-sports/grayson-arnott-one-of-smallest-players-america-east-joam40zk0w/

Brock Devlin has 20 points and, Walker said, Brock Devli leads the corps of defensemen.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/01/12/fryer-santa-margarita-hockey-team-has-weekend-plans-in-minnesota/

Casualties of the merciless NHL salary cap, Hall and Nick Foligno were sent to the Hawks last week in exchange for defensemen Ian Mitchell and Alec Regula.

Source: https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20230701/new-blackhawks-hall-foligno-ready-to-embrace-leadership-roles

Coady proved to be a dual-threat for Braintree during its march to the Div. 1 Elite 8. In addition to emerging as one of the Bay State Conference’s top defensemen, he also collected five goals and dished out 15 assists.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/21/boys-hockey-all-scholastics-and-league-all-stars/

Colorado’s Devon Toews and Boston’s Hampus Lindholm might be the next best defensemen.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/08/27/avalanche-core-nhl-players-ranked-cale-makar-nathan-mackinnon/

Four defensemen that played last night — played a ton of minutes last night — and I thought it wasn’t necessarily pretty at times, but I thought we gutted it out.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/11/25/sports/fatigued-islanders-suffer-shootout-loss-to-flyers/

He is the fifth Black Bear to enter the portal, along with forward Matt Fawcett and defensemen Robert Kincaid, Sam Duerr and Dawson Bruneski.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/15/sports/umaine-sports/killian-kiecker-olson-transfer-portal-joam40zk0w/

Just 1:31 into the game, UConn’s’s Justin Pearson broke away from the Eagles’ defensemen and snuck the puck behind BC goaltender Henry Wilder.

Source: https://www.bcheights.com/2023/03/06/boston-college-mens-hockey-falls-to-uconn-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boston-college-mens-hockey-falls-to-uconn-2

Oettinger had 26 saves for the Stars, who played with 11 forwards and seven defensemen because forwards Radek Faksa and Matt Duchene were both out with upper body injuries.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/11/07/rookies-beecher-and-lohrei-score-1st-nhl-goals-in-bruins-3-2-victory-over-stars/

The Arizona Coyotes went with what was considered an off-the-board pick by selecting Russian defenseman Dmitriy Simashev a year after drafting five defensemen.

Source: https://wtop.com/sports/2023/06/connor-bedard-as-expected-taken-first-in-the-nhl-draft-by-the-chicago-blackhawks/

The Caps picked up two veteran defensemen for the stretch run, adding the always-valuable defensive depth.

Source: https://nesn.com/2023/02/bruins-trade-deadline-how-active-have-past-champions-been/

The format of the NHL All-Star Game – where teams will play 3-on-3 in a tournament between teams representing divisions – doesn’t really spark an overwhelming need for defensemen.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/02/02/defensemen-are-in-very-short-supply-at-nhl-all-star-game/

“The message to this group is we had, I believe, 23 different forwards, 14 different defensemen, three different goaltenders last year and the year before was no different,” Chaulk said.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/sports/condors-open-2023-ahl-training-camp-with-26-players/article_a9680c2e-6185-11ee-9dd1-273db2436dc7.html

Vlasic also averages 4.7 clearances per 60 minutes — 20th among defensemen league-wide and well above the average of 3.1.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2023/12/30/24019197/blackhawks-alex-vlasic-nhl-analysis-zone-entries-exits-defense

… With the assists by Karlsson and Vlasic, the Sharks are the first NHL team with 100 points this season from defensemen.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/sports-news/2022/12/olfossons-1st-nhl-goal-powers-stars-to-5-2-win-over-sharks/