Schultz went to the USHL after high school, most recently playing 57 games (39 points; 14 goals, 25 assists) with Chicago, where he\u2019ll return this season. He\u2019ll head to the University of North Dakota for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo accomplish what they have at this point, being all three of them being Division I commits and having been drafted to the NHL, it takes a pretty uncommon level of drive and focus and sacrifice,\u201d said Nick Mattson, who coached them in pee wee. \u201cThose three guys definitely exemplified that. They were just all-in on hockey and doing whatever they could to get better, and they were just extremely driven.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each brings a different personality and skill to the group. The towering Kleber (6-foot-6, 229 pounds) is quiet but poised and stoic, his confidence and dominance evident on the ice.<\/p>\n
\u201cKleber\u2019s a great player, hard to play against,\u201d Schultz said. \u201cHe’s a big defender, so it\u2019s super fun to go against him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ziemer (5-foot-11, 192 pounds) is fiery, competitive, and likes to play with an edge, and boasts a high-end shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s really good at just pulling it in, getting it off,\u201d Kleber said. \u201cHe’s always a shooting threat, so he\u2019s one of those guys that you’re always kind of you’re watching to make sure he doesn\u2019t get the shot off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schultz (5-foot-11, 190 pounds) is witty, has a strong work ethic, and is a smooth skater and puck-handler.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s super chill, he’s laid back, but he’s really funny,\u201d Ziemer said. \u201cHe likes to work hard. He’s a good skater and he sees the ice well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Schultz went to the USHL after high school, most recently playing 57 games (39 points; 14 goals, 25…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-56719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}