The Pensburgh Top 25 under 25 continues with the 17-year-old brother of fellow Penguins prospect Avery Hayes. The 2025 version of our Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25 countdown list continues with Soo Greyhounds prospect Travis Hayes, in whom the Penguins are hoping they’ve found a similar prospect to his brother Avery Hayes.
On the celebration of the nation’s birth, four of the Blackhawks prospects from the States had quite the fireworks show last season. Gavin Hayes, Oliver Moore, Sam Rinzel, and Frank Nazar not only captured gold at the World Juniors, they each their own impressive seasons respectively.
While one part of the future is a bit closer to Chicago, the date of the Blackhawks choosing another integral part of their roster has been set. Gavin Hayes joined Rockford Friday, added as another piece to assist in their playoff run that begins Saturday.
Gavin Hayes scored a goal to tie things up with Saginaw–but it wouldn’t be enough as the Spirit would score a goal in the third and then seal it off with empty netter to end the Soo Greyhounds season.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
Gavin Hayes wasn’t going away, and neither were the Soo Greyhounds. The Blackhawks prospect potted two goals in the Greyhounds 5-0 victory Sunday night, setting up a pivotal and deciding game seven against Saginaw Tuesday night on the road.
Ethan Del Mastro and Nolan Allan captured attention all season long with their strong play in the AHL. Now they’re capturing awards from the Rockford IceHogs in their debut season.
Aidan Thompson is a National Champion. Frank Nazar won the Big Ten Championship with Michigan and played in the Frozen Four. Now, Gavin Hayes is the latest Blackhawks prospect trying to will his team to a championship with a consistent performance.
Gavin Hayes and Nick Lardis are in different spots with their playoff journey. But they’re both identical when it comes to production. Both Hayes and Lardis have seven points in four playoff games, with mirroring marks of three goals and four assists.
Back in the Fall, Chicago Hockey Now ranked the top 10 prospects in the Chicago Blackhawks pipeline. Those rankings had Connor Bedard sitting at the top of the list–while only being in the organization for three months.
Here’s one for the new year. Fresh off a gold medal in the World Juniors, Gavin Hayes will headed to another new team. The Soo Greyhounds swung a deal with the Flint Firebirds to acquire Hayes, which not only puts him on the top team in the West Division, but with his brother Travis.
The Chicago Blackhawks are expected to be well represented at the 2024 World Juniors as four prospects made Team USA's preliminary roster. Defenseman Sam Rinzel and forwards Gavin Hayes, Oliver Moore, and Frank Nazar are among a group of 29 Americans vying for spots on the 25-player roster.
One of Blackhawks prospects Gavin Hayes personal goals was to put at least 40 pucks in the back of the net this season. Heck, if he could get 41 again wouldn’t that be something?