An 18-year-old Austrian makes his NHL debut

Six days before his 19th birthday, the Austrian made his first appearance in the world's strongest ice hockey league in the Detroit Red Wings' 5-2 away win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kasper was deployed by head coach Derek Lalonde as a center with wings Andrew Copp and Lucas Raymond and received 14:59 minutes of ice time. Captain Dylan Larkin with a hat trick to make it 3:1 (20th), 4:2 (51st) and 5:2 (58th/EN) and goalkeeper Alex Nedeljkovic, who stopped 42 shots on goal, were in front of 18.675 spectators at the Scotiabank Arena the match winners for the guests. Kasper was selected number eight by the Red Wings in the 2022 NHL draft and was awarded to the top Swedish club Rögle. After being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Swedish SHL league on Sunday a week ago, the striker was ordered to North America by the Red Wings. On Friday in Winnipeg, the son of former ÖEHV team defender Peter Kasper did not play due to a minor injury, but on Sunday he was able to experience the next highlight of his stellar career. Kasper is the ninth Austrian to play in the NHL and by far the youngest debutant. Marco Rossi was just over 6 years and three months old when he played his first NHL game on January 2022, 20. Detroit continues on Tuesday in Montreal. The Red Wings still have six games to play in the NHL regular season and only have a theoretical chance of advancing to the playoffs.

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An 18-year-old Austrian makes his NHL debut

Marco Kasper made his debut in the National Hockey League on Sunday.

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