BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — When the whistle blows for one of each period’s three commercial timeouts, Sabres goalie Devon Levi skates to the blue line and then back t
FILE - Buffalo Sabres goaltender Devon Levi reaches for the puck during the second period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes, April 8, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y. The 21-year-old went 5-2 in closing the season after signing with Buffalo following three years at Northeastern, and is being counted upon to take over the starting duties this year.
It’s what Levi describes as his way of stopping time. The 21-year-old might well be ahead of his time in potentially becoming one of hockey’s first goalies to make the leap from college directly to the NHL without a stop in the minors. Among NHL goalies, Boston’s Jeremy Swayman and Florida’s Spencer Knight came closest to making the jump from college to the NHL. Swayman, out of Maine, combined to appear in 14 AHL games vs. 88 in the NHL. Knight, a Boston College product, has appeared in 13 AHL games and 57 in the NHL.One exception is St. Louis, which features rookie Joel Hofer as Jordan Binnington’s potential backup. Hofer, however, has combined for 96 AHL games over the past three seasons.
It’s an underdog approach in which Levi prides himself in being the sixth-last player — 212th overall — selected in the 2020 draft by Florida, which traded him to Buffalo a year later in a deal to acquire forward Sam Reinhart.
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