Devon Levi

2023 - 3 - 18

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Sabres sign goalie Devon Levi to entry-level contract (Sportsnet.ca)

The Buffalo Sabres have signed top goaltending prospect Devon Levi to a three-year, entry-level contract after Northeastern was eliminated from the NCAA ...

Levi’s path opened up when Buffalo traded Erik Portillo to Los Angeles earlier this month and after Michigan's goalie expressed no interest to sign with the team. He also led Hockey East goalies with 14 wins, six shutouts, a 1.81 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage. Louis during the 2013-14 season.

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Sabres sign Levi to 3-year, entry-level contract (BlueJackets.com)

The Sabres have signed goalie Devon Levi to a 3-year, entry-level contract.

His .941 save percentage led the CCHL in his lone season of junior hockey. Levi was a seventh-round pick by the Florida Panthers in 2020. He forwent the start of his junior hockey career for a third year of U18 AAA with the Lac St. With all those elements, he skyrocketed to a .937 save percentage in 16 postseason games. The 21-year-old led the NCAA once again this season with a .933 save percentage and ranked third in both saves (1,183) and shutouts (6). He led the country with a .952 save percentage in 2021-22, the second-best mark in NCAA history.

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Devon Levi signe son contrat d'entrée dans la LNH (DansLesCoulisses)

Lors du Championnat mondial junior 2021, Devon Levi avait fait écarquiller bien des yeux en dominant devant le filet du Canada (pourcentage d'arrêts de ...

C’est à quoi on doit s’attendre. On ne connaît pas encore le plan des Sabres concernant l’avenir du gardien. ](https://www.danslescoulisses.com/hobey-baker-lane-hutson-et-sean-farrell-parmi-les-finalistes/) [March 17, 2023] [@DevonLevi33] [pic.twitter.com/HENZ722heq] Mais, si on ne connaissait pas son nom avant l’édition 2021 du tournoi, on sait très bien qui il est aujourd’hui.

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Devon Levi | « C'est un rêve devenu réalité » (La Presse)

Le Montréalais Devon Levi s'est entendu avec les Sabres de Buffalo sur les modalités d'un contrat d'entrée de trois saisons, vendredi après-midi.

Il a été élu gardien par excellence du tournoi, malgré la défaite des siens en finale contre les États-Unis. Ledit choix de premier tour a été utilisé pour sélectionner l’attaquant Jiri Kulich. Grâce à une moyenne de buts alloués de 2,24 et le meilleur pourcentage d’arrêts de la NCAA (,933), il figure de nouveau parmi les 10 nommés pour le trophée Hobey-Baker, qui récompense le joueur par excellence du circuit universitaire aux États-Unis. Celui qui a été sélectionné au 212e rang du repêchage de 2020 de la LNH sent qu’il a « déjoué les pronostics » pour en arriver là où il est aujourd’hui. Il était donc libre de rejoindre les Sabres. Le défenseur du Rocket de Laval Jayden Struble, qui a également signé son contrat d’entrée cette semaine, a louangé son ancien coéquipier de Northeasthern.

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Sabres sign goalie Devon Levi to 3-year, entry-level contract: What's ... (The Athletic)

Levi's Northwestern team was eliminated in the Hockey East quarterfinals when it lost to Providence last week.

General manager Kevyn Adams made it clear how the organization felt about him as recently as the trade deadline when he said Levi is “a really, really important piece for us.” He’s one of three goalies under contract for the Sabres next season, joining 24-year-old It was so fun. The Huskies were eliminated in the Hockey East quarterfinals when they lost to Providence last week. At the time of the trade, Levi, a seventh-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, hadn’t yet played a college game for Northeastern. - He missed his first collegiate season with an injury.

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Buffalo Sabres Sign Devon Levi (prohockeyrumors.com)

The Buffalo Sabres sign goalie prospect Devon Levi to an ELC with a cap hit of $925K, making him a restricted free agent in 2025.

As Buffalo gets closer to playoff contention, Levi is a name to watch as a pivotal piece for the franchise over the next number of years. While it’s rare for a goalie to make the jump directly to the NHL from the college ranks, Levi’s numbers are even rarer. At this time, Buffalo has not announced whether Levi will report to Buffalo or the AHL’s Rochester Americans. It was Levi’s performance for Team Canada at the 2021 World Juniors that first earned him accreditation as a top goalie prospect, though. The contract has a cap hit of $925K and a breakdown as follows: In 66 games over two seasons with the school, Levi’s posted a 38-22-6 record, a whopping 16 shutouts, a 1.90 goals-against average, and a .942 save percentage.

Sabres sign 2021 Canadian WJC star Levi to ELC (TSN)

The Buffalo Sabres signed goaltender Devon Levi to a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday. A seventh-round pick of the Florida Panthers in 2020, ...

Named tournament MVP, he went 6-1 for Canada with a .964 save percentage and a 0.75 goals-against average. Levi was part of the Sabres return for Sam Reinhart in a 2021 trade with the Panthers. A seventh-round pick of the Florida Panthers in 2020, Levi backstopped Team Canada to a silver medal at the 2021 World Juniors.

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Devon Levi s'entend pour trois ans avec les Sabres (RDS)

L'entente intervient six jours après la fin de sa saison junior à l'Université Northeastern dans le tournoi Hockey East.

Les Sabres l'ont acquis en juillet 2021 avec un choix de première ronde (utilisé pour sélectionner l'attaquant Jiri Kulich) dans l'échange qui a envoyé Sam Reinhart en Floride. Levi a représenté le Canada aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin en 2022, mais n'a pas joué. Le joueur de 21 ans a mené la NCAA cette saison avec un pourcentage d'arrêts de ,933 et s'est classé troisième pour les arrêts (1 183) et les blanchissages (6).

Le gardien montréalais Devon Levi s'entend avec les Sabres - La ... (La Nouvelle Union)

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Les Sabres de Buffalo ont consenti un contrat de recrue de trois saisons au gardien montréalais Devon Levi, vendredi, moins d'une semaine ...

Levi a représenté le Canada aux Jeux olympiques de Pékin en 2022, mais n’a pas joué. Il a aussi dominé l’association Hockey East avec 14 victoires, six blanchissages, une moyenne de 1,81 et un taux d’efficacité de ,947. Il est à nouveau finaliste cette saison, après avoir dominé le circuit avec un taux d’efficacité de ,923.

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Sabres sign goalie Devon Levi to 3-year, entry-level deal (thescore.com)

The Buffalo Sabres signed goaltender Devon Levi to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Friday. Levi will be with the Sabres for the rest ...

He posted a .952 save percentage, tying him with current Winnipeg Jets stalwart Connor Hellebuyck for the second-best single-season mark in NCAA history. Levi made 32 saves in the Huskies' 2-1 overtime loss to the Providence Friars. Levi, 21, registered a 17-12-5 record this season for the Northeastern Huskies and led the NCAA with a .933 save percentage while ranking third with six shutouts across 34 starts.

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Sabres notebook: Why Buffalo is eager to start Devon Levi off in the ... (The Athletic)

Levi's reputation precedes his rise from college star to the NHL. “Yeah, he's a stud,” said Jake Oettinger, goalie for the Dallas Stars.

The second goal came with four-tenths of a second remaining in the game. [Victor Olofsson](https://theathletic.com/nhl/player/victor-olofsson-bZnoZZMXUi5st3J3/) was back in the lineup. The Sabres aren’t mathematically eliminated, but losses like the one they had Friday don’t make it any easier to envision a path to the postseason. [Maple Leafs](https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/leafs/) in Toronto. This is a good position to be in for that reason because we need to develop that. The Flyers had 60 percent of the high-danger chances and 57 percent of the expected goals at five-on-five, according to Natural Stat Trick. The Sabres were fortunate to have the Levi news as a distraction from Friday’s on-ice result. He’s not eligible to play in the AHL playoffs, so he’ll get to spend the rest of the season with the NHL club. It took a few days to go through the process, but obviously, we got to where we got to today and it’s great news.” We just thought for his development and where we are right now this was a critical time for him to learn and grow with us. On Friday, the team signed Levi to a three-year, entry-level contract. He seemed an appropriate person to ask about the benefits of playing college hockey when developing as a goaltender.

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'Special' college career earned Devon Levi a spot with Sabres after ... (Buffalo News)

PHILADELPHIA – Nearly two years ago, when the Buffalo Sabres were in the throes of a roster overhaul, General Manager Kevyn Adams acquired a young goalie ...

Levi finished with a .933 save percentage to become the conference's goalie of the year for a second consecutive year. “The position certainly plays a part of this and then you look at kind of where we are as an organization and what we're trying to do and you try to work toward a deal. Adams and owner Terry Pegula sat with Levi in a suite at TD Garden for both games of the Frozen Four. Levi established himself as one of the top drafted goalie prospects as a sophomore, earning a .952 save percentage – the second-best, full-season mark – and 10 shutouts in 32 games. The way he prepares himself, the way he practices, the way he puts the work in. He led the Huskies to the Hockey East regular-season title and NCAA tournament. Their focus is to get Levi acclimated to the best league in the world by practicing with the group and learning from a mentor like fellow goalie Craig Anderson. He didn’t play major junior, and he was the 19th goalie selected in that unusual draft that was delayed until October because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jeremy Swayman went from the University of Maine to the Boston Bruins with only a few games in the AHL, while Spencer Knight was given a spot on the Florida Panthers after two seasons at Boston College. So, we wouldn't put him in a situation that we didn't think he was ready for or prepared for, but he's clearly on a path that we feel is going to be pretty special, and we just want to support that.” He earned a spot in the NHL with two exceptional seasons at Northeastern. On Friday, the Sabres' scouting, relationship-building, and patience paid off when Levi put pen to paper on a three-year entry-level contract that officially began his professional career.

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