BUFFALO -- Adam Kleber , Brodie Ziemer and Ashton Schultz have been friends since they were kids playing minor hockey together in Minnesota. But never could they have envisioned that one day, their hockey dreams would lead to all of them being drafted by the same NHL team.

Kleber, a defenseman, and Ziemer and Schultz, each a forward, are Buffalo Sabres prospects. Kleber was selected in the second round (No. 42) of the 2024 NHL Draft and Ziemer was drafted one round later at No. 71. Schultz joined his friends this summer when he was selected in the sixth round (No. 167) of the 2025 NHL Draft.

“It's honestly crazy,” Ziemer said. “If you told me a couple of years ago I'd be here with Adam Kleber and Ashton Schultz, two guys that I played on the same pee wee team growing up, I'd say y

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