The NHL Power Players youth advisory board is back for its seventh season.

This season’s board is made up of 23 teens, aged 13-17 from the United States and Canada that were chosen from nearly 1,000 applicants.

Launched in 2019, the Power Players offer feedback and suggestions to the NHL on how to help grow the game amongst young people like themselves.

New board member Sophie Knakal, a 16-year-old from Manhasset, NY, is excited to have the opportunity to show kids her age what hockey has to offer.

“With the program, I wish to accomplish gaining more fans, getting more teenagers to become fans of the NHL,” Kankal said. “When I meet people, I love sports [so] the first thing I ask them is, ‘oh what's your favorite sport?’ And I hardly ever hear hockey and I want to change that. It's suc

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