Noah Steen has had a magnificent World Championship tournament. He entered the bronze medal game against Canada with six goals. His tournament-leading seventh goal gave Norway something they have never had in the history of their hockey program – a medal in an IIHF major series tournament.
Noah Steen scores in OT to beat Canada and win bronze (via IIHF)
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) May 31, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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The Lightning brass will probably be just as happy to see Steen create the turnover in his own zone as they are to see him snap the shot into the net. The 6’1″ left-shot forward was drafted in the seventh round of the 2024 draft and has spent the last few seasons playing for Orebro HK in the SHL. He finished his European career with 22 points (12 goals, 10 assists) in 52 games.
After Orebro’s season ended, Steen headed to Syracuse to join the Crunch. After logging his first AHL goal in the regular season, he appeared in another three games in the postseason. Expect him to have a fairly large role with the Crunch next season as the nexus of prospects suits up in New York next season.
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J.J. Moser earns silver medal at World Championships [The Hockey News]
It was a solid tournament for the Lightning players who participated as J.J. Moser picked up a silver medal. Gold would have been better, but Finland won 1-0 on a Konsta Helenius overtime goal. Moser was his usual steady self as he averaged 21:06 with five assists.
Kitchener wins Memorial Cup [CHL]
Sam O’Reilly finished his junior hockey career with a bang as his four-point performance led Kitchener over Everett, 6-2. O’Reilly became the fourth player in CHL history to sweep the MVP awards as he was the OHL regular season MVP, OHL playoffs MVP, and Memorial Cup MVP (Brad Richards, Corey Perry, and Mitch Marner were the other three).
IIHF announces 2026 Hall of Fame class [IIHF]
Six players – Andres Ambühl, Patrice Bergeron, Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Niklas Kronwall, Florence Schelling, and Thomas Vanek — and two builders, Ralph Krueger and Luc Tardif.
Judd Brackett leaving the Minnesota Wild [Elliotte Friedman and Michael Russo Twitter]
Could he be going to Toronto? Maybe. They wouldn’t mind having the person that built a pretty solid group of prospects in Minnesota as their assistant general manager. Zeev Buium, Charlie Stramel, and Adam Benak were all drafted under his watch. Oh yeah, he was also part of the Vancouver staff that drafted Quinn Hughes.
Blackhawks may let Pridham’s draft rights expire [The Athletic]
It’s one of the underrated days of the year as draft rights expire for CHL-drafted prospects drafted in 2024. One of those prospects is the Lightning’s Kaiden Pitre, but another is Chicago’s Jack Pridham. The Bolts had a little luck with a Chicago prospect who wasn’t signed last year in Dominic James. Could they repeat it with Pridham? They would have seen him a few times as he is a teammate of Sam O’Reilly in Kitchener. If he doesn’t sign or go to college, he would be able to reenter the draft.
[Update] It looks like he’s going to college, but as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
