Top Shelf with Russ Farwell: Former T-Bird Mathew Barzal Wins NHL Rookie of the Year
In this episode of Top Shelf, our Ian Henry talks with Thunderbird Vice President of Hockey Operations Russ Farwell about former T-Birds Captain Mathew Barzal being named the NHL Rookie of the Year at the NHL Awards Ceremony Wednesday night in Las Vegas. Farwell talks about Barzal’s playoff performance when we won the 2017 WHL Championship and he came back from mono, watching Mathew during his first season with the New York Islanders, and the process of selecting Barzal with the first overall pick in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft.