In a season as bleak and brutal as last year’s, the feel good stories are relatively few and far between, but Willman’s certainly does make the cut. From getting his start in the organization fighting for minutes with Reading in the ECHL, to earning a tryout with the Phantoms when they were ravaged by injury, running with that opportunity, and performing so well with them as to leverage that success into an ELC with the Flyers, the last few years have been a real grind for Willman, and to see him finally making his NHL debut this season was definitely sweet.
2021-22 Player Review: Max Willman finally makes it
