PHILADELPHIA (SB Nation Wire Service) — The #Number1HockeyBoy Panel on Friday released its latest rankings of the Number 1 Boy in Hockey. It’s the first installment of the rankings following the 75th anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Steve Mason, known by the panel as “The Wall”, has been named the Number 1 Hockey Boy for December 9, 2016. Rounding out the Top 3 are forward Claude Giroux, a.k.a. “The Wedding Planner”, and forward Wayne Simmonds, a.k.a. “Crazy Train.”
In a surprise showing, the Number 8 Hockey Boy honor this week has been awarded to defenseman Andrew MacDonald, a.