Recalled from the American Hockey League\u2019s Grand Rapids Griffins under emergency conditions on Oct. 18, Kasper went on to record 37 points (19 goals, 18 assists) in 77 games with Detroit last season. Making a positive impact in the club\u2019s top six, Kasper finished with the most points by a Red Wings rookie in a single campaign since Lucas Raymond (57 points in 82 games) and Moritz Seider (50 points in 82 games) both reached the 50-point mark in 2021-22.<\/p>\n
Overall, there were big leaps taken by Kasper, who was also named the 2024-25 Red Wings Rookie of the Year by the Detroit Sports Media (DSM) on July 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really cool to be chosen for that award,\u201d said Kasper, who led all NHL rookies with 17 goals from Jan. 1- April 17. \u201cIt\u2019s always an honor to receive something like that because it just shows that us young players get great opportunities, and we take pride in that. I want to take the next step. We have a great group of guys, and we want to continue playing like we did. Last season, it was a little bit up and down as a group. The beginning was tough, but we helped each other and turned it around. It was a good season for me as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kasper\u2019s strong play also carried over to the 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship, which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark from May 9-25. In eight games with Team Austria, Kasper tallied seven points (four goals, three assists).<\/p>\n
\u201cWorlds was a really good, fun tournament for Austria,\u201d Kasper said. \u201cOur team did well too. It was the first time we reached the quarterfinals in many years. I enjoyed a couple weeks in Sweden after Worlds. I\u2019ve been in Austria for most of the offseason, just working out and being on the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recalled from the American Hockey League\u2019s Grand Rapids Griffins under emergency conditions on Oct. 18, Kasper went on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":89535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-89534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114910129586271434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}