Kiefer Sherwood, a 29-year-old forward, is experiencing an unexpected surge in productivity during the 2023-24 NHL season.
Kiefer Sherwood plays every shift like it might be his last in the NHL . It’s understandable why he might play that way: up until this season, it very well could have been true. Last season with the Nashville Predators was the first time that Sherwood spent a full season in the NHL and, even then, he was sometimes a healthy scratch. He played 68 games with the Predators, averaging just over 12 minutes per game. This season has been different.
It’s unusual for a player to finally break out as an everyday NHLer at the age of 29, let alone become a legitimately impactful player after years of bouncing between the NHL and the AHL. But that’s exactly what Sherwood has done this season. Fresh off his first career hat trick on Monday night against the Colorado Avalanche, Sherwood currently has 11 goals and 17 points through 30 games. That has already bested his career high in goals from last season and he’s on pace for 30 goals. This offensive explosion hasn’t come completely out of nowhere. In his last couple of seasons in the AHL, Sherwood has been an offensive dynamo, with 58 goals in his last 99 AHL games. The trouble has been transitioning that offence to the NHL level, where the game is faster, goaltenders are better, and time and space are limited. Sherwood had to “scratch and claw for every opportunity” Time, in particular, has been limited for Sherwood in his career, as he constantly found himself in a fourth-line role in the NHL, playing minimal minutes. It’s awfully hard to score goals when you’re playing 10 minutes or less with grinders for linemates. So, Sherwood had to find a way to get in the lineup, stay in the lineup, and make his minutes count. That’s where the hits come in. “As a guy that had to scratch and claw for every opportunity, when my minutes and games were really limited earlier on in my career, you've got to do the little things to try and stick in,” said Sherwood. “One of them was just finish every check, finish every play
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