On Saturday morning the New Jersey Devils named 22-year-old center Nico Hischier the 12th captain in team history.
From the kid to The Captain. #MadeInJersey | #NJDevils pic.twitter.com/Q37C1oVgZ3
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) February 20, 2021
Hischier becomes the youngest current captain in the NHL and the second youngest player to be named a captain in the history of the Devils’ franchise; Kirk Muller was 21 years, 243 days old when he was given the “C.”
High pick, high hopes
New Jersey selected Hischier with the number one overall pick at the 2017 NHL Draft, making him the first (and still only) Swiss-born player to be selected first.