Short Shifts Power Rankings: October 23

Throw out the Xs and Os and join Short Shifts for our own weekly power rankings. What is our criteria? Whatever makes us smile, laugh, cry or any other wholesome feeling. This list is updated every Friday with our top moments of the week.

1. Young Maple Leafs fan

A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan took full advantage of sitting next to the penalty box on Saturday. The little boy showed Matthew Schaefer his hockey card while the New York Islanders defenseman sat in the penalty box. Sportsnet caught the adorable moment on camera.

Ranking: Is now a good time for an autograph?

2. Devin Cooley

The secret to Devin Cooley’s success: he thinks about nothing. The Calgary Flames goalie explained the psychology behind his 34-save performance against the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday in a postgame interview with Sportsnet.

“I felt nothing,” Cooley said. “The problem with me is I have a lot of fun playing, but when I start having too much fun it makes me into from an unconscious goalie to a conscious goalie and my conscious brain is really bad at playing goalie. So, I have to let my unconscious brain do the work because it reacts a lot quicker.”

Ranking: Mindless meditation

3. Patrick Kane and his son

Patrick Kane and his son Trick tested how well they knew each other this week. In a video posted by the Chicago Blackhawks, the father and son plugged their ears and answered questions about each other. Both Kane boys went three for three, answering each other’s favorite food, color and goal celebration. The funniest moment came when Trick acted out his favorite goal celebration, “Rawr,” which even made the admins laugh.

Ranking: Like father, like son

4. Tom Wilson and his wife Taylor

Tom Wilson and his wife Taylor’s Halloween costume doubled as a baby announcement. Taylor shared a picture of the couple’s “Cast Away” costume this week. The Washington Capitals forward dressed as Tom Hanks’ character Chuck Noland and Taylor dressed as Wilson, the volleyball Noland paints a face on. "Baby WILSONNNNN! #2 coming March 2027," Taylor captioned the photo.

Ranking: Aced it

5. Cole Knuble and Mike Knuble

Cole Knuble celebrated his first two NHL goals with a postgame interview alongside his dad, Mike Knuble. The Philadelphia Flyers rookie and the retired NHL forward talked to the NHL on TNT crew after the Flyers 3-1 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. Cole said his first NHL goal was “amazing,” but he “wished he remember it more.” Mike told the TNT crew how excited he was for his son.

“My mind is spinning,” Mike said. “I’m going a million miles an hour right now. I’m just so happy to be here. I can’t even stand it. I can’t believe I’m standing here and we are having this conversation.”

Ranking: Twice as special