"I was pretty nervous going in the game, it's a big crowd, I haven't played in front of that many fans before," Schaefer said. "It was definitely weird, for me to just get those first two shifts out of the way, I felt more comfortable after that."
While Schaefer is a long shot to make the Oilers roster, like most recent draftees, he's been able to get his first taste of professional hockey and his first chance to share a locker room with some of the game's best at their craft.
"I talked to (Draisaitl and McDavid) a bit, obviously fan-boying over them a bit," Schaefer said. "You watch them when you're growing up and in Junior. It's special to be on the same ice and in the same vicinity as them, I'm just soaking it in."