University of Denver Athletics

NHL: Selected by the Seattle Kraken in Round 2 (36th Overall) of the 2025 NHL Draft
 
Before Denver: Spent three years with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League from 2023-2026 where he totaled 84 points (26g/58a) in 190 career regular-season games ... Served as an alternate captain for the Oil Kings in 2025-26 and scored career bests with 11 goals, 25 assists and 36 points in 63 regular-season games ... Also recorded 38 penalty minutes and registered a plus-23 rating … Had his second career three-assist game on Nov. 2, 2025 vs. Swift Current … Recorded a goal and two assists for his second three-point contest of the season and fourth of his career on Nov. 15, 2025 at Vancouver … Contributed an assist in two 2026 WHL postseason games ... Skated in 64 regular-season contests for Edmonton in 2024-25, compiling 10 goals, 23 assists and 33 points while also producing 36 penalty minutes and a +6 plus/minus rating ... Had an assist in Edmonton’s seven WHL playoff contests in 2025 ... Played in the 2024 CHL-USA Prospects Challenge for Team CHL … Also skated in nine games with the U.S. National Team Development Program’s Under-18 team in 2024-25, registering two goals and two assists ... Appeared in 63 games in 2023-24 for the Oil Kings, picking up five goals, 10 assists and 12 penalty minutes … Product of the Dallas Stars Elite program … Also previously played for the Chicago Jr. Blackhawks organization as a kid.
 
International: Won a bronze medal and totaled three points (2g/1a) in seven games with the United States at the 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship … Captained Team USA at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, compiling four points (1g/3a) in five contests … Registered a goal in eight games and won the gold medal at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge while skating for Canada White.
 
Personal: Father Vernon played 14 seasons and 877 career games in the NHL with the Nashville Predators, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils … Cousin is Riley Fiddler-Schultz, who currently plays in the Buffalo Sabres’ organization … Has a younger sister … Born in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada … Graduated from high school in 2025 from Salisbury Composite High in Sherwood Park, Alberta … Wants to win a national championship at Denver and hopes to one day play in the NHL and win the Stanley Cup … Favorite types of music include country, rap and house/EDM …  Favorite TV show is Stranger Things … Also played baseball as a kid … Hobbies include golf, wake surfing and spending time with family and friends … Is the first player in DU hockey history to wear No. 38.
 
Other: Selected No. 1 overall in the 2022 WHL US Prospect Draft ... Entered the 2025 NHL Draft ranked No. 26 among North American skaters on NHL Central Scouting’s final lists.
 
Why DU: “The winning culture and how well the staff develops players.”