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NHL: Selected by the San Jose Sharks in Round 5 (150th Overall) in the 2025 NHL Draft
 
Before Denver: Played major-junior with the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League in 2025-26 after spending two seasons in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Penticton Vees (2023-2025) … Led Prince Albert in goals (29) and ranked tied for fourth in points (63) while skating in 63 games in 2025-26 as an alternate captain … Added 34 assists, five game-winning goals, 31 penalty minutes and finished with a +28 plus/minus rating while being recognized as Prince Albert’s Best Defensive Forward and Humanitarian of the Year … Registered 21 power-play points with 10 goals and 11 assists with the Raiders in 2025-26 … Won 53.6% of his faceoffs (431/804) … Made his WHL debut on Sept. 28, 2025 at Regina and recorded his first points in the game (1g/1a) … Scored three goals on Nov. 1, 2025 vs. Moose Jaw for his first of two hat tricks during the year … Had a season-best five points (3g/2a) on Jan. 15, 2026 at Medicine Hat … Recorded six points (4g/2a) in 16 games in the 2026 WHL Playoffs … Combined for 59 points (33g/26a) in 99 career games with the BCHL Penticton Vees from 2023-2025 … Scored 27 goals and added 13 assists for 40 points in 50 games in 2024-25 with the Vees and was named the squad’s MVP and Humanitarian of the Year … Had 17 points (5g/12a) in 14 BCHL Playoff contests in spring 2025 … Picked up 19 points (6g/13a) in 49 contests in his first season in Penticton in 2023-24 and skated in 22 postseason contests that year (0g/1a) … Made his junior debut by playing five games with the Okotoks Oilers in 2023-23 in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (1g/0a) … Member of the Calgary Flames AAA before junior hockey, winning the AEHL Championship in 2023-23 in his U18 year … Earned the Vern Stuart Award in 2023 for being the top player in the association that year, combining on-ice talent and work ethic with off-ice habits and leaderships to make a positive difference with the team and within the NWCAA … Recognized with the Michael Gee Award in his U16 season with the Flames AAA in 2021-22 for the combination of athletic performance, positive attitude, team commitment and being a positive ambassador.
 
Personal: Has two older sisters … Father was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in 1988 and played professional hockey in Germany … Grandfather Frank McCool won the 1945 Stanley Cup and the Calder Cup as the NHL Rookie of the Year that season with the Toronto Maple Leafs … Graduated from Springbank High School in Calgary in 2024 … Intends to major in business at DU … Wants to play in the NHL someday … Likes all kinds of music but mostly listens to country … Favorite move is The Hangover, and favorite TV show is Brooklyn Nine-Nine … Hobbies include golf, surfing, hiking and hanging out with friends … Also played lacrosse, basketball, volleyball and golf as a kid … Has helped support Luna Centre (formerly known as the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre) and the Nathan O’Brien Foundation that is named after a young hockey player in the Springbank community that died and donates money to different charities … Was teammates with fellow DU incoming freshman Daxon Rudolph with Prince Albert in 2025-26.
 
Other: Ranked No. 209 among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting for the 2025 NHL Draft … Selected No. 55 overall in the third round of the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft by Prince Albert.
 
Why DU: “I chose the University of Denver for the winning culture, excellent coaching, elite training and development program, and academic reputation. I know former students who played on the hockey team, and they had really memorable experiences and developed their hockey skills. Everyone talks about the great team culture, which is really important to me.”