Cole Reschny
| Cole Reschny | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Reschny with North Dakota in 2026 | |||
| Born |
April 6, 2007 Macklin, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NCHC team | North Dakota | ||
| NHL draft |
18th overall, 2025 Calgary Flames | ||
Cole Reschny (born April 6, 2007) is a Canadian college ice hockey centre for the North Dakota Fighting Hawks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He was drafted 18th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2025 NHL entry draft.[1][2][3]
Playing career
[edit]Reschny was drafted third overall by the Victoria Royals in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft. He played 4 games and scored 1 goal for the Royals in the 2022–23 season.
In his first full season in the WHL, Reschny played 61 games in 2023–24 for the Royals, scoring 21 goals and 38 assists. In the 2024-25 season, Reschny scored 26 goals and 66 assists in 62 games played in the regular season. In the playoffs, he tallied 9 goals and 16 assists in 11 games.[4]
On May 30, 2025, Reschny verbally committed to play the 2025–26 season at the University of North Dakota alongside his Royals teammate Keaton Verhoeff.[5]
On June 27, 2025, he was drafted 18th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2025 NHL entry draft.[1]
Reschny was named NCHC Rookie of the Year for the 2025–26 season on March 17, 2026.[6]
International play
[edit]| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Canada | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
 | 2026 United States | |
| World U18 Championships | ||
 | 2025 United States | |
| Hlinka Gretzky Cup | ||
| 2024 Canada | |
Reschny played for Canada Red at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, scoring three goals and five assists in seven games at the tournament.[7]
He represented Canada at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, where he scored three goals and four assists in five games and won a gold medal.[8][9] He then won gold with Canada at the 2025 IIHF World U18 Championships.[10]
In December 2025, he was selected to represent Canada at the 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[11] During the tournament he recorded four goals and one assist in seven games and won a bronze medal.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Reschny's older brother Austin played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League and now plays at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2022–23 | Victoria Royals | WHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2023–24 | Victoria Royals | WHL | 61 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Victoria Royals | WHL | 62 | 26 | 66 | 92 | 44 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 10 | ||
| 2025–26 | University of North Dakota | NCHC | 36 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NCAA totals | 36 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Canada Red | U17 | 5th | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2024 | Canada | HG18 |  |
5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2025 | Canada | U18 | |
5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2026 | Canada | WJC |  |
7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 24 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 14 | ||||
Awards and honours
[edit]| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| College | |
| NCHC Rookie of the Year | 2026 |
| All-NCHC Rookie Team | 2026 |
References
[edit]- 1 2 Press, The Canadian (June 27, 2025). "Calgary Flames select forward Cole Reschny with 18th pick in 2025 NHL Draft". TSN. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ↑ Wheeler, Scott (June 28, 2025). "Meet Flames' Cole Reschny, hottest prospect in the 2025 NHL Draft: 'He stirs the drink'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ↑ "ESPN – Cole Reschny". ESPN. 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Cole Reschny Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ↑ Staff, Sportsnet (May 30, 2025). "University of North Dakota lands two top NHL prospects from WHL's Victoria Royals". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ↑ "North Dakota's Reschny Rewarded with 2025-26 NCHC Rookie of the Year Honors". nchchockey.com. March 17, 2026. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
- ↑ "Rosters". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ↑ "Cole Reschny - Stats, Contract, Salary & More". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ↑ Staff, TSN ca (August 10, 2024). "Canada edge Czechia to capture third straight Hlinka Gretzky Cup". TSN. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ↑ "Rosters | 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
- ↑ "Canada returns three players to club teams, trims world juniors roster". Sportsnet. December 18, 2025. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- ↑ Aykroyd, Lucas (January 5, 2026). "Canada ends medal drought with bronze". IIHF.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
- ↑ Zary, Darren (June 27, 2025). "NHL Draft: Saskatchewan's Cole Reschny a two-way player, loyal farm-hand". Saskatoon Star Phoenix.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database