Keegan Kolesar
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| Born |
April 8, 1997 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team | Vegas Golden Knights | ||
| NHL draft |
69th overall, 2015 Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Keegan Kolesar (born April 8, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger currently playing as a prospect to the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He is a birth son of CFL/NFL player, K. D. Williams.
Playing career
He was drafted 69th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets.[1] On June 24, 2017, Kolesar was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for the Vegas' second-round draft pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[2] He was called up to the Golden Knights on January 10, 2020 and made his NHL debut the following night against the Blue Jackets.[3][4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2012–13 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 64 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 64 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 107 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 2016–17 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 54 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 101 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 37 | ||
| 2017–18 | Quad City Mallards | ECHL | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 44 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 74 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 90 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 48 | ||
| 2019–20 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 33 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 2014 | Canada Western | U17 | 9th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||
References
- ^ "Blue Jackets sign forward Keegan Kolesar to a three-year Entry Level contract". NHL.com. December 20, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ "Golden Knights' Keegan Kolesar: Trade sends him to 'The Strip'". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. June 24, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ "Golden Knights' Keegan Kolesar: Called up Friday". CBS Sports. January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
- ^ Gotz, Ben (January 11, 2020). "Golden Knights' Keegan Kolesar to make NHL debut Saturday". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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Categories:
- 1997 births
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Chicago Wolves players
- Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks
- Living people
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba
- Quad City Mallards (ECHL) players
- Seattle Thunderbirds players
- Sportspeople from Brandon, Manitoba
- Vegas Golden Knights players
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1990s births stubs