It was the busiest day of the tournament at the 2026 World Junior Championships. With the relegation game kicking off the schedule, followed by all four quarterfinal matchups, there was no shortage of high-stakes hockey to ring in the new year.
While Zayne Parekh continues to hog headlines at the 2026 World Junior tournament, fellow Flames prospect Cole Reschny has also carved out an important role for Team Canada and has played his brand of hockey to a tee.
The World Juniors opened on Boxing Day with four exciting games, with the tournament’s top four teams all picking up victories. With four more games on the docket for Day 2, Switzerland made their tournament debut, while Latvia looked to upset Canada for a second straight year.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
Gang, the Calgary Flames are represented by two prospects at the 2026 World Junior Championship tournament, which begins on Boxing Day. On paper, the Flames have two exciting young players suiting up for Canada at the event.
It’s the holiday season, friends, and when it comes to the world of hockey, that means one of the best tournaments in sports: the IIHF’s World Junior Championship!
The roster for the Canadian national junior team’s entry at the upcoming 2026 World Junior Championship tournament isn’t set in stone yet, friends, but it sure does seem like a pair of prominent Calgary Flames prospects will be donning the maple leaf this winter.
The Calgary Flames currently have one of the deepest prospect pools they’ve had in recent memory, as evidenced by the potential to have two players on Team Canada at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championship in Minnesota.
Cole Reschny and Cade Littler have been hot for North Dakota in the past couple of weeks. This is the Nov. 25 – Dec. 8 edition of the Flames prospect round-up, where we look at how Flames prospects have done every week.
The Calgary Flames could have two of their most exciting young players – and two of their most recent first-round picks – wearing the maple leaf over the winter holidays.
The 2026 World Junior Championship is less than a month away. On Sunday evening, Daily Faceoff’s Steven Ellis reported that Calgary Flames prospect Cole Reschny will attend Team Canada’s camp.
The road through the NCAA is now the dominant developmental path for Calgary Flames prospects, and the organization is being rewarded for it, with a handful of early prospects looking like draft steals.
The Calgary Flames entered the 2025 NHL Draft with a lack of high-end centres in their prospect base. They left that event with a slew of promising young pivots on their reserve list.
The 2025 edition of USA Hockey’s World Junior Summer Showcase is in the rear view mirror and, before we know it, it’ll be time for the 2026 World Junior Championship tournament.
Welcome back to The Win Column 2025 Calgary Flames Prospects Rankings. Ranked second on our list is the first of the Flames’ two first-round picks in Cole Reschny.
At the 2025 NHL Draft, the Calgary Flames selected two players in the first round, 18th overall and 32nd. Both players are forwards with upside who should become solid contributors to the group in a few years.
The Calgary Flames organization has a lot of young players to be excited about. Especially first-round draft picks like Zayne Parekh, Cole Reschny and Cullen Potter.
Cole Reschny had a really busy 2024-25 season. He tried out for the Canadian national under-18 team at the end of July and made the roster for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
With the 18th overall selection in the 2025 NHL Draft, the Calgary Flames selected forward Cole Reschny. The 18-year-old is coming off a fantastic year in the WHL and seems to be a solid prospect.