The college hockey season will kick off this weekend. It will be a season unlike any before it, with a record-setting 326 NHL draft picks, including 30 first-round picks, spread across the college ranks.
Folks, if you’ve been following either us or our colleagues at Daily Faceoff over the last little while, you’ve probably noticed that July and August were Prospects Season.
It appears that the Calgary Flames have struck gold in the latter rounds of the draft. There are breakout seasons, and then there is whatever the heck Ethan Wyttenbach just did with Quinnipiac University.
Well, Corey Pronman and The Athletic continue to spark debate after a flurry of articles ranking younger players, prospects and prospect pipelines. We’ve
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Welcome to The Win Column 2026 Calgary Flames Prospects Rankings. Ranked 7th on our list is the 144th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft: Ethan Wyttenbach.
The World Junior Summer Showcase has wrapped up in Windsor, Ontario, where hockey’s top prospects demonstrate their skills before the 2027 IIHF World Junior
WINDSOR, Ont. – And that’s that. The 2026 World Junior Summer Showcase is complete. No medals are awarded at the end of the event, but the Swedes will be happy after winning three straight games to close out the tournament.
For years, NHL teams have searched for star players in the obvious places. High draft picks. Top prospects. Lottery selections. The players everyone knows about long before they even reach the NHL.
The United States swept Day 2 at the 2026 World Junior Summer Showcase in Windsor, with both squads beating their European counterparts in dominant efforts.
The opening day of the 2026 World Junior Summer Showcase is in the books, with Finland and USA Blue coming home with convincing victories on Sunday in Windsor, Ontario.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Roughly 15 months ago, the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Service released its final rankings for the 2025 NHL Draft. As part of that release, Sioux Falls Stampede winger Ethan Wyttenbach was ranked 185th among eligible North American skaters.
Every year, teams go into the National Hockey League’s annual entry draft looking for value above all else. Now, for teams with a lot of early picks, value basically centres around selecting the best available players early on.
Over the weekend, the Calgary Flames added to their stockpile of young prospects with nine selections at the 2026 NHL Draft. On Tuesday, USA Hockey announced their invites to the upcoming World Junior Summer Showcase, being held in Windsor, Ontario in late July.
BUFFALO – The first day of the 2026 NHL Draft is complete – and boy, it was slow. A total of 32 NHL players heard their names called on Friday night in Buffalo, including 25 in Daily Faceoff’s top 32 draft rankings.
BUFFALO – Let the chaos begin. The 2026 NHL Draft kicks off at KeyBank Center on Thursday, and it is easily set to be one of the most unpredictable we’ve ever seen.
One. Week. To. Go. The 2026 NHL Draft is set to take place June 26-27 in Buffalo, less than a month after around 100 players met with teams in person at the combine.
Every NHL draft has those fifth-round picks that barely make a ripple on draft day, then quietly turn into something a few years later. For the Calgary Flames, Ethan Wyttenbach is starting to look like one of those names worth paying attention to.
The NCAA and its related associations announced several men’s hockey awards on Friday, as part of the Frozen Four festivities. While Max Plante captured the Hobey Baker Award, a pair of Calgary Flames prospects were also honoured as part of Friday’s announcement.
Calgary Flames fans will have to wait a little while longer to see a breakout prospect take pro ice. Winger Ethan Wyttenbach has announced he will return to Quinnipiac University for his sophomore season after leading the country in scoring as a freshman.
It’s official: Calgary Flames forward prospect Ethan Wyttenbach will return to Quinnipiac University in 2026-27 for his sophomore year of NCAA competition.
NHL Rumour Report: David Pagnotta on Hello Hockey on college free agent forward TJ Hughes: “There is obviously a lot of interest, there are a number of
Two teams are heading to the Frozen Four, with the other two teams being decided on Sunday. The regionals of the NCAA National Tournament are quickly wrapping up, with Sunday being its final day.
The Calgary Flames have amassed a lot of young talent through the National Hockey League’s entry draft in recent years. And all due respect to several incredibly talented youngsters in their system, but nobody has raised their stock as much, as quickly, in recent years as college prospect Ethan Wyttenbach.
It’s always hard to evaluate prospects so close from their draft year, but even with the 2025 NHL Draft less than nine months old, Calgary Flames prospect Ethan Wyttenbach is emerging as one of the biggest steals.
Freshman seasons in college hockey are usually about adjustment. Learning the pace. Getting comfortable with the physicality. Earning ice time. Ethan Wyttenbach didn’t get that memo.
Calgary Flames prospect and Quinnipiac Bobcats freshman Ethan Wyttenbach set a new program record for most points by a first-year player with a pair of goals in Friday’s 7-4 loss to Dartmouth College.