Cole McKinney

Class:
Freshman
Position:
F
Height:
6-1
Weight:
198
Hometown:
Lake Forest, Ill.
S/C:
R
NHL:
SJS
Prev School:
USNTDP

NHL
• Drafted No. 53 (second round) in the 2025 NHL Draft by San Jose

International
• 2025 U18 World Championships (bronze medal, five points in seven games)
• 2025 U18 Five Nations (bronze medal, seven points in four games)
• 2024 U18 Five Nations (bronze medal, six points in four games)
• 2024 U17 Five Nations (gold medal, nine points in four games)
• 2023 World U17 Hockey Challenge (silver medal, two assists in seven games)

Freshman Year (2025-2026)
• Recorded both his first career assist and goal in the season opener against Mercyhurst (10/3)
• Tallied another assist and goal in a second win over Mercyhurst (10/4)
• Earned an assist in a 5-1 win at No. 7 Providence (10/10)
• Had one assist in a 4-2 win over Robert Morris (10/16)
• Collected a goal in a victory against Robert Morris (10/17)
• Contributed a goal and an assist in a 7-1 victory at Penn State (11/14)
• Added one assist in a home victory against Ohio State (11/22)
• Scored a power-play goal in a 5-1 win at Harvard (11/28)
• Recorded an assist in a 5-1 win on the road at Minnesota (1/16)
• Added two assists in a road series sweep at Ohio State (1/30, 1/31)
• Had a goal in a 6-3 win over Penn State at home (2/14)
• Assisted a goal and scored a goal in a series split at home vs. Minnesota (2/26, 2/27)
• Collected a goal and an assist in a win at home over Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament (3/14)
• Tallied an assist in the NCAA regional finals in a win over Minnesota Duluth (3/29)

Before Michigan
• Spent the last two seasons with the USNTDP
• Appeared in 58 games with the U18 in last season, scoring 27 goals and 33 assists
• Played in 11 games with the U18 and in 44 games with the U17 during the 2023-24 season
• Combined for 93 points in 115 games with the USNTP and added 37 points in USHL contests
• Played in the 2025 USA Hockey All-American Game and had an assist
• Selected for the 2024 CHL-USA Prospects Challenge tallying two points in two games
• Previously played for the Chicago Mission, winning national championship with U14 in 2022