{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 2007)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Cole Reschny | image = Reschny2-21-26 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Reschny with North Dakota in 2026 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|4|6}} | birth_place = Macklin, Saskatchewan, Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 183 | position = Centre | shoots = Left | league = NCHC | team = North Dakota | ntl_team = | draft = 18th overall | draft_year = 2025 | draft_team = Calgary Flames | career_start = }} '''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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Press |first=The Canadian |date=June 27, 2025 |title=Calgary Flames select forward Cole Reschny with 18th pick in 2025 NHL Draft |url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/calgary-flames-select-forward-cole-reschny-with-18th-pick-in-2025-nhl-draft-1.2328304 |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=TSN |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wheeler |first=Scott |date=June 28, 2025 |title=Meet Flames’ Cole Reschny, hottest prospect in the 2025 NHL Draft: 'He stirs the drink' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6302768/2025/05/01/cole-reschny-nhl-draft-2025-prospect/ |access-date=2025-09-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=ESPN – Cole Reschny |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/5291954/cole-reschny |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
== Playing career == 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cole Reschny Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=263186 |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=www.hockeydb.com}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Sportsnet |date=May 30, 2025 |title=University of North Dakota lands two top NHL prospects from WHL's Victoria Royals |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/juniors/article/top-nhl-draft-prospect-cole-reschny-commits-to-ncaa-north-dakota/ |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=Sportsnet.ca |language=en}}</ref>
On June 27, 2025, he was drafted 18th overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2025 NHL entry draft.<ref name=":0" />
Reschny was named NCHC Rookie of the Year for the 2025–26 season on March 17, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-17 |title=North Dakota’s Reschny Rewarded with 2025-26 NCHC Rookie of the Year Honors |url=http://nchchockey.com/news/2026/3/17/mens-ice-hockey-north-dakotas-reschny-rewarded-with-2025-26-nchc-rookie-of-the-year-honors.aspx |access-date=2026-03-17 |website=nchchockey.com |language=en}}</ref>
== International play == {{MedalTableTop||name=}} {{MedalCountry|{{ihj|Canada}}}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2026 United States|}} {{MedalCompetition|World U18 Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 United States|}} {{MedalCompetition|Hlinka Gretzky Cup}} {{MedalGold|2024 Canada|}} {{MedalBottom}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosters |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/national-championships/men/world-u17/2023/schedule-results/stats/team-rosters |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=www.hockeycanada.ca |language=en-ca}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cole Reschny - Stats, Contract, Salary & More |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/577070/cole-reschny |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=www.eliteprospects.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=TSN ca |date=August 10, 2024 |title=Canada edge Czechia to capture third straight Hlinka Gretzky Cup |url=https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/canada-edge-czechia-to-capture-third-straight-hlinka-gretzky-cup-1.2160898 |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=TSN |language=en-CA}}</ref> He then won gold with Canada at the 2025 IIHF World U18 Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosters {{!}} 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/men/under-18/2024-25/world-championship/stats/team-rosters |access-date=June 30, 2025 |website=www.hockeycanada.ca |language=en-ca}}</ref>
In December 2025, he was selected to represent Canada at the 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/world-juniors/article/canada-returns-three-players-to-club-teams-trims-world-juniors-roster/ |title=Canada returns three players to club teams, trims world juniors roster |website=Sportsnet |date=December 18, 2025 |access-date=December 18, 2025}}</ref> During the tournament he recorded four goals and one assist in seven games and won a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2026/wm20/news/71556/can-fin-bmg |title=Canada ends medal drought with bronze |website=IIHF.com |first=Lucas |last=Aykroyd |date=5 January 2026 |access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref>
== Personal life == Reschny's older brother Austin played in the Alberta Junior Hockey League and now plays at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zary |first=Darren |date=June 27, 2025 |title=NHL Draft: Saskatchewan's Cole Reschny a two-way player, loyal farm-hand |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/nhl-draft-saskatchewans-cole-reschny-a-two-way-player-loyal-farm-hand |website=Saskatoon Star Phoenix}}</ref>
== Career statistics == === Regular season and playoffs === {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="94" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Regular season ! rowspan="94" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" !Season !Team !League !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM |- |2022–23 |Victoria Royals |WHL |4 |1 |0 |1 |2 |– |– |– |– |– |- bgcolor="f0f0f0" |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 |- bgcolor="f0f0f0" |2025–26 |University of North Dakota |NCHC |36 |6 |29 |35 |22 |– |– |– |– |– |- |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |NCAA totals !36 !6 !29 !35 !22 !– !– !– !– !– |}
=== International === {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em;" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- |2023 |Canada Red |U17 |5th |7 |3 |5 |8 |4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2024 |Canada |HG18 |{{gold1}} |5 |3 |4 |7 |4 |- |2025 |Canada |U18 |{{gold1}} |5 |5 |3 |8 |4 |- bgcolor="f0f0f0" | 2026 | Canada | WJC | {{bronze3}} | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" |Junior totals !24 !15 !13 !28 !14 |}
==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year |- ! colspan="2" |College |- |NCHC Rookie of the Year | 2026 |- | All-NCHC Rookie Team | 2026 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats |hockeydb=263186}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Matvei Gridin | title = Calgary Flames first-round draft pick | years = 2025 | after = Cullen Potter }} {{succession box | before = Sacha Boisvert | title = NCHC Rookie of the Year | years = 2025–26 | after = Incumbent}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reschny, Cole}} Category:2007 births Category:Living people Category:Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Category:Canadian ice hockey centres Category:NHL first-round draft picks Category:Calgary Flames draft picks Category:Victoria Royals players Category:North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey players