Cole Beaudoin

Beaudoin was born on April 24, 2006, in Ottawa. His family moved while he was four months old to Sweden and spent seven years split between Sweden and Switzerland while his father, Eric, continued to play professional hockey. At seven years old, they moved back to Ottawa.^[1]

On April 20, 2022, Beaudoin was drafted tenth overall by the Barrie Colts in the 2022 OHL Draft.^[2] On June 3, 2022, he signed with the Colts.^[3]

Beaudoin played the 2022–23 OHL season for the Colts as a heavily used depth forward, recording 8 goals and 12 assists in 63 games.^[4] He was continuously used in the OHL playoffs, where they would lose to the North Bay Battalion in the eastern conference semifinals in seven games. He recorded 2 assists in 13 games throughout the playoffs.^[5] During the offseason, he joined Canada's under-18 team for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, helping the team win gold.^[6]

Beaudoin entered the 2023–24 season with higher expectations in his National Hockey League (NHL) draft year. Improving his skating and fitness throughout the offseason, as evidenced by winning the run and bench-press competitions in Colts fitness training, he was expected to be a cornerstone piece for the Colts for the remainder of his OHL career.^[6] By December, he had been projected to be a late first-round, early second-round pick in the draft, already recording 10 goals and 8 assists in 24 games.^[7] He was described as a player who "[is] always going to dirty areas of the ice to constantly battle for the puck" and was projected as a serviceable player, similar to Zach Hyman and Matthew Knies, in a first or second line in the NHL.^[7] In January 2024, he was selected as a player for the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.^[8] At the end of the season, he recorded 28 goals and 34 assists in 67 games.^[1] When the OHL's annual year-end coaches poll results were released, he was named the eastern conference's hardest worker, top penalty killer, and second-best defensive forward.^[1] On June 28, Beaudoin was drafted 24th overall by the Utah Hockey Club in the 2024 NHL entry draft, becoming the team's second-ever selection in franchise history.^[9][10] He was later signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Utah Hockey Club on July 22, 2024.^[11]

Beaudoin started the 2024–25 named as an alternate captain for the Colts.^[12] Participating in Utah Hockey Club's rookie training camp, he was named as one of the best players in the camp.^[13] He moved on to the main training camp, but was sent back to the Colts by the end of training camp.^[14] He had a hot start to the beginning of the OHL season, recording seven goals and nine assists in 15 games.^[15] In December, he and fellow Colts teammate Beau Akey were named to the Canada's world junior camp.^[16] He was named to Canada's roster on December 13.^[17] Throughout the rest of the season, he earned a spot on the power-play unit, recording seven goals and ten assists on the power-play throughout the season. By the end of the season, he had 22 goals and 29 assists in 52 games, helping the Colts clinch the top seed in the central division.^[18] The Colts made it to the eastern conference finals before being swept by the Oshawa Generals; he recorded 13 points in the playoffs.^[18]

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World Junior Championships
	2026 United States
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Beaudoin represented Canada at the 2024 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he recorded two goals and two assists in seven games and won a gold medal.^[19]

In December 2025, he was selected to represent Canada at the 2026 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.^[20] During the tournament he recorded three goals and four assists in seven games and won a bronze medal.^[21]