Keegan Kolesar
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| Keegan Kolesar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kolesar with the Golden Knights in 2024. | |||
| Born |
April 8, 1997 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg; 16 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team | Vegas Golden Knights | ||
| NHL draft |
69th overall, 2015 Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Keegan Kolesar (born April 8, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kolesar is a Stanley Cup champion, having won it in 2023 with the Golden Knights.
Kolesar was drafted 69th overall in the 2015 NHL entry draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets.[1] On June 24, 2017, Kolesar was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for Vegas' second-round draft pick in the 2017 NHL entry draft.[2] He was called up to the Golden Knights on January 10, 2020, and made his NHL debut the following night against the Blue Jackets.[3][4]
On March 22, 2021, Kolesar scored his first NHL goal in the third period of the Golden Knights' 5–1 win against the St. Louis Blues.[5]
On June 13, 2023, Kolesar won his first Stanley Cup, with Vegas defeating the Florida Panthers 9-3 to win their first championship in franchise history.[6][7]
On December 13, 2024, during the 2024–25 season, and as a pending free agent, Kolesar signed a three-year extension with the Golden Knights, keeping him in Vegas through the 2027–28 season.[8]
Personal life
Kolesar was born on April 8, 1997, in Brandon, Manitoba[9] to former NFL and CFL linebacker K. D. Williams and Corrinne. The parents divorced following his birth and Corrinne remarried to Charles Peterson, who played baseball for the Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League.[10] During the 2019–20 NHL season, Peterson contracted COVID-19. When Peterson's death became imminent in mid-September 2020, Kolesar left his team's bubble to say goodbye to his stepfather.[11]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2012–13 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 64 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 64 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 107 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 2016–17 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 54 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 101 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 37 | ||
| 2017–18 | Quad City Mallards | ECHL | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 44 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 74 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 90 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 48 | ||
| 2019–20 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 33 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 44 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 74 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50 | ||
| 2023–24 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 79 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 82 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| NHL totals | 357 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 268 | 56 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 62 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Canada Western | U17 | 9th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||