Game Reports
EVALUATED
Sam McGilligan
Regional Scout - Canada
Hutson’s moments of skill often reflect a mirror image of his highly acclaimed brother. His small area handling is brilliant, often two or three well placed handles are enough to split a pair of defenders in front of him, or fake incoming pressure one way to open up a passing lane out of a spin. The general theme connecting these types of play is that his goal is to open up an abundance of space to work with afterwards. As said before, this approach does have a high level of risk — the balance of risk and reward would benefit from further tweaking. The same can be said of his offensive positioning as he can leave the back line at risky times; however, it paid off this game by setting up some quality chances, and even following up in the slot for a goal off of one of the chances he tried to create.
Game Reports
EVALUATED Sam McGilligan
Regional Scout - Canada
A game like this is where the complete dominance of Cole Hutson is at its clearest. Hutson mislead the Swiss defense constantly, often chaining a follow-up move to bypass defensive layers leading to multiple NTDP players open in dangerous space. It makes him one of the most dangerous defenders to roam the OZ among the entire 2006 age group, earning him points in this contest and many others. The calmness of his touch on the power play can’t be understated enough, he settles pucks extraordinarily well which is vital to keep the pace of the 5v4 attack up. The defensive play was stronger as well as Hutson tracked play and denied passing lanes with good timing. Further improving his mobility opens up an abundance of defensive potential, which would help in moments where speedsters are able to win a race against him.
Game Reports
EVALUATED Sam McGilligan
Regional Scout - Canada
The offensive monster that is Cole Hutson has done it once more. A three assist game filled to the brim with tons of fun plays. An activation early in the game during a 4v4 allowed Hutson to slip through and set up Stiga for a great one timer goal. Cole is so dynamic, the entire NTDP just thrives whenever he’s on the ice as they wait for him to blow the game wide open.
Game Reports
EVALUATED
Alex Annun
Director of Scouting
After discussing his defensive partner it makes sense to highlight the flip side of the coin and talk about Cole Hutson’s continued impact on the American team. He has shown serious growth over the last year and his skating remains to be one of the most impressive things about his game. He may be the best skater in the Hutson family, his acceleration and edgework are incredible and he is able to take space for himself the second you open the door for him and he shows little to no hesitation in doing so. His assist on the first Eiserman goal was beautiful the way he was able to quickly accelerate into the high slot and the moment the defender committed to him he was able to neatly slide the puck over to Cole to rip home to the gaping net. Hutson’s deception is so well sold that even the netminder believed he was going to take the shot instead of sliding the puck across. Hutson’s vision and passing are great, but he is also able to attack open pockets of space himself to receive the puck and get some scoring chances of his own. He has a good shot and gets himself in places he can use it in tight and he nearly had one in this game. Defensively he can be rash and make some risky plays but he has good recovery speed and uses his defensive stick well to knock the puck away since physical play isn’t exactly his strong suit. Hutson continues to be an offensive force for the Americans and he has plenty of freedom to express himself with a steady partner in Skahan.
Game Reports
EVALUATEDSam McGilligan
Regional Scout - Canada
Cole Hutson’s ability to manage and escape pressure while identifying passing lanes is only growing stronger and stronger as the tournament goes on. Playing 4v4 with Hagens and Eiserman, Hutson catches a pass from Hagens off of a draw and deceives his intentions to buy Eiserman the time and space he needs to get open on the weak side before threading the pass to him. Eiserman creates the goal opportunity for himself, but Hutson creates the conditions Eiserman needed. Next time around, Hutson catches Hagens’ low-high pass on the powerplay and uses the space around the point to give Eisermann an easy pass to rifle a goal off of.
Game Reports
EVALUATEDSam McGilligan
Regional Scout - Canada
Cole Hutson took a massive leap forward between game one and two, looking like USA’s best defender in terms of driving play up the ice, while also generating a ton of offensive zone opportunities that ultimately rewarded him with three assists in the blowout. The first came from an aggressive rush after USA forced a turnover that provided the opportunity for a quick-strike attack for Hutson and Eiserman. Hutson received a pass at the blue line from Hagens and drove forward before slipping a pass through the defensive gap right to Eiserman’s tape. Hutson mostly just gets the second assist from being the guy to set up Hagens down the left circle, but he still deserves credit for how accurate the pass was — allowing Hagens to get the puck with ease, maintaining his stride. Finally, Hutson picks up his third assist by stepping off the OZ blue line in order to create a more dangerous shooting lane, which leads to his shot being tipped by Humphries for the seventh and final goal of the game just as the third period was winding down.
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- All Data is derived via 5v5 per 60 minutes rate displayed in percentile format.
- Data Courtesy of In Slat.
COMMITTED:
Boston University
01/08/2022
LEAGUE PREDICTION
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NCAA
Confirmed
100%
TEAM PREDICTION
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Boston University
Confirmed
100%
TIMELINE
- 2022
01/08/2022
Cole Hutson commits to Boston University
- 2022
30/04/2022
Kingston Frontenacs select Cole Hutson at the 2022 OHL Priority Selection
- 2022
09/04/2022
Cole Hutson is selected for the US NTDP
