The Calgary Flames have spent the last few years loading up on defencemen, and Eric Jamieson is a good example of why that strategy keeps paying off. He isn’t the flashiest name in the system, but he keeps climbing, keeps adapting, and keeps making himself more useful every season.
That’s enough to put the Calgary native tied for 18th in our 2026 Flames summer prospect rankings, coming off a spring that ended with an NCAA championship at the University of Denver.
Jamieson was born July 15, 2005, in Calgary, Alberta, and at 6’3″ and 205 pounds, he already has the frame the Flames like on the back end. Calgary took him in the sixth round, 177th overall, in the 2024 NHL Draft, after a junior path that steadily built his reputation.
He started with the Blackfoot minor hockey association, then moved through the Calgary Northstars, CNHA Canucks and the Edge School before getting drafted by the Everett Silvertips in the 2020 WHL Prospect Draft. After a December 2021 call-up debut with Everett, he played 12 games as a 16-year-old and then became a full-time WHL regular the next season.
His progress was steady rather than sudden. In 2022-23, he put up 13 points in 65 games and went undrafted in his first year of NHL eligibility. The next season, as an 18-year-old, he jumped to 32 points in 66 games, and the Flames used their second look to grab him in the sixth round.
Jamieson’s 19-year-old season in 2024-25 brought another step forward. Everett named him captain, and he was trusted with the primary defensive partner role next to exceptional status player Landon DuPont. He responded with 36 points in 66 games, and his calm game helped DuPont settle into the Western League while DuPont’s puck-moving gave Jamieson a little more pop, too.
Then came the college decision. With NCAA rules changing, Jamieson could have stayed in Everett for his overage season, worn the captain’s “C” again and played another year beside DuPont. Instead, he chose the college route and joined the University of Denver.
That move worked out about as well as he could have hoped. Jamieson became a regular on Denver’s top two defensive pairings, most often alongside Eric Pohlkamp or Garrett Brown.
In the back half of the season, he was usually on the top pair with Pohlkamp, who was a Hobey Baker finalist. Jamieson finished with 18 points in 43 games, helped Denver win the NCAA national championship, and was one of the top academic performers in his conference as a 20-year-old freshman.
Nick Allen, last season’s sports editor and now editor-in-chief at the Denver Clarion, saw a player who kept building momentum as the year went on. He said:
Like the rest of the DU hockey team, Eric Jamieson finished the season with a lot of momentum. He was a key part of the mid-season turnaround that took Denver through to the national championship.
Despite his inexperience, Jamieson did not look out of place alongside the likes of Hobey Baker finalist Eric Pohlkamp and captain Kent Anderson in Denver’s defense. Jamieson will have big shoes to fill next season, with many experienced defenders graduating, but with his freshman performances he seems to be the man for the job.
There’s no telling how far he can take his game with a bigger role in Denver, but he is in a position to take a huge step up.
The big question now is what comes next in his sophomore year. Jamieson has shown he can keep finding another gear, and he’s done it while playing next to elite partners like DuPont and Pohlkamp. He may not be the loudest player on the ice, but he has shown he can fit in, adjust quickly and help good players look even better.
For the Flames, that kind of versatility matters. Among the system’s bigger names, especially the right-shot puck-movers, Jamieson’s ability to handle different roles gives him a real path to relevance. If he takes another step with the Pioneers, he could start pushing the conversation about a contract sooner rather than later.
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