Trevor Hoskin has spent most of his path to the Calgary Flames out of the spotlight, but he’s making that impossible now.
The Flames took Hoskin with the 106th-overall pick in the 2024 Draft, and the 2004-born forward is already turning heads at Merrimack University. Through nine games, he’s tied for fourth in the NCAA with 15 points, a number that puts him right alongside some of the country’s most productive college players. Calgary’s prospect pipeline has another name near the top of the scoring charts, too: Ethan Wyttenbach is tied for fifth with five other players.
That production fits the profile Hoskin has built over the last few years. He’s a quick puck-moving forward who can push offense for a team, and his game has kept climbing season after season. For a Flames prospect pool that already includes one of the NCAA’s top scorers, Hoskin’s rise gives Calgary another player who looks ready to make the jump once his college run is over.
Hoskin’s story started in Belleville, Ontario, where he grew up playing for the Quinte Red Devils and the Greater Kingston Junior Frontenacs, now known as the Greater Kingston Junior Gaels. After his season with the Jr.
Frontenacs, he led the team with 29 points in 36 games and was selected by the Owen Sound Attack 153rd overall in the 2020 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. He didn’t play at all during the 2020-21 season.
Instead of signing with Owen Sound, Hoskin joined the Couborg Cougars of the Ontario Junior Hockey League, a move that preserved his NCAA eligibility at the time. Then came a major shift in the college game: in the fall of 2024, the NCAA changed its eligibility rules to allow Canadian Hockey League players, which would have opened the door for Hoskin to play for the Attack and in the NCAA.
Hoskin’s numbers took off in a big way with the Cougars. After posting 29 points in 53 games and then 61 in 54 games over his first two seasons, he exploded in his third and final year with 42 goals and 100 points in 52 games. That made him one of just three players in the last 10 seasons to reach 100 points.
The awards followed. Hoskin was named Canadian Junior Hockey League MVP, Top Forward, Top NHL Prospect, OJHL First All-Star Team, OJHL MVP, and the OJHL’s top scorer. He also starred at the World Junior A Championship, where he led the tournament in points and helped Team Canada win silver.
That season finally put him on the draft radar, and he didn’t waste the opportunity once he reached college. Originally committed to Canisius University, he changed course and headed to Niagara University for his freshman year.
He made the adjustment look easy. Hoskin tied for first on Niagara with 39 points in 36 games, then picked up Atlantic Hockey America conference All-Rookie Team, Second All-Conference Team, and Rookie of the Year honors.
After that, he moved to Merrimack for his sophomore season and kept producing, finishing second on the team with 35 points in 34 games. Merrimack also made a run through the Hockey East Tournament, winning it with three straight upset victories, including one over regular-season conference champions Providence University. Hoskin earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team for his part in that run.
Now he’s carrying that momentum into this season, where Merrimack has opened with six wins in its first nine games and Hoskin has been the driving force. At this point in his junior year, a professional contract after the season looks like the likely next step.
There may not be much left for him to prove in college. He’s already shown he can score, adapt quickly, and deliver in playoff settings. The next challenge will be different, because the pro game brings more size, more speed, and a tougher all-around test.
Hoskin has already handled plenty of obstacles on the way here, from losing an entire season during the pandemic to waiting three years to hear his name called in the draft. That kind of track record suggests he won’t back away from what comes next.
Most likely, his first pro stop will be with the Calgary Wranglers, the Flames’ AHL affiliate, after this NCAA season ends. If he adjusts there the way he has everywhere else, an NHL debut down the line is very much in play for the Belleville native.
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