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| Kai Uchacz | |||
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| Born | June 24, 2003 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team (P) Cur. team | Vegas Golden Knights Henderson Silver Knights () | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2024–present | ||
Kai Uchacz (born June 24, 2003) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre for theVegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Uchacz played youth hockey in Okotoks, Alberta with the Okotoks Oilers U15AAA and U18AAA teams. [1] He would be drafted tenth overall in the 2018 WHL Draft by the Seattle Thunderbirds. [2] Uchacz would play for Team Alberta at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. After a racist incident where Uchacz and a teammate bullied their lone black teammate, Mekai Sanders, they were removed from the Thunderbirds roster for the 2020-21 season. [3] Uchacz's rights would later be traded to the Red Deer Rebels for a second-round bantam draft choice. [4] After leading the Rebels in scoring in the previous season, Uchacz would be named captain of the Rebels for the 2023-24 season.
After attending development camp with the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the summer of 2024, Uchacz began his professional career in signing a one-year contract with Vegas' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, on July 9, 2024. [5] In the midst of what would ultimately be a 30 point (15 G, 15 A) in a 68 game rookie season in the 2024–25 season, Uchacz would sign a two-year entry-level contract with the Golden Knights on March 2, 2025. [6] The following season, with an injury to Jonas Røndbjerg, Uchacz would be called up on February 3, 2026, to the Golden Knights. [7] Uchacz would make his NHL debut the following day against the Vancouver Canucks, playing 11:49 and recording five hits. [8]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018-19 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 52 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020-21 | Spruce Grove Saints | AJHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 52 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 68 | 50 | 35 | 85 | 75 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | ||
| 2023–24 | Red Deer Rebels | OHL | 68 | 42 | 39 | 81 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25 | Henderson Silver Knights | AHL | 68 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 68 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 75 | — | — | — | — | |||||