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| Paul Cotter | |||
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 Cotter with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023 | |||
| Born | November 16, 1999 Canton, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Vegas Golden Knights | ||
| NHL Draft | 115th overall, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights | ||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||
Paul Cotter (born November 16, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Cotter was selected in the fourth-round, 115th overall, by the Vegas Golden Knights at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
During the 2021–22 season, Cotter was recalled by the Golden Knights and made his NHL debut on November 9, 2021, against the Seattle Kraken. On November 11, he scored his first NHL goal against Cam Talbot of the Minnesota Wild. [1]
Cotter, as a rookie, spent the entire 2022–23 season, on Vegas' roster, ultimately playing 55 regular-season games and recording 13 goals. Vegas would ultimately go on to win the Stanley Cup Finals; although Cotter did not play any playoff games, he automatically qualified for inscription on the Stanley Cup by playing in over half of Vegas' 82 regular-season games. [2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015–16 | Little Caesars | HPHL | 23 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Brookings Blizzard | NAHL | 59 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Lincoln Stars | USHL | 51 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 64 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Western Michigan University | NCHC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | London Knights | OHL | 48 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 56 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Henderson Silver Knights | AHL | 38 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | Henderson Silver Knights | AHL | 59 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 55 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 62 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| NAHL | ||
| Central Forward of the Year | 2017 | |
| Central MVP | 2017 | |
| All-Central Division Rookie Team | 2017 | |
| All-Central Division Team | 2017 | |
| All-Rookie First Team | 2017 | |
| First All-Star Team | 2017 | |
| Rookie of the Year | 2017 | |
| USHL | ||
| All-Rookie Team | 2018 | |
| NHL | ||
| Stanley Cup champion | 2023 | [3] |
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