Coming in at number 24 in our rankings, Cole Koepke is another player with a similar path to Ross Colton who opened our list yesterday. Like many of the Lightning’s late round picks in recent seasons, Koepke was an overage player from the USHL headed to the NCAA to play college hockey. Last season was his first at the University of Minnesota Duluth and it ended with the team winning their second consecutive national championship.
Name: Cole Koepke
Position: Left Wing
Age: 21
Likely 2018-2019 Team: NCAA University of Minnesota-Duluth
2017-2018 Stats:
Last Year Rank: Not ranked
Reader Rank: Not ranked
Writer Rank: 23
Final Rank: 24
The Lightning drafted Koepke in the sixth round in 2018 after he scored 39 points in 60 games for the Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL.