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Ethan MacKenzie 2026 NHL Draft profile.

Ethan MacKenzie was drafted No. 69 (Round 3) by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2026 NHL Draft, a D from Canada currently with Univ. of North Dakota, NCAA. He was the consensus #69 prospect pre-draft. The static profile shows consensus rank, public source spread, latest season context, NHL Central Scouting status, and combine/event badges from existing local JSON only.

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Scouting read

MacKenzie is an offensive defenseman with a Physical Defenseman, Two-Way Defenseman profile. The offense is the projectable base. He also drew a 2026 NHL Combine invite. This deep in the list, the appeal is real, but the projection needs more time. It is a later swing on a defender with at least one NHL-caliber ingredient. This deep into the top 100, he is a swing, with a #69 public range across 1 tracked list. NHL Central Scouting has him 62nd among North American skaters. For context, he ranks 227th of 335 among WHL U18 defense since 2000 at a 20-game floor.

Generated from the local ranking, stat, style, NHL CSS, and curated public-note fields only — no private model or scraped projection.

Snapshot

Ethan MacKenziePhoto: Kaiser matias, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ethan MacKenzie is attached to Univ. of North Dakota / NCAA. Latest row: 59 GP, 22-36-58, 0.98 P/GP. His public rank range in this export runs from #69 to #69. Cohort context: his best qualifying season on file ranks #68 of 171 same-league, same-age WHL defenseman seasons since 2000 — an average-band cohort standing (top 39%).

Rank rows

Rank rows are public source context, not a model projection. The source range helps show whether public lists are clustered or spread out.

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#69CONSOLIDATED RANKINGlisted

Season rows

SeasonTeam / leagueSplitLine
2025-2026WHL / Edmonton Oil KingsRegular59 GP, 22-36-58, 0.98 P/GP
2025-2026WHL / Edmonton Oil KingsPlayoffs7 GP, 1-2-3, 0.43 P/GP
2025-2026WJC-20 / Canada U20Regular7 GP, 1-4-5, 0.71 P/GP
2024-2025WHL / Edmonton Oil KingsRegular54 GP, 5-27-32, 0.59 P/GP
2024-2025WHL / Edmonton Oil KingsPlayoffs7 GP, 2-1-3, 0.43 P/GP
2023-2024WHL / Edmonton Oil KingsRegular26 GP, 1-5-6, 0.23 P/GP
2022-2023WHL / Edmonton Oil KingsRegular50 GP, 1-11-12, 0.24 P/GP
2021-2022CSSHL U16 / RINK HA Kelowna U16 PrepRegular29 GP, 7-14-21, 0.72 P/GP

Reference

Primary external reference: Ethan MacKenzie on EliteProspects. Rank and stat rows are cross-checked against the public sources documented on About Data.