Ethan MacKenzie 2026 NHL Draft profile.

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, his 6 points in 26 games (0.23 P/GP) rank 764th of 933 among WHL U18 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

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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 #287 of 475 same-league, same-age WHL skater seasons since 2000 — a depth-band cohort standing (top 60%).

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