Introduction
Dylan Cozens (born February 9, 2001) is a Canadian junior ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League (WHL) as a prospect to the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected seventh overall by the Sabres in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Playing career
Cozens was the first Whitehorse-born hockey player to be selected in the first round of the WHL bantam draft, chosen 19th overall, by the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
The Hockey News magazine ranked Cozens as the top Canadian player in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Cozens was selected seventh overall by the Buffalo Sabres, making him the first player from Yukon selected in the first round of an NHL entry draft. On July 15, 2019, Cozens was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Sabres.
International play
Cozens served as an Alternate captain for Team Canada at the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015–16 | Cariboo Cougars | BCMML | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 57 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 2018–19 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 68 | 34 | 50 | 84 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| WHL totals | 128 | 57 | 81 | 138 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 16 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Canada Red | U17 | 
|
6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Canada | HG18 | 
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Canada | U18 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2020 | Canada | WJC |
|
7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 25 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 | ||||