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Syracuse Crunch

2025-26 Syracuse Crunch Roster

79 Ethan Gauthier

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Phoenix, AZ

Biography

2024-25: In fourth QMJHL season... Second campaign with Drummondville, posting 62 points in 50 games... Ranked third on the team in scoring to help lead the Voltigeurs to their second straight season with the best record in the Western Conference... Added 12 points (6g, 6a) in seven playoff games... Joined the Crunch at the end of the season, skating in three regular season and one playoff game.

2023-24: In third QMJHL season... Traded to hometown Drummondville in the summer... Posted a career-high 71 points in 64 games to lead Drummondville to the best record in the Western Conference with 102 points.

Junior Career: Played his junior hockey in the QMJHL with Sherbrooke and Drummondville... Selected with the #1 overall pick in the 2021 QMJHL Draft by Sherbrooke... In four QMJHL seasons accumulated 241 points in 245 games... Captured a QMJHL championship with Drummondville in 2024... Awarded the Mike Bossy Trophy as the QMJHL’s best pro prospect following the 2022-23 season; third player drafted by Tampa Bay to win the award (Vincent Lecavalier and Jonathan Drouin)... Appearances in back-to-back QMJHL semifinals with Sherbrooke in 2022 and 2023... Represented Canada at the 2025 World Juniors... Won gold medal at the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and finished as the tournament’s top goal scorer with six goals.

Transactions: Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second round, 37th overall, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft... Signed entry-level contract with the Lightning on Dec. 13, 2023.

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Historical Player Information

  • 79

    2024-25

    Forward
    6'0" 182 lbs
    79
  • 79

    2025-26

    Forward
    6'0" 184 lbs
    79