| Birth Date: | 5 July 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Height Cm: | 188 |
| Weight Kg: | 87 |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Draft: | 38th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2022 |
| Draft Team: | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Career Start: | 2023 |
Fraser Minten (born July 5, 2004) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL). Minten was selected 38th overall, in the second round of the 2022 NHL entry draft, by the Maple Leafs.
Minten was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to parents Chantal and Trevor Minten. Growing up, Minten enjoyed reading and playing the piano, influenced by his grandparents, with whom he traveled during the summer months.[1]
Minten joined West Van Academy Prep where he played with Connor Bedard. Minten was drafted by Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the fourth round of the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft. He joined Kamloops for the 2020–21 season where he progressed from the fourth line to the third line. In his second year, the Blazers made the 2022 WHL playoffs and Minten played in 17 games.[1] In his third season with the Blazers, he averaged over a point per game.[2] After returning to Kamloops in the 2023–24 WHL season, Minten was named captain of the Blazers and had ten points in seven games before he was traded to the Saskatoon Blades for Jordan Keller and four draft picks on November 24, 2023.[3] He finished the season playing in 36 games with Saskatoon with 38 points. The Blades made the WHL playoffs and he scored eight goals and 14 points in 16 games as Saskatoon advanced to the third round only to knocked out by the league champion Moose Jaw Warriors.[4]
Minten was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the second round, 38th overall of the 2022 NHL entry draft. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Maple Leafs on October 13, 2022. Minten attended the Maple Leafs' 2022 training camp but was sent back to the Blazers.[5] He returned for the 2023 training camp and impressed team management, making the Leafs' opening night roster.[6] He played in his first NHL game on October 11, 2023 in a 6–5 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens.[7] On October 27, Minten returned to his junior team, the Kamloops Blazers.[8]
Ahead of the 2024–25 season, Minten suffered a high ankle sprain in an exhibition game against the Montreal Canadiens in September 2024.[9] He missed the entirety of Maple Leafs' training camp and began the season on Toronto injured reserve list.[10] He was activated from injured reserve on October 29 and assigned to the Maple Leafs' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Toronto Marlies.[11] On November 19, Minten was called up to the Maple Leafs in place of injured center David Kämpf. [12] He scored his first NHL goal on November 20 against Adin Hill in the first period against the Vegas Golden Knights.[13]
Minten was selected to play for Canada's junior team at the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Minten captained the team, scoring one goal and three points in five games[4] as Canada was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the Czech Republic.[14]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 2019–20 | Prince George Spruce Kings | BCHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 20 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 67 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 57 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 57 | 31 | 36 | 67 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||