| Keegan Kolesar | |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 227 |
| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | Vegas Golden Knights |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Draft: | 69th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2015 |
| Draft Team: | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Career Start: | 2017 |
Keegan Kolesar (born April 8, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kolesar is a 1 time Stanley Cup champion, winning it in 2023.
Kolesar was drafted 69th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets.[1] On June 24, 2017, Kolesar was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for Vegas' second-round draft pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[2] He was called up to the Golden Knights on January 10, 2020, and made his NHL debut the following night against the Blue Jackets.[3] [4]
On March 22, 2021, Kolesar scored his first NHL goal in the third period of the Golden Knights 5–1 win against the St. Louis Blues.[5]
On June 13, 2023 Kolesar won his first Stanley Cup when the Vegas Golden Knights deafeted the Florida Panthers 9-3 to win their first Stanley Cup in Franchise History.
Kolesar was born on April 8, 1997, in Brandon, Manitoba[6] to former NFL and CFL linebacker K. D. Williams and Corrinne. The parents divorced following his birth and Corrinne remarried to Charles Peterson who played for the Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League.[7] During the 2019–20 NHL season, Peterson contracted COVID-19. When Peterson's death became imminent in mid-September 2020, Kolesar left his team's bubble to say goodbye to his step-father.[8]
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
| WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 64 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 64 | 30 | 31 | 61 | 107 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 54 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 101 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 37 | |||
| ECHL | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL | 44 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chicago Wolves | AHL | 74 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 90 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 48 | |||
| Chicago Wolves | AHL | 33 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 44 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 74 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 68 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 50 | |||
| Vegas Golden Knights | NHL | 79 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| NHL totals | 275 | 26 | 47 | 73 | 215 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 56 | ||||