Nashville,\u00a0Tenn. (April\u00a016, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Nashville\u00a0Predators General Manager Barry Trotz announced today that the\u00a0team\u00a0has recalled forward Cole O\u2019Hara\u00a0(oh-HAIR-uh)\u00a0from Milwaukee (AHL).<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara, 23 (6\/20\/02), has played in 65 games for the Admirals in his first full professional season,\u00a0posting\u00a044 points (19g-25a).\u00a0The 6-foot, 189-pound forward\u00a0leads the Admirals in goals\u00a0(19), is tied for the third\u00a0in\u00a0points\u00a0and\u00a0is\u00a0fourth in assists (25).\u00a0O\u2019Hara, who signed an entry-level contract with Nashville in April 2025,\u00a0made his AHL debut\u00a0with the Admirals at the end of the 2024-25 campaign after completing\u00a0three seasons\u00a0at\u00a0UMass. During his junior campaign, O\u2019Hara was nominated for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the nation\u2019s top college hockey player;\u00a0was a finalist for Hockey East Player of the\u00a0Year;\u00a0and earned a spot on the Hockey East First All-Star Team after posting\u00a0career highs in goals (22), assists (29) and points (51), leading the\u00a0his team\u00a0in each category.\u00a0O\u2019Hara, who was teammates on the Minutemen with Predators defenseman Ryan Ufko from 2022-24, closed out his three-year career at Massachusetts with 86 points (33g-53a) in 109 games.<\/p>\n
Originally drafted by the Predators in the fourth round (114th overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft, the Richmond Hill, Ont., native spent two seasons with the USHL’s Tri-City Storm from 2020-22, posting 110 points (39g-65a) in 107 games before enrolling in college.<\/p>\n
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