{"id":709242,"date":"2026-11-11T22:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/709242\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T22:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:36:11","slug":"report-top-avalanche-prospect-could-be-headed-to-du","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/709242\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Top Avalanche Prospect Could Be Headed to DU"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colorado Avalanche might get a closer look at prospect Beckett Hamilton<\/a> next season. According to a report from Scott Wheeler<\/a> of The Athletic, Hamilton appears to be headed toward a college commitment with the University of Denver, albeit it has not yet been officially announced.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI reported<\/a> last week that breakout Avalanche third-rounder and Red Deer Rebels captain Beckett Hamilton was being pursued by the NCHC schools you\u2019d expect, but there was some belief he might also sign,\u201d Wheeler said in his report. \u201cIt\u2019s sounding more and more like it\u2019s going to be Denver. These things are never official until the players themselves announce it, and even then they\u2019re liable to change, but that\u2019s where multiple college sources think it has landed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Colorado selected Hamilton No. 74 in the most recent draft. He ended up being quite the surprise at training camp, even scoring the team\u2019s first preseason goal while playing on a line with veterans Nazem Kadri<\/a> and Gabe Landeskog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hamilton\u2019s season with the Western Hockey League\u2019s Red Deer Rebels has gotten off to a roaring start. After leading the team with 62 points in 2025-26 and being named captain at the conclusion of the season, Hamilton has taken another step forward. Through his first 17 games, he has 13 goals, 14 assists, and 27 points. He ranks second on the team and in the entire league in scoring, trailing teammate Poul Anderson.<\/p>\n

If Hamilton signs with DU and plays college hockey up the road next season, the Avalanche would be able to visit with him more regularly and review tape together from time to time. This is the approach they used with T.J. Hughes<\/a> when recruiting him out of Michigan last year.<\/p>\n

Hamilton will turn 19 in March and is likely still a ways away from becoming an NHL regular. But the early returns on him as a draft pick have been encouraging for an organization that doesn\u2019t have much depth in its prospect pool.<\/p>\n

Playing for David Carle and the Pioneers could help elevate his development to another level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Avalanche might get a closer look at prospect Beckett Hamilton next season. According to a report…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,42675,192,144,5277,900,7,5,2054,4,59451],"class_list":["post-709242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-colorado-avalanche","tag-avalanche","tag-beckett-hamilton","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-coloradoavalanche","tag-david-carle","tag-gabriel-landeskog","tag-hockey","tag-nazem-kadri","tag-nhl","tag-t-j-hughes"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117600202491414038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}