Cutter Gauthier

The 6-foot-3, 194-pound center scored 34 goals and put up 65 points in 54 games last season at the United States National Development Program.

His mother, Kim, is from Reading, and Gauthier spent summers in the area. This past season, Gauthier played 54 games with the NTDP and finished second on the team in goals with 34. During his interview with The Inquirer at the combine, Gauthier listed his shot, his skating ability, and his hockey IQ as his best traits, which Dan Marr, the director of NHL Central Scouting, and Logan Cooley, his linemate and with the NTDP and the No. 3 pick in Thursday’s draft, confirmed. In the past, Gauthier has played both center and left wing. “I’m extremely versatile where I can play, left and right wing or center, if thats the case,” Gauthier said. Gauthier told The Inquirer at the NHL combine that he plays his best hockey when he uses his size.

With the fifth pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have added power forward Cutter Gauthier.

He has the strength to fend off attackers, knocking them off the puck in the defensive zone, and lay the body to create turnovers in the offensive zone. As previously mentioned offensively, he won’t shy away from throwing the body to create turnovers and break the puck out in the opposite direction.” By adding Gauthier, they’ve added a player who could factor into their lineup as soon as the 2023-24 season after his freshman season with Boston College. He’ll become a fixture in their top-six, and he may even become their top center in time. The ability to drive plays and put the puck in the net. Despite being born in Sweden where his father Sean finished up his own professional hockey career, he moved back to the United States and began his hockey career. He revealed at the Draft Combine that he intends to play center for Boston College next season, potentially making him one of the most versatile forwards available in this year’s draft.

Boston College men's hockey's most highly touted recruit has been drafted 5th overall in tonight's NHL Entry Draft. He was selected by the Philadelphia ...

He also recorded 28 points in 22 games for the USNTDP Juniors team. A 6’3 forward, Gauthier has spent the past 2 seasons with the USNTDP. In 2021-22, he recorded 65 points in 54 games for the U.S. National U18 Team, including 34 goals. Boston College men’s hockey’s most highly touted recruit has been drafted 5th overall in tonight’s NHL Entry Draft. He was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers, where he will join former Eagles Kevin Hayes, Cam Atkinson, and Patrick Brown.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Flyers selected left wing Cutter Gauthier with the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NHL draft Thursday night.

Gauthier is part of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program. With the fifth overall pick in the 2022#NHLDraft, we have selected Cutter Gauthier. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Flyers selected left wing Cutter Gauthier with the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NHL draft Thursday night.

Gauthier matched the highest NHL draft pick in school history on Thursday night at the Bell Centre.

In 54 games for the U.S. National Team Development Program's Under-18 squad last season, Gauthier scored 34 goals and added 31 assists for 65 points. Born in Sweden, Gauthier is the fourth first round pick for the Eagles in the last four years, joining 2019 first rounders Matt Boldy, Spencer Knight and Alex Newhook. Gauthier joins two other Eagles who were selected fifth overall in the NHL Draft: Noah Hanifin (2015) and Bill Guerin (1989). The 6'3 left-shot forward became the fourth top-10 first round pick in school history along with Hanifin, Guerin and Brian Leetch (ninth in 1986).