2025-26 Hockey Roster

#22 Cole Knuble 2024-25 Hockey Roster

Height 5-10

Weight 190 lbs.

Class Junior

Hometown Grand Rapids, Michigan

Last Team Fargo (USHL)

Bio

HONORS & AWARDS

AS A JUNIOR (2025-26)

Laced up for 36 out of 37 games for the Irish.
Registered 31 points on nine goals and 22 assists.
Tallied four three point games (Oct. 16 2-1-3 // Nov. 26 1-2-3 // Feb. 6 0-3-3 // Feb. 28 0-3-3).
Recorded six multi-point games this season.
Blocked 38 shots on the year.
Registered four powerplay goals; ranking third on the team and doubled his career total.
Tied a career long game point streak with seven games (Jan. 30 – Feb. 19; 3-7-10).
Recorded one short-handed goal on the season.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2024-25)

Appeared in 34 games as a sophomore.
Averaged 1.15 points per game in his second season with the Irish, ranking third in the category during the Jeff Jackson era, and sixth all-time in program history.
Named Big Ten First Star of the Week after registering four points off three goals and an assist in the opening weekend (Oct. 15).
Was a 2025 Hobey Baker Memorial Award nominee.
Recorded a career-high point streak of seven games (Jan. 10 – Feb. 7; 2-8-10) boasting eight assists, resulting in a career best.
Led the team in points with 39 off 12 goals and 27 assists. His 39 points ranked most among an Irish skater since 2017-18.
His 27 assists also led the team and ranked 15th nationally.
With a .79 assists/game average he ranked eighth in the country and led the Big Ten.
His 39 points ranked seventh in the conference.
Scored the game winning goal in the 3-2 overtime win against Wisconsin (Nov. 1).
Led the team in game-winning goals with three.
Recorded a career-best four point game in a 4-1 win over Long Island (Oct. 25; 1-3-4).
Ranked fourth on the team in goals with 12.
Registered 10 multi-point games picking up 10 goals and 16 assists, over St. Lawrence (Oct. 11), Clarkson (Oct. 12), Alaska (Oct. 18), Long Island (Oct. 25), Harvard (Nov. 29), Michigan (Jan. 10), Minnesota (Jan. 18), Penn State (Feb. 15), Wisconsin (Feb. 21), Wisconsin (Feb. 22), and Michigan State (Feb. 28).
Finished the season with a +6 on-ice rating, a team high.

AS A FRESHMAN (2023-2024)

Big Ten Second Star of the Week (Jan. 3)
Skated in all 36 games for the Irish in his freshman season.
Finished with 20 points off nine goals and 11 assists.
Tied for third on the team in multi-point games with six games.
Posted nine goals on the season.
Recorded 89 shots on goal with a .101 shot percentage.
Blocked 21 shots on the season.
Notched both his first collegiate goal and assist in the game against Ohio State (Nov. 11), also resulting in his first two collegiate points.
Recorded six multi-point games this season, Ohio State (Nov. 11), at Michigan State (Dec. 8), Augustana (Dec. 30), Penn State (Jan. 20), Michigan State (Feb. 2) and Minnesota (Feb. 16).
Tallied two power-play goals on the season.
Notched a three game point streak while on the road at Michigan, Feb. 24 – March 9 with three assists.
Recorded an empty net goal in the 3-0 victory over Ohio State (Nov. 11).
Collected the only hat trick of the season in the 5-1 victory over Augustan (Dec. 30).
Scored the overtime and game winning goal in the 2-3 victory over Augustana (Dec. 31).
Racked up both an assist and a goal in the 4-1 victory over Michigan State (Feb. 2).
Scored two goals back to back in the second period of the 6-1 victory over Minnesota (Feb. 16).
Recorded two multi-goal games, against Augustana (Dec. 30) and Minnesota (Feb. 16).
Led the team in face-off wins with 376 and a .522 face-off win percent.
Finished the season with a +4 on-ice rating.

INTERNATIONAL PLAY

Represented college hockey at the 2025 Spengler Cup as part of the inaugural U.S. Collegiate Selects Team competing in Davos, Switzerland.