🚨 BREAKING 🚨
— Puck Preps (@PuckPreps) August 21, 2026
4.5 ⭐️ recruit Kaden Aucoin has committed to Boston University. The 6’2 right-shot defenseman is the No. 8 ranked North American blue liner in the 2009-born class and had 7 points in 61 games with the Sarina Sting last season. pic.twitter.com/87koM4lpTx
Aucoin, a 6’2”, 185 lb. right shot, was part of a young D-corps for OHL Sarnia last season with a 2-5-7 scoring line in 61 games. He also was rostered with Canada White in the U17 World Hockey Challenge. The Sting had drafted him in the second round of the 2025 draft, #26 overall.
The Hockey News recently described him as "a shutdown defenseman in every sense of the word. He quite literally makes an impact when he steps on the ice. During a rebuilding year for Sarnia, Aucoin was an imposing yet stable presence on the second pairing behind older brother and Notre Dame commit Cam."
Aucoin, who turned 17 last week, will return to the Sting for the 2026-27 season where he'll again team with older brother Cameron on the Sarnia back line. Cameron recently decommitted from Notre Dame.
OHL Prospects included him among the top OHL prospects for the 2027 NHL draft, writing:
The son of former NHL'er Adrian Aucoin, Kaden was largely solid as an OHL rookie last year on a weak Sting team. He is best described as "toolsy." The size, mobility, and physicality combination gives him strong NHL upside and now it's about seeing how his offensive game can make a jump. If he shows more in that regard, he'll move up lists quickly and has a chance to be one of the first Ontario defenders off the board.
Prior to the OHL, Kaden spent three seasons in the Chicago Mission organization, producing 48 points (11G,37A) in 70 games for CM’s 15U AAA squad. Aucoin also has played in USA Hockey’s Select 15 and Select 16 tournaments as well as two World Select Invitational events.
A dual US/Canadian citizen born in Arizona when his father played for the Coyotes, Kaden elected to accept an invitation in July to Canada’s U18 National Development Camp. He was not named to the final squad for the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, which Canada won. Norman also was at the camp and made the Hlinka roster.
Adrian Aucoin, an Ottawa native, played for the 1991-92 Terriers with a 2-10-12 line in 32 games. The next season he joined the Canadian National Junior Team and skated in the World Junior Championships. He remained with the national team in 1993-94 and represented Canada in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, winning silver. A Vancouver draft pick, he reached the NHL in 1995-96 beginning a six-season run with the Canucks. Later stops were with Tampa Bay, New York Islanders, Chicago (where he served as captain), Calgary, Arizona and Columbus. In 1108 NHL games, Adrian recorded 399 points and was +46.
Kaden’s oldest brother, Kyle, was a BU opponent in his three seasons at Harvard. His final year was at Miami.
● CHL.ca Behind the Jersey: Kaden Aucoin
►Incoming freshmen Caleb Malhotra and Niklas Aaram-Olsen—the first- and third-round draft picks by Vancouver in June—are featured in a Canucks video as the rebuilding franchise looks to excite their fanbase.
Looking back
Two-time All-American Cole Hutson has moved on to the NHL but he isn’t leaving BU behind. He told the Hockey News at the 2026 NHLPA Rookie Showcase, "I'm going to be BU's biggest fan. I think just be as supportive as you can. I am still texting with guys every day. Miss them a lot."
Hutson also revealed he’ll return to BU next summer to work on completing his degree.
