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KaleDach
CAge: 19178 CM75 KGCAN CAN
69PNHLe
Kale Dach
NHLNHL Draft2025, PIT (201st overall)7th round, 9th pick
THLTHL Draft2025, TOR (183rd overall)6th round, 23rd pick

Projected potential

Bio

An intelligent, diminutive, playmaking center with intriguing upside.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 69 · 1st Line Potential2025-26 · WHL · Calgary Hitmen

What is PNHLe?

PNHLe is an offensive stat that is used to project a player’s point potential at the NHL level and is meant to standardize a variety of leagues so that prospects can be compared from one league with another.

PNHLe attempts to equalize all leagues, age and positions so that the offensive potential of a prospect can easily be compared with others, while also projecting future NHL point potential in the prime years of a player.

The problem with NHLe

The premise of the NHLe stat is certainly a great idea. If a player jumps directly from one league to the NHL there should be some precedent set by historical values that would indicate how many points that player should project to having in a full NHL season. However, it always bothered me that NHLe never took into account that younger players in the same league would always have a massive disadvantage compared to those that have more experience and are physically more mature in the same league. NHLe only looks at the present to predict how many points in one league are equated at the NHL level.

NHL Certainty
4.0
40% odds
Odds of becoming a full-time NHL player (10.0 = 100%). Draft guideline is a starting point and should rise as the prospect proves himself.
Upside
4.5
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

Selected 201st overall, Kale Dach is now a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The undersized forward out of the BCHL exploded offensively during the 2024-25 season. He recorded 87 points (22 goals and 65 assists) in 54 regular-season games, averaging 1.61 points per game, an improvement from his 1.00 point per game average in 37 regular-season games in 2023-24, while adding another 13 points (three goals and 10 assists) in eight playoff games with the Sherwood Park Crusaders. With nothing left to prove in the BCHL and the changing landscape of junior hockey, Dach will play for the Calgary Hitmen in the Western Hockey League during the 25-26 season before joining Penn State University for the 2026-27 campaign. As a seventh-round pick, taking the CHL to NCAA route, he is a long way from fantasy relevancy. However, he is a player worth watching as he develops over the next couple of seasons.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2020-21RegularAEHL U15Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U15 AAA42132
2021-22RegularAEHL U15Fort Saskatchewan Ranger U15 AAA3434589212
2021-22RegularAEHL U16Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U1610000
2021-22RegularAlberta CupTeam Alberta Black51342
2021-22PlayoffsAEHL U15Fort Saskatchewan Ranger U15 AAA71894
2021-22PlayoffsAEHL U16Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U1610110
2022-23RegularAEHL U17Fort Saskatchewan Ranger U17 AAA3215314614
2022-23RegularAEHL U18Fort Saskatchewan Rang. U18 AAA61120
2022-23PlayoffsAEHL U17Fort Saskatchewan Ranger U17 AAA976132
2022-23PlayoffsAEHL U18Fort Saskatchewan Rang. U18 AAA20110
2023-24RegularAJHLSherwood Park Crusaders257182510
2023-24RegularBCHLSherwood Park Crusaders1239124
2023-24PlayoffsBCHLSherwood Park Crusaders966122
2024-25RegularBCHLSherwood Park Crusaders5422658722
2024-25PlayoffsBCHLSherwood Park Crusaders8310136
2025-26RegularWHLCalgary Hitmen63344175824
2025-26PlayoffsWHLCalgary Hitmen734752