One of the Calgary Flames’ most intriguing young forward prospects will be playing for a new team in 2025-26. According to a report from College Hockey News’ Mike McMahon, Flames prospect Trevor Hoskin will be transferring to Merrimack College for the upcoming season.
First portal commit I can confirm: Merrimack received a commitment from #Flames prospect Trevor Hoskin out of Niagara. AHA ROTY, had 39 points last season. There was another HEA school and two NCHC schools on him as well. I have him ranked as one of the top forwards available.
— Mike McMahon (@MikeMcMahonCHN) April 1, 2025
The 20-year-old Hoskin was the Flames’ fourth-round selection in the 2024 NHL Draft. An Ontario product, he finished up his three-season run with the OJHL’s Cobourg Cougars with a fantastic season as a 19-year-old in 2023-24, posting 42 goals and 100 points and being named the OJHL’s most valuable player and the top forward in Canadian junior-A hockey.
The big question facing Hoskin was whether he could translate his strong offensive game from junior-A to the NCAA ranks. He spent 2024-25 as a freshman with Niagara University in the Atlantic Hockey America conference. He ended up thriving offensively, leading all NCAA freshmen in points with 39 points and earning several conference honours: rookie of the year, as well as spots on the all-rookie and second all-star team.
Earlier this week, the Grand Forks Herald’s Brad Elliott Schlossman reported that Hoskin had entered the transfer portal – not an unusual occurrence for a young player that had performed very well in one of the NCAA’s less-competitive conferences. Now Hoskin heads to Merrimack College, in the much more competitive Hockey East conference, where he’ll try to build upon his strong freshman effort while playing against some of college hockey’s top teams and players.
In 2024-25, Merrimack College finished eighth in Hockey East in conference play and were eliminated in the opening round of their conference playoff tournament. Their lone NHL-drafted player was Carolina Hurricanes prospect Michael Emerson. Merrimack is a bit of an emerging program without big-name stars – their leading scorer was 20-year-old blueliner Seamus Powell. If you’re an up-and-coming college player like Hoskin perhaps looking for an opportunity to keep building your game, it seems like a pretty good place to go.
In terms of Flames prospects in college hockey in 2025-26, Hoskin joins fellow 2024 pick Eric Jamieson, who’s headed to the University of Denver. Time will tell if forward Aydar Suniev (University of Massachusetts) or goalie Arsenii Sergeev (Penn State University) return to college next season.
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