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USA Canada Will MacKinnon
#3 Cleveland Monsters / AHL - 25/26
1-time US 14U Nationals Tier I Champion 1
Date of Birth
Apr 13, 2000
Position
D
Age
25
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
Plymouth, MI, USA
Weight
201 lbs / 91 kg
Nation
USA / Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
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Contract
25/26

Father: Dan MacKinnon

© Photo: Dan Hickling

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Will MacKinnon Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Victory Honda 13U AAA T1EHL 13U 23* 11* 3* 14* 28* -* |
2014-15 Honeybaked 14U AAA HPHL 14U 17* 1* 3* 4* 22* -* |
2015-16 Honeybaked 16U AAA HPHL 16U 23* 1* 6* 7* 30* -* |
2016-17 USNTDP Juniors USHL 34* 1* 0* 1* 12* -20* |
U.S. National U17 Team NTDP 56* 0* 3* 3* 26* -* |
U.S. National U18 Team NTDP 1* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
USA U17 WHC-17 5* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2017-18 Des Moines Buccaneers “A” USHL 57* 2* 8* 10* 127* -9* |
2018-19 Univ. of New Hampshire NCAA 36* 1* 7* 8* 16* -1* |
2019-20 Univ. of New Hampshire NCAA 34* 3* 2* 5* 16* -8* |
2020-21 Univ. of New Hampshire NCAA 22* 0* 5* 5* 20* 1* |
2021-22 Univ. of New Hampshire “C” NCAA 27* 1* 5* 6* 12* -1* |
Reading Royals ECHL 17* 0* 1* 1* 19* 2* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 Reading Royals ECHL 71* 7* 19* 26* 63* 27* | Playoffs 11 1 1 2 8 1
2023-24 Utica Comets AHL 40* 3* 3* 6* 41* 7* |
Adirondack Thunder ECHL 29* 1* 3* 4* 32* 10* | Playoffs 17 0 5 5 24 6
2024-25 Utica Comets AHL 42* 0* 4* 4* 42* 3* |
Adirondack Thunder ECHL 2* 0* 1* 1* 2* 1* |
Cleveland Monsters AHL 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -4* |
2025-26 Cleveland Monsters AHL 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -1* |
Toledo Walleye ECHL 6* 0* 1* 1* 9* 4* |
Projected AHL 51* 0* 0* 0* 34* -17* |

Will MacKinnon Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2015-16 Team Purple USA-S15 5* 1* 1* 2* -* -* |
USA U16 YOG 6* 0* 3* 3* 1* 4* |
2017-18 Team Grey USA-S17 5* 0* 1* 1* -* -* |
USA U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 0* 0* 0* 4* 1* |

Will MacKinnon Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 3 87* 3* 7* 10* 0.11* 85* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
ECHL 5 125* 8* 25* 33* 0.26* 125* 44* | 3 29 1 * 6 * 7 * 0.24 * 32 * 7 *
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 4* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 4* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
HPHL 14U 1 17* 1* 3* 4* 0.24* 22* -* | 0 * * * * * *
HPHL 16U 1 23* 1* 6* 7* 0.30* 30* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NCAA 4 119* 5* 19* 24* 0.20* 64* -9* | 0 * * * * * *
NTDP 1 57* 0* 4* 4* 0.07* 26* -* | 0 * * * * * *
T1EHL 13U 1 23* 11* 3* 14* 0.61* 28* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USA-S15 1 5* 1* 1* 2* 0.40* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USA-S17 1 5* 0* 1* 1* 0.20* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USHL 2 91* 3* 8* 11* 0.12* 139* -29* | 0 * * * * * *
WHC-17 1 5* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
YOG 1 6* 0* 3* 3* 0.50* 1* 4* | 0 * * * * * *

Will MacKinnon Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/25/2025
11/25/2025 Up/Down Toledo Walleye Cleveland Monsters
11/11/2025
11/11/2025 Up/Down Cleveland Monsters Toledo Walleye
07/22/2025
07/22/2025 Extension Cleveland Monsters Cleveland Monsters
03/13/2025
03/13/2025 Confirmed Utica Comets Cleveland Monsters
07/16/2024
07/16/2024 Extension Utica Comets Utica Comets
07/20/2023
07/20/2023 Confirmed Lehigh Valley Phantoms Utica Comets
09/12/2022
09/12/2022 Confirmed Reading Royals Lehigh Valley Phantoms
03/14/2022
03/14/2022 Confirmed Univ. of New Hampshire Reading Royals
05/15/2018
05/15/2018 Confirmed Des Moines Buccaneers Univ. of New Hampshire
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2017, 1 #10 overall by Des Moines Buccaneers in the USHL Entry Draft

Drafted 2016, 8 #142 overall by Guelph Storm in the OHL Priority Selection