Mason West
| Mason West | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 3, 2007 Edina, Minnesota, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||
| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| USHL team | Fargo Force | ||
| NHL draft |
29th overall, 2025 Chicago Blackhawks | ||
Mason West (born August 3, 2007) is an American ice hockey player who is a center for the Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League (USHL). He was drafted 29th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2025 NHL entry draft.
Playing career
West was a two-sport athlete, playing both football and ice hockey at Edina High School in Minnesota. During his junior year in 2024, he completed 178 of 244 passes for 2,592 yards, with 37 touchdowns and four interceptions. In his senior year, He led the Edina High School Football Team, the Hornets, to a 42-35 win over Moorhead in the Minnesota 6A state championship game in 2025.[1] In three seasons of ice hockey, he recorded 51 goals and 63 assists in 91 games. He returned to high school and played football his senior year, leading the Hornets to their first state championship in over 50 years, but chose to forgo playing ice hockey for Edina.[2] [3]
During the 2024–25 season, in his draft-eligible year, he recorded one goal and eight assists in 10 games for the Fargo Force. On June 23, 2025, he committed to play college ice hockey at Michigan State.[4][5] On June 27, he was drafted 29th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2025 NHL entry draft.[6]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2022-23 | Edina High School | LC | 30 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 10 | |||||||
| 2023-24 | Edina High School | LC | 30 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 12 | |||||||
| 2024–25 | Edina High School | LC | 31 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Fargo Force | USHL | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Fargo Force[7] | USHL | 33 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 12 | |||||||
| USHL totals | 43 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- ^ Powers, Scott (November 23, 2025). "Blackhawks prospect Mason West gets his fairy tale ending with state football championship". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 10, 2026.
- ^ Roarke, Shawn P. (June 28, 2025). "Blackhawks draft pick West also star high school quarterback". NHL.com. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
- ^ Adams, Todd M. (June 28, 2025). "NHL 1st-round pick will quarterback HS football team again before playing more hockey". USA Today. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
- ^ Bott, Nathaniel (June 26, 2025). "Handful of players with Michigan State ties projected to go in early rounds of NHL draft". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
- ^ Paulsen, Jim (June 23, 2025). "Edina two-sport standout Mason West commits to Michigan State for hockey". The Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
- ^ "Michigan State commit Mason West gets taken 29th overall by Chicago in the NHL Draft". WLIX.com. June 27, 2025. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
- ^ "Mason West - Stats, Contract, Salary & More". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database