2026 NHL Draft Profile: Harrison Boettiger
Position: Goaltender | Height: 6’2″ | Weight: 181 lbs | Catches: Left | Date of Birth: December 11, 2007 | Hometown: Wheat Ridge, CO, USA
Harrison Boettiger entered his draft year as one of the most closely watched goaltenders in the 2026 class, and his season in Kelowna only strengthened that case. The 18-year-old from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, posted a 2.83 GAA and .911 save percentage across 41 regular season games, finishing top ten among WHL goaltenders in wins, GAA, and save percentage before adding eight playoff appearances and two Memorial Cup starts.
Boettiger is a positional goaltender whose game is built on intelligence and process. He stays square with shooters, uses strong edgework to make micro-adjustments, and projects his hands outward to cut down angles before shots are released. His post-integration is clean, his transitions in and out of the RVH are sharp, and he is a constant scanner, reading plays before they develop and moving accordingly. EliteProspects ranked him the smartest goaltender in the entire 2026 class in their scout poll, with a second-place finish for highest floor. The Hockey News placed him among the top five goaltenders available. NHL Central Scouting ranked him 10th among North American goalies.
His pedigree was strong coming in. A silver medal at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and a bronze at the 2024 IIHF World Under-18 Championship preceded his year with the Rockets. He described his own game simply: “I want to give my team a sense of safety back there. I like to rely on my positioning and my skating to hit my spots and be there on time.”
On draft weekend in Buffalo, June 26–27 Boettiger is broadly projected as a second- or third-round selection and one of the first goaltenders off the board.
2025–26 Regular Season Stats: 41 GP | 2.83 GAA | .911 SV% | 25-10-5 | 2025–26 Playoffs: 8 GP | 3.06 GAA | .907 SV% | 4-3-0 | Memorial Cup: 2 GP | 3.64 GAA | .902 SV% | 0-1-0
Key Rankings (2026 NHL Draft)
- NHL Central Scouting (NA Goalies): #10
- EliteProspects: #60
- The Hockey News / Kennedy: #68
- Daily Faceoff: #90
- McKeen’s Hockey: #94
- Consolidated Ranking: #95
