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Noah Cates

#27

L · 6'2", 194 lb · 27 years old · Shoots left · Stillwater, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2017 · PHI · round 5 · #137 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 19	COL	1	1	0	0	13:47
Oct 17	OTT	0	0	0	0	14:00
Oct 15	@DET	0	0	1	+1	13:22
Oct 13	SEA	0	0	2	0	14:33
Oct 11	CAR	0	0	2	0	13:27

Against his position

This playerAverage forward

Against 443 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 603.80248th

Blocks / 602.11187th

Takeaways / 601.6947th

Giveaways / 601.6979th

Faceoff win %48.0%181st

Penalty minutes2113th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Philadelphia Flyers	11	0	1	1	-3	10	–	12:54
2025-26	Philadelphia Flyers	82	18	29	47	+26	132	13.6	16:15
2024-25	Philadelphia Flyers	78	16	21	37	+3	110	14.5	15:53
2023-24	Philadelphia Flyers	59	6	12	18	-8	78	7.7	13:48
2022-23	Philadelphia Flyers	82	13	25	38	+3	107	12.1	17:46
2021-22	Philadelphia Flyers	16	5	4	9	+4	23	21.7	13:15
Career		328	58	92	150	+25	460	12.6	15:50

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2021-22	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	37	11	13	24
2021-22	OG	USA	4	1	0	1
2020-21	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	28	5	14	19
2019-20	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	34	14	19	33
2018-19	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	40	9	14	23
2018-19	WJC-20	USA U20	7	1	2	3
2017-18	USHL	Omaha Lancers	60	21	34	55
2016-17	USA-S17	Team Gold	5	1	2	3
2016-17	UMHSEHL	Team MPLS Magazine	21	9	15	24
2016-17	USHS-MN	Stillwater High	25	20	45	65
2016-17	USHL	Omaha Lancers	11	2	5	7
2016-17	MNHP-17	B17 - Red (Final 54)	3	0	2	2
2015-16	UMHSEHL	Team MPLS Magazine	20	3	12	15
2015-16	USHS-MN	Stillwater High	25	20	34	54
2015-16	USHL	Omaha Lancers	2	1	0	1
2014-15	UMHSEHL	Team Southwest	5	0	1	1
2014-15	USHS-MN	Stillwater High	25	13	17	30
2008-09	Brick Invitational	Minnesota Blades	5	3	2	5

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.