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Ben Kindel

#81

C · 5'11", 183 lb · 19 years old · Shoots right · Coquitlam, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2025 · PIT · round 1 · #11 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 19	@UTA	1	0	18:53
Oct 17	@VGK	4	-1	15:37
Oct 16	@COL	2	-1	14:57
Oct 13	@CHI	2	-2	17:05
Oct 10	DAL	2	0	19:28

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 / 601.54370th

Blocks / 601.15312th

Takeaways / 601.15113th

Giveaways / 603.46287th

Faceoff win %45.9%203rd

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	Pittsburgh Penguins	9	2	2	4	-5	23	8.7	17:19
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	77	17	18	35	-5	151	11.3	15:04
Career		86	19	20	39	-10	174	10.9	15:18

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2024-25	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	1	1	2
2024-25	WHL	Calgary Hitmen	65	35	64	99
2024-25	Prospects Challenge	Team CHL	2	0	1	1
2024-25	WJC-18	Canada U18	5	1	6	7
2023-24	WHL	Calgary Hitmen	68	15	45	60
2022-23	CSSHL U18	Yale Hockey Academy U18 Prep	29	17	29	46
2022-23	Circle K Classic	Yale Hockey Academy U18 Prep	4	2	0	2
2022-23	CWG	Team British Columbia	6	6	5	11
2022-23	WHL	Calgary Hitmen	1	0	0	0
2021-22	CSSHL U15	Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep	22	12	35	47
2020-21	CSSHL U15 AAA	Burnaby Winter Club U15 Varsity	6	3	8	11
2019-20	QC Int PW	Burnaby Winter Club Bruins	3	0	4	4

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.