Ethan Cardwell

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Set a franchise record for goals scored by a rookie (23)... led all Barracuda skaters in goals, T-first in shorthanded goals (1) and ranked fourth in points (43) and third in shots (165)... named team's Rookie of the Year... among league freshmen finished fourth in goals... collected points in three of his first four AHL games (2+2=4)... had goals in three straight games and five points during that span from 3/16/24-3/20/24.
Signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Sharks on April 14, 2023.

Named the 2023 "Sharks Prospect of the Year" presented by Kaiser Permanente.
Ended his final regular season in the OHL (Barrie Colts) as strong as he started, with a 13-game point streak (15 goals, 10 assists) from Feb. 23 to March 24... With a pair of points (one goal, one assist) in his final OHL regular season game on March 24, he reached 200 career OHL points.
Led all Colts skaters in goals (43) and shots (258) and ranked second on the team in both assists (47) and points (100) and was third in plus-minus (23).
Co-led the OHL with three overtime goals and ranked seventh among league skaters in goals.
Began the season red hot, with points in each of his first 17 appearances (12 goals, 18 assists) of the year from Oct. 14 to Dec. 3, 2023.

In his major junior career, he played in 189 games between the Saginaw Spirit (2018-20) and Barrie Colts (2020-23), registering 200 points (94 goals, 106 assists), a plus-38 rating, and 92 penalty minutes.
He travelled overseas to play with Surahammars IF of Sweden's HockeyEttan in 2020-21 (COVID), and while in Sweden's third-highest professional level, Cardwell logged 27 points (eight goals, 19 assists) and finished first on his team in points-per-game (1.50) and plus-minus (10).
Selected by San Jose in the 2021 NHL Draft (fourth round, 121st overall).

Grandfather, Steve Cardwell, skated in 53 NHL games with Pittsburgh Penguins from 1970-73... appeared in 33 games with the San Francisco Shamrocks (1977-78) of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL)... also dressed in 148 AHL games with the Hershey Bears... in total played nine pro seasons between eights leagues.
Brother, Tanner, is set to attend Robert Morris University (RMU) in 2023 on a golf scolarship.
Father, Justin, played DI hockey at Western Michigan (1993-1997)... would go on to play professionally in multiple leagues and also helped Team Canada win the 1998 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland... skated in five games in the AHL with the Providence Bruins (1999-00).