2025 NHL Draft’s Joshua Ravensbergen could be the next big goaltending prospect

Prince George Cougars netminder Joshua Ravensbergen has taken the WHL by storm this season and has been a crucial piece to the Cougars’ resurgence and dominant season. The rookie goalie has compiled an impressive 21-4-0 record to go with a .920 save percentage. Today on Daily Faceoff Live, prospect analyst Steven Ellis weighs in on Ravensbergen’s success and how he has rejuvenated this Cougars squad.

Frank Seravalli: There’s a goalie who’s been receiving a lot of interest even though he’s more than a year away from being defeated, what can you tell us about Joshua Ravensbergen in the WHL? 

Steven Ellis: He plays for the Prince George Cougars, he was expected to back up Ty Young who is a Vancouver Canucks prospect but he has overtaken that starter gig. He’s got six shutouts in 31 games this season he’s been such a huge part of the Cougars revival. For a while, it was Prince George wondering if they’d ever be any good and now they are doing great.

Steven Ellis: This guy is 6 foot 4, he’s so athletic, he’s a late 2006 born so he’s not eligible this year but if he was I’d be taking him first among goalies. He’s looking like a first-round pick next year, goalies are very difficult to project and guys we thought would be first-rounders a year ago aren’t even on the radar now so things change. But when you look at him and his size and his numbers, he’s such an important part of the Cougars team this season and just watching him he reminds me so much of Yaroslavl Askarov at the same age.

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