The 2025 NHL Entry Draft is just around the corner. As the 2024-25 NHL season nears its end, hockey fans have only a few days in between as they gear up for this year’s draft, which will be held on Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28, in Los Angeles, California. <\/p>
The 2025 NHL<\/a> Scouting Combine took place last week, so now all that remains is the most exciting part for young players looking to turn professional, and that is the NHL Entry Draft<\/a>. Amongst the 90 players invited to the Combine, we will take a look at the draft overview and projection for Jake O’Brien, one of the potential top candidates to keep an eye out for. <\/p> Jake O’Brien is a junior ice hockey player born in Toronto, Canada, on June 16, 2007. O’Brien is a right-handed shooter and plays the center position for the Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The 17-year-old is eligible for the upcoming draft this year.<\/p> The Toronto native is no stranger to the game of hockey. The sport runs in his family, as both of his parents were former ice hockey players in college and as professionals. O’Brien’s father, Dan O’Brien, played in the ECHL and was a member of Clarkson University’s ice hockey team. His mother captained the Laurier University team and was also part of the Canadian national women’s team. <\/p> O’Brien is coming off a tremendous season with the Bulldogs, scoring 32 goals and adding 66 assists for a total of 98 points from 66 games. During the 2023-24 season, he won the Emms Family Award as the Rookie of the Year, an award he won on the back of stunning performances that included 13 goals and 51 assists. He led all rookies in multiple categories, such as points, assists, power-play goals, and more. <\/p>Jake O’Brien Overview<\/h2>