The Utah Mammoth selected center Caleb Desnoyers from the Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL) in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2025 NHL Draft.
The 6-foot-2, 178-pound Desnoyers registered 35-49-84 and a +51 rating in 56 games with Moncton last season, finishing tied for fifth in points and ninth in assists among all QMJHL skaters. He also posted 9-21-30 in 19 QMJHL playoff games and added 1-1-2 in four Memorial Cup contests as the Wildcats won their third QMJHL championship and finished as the CHL runners-up.
Desnoyers was awarded the 2025 Guy Lafleur Trophy as the QMJHL’s postseason MVP, finishing first in assists, second in points, tied for third in goals and third in power-play points (3-7-10) among all league skaters during the playoffs.
The St-Hyacinthe, Quebec native tallied 20-36-56 in 60 games with Moncton in 2023-24 and earned selection to the QMJHL’s All-Rookie Team after ranking third in points and second in assists among first-year players.
Desnoyers has played two QMJHL seasons with the Wildcats, totaling 55-85-140 and a +53 rating in 116 regular-season games and adding 10-22-32 in 23 playoff appearances. He spent both seasons as a teammate of Gabe Smith, who was selected by Utah in the fourth round (103rd overall) of the 2024 NHL Draft.
Desnoyers has won gold medals with Team Canada at the 2024 IIHF Under-18 World Championship and 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, and he also helped Team Canada White to gold at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. He served as an alternate captain at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
His brother, Elliot, was also selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the fifth round (135th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, and his stepfather, Pascal Trépanier, skated in 229 career NHL games as a defenseman with the Colorado Avalanche, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Nashville Predators from 1997-2002.
