Patrik Allvin:
“Our group has worked extremely hard this college free agent season and this signing is another important step in building out our prospect pool. Cole has produced well offensively in each of his two seasons at Ohio State and excelled in a leadership role during his final USHL season with Tri-City. We look forward to having him work with Adam Foote, Sergei Gonchar and the rest of our development staff to round out his game as he transitions to the professional level."