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Noah Cates

#27

Philadelphia Flyers

L · 6'2", 194 lb · 27 years old · Shoots left · Stillwater, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2017 · PHI · round 5 · #137 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 14	@CBJ	0.1	1	0	13:33
Nov 11	@EDM	0.1	3	0	14:00
Nov 9	@VAN	-0.0	1	+1	15:58
Nov 8	@CGY	0.5	1	0	14:36
Nov 5	@NYR	0.3	1	+1	12:49

Against their position

This playerAverage forward

Against 440 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 604.30225th

Blocks / 603.2871st

Takeaways / 601.4345th

Giveaways / 602.0591st

Faceoff win %46.8%196th

Penalty minutes6186th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average forward

Goals

F 0.22

Assists

F 0.31

SOG

Shots on goal

F 1.7

Expected goals

F 0.22

Attempts for

F 11.2

Attempts against

F 11.2

TOI

Ice time

F 15:11

Speed

Top, mph

21.0

F 21.9

Hits

F 1.3

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

F +0.4

BLK

Shot blocks

F 0.5

bxG

Block xG margin

F -.01

Poss±

Take minus give

F -0.5

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

F +0.0

FO%

Faceoffs won

F 50.0%

Shot

Hardest, mph

82.4

F 81.0

Every shot this season

Goal2Shot on goal18Missed10Shot blocked9

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Philadelphia Flyers	22	2	3	5	-1	21	9.5	13:18
2025-26	Philadelphia Flyers	82	18	29	47	+26	132	13.6	16:15
2024-25	Philadelphia Flyers	78	16	21	37	+3	110	14.5	15:53
2023-24	Philadelphia Flyers	59	6	12	18	-8	78	7.7	13:48
2022-23	Philadelphia Flyers	82	13	25	38	+3	107	12.1	17:46
2021-22	Philadelphia Flyers	16	5	4	9	+4	23	21.7	13:15
Career		339	60	94	154	+27	471	12.7	15:46

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2021-22	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	37	11	13	24
2021-22	OG	USA	4	1	0	1
2020-21	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	28	5	14	19
2019-20	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	34	14	19	33
2018-19	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth	40	9	14	23
2018-19	WJC-20	USA U20	7	1	2	3
2017-18	USHL	Omaha Lancers	60	21	34	55
2016-17	USA-S17	Team Gold	5	1	2	3
2016-17	UMHSEHL	Team MPLS Magazine	21	9	15	24
2016-17	USHS-MN	Stillwater High	25	20	45	65
2016-17	USHL	Omaha Lancers	11	2	5	7
2016-17	MNHP-17	B17 - Red (Final 54)	3	0	2	2
2015-16	UMHSEHL	Team MPLS Magazine	20	3	12	15
2015-16	USHS-MN	Stillwater High	25	20	34	54
2015-16	USHL	Omaha Lancers	2	1	0	1
2014-15	UMHSEHL	Team Southwest	5	0	1	1
2014-15	USHS-MN	Stillwater High	25	13	17	30
2008-09	Brick Invitational	Minnesota Blades	5	3	2	5