Red Wings’ Cossa Having an Excellent Season in the ECHL

As you may have heard by now, Sebastian Cossa is having quite the season. It’s his first year playing professional-level hockey and he’s given us a number of things to be excited about. After what felt like weeks of him bouncing back and forth between the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL, he has found a home as well as a role to fill in Toledo.

The Red Wings drafted Cossa 15th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft which came as a surprise to many. Using such a high draft pick on a goaltender is typically a bit of a gamble so the apprehension fans were feeling was understandable. The other first-round pick of the 2021 Draft was Simon Edvinsson, who recently made his NHL debut with the Red Wings. It was somewhat of an interesting choice to take a defenseman and a goaltender so high, but they both seem to be panning out nicely thus far.

Stepping Up and Showing Out

Last season, Cossa was in net for the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team as a whole was great and they ended up going on a solid playoff run. He had a 2.28 goals-against average (GAA) and a .913 save percentage (SV%) in the regular season after playing in 46 games. That was the first time in his career carrying that big of a role on his own and he proved that he was ready for a change of scenery.

Since this was his first season of professional hockey, it was hard to guess what things might look like for Cossa. The WHL is still a highly competitive hockey league but nothing similar to the action that he has been facing the last few months. Now that he’s played 43 games and gotten into the swing of things, I’d have to say things are looking pretty good for him.

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At the start of the 2022-23 season while he was commuting between Grand Rapids and Toledo, things were a little rocky. He played three games in the AHL and had the worst numbers of his career with a 5.57 GAA and .783 SV%. However, this was to be expected since this was his first time facing that level of competition, and led to him finding a home with the Walleye where he has been able to flourish. He had also captured his first professional win in his debut with the Griffins which was certainly a huge career…