Kyle Aucoin

August 2025 – After four seasons at Harvard University, Aucoin will play at Miami University (Ohio) during the 2025-26 season. The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired Aucoin in March 2025 in a trade involving the Detroit Red Wings and Seattle Kraken, which saw the Red Wings receive a fourth-round pick and retain 25% of Yanni Gourde’s remaining contract at the time, paving the way for his return to Tampa Bay. The Lightning will not lose its signing rights to Aucoin on August 15, 2025, because he is returning to the NCAA for another year. Mark Henry

November 2020 – The son of former NHLer Adrian Aucoin, Kyle Aucoin, was chosen by the Detroit Red Wings in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL draft. He spent his draft year playing for the Tri-City Storm of the USHL and picked up 13 points in 48 games as one of the younger players in his draft class. Aucoin has good hockey sense and makes the right play more often than not, but there isn’t a lot of flash in his game. He was not blessed with his father’s size, and he will need to bulk up in the coming years. Aucoin should see a larger role with Tri-City this coming season as he prepares for a move to Harvard in 2021-2022. Nick Richard