{"id":633716,"date":"2026-04-27T08:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633716\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:37:09","slug":"cole-hutson-reflects-on-nhl-debut-and-plans-to-get-stronger-ahead-of-full-rookie-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633716\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Hutson reflects on NHL debut and plans to get stronger ahead of full rookie season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1400497_114125_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Cole Hutson reflects on NHL debut and plans to get stronger ahead of full rookie season\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cole Hutson has reflected on his first experience in the NHL, saying he plans to improve his strength and speed ahead of the next season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his early games, Hutson described the physical challenge of the league after a collision with Charlie Coyle of the Columbus Blue Jackets. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t even think he saw me. I think he just shrugged me off, and it felt like a train hit me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the pace of the NHL is significantly higher than college hockey. \u201cPlayers are so good, you can&#8217;t anticipate what they&#8217;re doing, because they&#8217;ll outsmart you just like you&#8217;re thinking of outsmarting them,\u201d Hutson said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happens so fast, just how quick the game goes by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the adjustment, Hutson recorded 10 points in 14 games during his first stint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust getting bigger, stronger, faster, kind of the usual things I try to do every summer as a smaller guy\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve learned a lot&#8230; it was an unbelievable experience for me,\u201d and said the experience gives him a strong foundation for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Hutson is expected to continue training in the off season as he aims to secure a regular place in the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cole Hutson has reflected on his first experience in the NHL, saying he plans to improve his strength&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-633716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}