Listed at 5’9” in height and weighing 181 pounds, Kaelan Holt didn’t go into a lot of corners being bigger than the opposition in his three years with the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
But the 2017-18 season saw Estevan’s Holt come out of those corners with the puck more often as we set career highs for goals (31), assists (38) and points (69). That tenacity combined with those hands earned him a look with one of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Association's top teams. After completing his junior hockey career, he’s signed a scholarship with Grant MacEwan University, two time defending ACAC champions.
While his regular season exploits this year elicited a lot of cheers from Estevan fans, it was the playoffs where he excelled. He scored seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points in the playoffs and was the SJHL’s leading scorer in the postseason. Holt scored two goals and two assists in the deciding game of the semifinal against the Battlefords North Stars and followed that up with had two goals and seven assists for nine points in the Anavet Cup final with the Nipawin Hawks, as the Hawks and Bruins played a seven game series.
Overall in three regular seasons with the Bruins, Holt scored 65 goals and 87 assists for 152 points in 162 regular season games.
