Cole Knuble is a hard-working hockey player. He loves the game and all the little details that come with being a high-level prospect, qualities that his father and longtime NHLer Mike Knuble helped instill in him from a young age.

“He’s the third born in the family, so he’s been wired a little bit crazy. He had to fight for attention at times. He did whatever he had to on the way up,” Mike said to EP Rinkside. “He’s been very athletic all the way through. Golf too, jumped in with his JV baseball team last year. We just try and keep the compete level up and do it naturally as a family. He’s really popped on the stage here in the last 10-12 months. He feeds off ways to try and get better. You have to embrace the work even when it sucks. He eats up the work.”

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