Flames second-rounder Jacob Battaglia on his future plan: ‘I’m just very set on finishing my years in the OHL and making the jump, whenever I’m ready’

Jacob Battaglia picked a path, and he’s sticking to it.

While a long list of CHL standouts, including several of the Calgary Flames ’ most promising prospects, have switched to the NCAA for this upcoming season, this 19-year-old left-winger didn’t seriously consider offers to go the college route.

Battaglia will instead spend another winter with the Kingston Frontenacs. He was one of only eight OHLers to pot 40-plus goals in 2024-25, so he should be a dominant force.

“Just the whole way my career has gone, it was never really a thought for me,” Battaglia explained during a break in the action at Flames’ prospect camp, which will contin

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