Player bio

Cole was born in Chicago and grew up in nearby Highland Park, playing youth hockey for the Glenview Stars in the Central States Development Hockey League. He made the jump to AAA hockey with Team Illinois in the High Performance Hockey League, then traveled north to join the Milwaukee Jr. Admirals AAA team in the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League. Most recently, Cole played for Loyola Academy, being named to the IHSHL All-Star Team (2019), while earning First Honors in the classroom. College hockey runs in the Musick family. His uncle, Caley Jones, played NCAA D1 hockey for Western Michigan University. Cole's favorite hockey memory is traveling to Europe as a 12-year-old student athlete, playing on Team USA in the Lions Cup in Huddinge, Sweden. In the off-season, Cole plays summer hockey with the Roc City Elite program. Outside of the rink, you can find him on the golf course, where he enjoys a single-digit handicap. Cole plans to study Sport Management and Spanish at the U.