North Vancouver’s Ravensbergen Backstops Michigan State

North Vancouver's hockey stock continues to rise, as home-grown Joshua Ravensbergen begins his season with the Michigan State Spartans.

The 6'5 goaltender spent his youth playing hockey with the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association, he would work his way up to the Vancouver NW Hawks U15 AAA of the BCEHL in 2020-21. He would continue developing with the Hawks through U17 and U18, having not been taken in the 2021 WHL bantam draft.

In his final year with Vancouver, 22-23, the team went 15-2-4 with Ravensbergen posting a 2.10 goals-against-average.

On April 24, 2023, it was announced that Ravensbergen had been signed by the Prince George Cougars as an undrafted free agent.

Expected to backup Canucks-prospect, Ty Young, Ravensbergen quickly assumed the role after a fantastic start to the 2023-24 season. He would end up playing 38 games for the Cougars, posting A .917sv% and a 2.46GAA, and tied the Cougars rookie-shutouts record with  6.

The next year, his NHL draft year, Ravensbergen was seen as a top-goalie prospect for the upcoming summer. He played 51 games, with a .901 save percentage, a GAA of 3.00, and 33 wins.

Touted as the top goaltending prospect in the NHL Draft, he would end up being selected at pick 30 by the San Jose Sharks.

He returned to PG for his draft +1 season, after attending Sharks camp.

In his final WHL season, he played 46 games, going 32-13 with 4 shutouts. He had a sv% of .919 and averaged 2.51 GAA. In December, he was named to Canada's WJC roster, and in January, committed to play at Michigan State. He would end the year playing 12 playoff games with a .918sv%.

Playing for a loaded Spartans team, Ravensbergen made his NCAA debut on October 9th, making 14 saves en route to a 6-2 win over Northern Michigan.

Let’s not forget: Joshua Ravensbergen was undrafted in the WHL. And now, he’s a top-goaltending prospect playing for a D1 NCAA program.