UNH Goalie Commit Ryan Grout: Making Progress in WHL

Ryan Grout (G) UNH Commit

" Ryan is a technical goaltender that makes a ton of positional saves where he is in the right spots to make it look simple." Neutral Zone, May, 2022

Ryan Grout Goalie, 6'0", 182 lbs. Catches Left Hometown: Calgary, Alberta DOB: August 15, 2007; 18 years, 4 months Neutral Zone Rating: 3.75 out of 5 Stars 2025-26 Team: Tri-City Americans (Western Hockey League) 2022 WHL Draft: Selected in 4th Round (#73 Overall) by Tri-City Americans 2024 USHL Draft: Selected in 16th Round (#239 Overall) by Green Bay Gamblers Grout committed to the University of New Hampshire in January, 2024 at the age of 16 years, 5 months. This is the link to an interview I had with him back then.

2025-26 Season

UNH goalie commit Ryan Grout got off to a bumpy start this season with the Tri-City Americans in the Western Hockey League. Over his first 4 games, Grout had 3 losses and a no decision. He was pulled in the first period of 2 of those games. Overall, his Goals Against Average was 7.51 with a Save% of .848. Beginning in his fifth game on October 25th, Grout has dramatically turned it around.

Between October 25th and November 29th, Grout started 7 games for Tri-City and lost only one of them in regulation. During that stretch he posted 4 wins, 1 loss and 2 ties, 2.83 Goals Against Average, and .911 Save%. His overall record improved to 4-4-2 with 3.75 GAA and .889 SV%.

Fall 2025 Highlight Reel

During Ryan Grout's successful 7-game stretch, he earned the #1 ★ in one and #2 in another. This highlights reel shows some of Grout's saves from those games.


Last Friday, Grout faced one of the biggest competitve challenges a WHL goalie could face. The Everett Silvertips came to town sporting the best record in the WHL, the second most goals scored, and second best Power Play% (30.2). Tri-City is in 14th place in the 23-team league.

Everett outshot Tri-City 24 to 14 over the first 2 periods and Grout made saves on all of them. The Silvertips dominated the third period outshooting the Americans 16 to 4 and scoring 4 goals. Grout made some key saves throughout the game and earned the #3 ★. His current record is 4-5-2 with 3.77 GAA and .890 SV%.

Journey to the WHL

Tri-City selected Ryan Grout in the 4th Round (#73 Overall) of the May, 2022 WHL Prospects Draft. Grout had just completed a very successful 2021-22 season playing for Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep in the Canadian Sports School Hockey League (see Stats Sheet at end of post). His overall record of 19-0-0, 1.92 GAA, .928 Save% earned the CSSHL U15 Top Goaltender award. He also made the All-Academic Team.

In the 2022-23 season Grout lost only one out of 13 games with Northern Alberta Xtreme U17 Prep and lead the team to the 2022-23 CSSHL U17 Championship. He subsequently signed to play with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in the British Columbia Hockey League in part to preserve NCAA eligibility. Midway through a successful 2023-24 BCHL season Grout committed to UNH.

Grout played in the BCHL in 2023-24 and Fall 2024. His overall record in 28 games was 19-7-2 with 4 shutouts. Statistically he was a top 10 BCHL goalie with an overall GAA of 2.30 and .919 SV%.

The NCAA's far-reaching decision, in November 2024, to lift the ban on Canadian Major Junior players was a turning point for Grout. He could move up to the WHL and maintain his commitment to UNH. In announcing Grout's decision, Tri-City general manager Bob Tory said:

"I’d like to thank the University of New Hampshire for partnering with us in the development of Ryan. Ryan has had a history of consistent and strong performances and was the first 16-year-old goaltender to secure an NCAA scholarship."

Playing as a 17-year-old against tougher competition, Grout's statistics dropped off to 2-7-2, 4.42 GAA, .874 SV% over the remainder of 2024-25. His improvement so far this season bodes well for the future.

Canadian Sports School & Junior Hockey Stats Sheet

Player	Season	Team	League	GP	Win	Loss	Tie	GAA	SV%	SO
Ryan Grout 8/15/07 (G)	2025-26	Tri-City Americans	WHL	12	4	5	2	3.77	.890	0
	2024-25	Tri-City Americans	WHL	12	2	7	2	4.42	.874	0
		Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	13	8	4	1	2.75	.912	3
	2023-24	Salmon Arm Silverbacks	BCHL	15	11	3	1	2.23	.926	1
	2022-23	Northern Alberta Xtreme U17 Prep	CSSHL U17	11	10	1	0	1.81	.921	1
			Playoffs	2	2	0	0	2.00	.892	1
		Northern Alberta Xtreme U18 Prep	CSSHL U18	1	1	0	0	1.00	.969	0
	2021-22	Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep	CSSHL U15	17	17	0	0	1.53	.938	4
			Playoffs	2	2	0	0	1.92	.938	1