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Ethen Frank

Position	Center	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	188	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	28
Age	27 (Feb 5, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 27, 2025	Washington Capitals	Recalled from AHL
Oct 25, 2025	Washington Capitals	Assigned to AHL
Oct 17, 2025	Washington Capitals	Recalled from AHL
Oct 6, 2025	Washington Capitals	Assigned to AHL
Oct 6, 2025	Washington Capitals	Cleared Waivers
Oct 5, 2025	Washington Capitals	Placed on Waivers
Jan 10, 2025	Washington Capitals	Recalled from AHL
Jun 30, 2024	Washington Capitals	Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Mar 2, 2023	Washington Capitals	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24

Status History Coming Soon

2024-25 Player Card

URL: https://www.thestanleycap.com/cdn/player_cards/20242025/ethen-frank-8483573.png

About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2024-25	WSH	24	240:53	1.00	0.50	1.49	0.61	0.39	17.39	10.66	6.73	9.09	9.09
2025-26	WSH	3	32:36	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.74	-0.74	0.00	19.97	-19.97	0.00	33.33

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	WSH	24	240:53	43.59	2.74	2.59	36.86	1.99	2.16	57.89	54.51	0.24	-0.23	4.87
2025-26	WSH	3	32:36	27.61	1.84	2.21	25.77	1.84	1.28	50.00	63.39	-0.69	-0.97	7.05

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Far better process but zero puck luck: numbers for the morning after at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
Ethen Frank leaves game against Dallas Stars after crashing into Mikko Rantanen at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
Projected Lineups for Capitals vs Stars –10/28/25 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 28, 2025)
Capitals forced into several line changes ahead of game against Stars after injury to Dylan Strome at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
Rasmus Sandin placed on injured reserve by Washington Capitals at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
Dylan Strome out day-to-day with lower-body injury: ‘It’s definitely a big loss for us’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
Capitals recall Ethen Frank back from Hershey Bears with Dylan Strome injured at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
Capitals activate Pierre-Luc Dubois from injured reserve, send Ethen Frank back to AHL’s Hershey Bears at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 25, 2025)
Capitals escape Columbus after carving up Blue Jackets late: numbers for the morning after at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 25, 2025)
Pierre-Luc Dubois is full participant in Capitals practice and will join team on trip to play Blue Jackets at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Oct 23, 2025)
Live updates: Washington Capitals vs Seattle Kraken at Capital One Arena at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 22, 2025)
Projected Lineups for Kraken vs Capitals – 10/21/25 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 21, 2025)
Ethen Frank will make Capitals’ season debut against Kraken as Spencer Carbery tweaks team’s lineup at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Oct 21, 2025)
Close on the comeback but doomed by tough first period: Canucks beat Capitals 4-3 at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
Projected Lineups for Wild vs Capitals –10/17/25 at The Hockey Writers (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
Capitals recall Ethen Frank from the Hershey Bears at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
In pro debut with Hershey Bears, Andrew Cristall registers first AHL point on assist of Ethen Frank goal at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Andrew Cristall to skate on first line, Ilya Protas to center second in their AHL debuts for Hershey Bears at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Highly-anticipated AHL debuts for Andrew Cristall and Ilya Protas mark new era for Hershey Bears as franchise turns page from back-to-back Calder Cup championship teams at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Hershey Bears reveal Opening Night roster for AHL’s 2025-26 season at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Clay Stevenson and Ethen Frank clear NHL waivers, assigned to AHL’s Hershey Bears at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
What Sunday’s NHL waivers decisions indicate about the Capitals’ final roster to begin 2025-26 season at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Capitals place goaltender Clay Stevenson and forward Ethen Frank on waivers ahead of NHL’s Opening Night roster deadline at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Capitals feeling pressure of final cuts as roster deadline looms: ‘These decisions that we’re going to make as an organization are not taken lightly at all’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
Nic Dowd, Brandon Duhaime, and Justin Sourdif to line up as trio for first time this preseason: ‘It’ll be nice to try and develop a little chemistry’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
These are the 7 players on the bubble fighting for the remaining 3 spots on the Capitals’ opening night roster at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
Hendrix Lapierre grabs back third-line center spot from Connor McMichael after remarkable preseason: ‘He made us consider some different options’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Fri Oct 3, 2025)
Open Thread: Capitals preseason game against Boston Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Spencer Carbery got goosebumps ahead of Capitals’ preseason game in Hershey: ‘It was amazing to come back here’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sun Sep 28, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster for preseason game in Hershey against Philadelphia Flyers at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Capitals players who must be put on waivers if they do not make NHL roster out of training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Sonny Milano scores twice and notches four points in first competitive game in over 10 months: ‘I got to prove myself once again’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster for first preseason game against Boston Bruins at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Washington Capitals announce roster and schedule for 2025 Training Camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Chris Patrick wants Capitals to give prospects opportunity first before potentially making trade: ‘I feel pretty confident in the team around them’ at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Sep 3, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	26	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$250,000	RFA
2025-26	27	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	$1,025,000

Signed: June 30, 2024

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.88

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Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$205,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$205,000

Signed: Mar 2, 2023

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: RFA

Cap %: 0.93

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	NAPHL 16U	Omaha AAA Lancers 16U	22	8	15	23		6				5	2	2	4		9
2013-14	NAPHL 16U	Omaha AAA Lancers 16U	20	9	18	27		20
2013-14	USA-S15	Team Black	5	4	0	4
2014-15	16U AAA	Omaha AAA Lancers 16U	44	45	47	92
2014-15	HPHL 16U	Omaha AAA Lancers 16U	6	8	2	10		4
2014-15	USA-S16	Team Black	5	1	4	5
2014-15	USHL	Lincoln Stars	3	0	2	2	+1	2
2014-15	NAPHL 16U	Omaha AAA Lancers 16U	15	20	12	32		68				5	4	4	8		4
2015-16	USA-S17	Team Black	5	3	2	5		8
2015-16	USHL	Lincoln Stars	48	10	9	19	+1	14				1
2016-17	USHL	Lincoln Stars	55	18	23	41	+7	77
2016-17	WJAC-19	USA U19	5	2	0	2		2
2017-18	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	30	7	5	12	+1	23
2018-19	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	34	15	11	26	+1	29
2019-20	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	32	9	11	20	+4	6
2020-21	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	24	13	8	21	-2	4
2021-22	NCAA	Western Michigan Univ.	38	26	13	39	+15	34
2021-22	AHL	Hershey Bears	5	1	0	1	-1
2022-23	AHL	Hershey Bears	57	30	19	49	+14	20				16	2	4	6	+4	4
2023-24	AHL	Hershey Bears	64	29	18	47	+2	14				18	10	7	17	+1	2
2024-25	AHL	Hershey Bears	35	20	8	28		12
2024-25	NHL	Washington Capitals	24	4	3	7	+3	6	23	17.4	10:49
2025-26	AHL	Hershey Bears	2	2	0	2
2025-26	NHL	Washington Capitals	2	0	1	1		4	2	0.0	12:34
NHL Career			26	4	4	8	+3	10	25	16.0	10:57