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Former Collegians

18 – Jack Drury – Harvard (2018-20)

  • Second-team All-ECAC Hockey and second-team All-Ivy League as a sophomore
  • ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team selection

22 – Brett Pesce – New Hampshire (2012-15)

  • Won the team's Rod Langway Best Defenseman Award as a junior
  • Teammates included Trevor van Riemsdyk

29 – Bradly Nadeau – Maine (2023-24)

  • Second-team All-Hockey East, All-Rookie Team as a freshman

53 – Jackson Blake – So., F, North Dakota – 4th (109), 2021

  • One of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award as a sophomore
  • Also named NCHC Player of the Year, Forward of the Year, first-team All-NCHC
  • NCHC Rookie of the Year in 2022-23
  • Also named second-team All-NCHC and NCHC All-Rookie Team
  • Son of former NHL forward Jason Blake

56 – Scott Morrow – UMass (2021-24)

  • All-Hockey East Third Team as a junior
  • Named All-Hockey East Second Team as a sophomore
  • Named first-team All-America as a freshman
  • Also earned first-team Hockey East honors
  • Teammates included Matthew Kessel, Matt Murray

59 – Jake Guentzel – Omaha (2013-16)

  • Second-team All-NCHC as a junior
  • Honorable mention All-NCHC selection as a sophomore
  • NCHC All-Rookie Team selection
  • Teammates included Josh Archibald

74 – Jaccob Slavin – Colorado College (2013-15)

  • First-team All-NCHC as a sophomore
  • NCHC Rookie of the Year in 2014, when he was second-team All-NCHC and NCHC All-Rookie Team selection

76 – Brady Skjei – Minnesota (2012-15)

  • Honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2014 and '15
  • Teammates included Vinni Lettieri, Nick Bjugstad, Erik Haula, Nate Schmidt, Kyle Rau, Hudson Fasching, Mark Alt
Front Office

President and General Manager Don Waddell– Northern Michigan (1976-80)
Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour – Michigan State (1988-89)
Development Coach Peter Harrold – Boston College (2002-06)
Goaltender Development Coach Jason Muzzatti – Michigan State (1987-91)
Pro Scout Sidney Morin – Minnesota Duluth (2013-17)
ECHL Assistant Coach Joel Rumpel – Wisconsin (2011-15)

In the Minors

Kieffer Bellows – Boston University (2016-17)

  • Teammates included Clayton Keller, Jake Oettinger, Charlie McAvoy, Jordan Greenway, Dante Fabbro
  • Son of former NHL All-Star forward Brian Bellows

Todd Burgess – RPI (2017-20), Minnesota State (2020-21)

  • Teammates included Walker Duehr (MSU)

Callahan Burke – Notre Dame (2016-20)

  • Served as team captain as a senior
  • Teammates Jake Evans, Jordan Gross, Anders Bjork

Cory Conacher – Canisius (2007-11)

  • Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year and first-team All-AHA in 2010
  • Second-team All-AHA in 2011

Eric Cooley – Niagara (2017-21); Ohio State (2021-22)

David Cotton – Boston College (2016-20)

  • Second-team All-American in 2019
  • First-team All-Hockey East as a junior; third team as a senior

Domenick Fensore – Boston University (2019-23)

  • Captained the Terriers to the Frozen Four as a senior
  • All-Hockey East First Team pick in 2022-23
  • Second-team All-Hockey East in 2021-22
  • Teammates included Trevor Zegras, Alex Vlasic, David Farrance

Jason Garrison – Minnesota Duluth (2005-08)

  • Teammates included Mason Raymond, Matt Niskanen, Alex Stalock, Justin Fontaine

Kenny Hausinger – UMass Lowell (2016-20)

Chris Jones – New England (2017-22)

Jordan Kaplan – Sacred Heart (2017-20); Vermont (2020-21)

Troy Kobryn – Merrimack (2019-22); American International (2022-23)

Jake Kucharski – Providence (2019-20); AIC (2020-22); Omaha (2022-23)

  • Named Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Year in 2021-22
  • Also earned third-team all-conference honors

Shane Kuzmeski – Clarkson (2016-20)

Joseph LaBate – Wisconsin (2011-15)

  • Teammates included Justin Schultz, Mark Zengerle, Jake McCabe

Nick Leitner – Bemidji State (2019-20)

Liam MacDougall – Ferris State (2017-22)

Zac Masson – Alaska Anchorage (2017-20)

Josh Melnick – Miami (2015-19)

  • Served as team captain as a senior
  • Teammates included Jack Roslovic, Sean Kuraly, Kiefer Sherwood

Griffin Mendel – Denver (2017-21); Quinnipiac (2021-22)

  • Teammates included Troy Terry, Henrik Borgstrom, Dylan Gambrell, Ian Mitchell, Bobby Brink

Dominick Mersch – Wisconsin (2018-23)

  • Teammates included Cole Caufield, K'Andre Miller, Dylan Holloway, Wyatt Kalynuk, Alex Turcotte

Cody Milan – Michigan State (2015-19)

  • Teammates included Masonm Appleton, Taro Hirose, Mackenize MacEachern

Carson Musser – Bowling Green (2017-21); Long Island (2021-22)

Brett Ouderkirk – Norwich (2018-22)

Yaniv Perets – Quinnipiac (2020-23)

  • Backstopped the Bobcats to an NCAA title in 2022-23
  • Two-time Hobey Baker Award and Mike Richter Award finalist
  • Named second-team All-America in 2021-22 and 2022-23
  • ECAC Player of the Year, Goaltender of the Year in 2021-22
  • Two-time first-team All-ECAC

Nick Schaus – UMass Lowell (2006-10)

Kristian Stead – Alaska Anchorage (2018-20)

Nathan Sucese – Penn State (2016-20)

  • Second-team All-America as a senior
  • Also earned first-team All-Big Ten honors that season
  • Teammates included Brandon Biro

Jason Tackett – Ferris State (2016-20)

Brett Van Os – Western Michigan (2017-21)

  • Teammates included Ronnie Attard, Wade Allison, Mattias Samuelsson, Corey Schueneman

Tomáš Vomáčka – Penn State (2016-20)

  • Third-team All-Hockey East in 2020-21
  • Named to Hockey East All-Rookie Team as a freshman

Joe Widmar – Massachusetts (2015-17)

  • Teammates included William Lagesson

Eric Williams – Northeastern (2015-19)

  • Teammates included Zach Aston-Reese, Adam Gaudette, Cayden Primeau, Jeremy Davies, Dylan Sikura, Kevin Roy

College Draft Picks

Michael Emerson – Fr., F, North Dakota – 6th (190), 2023

Charles-Alexis Legault – So., D, Quinnipiac – 5th (139), 2023

  • Won NCAA championship as a freshman

Lucas Mercuri – Jr., F, UMass – 6th (159), 2020

Jayden Perron – Fr., F, North Dakota – 3rd (94), 2023