LogoNEW JERSEY DEVILS

Former Collegians

2 – Brendan Smith – Wisconsin (2007-10)

  • Finalist for the 2010 Hobey Baker Award won by his teammate, Blake Geoffrion
  • Named WCHA Defensive Player of the Year in 2010
  • 2010 First-team All-American
  • Teammates included Ryan McDonagh, Derek Stepan, Kyle Turris, Blake Geoffrion, Jamie McBain, Craig Smith, Jake Gardiner

6 – John Marino – Harvard (2016-19)

  • Teammates included Adam Fox, Ryan Donato, Alexander Kerfoot

43 – Luke Hughes – Michigan (2021-23)

  • First-team All-America, All-Big Ten as a sophomore
  • Second-team All-America and a Hobey Baker Award finalist in 2021-22
  • Big Ten Rookie of the Year, All-Big Ten Second Team as a freshman
  • Younger brother of NHLers Jack Hughes (NJD) and Quinn Hughes (VAN)

56 – Erik Haula – Minnesota (2010-13)

  • Second-team All-WCHA as a junior
  • Teammates included Nick Bjugstad, Brady Skjei, Aaron Ness, Nate Schmidt

57 – Nick DeSimone – Union (2014-17)

  • Teammates included Mike Vecchione, Spencer Foo
Front Office

President, Hockey Operations/General Manager Tom Fitzgerald – Providence (1986-88)
Goaltending Coach Dave Rogalski – St. Mary's (2001-03)
Head Video Coach Jerry Dineen – Plattsburgh (1986-90)
Player Development Coach Mark Voakes – Bowling Green (2003-04)
Player Development Coach Eric Weinrich – Maine (1985-88)
Director, Amateur Scouting Paul Castron – St. Lawrence (1981-85)
Director, Goaltending Development Scott Clemmensen – Boston College (1997-2001)
Director, Player Development Meghan Duggan – Wisconsin (2006-11)
Director, Player Personnel Al Santilli – Curry College (1988-92)
Female Hockey Ambassador/Youth Hockey & Growth Initiatives Amanda Pelkey – Vermont (2011-15)
Skills Development Coordinator Ryan Murphy – Boston College (2001-05)
Manager, Amateur Scouting Operations Dakota Keene – UMass-Boston (2016-20)
Chief Scout, Amateur Scouting Mark Dennehy – Boston College (1987-91)
Head of US Scouting Scott Lachance – Boston University (1990-91)
Head of Free Agent Scouting/Recruitment Jim Mill – St. Anselm (1989-92)
Pro Scout Brian Strait – Boston University (2006-09)
Amateur Scout Joe Ferras – Plattsburgh (1984-88)
Amateur Scout Michael Sdao – Princeton (2009-13)
Amateur Scout Steve Smith – Colgate (1980-84)
AHL Head Coach Kevin Dineen – Denver (1981-83)
AHL Assistant Coach David Cunniff – Salem State (1993-96)
AHL Goaltending Coach Brian Eklund – Brown (1998-2002)
ECHL Head Coach Pete MacArthur – Boston University (2004-08)
ECHL Assistant Coach Mike Bergin – Rensselaer (2008-12)

In the Minors

Tristan Ashbrook – RPI (2019-20); Michigan Tech (2020-23)

Shane Bowers – Boston University (2017-19)

  • Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection
  • Teammates included Brady Tkachuk, Jake Oettinger, Joel Farabee, Dante Fabbro, Jordan Greenway

Travis Broughman – SUNY Oswego (2018-22)

  • First-team All-SUNYAC as a senior
  • Earned third-team honors in 2019-20

Ryan Conroy – Yale (2021-24)

Kyle Criscuolo – Harvard (2012-16)

  • Two-time captain for the Crimson
  • Twice named ECAC Hockey's Student-Athlete of the Year
  • A second-team all-conference selection as both a junior and senior
  • Teammates included Jimmy Vesey, Alex Kerfoot

Jordan Di Cicco – Long Island (2020-24)

Filip Engarås – New Hampshire (2019-22)

Colin Felix – Massachusetts (2018-22)

  • Helped lead UMass to NCAA championship in 2020-21
  • Teammates included Cale Makar, Zac Jones, Mitchell Chaffee

Ryan Fitzgerald – Boston College (2013-17)

  • Second-team All-American and first-team All-Hockey East as a junior

TJ Friedmann – Quinnipiac (2018-23)

  • Won NCAA championship in 2022-23
  • Teammates included Chase Priskie

Joe Gambardella – UMass Lowell (2013-17)

  • Second-team All-Hockey East as a senior
  • Teammates included Connor Hellebuyck

Andre Ghantous – Northern Michigan (2019-24)

  • Second-team All-CCHA in 2022-23
  • Third-team All-WCHA after leading league in scoring in 2020-21

Patrick Grasso – New Hampshire (2016-21)

Brian Halonen – Michigan (2018-20)

  • Hobey Baker Memorial Award top-10 finalist as a senior
  • First-team All-CCHA as a senior
  • WCHA All-Rookie Team as a freshman

Jack Jeffers – Alabama-Huntsville (2018-20); Lake Superior State (2020-23)

Grant Jozefek – Northeastern (2016-21)

  • Teammates included Jordan Harris, Jeremy Davies, Cayden Primeau, Adam Gaudette, Zach Aston-Reese

Keith Kinkaid – Union (2009-11)

  • First-team All-America as a sophomore
  • Also named ECAC Goaltender of the Year
  • Third-team All-ECAC as a freshman
  • Teammates included Josh Jooris, Troy Grosenick, Daniel Carr, Jeremy Welsh

Brendan Less – Dartmouth (2017-20); Quinnipiac (2021-22)

Will MacKinnon – New Hampshire (2018-22)

  • Served as team captain as a senior

Jack Malone – Cornell (2019-20, 2021-23), Boston College (2023-24)

  • Teammates at BC included Cutter Gauthier
  • Teammates at Cornell included Morgan Barron, Sam Malinski

Erik Middendorf – Colorado College (2018-20); Michigan State (2021-22)

  • Teammates at CC included Josiah Slavin

Ryan Orgel – Denver (2017-19); Wisconsin-Stevens Point (2019-21)

  • Teammates at DU included Troy Terry, Dylan Gambrell, Ian Mitchell, Cole Guttman

Vinnie Purpura – Boston University (2018-20); Long Island (2020-23)

  • Teammates at BU included Jake Oettinger, Trevor Zegras, Joel Farabee, Dante Fabbro

Robbie Russo – Notre Dame (2011-15)

  • Second-team All-America as a senior
  • Also earned first-team All-Hockey East honors
  • Named to CCHA All-Rookie Team as a freshman
  • Teammates included Anders Lee, Bryan Rust, Jake Evans, Riley Sheahan, Vinny Hinostroza, Anders Bjork, Cal Petersen

Ryan Schmelzer – Canisius (2014-18)

  • Third-team All-Atlantic Hockey as a senior
  • Atlantic Hockey's Best Defensive Forward as a junior
  • Also earned second-team all-conference in 2017

Ryan Smith – Maine (2016-20)

Matt Stief – Canisius (2016-20)

Tristan Thompson – Alaska (2016-20)

Matt Ustaski – Wisconsin (2014-18)

  • Teammates included Trent Frederic, Luke Kunin

Mike Van Unen – Northern Michigan (2019-24)

Zach Walker – Boston College (2016-20)

Shawn Weller – Clarkson (2004-07)

  • Teammates at Miami included Grant Clitsome

Mac Welsher – Merrimack (2019-24)

Dylan Wendt – Western Michigan (2021-24)

  • Teammates included Ronnie Attard, Jason Polin

Ryan Wheeler – Connecticut (2018-22)

Andy Willis – St. Thomas (2019-20); Lindenwood (2020-23)

Max Willman – Brown (2014-18), Boston University (2018-19)

  • Teammates at BU included Jake Oettinger, Dante Fabbro, Joel Farabee
  • Teammates at Brown included Sam Lafferty, Nick Lappin

Alex Young – Colgate (2020-23), Arizona State (2023-24)

  • Spent first three NCAA seasons at Colgate
  • All-ECAC First Team as a junior
  • ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team selection in 2020-21

College Draft Picks

Seamus Casey – So., D, Michigan – 2nd (46), 2022

  • First-team All-Big Ten as a sophomore
  • Named to Big Ten All-Rookie Team

Ethan Edwards – Jr., D, Michigan – 4th (120), 2020

Viktor Hurtig – So., D, Michigan State – 6th (164), 2021

Charlie Leddy – So., D, Boston College – 4th (126), 2022

Samu Salminen – So., F, Connecticut – 3rd (68), 2021

Artem Shlaine – Sr., F, Northern Michigan – 5th (130), 2020

  • Transferred from UConn following sophomore season