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PREDATORS Former Collegians
14 – Gustav Nyquist – Maine (2008-11)
- Led Maine in scoring all three years
- Two-time finalist for the Hobey Baker Award
- Two-time All-American (first-team in 2009-10, second-team in 2010-11)
16 – Jason Zucker – Denver (2010-12)
- Second-team All-WCHA as a sophomore
17 – Mark Jankowski – Providence (2012-16)
- Won NCAA championship in 2014-15
- Second-team All-America, first-team All-Hockey East in 2015-16
- Teammates included Brandon Tanev, Noel Acciari, Jake Walman, Jon Gillies, John Gilmour, Kevin Rooney
24 – Spencer Stastney – Notre Dame (2018-22)
- Second-team All-Big Ten as a junior
- Teammates included Alex Steeves, Andrew Peeke
27 – Ryan McDonagh – Wisconsin (2007-10)
- Team tri-captain and second-team All-WCHA as a junior
- WCHA All-Rookie Team in 2008
- Teammates included Derek Stepan, Kyle Turris, Jamie McBain, Blake
Geoffrion, Davis Drewiske, Jake Gardiner, Craig Smith, Brendan Smith
- Third-team All-Hockey East selection in 2019
36 – Cole Smith – North Dakota (2016-20)
- Teammates included Brock Boeser, Tyson Jost, Tucker Poolman, Shane Pinto, Jasper Weatherby
44 – Kiefer Sherwood – Miami (2015-18)
- Teammates included Jack Roslovic, Sean Kuraly, Louie Belpedio
57 – Dante
Fabbro – Boston University (2016-19)
- Two-time second-team All-Hockey East selection
- Teammates included Clayton Keller, Charlie McAvoy, Jordan Greenway, Brady Tkachuk, Jakob Forsbacka-Karlsson
82 – Tommy Novak – Minnesota (2015-19)
- Teammates included Ryan Lindgren, Casey Mittelstadt, Rem Pitlick, Scott Reedy, Vinni Lettieri
Gustavs
Grigals – Alaska (2018-22), UMass Lowell (2022-23)
- Third-team All-Hockey East as a grad transfer in 2022-23
Front Office Senior Advisor David Poile – Northeastern (1976-70)
Assistant General Manager/Director, Scouting Jeff Kealty – Boston University
(1994-98)
Assistant General Manager/Director, Hockey Operations Brian Poile – Boston
College (1996-97)
Assistant Coach Todd Richards – Minnesota (1985-89)
Assistant Coach Dan Hinote – Army West Point (1994-96)
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Jason Nordby
– St. Scholastica (1998-2002)
Chief Amateur Scout Tom Nolan – New Hampshire (1993-98)
North American Amateur Scout Ronda Engelhardt – Minnesota (1999-2003)
North American Amateur Scout David Westby – Wisconsin-River Falls (1979-81)
European Scout Martin Bakula
– Alaska Anchorage (1991-93)
Pro Scout Doug Janik – Maine (1998-2001)
Pro Scout Rob Cowie – Northeastern (1987-91)
Pro Development Coach Mark Borowiecki – Clarkson (2007-11)
Forward Development Coach Nathan Gerbe – Boston College (2005-08)
Defense Development Coach Rob Scuderi – Boston College (1997-01)
AHL Assistant Coach Scott Ford – Brown (2000-04)
AHL Assistant Coach Greg Rallo – Ferris State (2002-06)
ECHL Director of Hockey Operations Jeff Pyle
– Northern Michigan (1978-81)
ECHL Head Coach Derek Nesbitt – Ferris State (2001-05)
In the Minors Wade Allison – Western Michigan (2016-20)
- Honorable mention All-NCHC selection as a sophomore
Anthony
Angello – Cornell (2015-18)
- Second-team All-ECAC Hockey selection as a junior
Josh Boyer – Omaha (2019-21), St. Lawrence (2022-24)
- Teammates at UNO included Brandon Scanlin
Alex Campbell – Clarkson (2020-23), Northeastern (2023-24)
- Third-team All-Hockey East as a senior at Northeastern
- First-team All-ECAC as a sophomore at Clarkson
- Teammates at Clarkson included Josh Dunne
Dylan Carabia – Salve Regina (2017-20)
Brenden
Datema – Michigan Tech (2019-22), Canisius (2022-24)
- Teammates at MTU included Brian Haolnen
Marc Del Gaizo – Massachusetts (2018-21)
- 2021 national champion
- Member of the 2019 NCAA All-Tournament Team
- Twice named third-team All-Hockey East (2019, '21)
- Member of the conference's all-rookie team in 2019
- Brother of Anthony Del Gaizo
Evan Dougherty – Bowling Green (2018-23)
Blake Evennou – Ferris State (2019-23)
Mitch Fossier – Maine (2016-20)
- Team captain as a senior
- Second-team All-Hockey East in 2019-20
- Earned third-team honors in 2018-19
- Teammates included Jeremy Swayman, Chase Pearson
Carson Gicewicz
– St. Lawrence (2016-20); UMass (2020-21)
Kevin Gravel – St. Cloud State (2010-14)
- Team co-captain as a senior with Nic Dowd
- Other teammates included Jonny Brodzinski, Kalle Kossila, Charlie Lindgren, Nick Jensen
Troy Grosenick – Union (2010-13)
- Hobey Baker finalist and a first-team All-American as a sophomore
- ECAC All-Tournament selection as a junior
- Teammates included Shayne Gostisbehere, Daniel Carr, Josh Jooris
Jordan Gross – Notre Dame (2014-18)
- First-team All-Big Ten as a senior
- Second-team All-Hockey East in 2016
- Teammates included Vinny Hinostroza, Robbie Russo, Anders Bjork, Dennis Gilbert, Andrew Peeke
Ethan Haider – Clarkson (2020-23), UConn (2023-24)
- ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year, All-Rookie Team in 2020-21
- Teammates at Clarkson included Josh Dunne
Tyler Harmon – Vermont (2017-22); Mercyhurst (2022-23)
- Teammates at Vermont included Ross Colton
Jake Livingstone – Minnesota State (2020-23)
- Second-team All-America selection in 2022-23
- CCHA Defenseman of the Year as a sophomore and junior
- Also earned first-team All-CCHA honors each of those years
- Named to WCHA All-Rookie Team as a freshman
- Won a conference championship all three years at MSU
- Teammates included Nathan Smith, Walker Duehr
Griffin Luce
– Michigan (2016-20)
- Teammates included Quinn Hughes, Josh Norris, Cooper Marody
Micah Miller – St. Cloud State (2018-23)
- Teammates included Blake Lizotte, Ryan Poehling, Nick Perbix, Jack Ahcan
Jackson Pierson – New Hampshire (2018-22); Notre Dame (2022-23)
- Second-team ALl-Hockey East in 2021
Ryan Ufko – UMass (2021-24)
- Won NCAA championship as a freshman
- First-team All-American, All-Hockey East as a junior
- Also won the Hockey East Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award
- Teammates included Matthew Kessel
Mitch Walinski – Salve Regina (2019-23)
Kevin Wall – Penn State (2019-23)
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention as a senior
- Led PSU in scoring each of his final two seasons
- Teammates included Brandon Biro
Jasper Weatherby – North Dakota (2018-21)
- Teammates included Shane Pinto, Matt Kiersted, Cole Smith, Rhett Gardner
Alex Whelan – Quinnipiac (2016-20)
Zach Yoder – Air Force (2015-16); Ferris State (2017-20)
- Teammates included Shane Pinto, Matt Kiersted, Cole Smith, Rhett Gardner
College Draft Picks Alex Campbell – Sr., F, Northeastern –
3rd (65), 2019
- All-Hockey East Third Team as a senior at Northeastern
- First-team All-ECAC in 2021-22 at Clarkson
Aiden Fink – Fr., F, Penn State –
7th (218), 2023
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention as a freshman
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine – Sr., F, Northeastern –
7th (202), 2020
- Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection
Adam Ingram – So., F, St. Cloud State –
3rd (82), 2022
Chase McLane – Sr., F, Penn State –
7th (209), 2020
Sutter Muzzatti – So., F, Rensselaer –
5th (143), 2023
- Named to ECAC All-Rookie Team
- Son of former NHL and Michigan State goalie Jason Muzzatti
Cole O'Hara – So., F, UMass –
4th (114), 2022
Luke Reid – Sr., D, New Hampshire –
6th (166), 2020
Ben Strinden – So., F, North Dakota –
7th (210), 2022
Isak Walther – Jr., F, Vermont –
6th (179), 2019
Matthew Wood – So., F, New Hampshire –
1st (15), 2023
- Named to Hockey East All-Rookie Team after leading UNH in scoring
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