CAROLINA HURRICANES

Former Collegians

4 – Shayne Gostisbehere – Union (2011-14)

• 2014 NCAA champion and Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament
• First-team All-American, first-team All-ECAC Hockey and Hobey Baker Award finalist as a junior
• Shared both the ECAC Hockey Player of the Year Award and Best Defensive Defenseman Award as a junior
• Second-team All-ECAC Hockey and second-team All-American as a sophomore
• ECAC All-Rookie Team selection in 2012
• Teammates included Josh Jooris, Mike Vecchione

6 – Mike Reilly – Minnesota (2012-15)

• Twice named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference
• Two-time first-team All-American (2015, 2014)

19 – K'Andre Miller – Wisconsin (2018-20)

• Twice named honorable mention All-Big Ten
• Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team

26 – Sean Walker – Bowling Green (2013-17)

• Two-year team captain with the Falcons
• Second-team All-WCHA as a senior

29 – Bradly Nadeau – Maine (2023-24)

• Second-team All-Hockey East, All-Rookie Team as a freshman
• Teammates included Victor Ostman

32 – Brandon Bussi – Western Michigan (2019-22)

• Teammates included Ronnie Attard, Wade Allison, Mattias Samuelsson

50 – Eric Robinson* – Princeton (2014-18)

• Captained the Tigers as a senior
• Named to ECAC All-Tournament Team that same season
• Teammates included Max Veronneau, Ryan Kuffner

53 – Jackson Blake – North Dakota (2022-24)

• One of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award as a sophomore
• Earned first-team All-America honors
• 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

62 – Charles Alexis Legault – Quinnipiac (2022-24)

• Won NCAA championship as a freshman
• Teammates at QU included Collin Graf, Yaniv Perets

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

77 – 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

* = on Injured Reserve

Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour – Michigan State (1988-89)
Vice President, Pro Player Personnel Chris Abbott – Cornell (2002-06)
Director of Player Development Peter Harrold – Boston College (2002-06)
Goaltender Development Coach Jason Muzzatti – Michigan State (1987-91)
Pro Scout Eric Joyce – Army (1998-2002)
AHL Head Coach Cam Abbott – Cornell (2002-06)
AHL Assistant Coach Spiros Anastas – Lebanon Valley College (2006-10)
AHL Goaltending Coach Stan Dubicki – SUNY-Brockport (1986-88)
ECHL Assistant Coach Jason Binkley – Ferris State (2011-15)

Gavin Bayreuther – St. Lawrence (2013-17)

• Second-team All-American as a junior and senior
• Two-time first-team All-ECAC Hockey
• Named ECAC Rookie of the Year in 2013-14
• Teammates included Matt Carey

Blake Biondi – Minnesota Duluth (2020-24), Notre Dame (2024-25)

• Named to 2022 NCHC Frozen Faceoff All-Tournament Team with UMD
• Teammates at UMD included Wyatt Kaiser, Noah Cates, Cole Koepke, Jackson Cates

Jordan Biro – Colorado College (2020-22), AIC (2022-25)

• Third-team All-AHA at AIC in 2022-23
• Named to AHA All-Tournament Team in 2023-24
• Teammates at CC included Hunter McKown, Josiah Slavin
• Younger brother of former NHL forward Brandon Biro

Gabe Blanchard – UMass Lowell (2021-24), Sacred Heart (2024-25)

Artyom Borshyov – Lake Superior State (2020-24), Lindenwood (2024-25)

• Captained LSSU as a senior in 2023-24

Skyler Brind'Amour – Quinnipiac (2019-23)

• 2023 NCAA champion
• Named ECAC Best Defensive Forward that season
• Also named third-team All-ECAC
• Teammates included Yaniv Perets
• Son of Carolina head coach and former NHLer Rod Brind'Amour

Noah Delmas – Niagara (2016-20)

• Named first-team All-Atlantic Hockey as a senior
• Also captained the Purple Eagles that season

Braden Doyle – Boston University (2021-22), Northeastern (2022-24), Niagara (2024-25)

• Teammates at Northeastern included Justin Hryckowian, Jack Williams, Cam Lund, Sam Colangelo
• Teammates at BU included Drew Commesso, Domenick Fensore

Zach Faremouth – Ferris State (2021-25)

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

David Gagnon – Lindenwood (2022-25)

• Led the Lions in scoring as a freshman and junior

Demetrios Koumontzis – Arizona State (2018-23)

• Teammates included Josh Doan, Brinson Pasichnuk

Andrius Kulbis-Marino – Sacred Heart (2020-24), LIU (2024-25)

Colton Leiter – Alaska (2016-20)

Ethan Leyh – Quinnipiac (2019-22), Bentley (2023-25)

• Captained Bentley in each of his last two collegiate seasons
• Two-time All-Atlantic Hockey Team
• AHA co-Best Defensive Forward in 2024-25
• Won NCAA championship at QU in 2022-23
• Teammates at QU included Skyler Brind'Amour, Yaniv Perets, Jacob Quillan

Wade Murphy – North Dakota (2013-15), Arizona State (2016-17)

• Teammates at UND included Nick Schmaltz, Drake Caggiula, Jordan Schmaltz, Tucker Poolman, Troy Stecher, Rocco Grimaldi
• Teammates at ASU included Joey Daccord

Patrick Newell – St. Cloud State (2015-19)

• Hobey Baker Award finalist, first-team All-American in 2018-19
• Named NCHC Forward of the Year after winning league's scoring title
• Also named first-team All-NCHC and NCHC All-Tournament Team
• Teammates included Blake Lizotte, Jimmy Schuldt, Jack Ahcan, Ryan Poehling, Nick Perbix, Mikey Eyssimont

Nikita Pavlychev – Penn State (2016-20)

• Teammates included Brandon Biro

Ryan Richardson – Clarkson (2021-25)

• Captained the Golden Knights as a senior

Anthony Rinaldi – Union (2016-20)

• Teammates included Sam Morton, Mike Vecchione, Spencer Foo, Nick Desimone

Billy Roche – Suffolk University (2018-22), Curry College (2022-23)

Jake Sibell – Niagara (2021-23), St. Thomas (2023-25)

Dalton Skelly – Holy Cross (2016-20)

Josiah Slavin – Colorado College (2019-21)

Tyler Weiss – Omaha (2018-23)

• Teammates included Brandon Scanlin, Taylor Ward, Victor Mancini, Mason Morelli, Fredrik Olofsson

College Draft Picks

Charlie Cerrato – So., F, Penn State – 2nd (49), 2025

• Named to Big Ten All-Rookie Team

Michael Emerson – Jr., F, Merrimack – 6th (190), 2023

• Spent first NCAA season at North Dakota

Jayden Perron – Jr., F, Michigan – 3rd (94), 2023

Justin Poirier – Fr., F, Maine – 5th (156), 2024