COLORADO AVALANCHE

Former Collegians

5 – Tucker Poolman** – North Dakota (2014-17)

• First-team All-American and first-team All-NCHC selection as a junior
• Won the NCAA title in 2016
• Teammates included Drake Caggiula, Troy Stecher, Nick Schmaltz, Brock Boeser, Tyson Jost, Paul LaDue

7 – Devon Toews – Quinnipiac (2013-16)

• Second-team All-ECAC Hockey as a junior
• Teammates included Matthew Peca, Connor Clifton

8 – Cale Makar – Massachusetts (2017-19)

• Hobey Baker Award winner as a sophomore, leading his team to the NCAA title game
• Hockey East Player of the Year and first-team all-conference as a sophomore
• Finished third nationally in scoring, one point behind the co-leaders
• As a freshman was third-team All-Hockey East and an All-Rookie Team selection
• Teammates included Mario Ferraro

9 – T.J. Tynan – Notre Dame (2010-14)

• MVP of the 2013 CCHA Tournament
• First-team All-CCHA in 2012
• National rookie of the year in 2011
• Teammates included Anders Lee, Bryan Rust, Stephen Johns, Riley Sheahan

20 – Ross Colton* – Vermont (2016-18)

• Led Vermont in goals and points as a sophomore and was honorable mention All-Hockey East

25 – Logan O'Connor – Denver (2015-18)

• Won the 2017 NCAA championship
• Teammates included Will Butcher, Troy Terry, Henrik Borgstrom, Dylan Gambrell

28 – Miles Wood – Boston College (2015-16)

• Teammates included Steven Santini, Johnny Gaudreau, Michael Matheson, Alex Tuch

37 – Casey Mittelstadt – Minnesota (2017-18)

• Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection in 2018

42 – Josh Manson – Northeastern (2011-14)

• Team captain as a junior
• Named Hockey East's Best Defensive Defenseman and a second-team All-Hockey East selection in 2014
• Teammates included Kevin Roy, Matt Benning, Zach Aston-Reese

70 – Sam Malinski – Cornell (2019-23)

• Second-team All-America selection as a senior
• Captained the Big Red in 2022-23
• First-team All-ECAC in 2021-22
• All-Ivy League Honorable Mention in 2019-20
• Teammates included Morgan Barron

* = on Injured Reserve
** = Injured/Non-Roster

General Manager Chris MacFarland – Pace (1988-92)
Special Assistant to the GM Andrew Cogliano – Michigan (2005-07)
Skills Coach Toby Peterson– Colorado College (1996-2000)
Director of Amateur Scouting Nick Pryor – Maine (2009-13)
Head College Scout/Amateur Scout Mike Battaglia – SUNY Geneseo (2008-11)
Pro Scout Keith Aucoin – Norwich (1997-2001)
Pro Scout Dan Laperriere – St. Lawrence (1988-92)
Scout Rob Riley – Boston College (1974-78)
Scout Neil Shea – Boston College (1982-86)
AHL Head Coach Aaron Schneekloth – North Dakota (1998-2002)
AHL Goaltending Coach Matt Zaba – Colorado College (2003-07)
AHL Video Coach Kim Weiss – Trinity College (2007-11)
ECHL Assistant Coach Christian Horn – St. Lawrence (2014-16)

Wyatt Aamodt – Minnesota State (2018-22)

• Served as team captain as a senior and led MSU to NCAA runner-up finish
• Teammates included Nathan Smith, Walker Duehr, Marc Michaelis, Conner Mackey

Jack Ahcan – St. Cloud State (2016-20)

• Second-team All-American in 2019
• Twice a second-team All-NCHC selection (2019, '20)
• NCHC All-Rookie Team selection
• Teammates included Ryan Poehling, Jon Lizotte, Will Borgen

Aaron Aragon – New England (2018-22)

Jake Barczewski – Canisius (2019-23), Michigan (2023-24)

• Atlantic Hockey Tournament MVP at Canisius in 2022-23
• Also earned third-team All-AHA honors
• First-team All-AHA in 2021-22 and 2020-21
• AHA Goaltender of the Year in 2020-21

Sean Behrens – Denver (2021-24)

• Two-time NCAA champion (2021-22, 2023-24)
• NCHC Defensive Defenseman of the Year as a junior
• Also earned third-team All-NCHC honors that year
• All-NCHC Honorable Mention as a sophomore
• Named to NCHC All-Rookie Team as a freshman
• Won bronze medal (USA) at 2023 World Junior Championship

Chase Bradley – UConn (2021-24)

Cameron Buhl – St. Lawrence (2019-24)

• First-team All-ECAC as a sophomore

Derek Daschke – Miami (2018-22), Minnesota Duluth (2022-23)

• Served as team captain at Miami in 2021-22
• Teammates at Miami included Grant Hutton
• Teammates at UMD included Wyatt Kaiser

Kabore Dunn – Maine (2020-22), Lindenwood (2022-24)

Vinny Duplessis – Boston University (2020-23), Quinnipiac (2023-24)

• All-ECAC Third Team as a senior with QU
• Teammates at BU included Alex Vlasic

Cole Gallant – Western Michigan (2018-23)

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

Chad Hillebrand – Western Michigan (2020-24)

• Teammates included Ronnie Attard, Jason Polin

Reed Lebster – UMass (2019-23), Michigan State (2023-24)

• Won NCAA championship at UMass in 2020-21
• Teammates at UMass included Zac Jones, Matt Kessel, Matthew Murray, Scott Morrow, John Leonard, Mitchell Chaffee

Jacob MacDonald – Cornell (2011-15)

• Teammates included Joakim Ryan, Joel Lowry

Luke Manning – Air Force (2019-20), St. Thomas (2020-24)

Keaton Mastrodonato – Canisius (2019-23)

• Led team in scoring each of his last three seasons
• Named All-Atlantic Hockey each of those years

Connor Mayer – Colorado College (2019-24)

• Teammates included Hunter McKown, Josiah Slavin

Jayson Megna – Omaha (2011-12)

• Ranked third on the Mavericks in scoring and led the team in plus/minus (+13) as a freshman
• WCHA All-Rookie Team selection
• Teammates included Andrej Sustr, Josh Archibald

Mick Messner – Wisconsin (2018-20), Merrimack (2020-23)

• Teammates at UW included Cole Caufield, K'Andre Miller, Dylan Holloway, Wyatt Kalynuk

Cade Neilson – Alaska (2022-24)

• Captained Alaska as a senior in 2022-23

Ondrej Pavel – Minnesota State (2020-23)

• Won a conference title each of his three years at MSU
• Teammates included Nathan Smith, Walker Duehr

Jason Polin – Western Michigan (2019-23)

• Second-team All-American, Hobey Baker Award finalist as a senior
• Tied for the NCAA lead with 30 goals
• Named NCHC Player of the Year, Forward of the Year in 2022-23
• Also garnered first-team All-NCHC honors

Garrett Pyke – Alaska (2019-23), North Dakota (2023-24)

• Captained Alaska as a senior in 2022-23

Adam Scheel – North Dakota (2018-21)

• NCHC Goaltender of the Year in 2020-21
• Also earned first-team All-NCHC honors that season
• Honorable mentionm All-NCHC in 2019-20
• Named to NCHC All-Rookie Team as a freshman
• Teammates included Shane Pinto, Jake Sanderson, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Cole Smith, Matt Kiersted

Mark Senden – North Dakota (2018-23)

• Captained the Fighting Hawks each of his last two seasons
• Teammates included Jake Sanderson, Shane Pinto, Matt Kiersted, Cole Smith, Jasper Weatherby

Neil Shea – Northeastern (2019-21), Sacred Heart (2021-23)

• Led Sacred Heart in scoring in each of his two seasons with the Pioneers
• All-Atlantic Hockey First Team in 2022-23
• Earned second-team Atlantic Hockey honors and tied for league scoring lead in 2021-22
• Spent his first two years at Northeastern
• Teammates at NU included Jordan Harris, Michael Kesselring

Matt Stienburg – Cornell (2019-23)

• Named second-team All-ECAC in 2021-22
• Teammates included Morgan Barron
• Son of former NHL forward Trevor Stienburg

Chris Wagner – Colgate (2010-12)

• Second-team All-ECAC selection in 2012
• Top five nationally in assists as a sophomore

Blake Wells – UMass Lowell (2019-23), AIC (2023-24)

• Teammates at UMass Lowell included Lucas Condotta

Bryan Yoon – Colorado College (2018-23)

• Served as team captain in 2022-23
• Named to All-NCHC Rookie Team as a freshman
• Teammates included Hunter McKown, Josiah Slavin

College Draft Picks

Colby Ambrosio – Gr., F, Miami – 4th (118), 2020

• Transferred from Boston College after senior season

Jake Fisher – Fr., F, Denver – 4th (121), 2024

Christian Humphreys – Fr., F, Michigan – 7th (215), 2024

Taylor Makar – Sr., F, Maine – 7th (220), 2021

• Transferred from UMass following junior season
• Younger brother of Colorado defenseman Cale Makar

Tory Pitner – Fr., D, Denver – 6th (185), 2024

Christopher Romaine – Fr., D, Ohio State – 6th (193), 2022