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Former Collegians

1 – Casey DeSmith – New Hampshire (2011-14)

  • Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2012
  • Teammates included Trevor van Riemsdyk

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

15 – Colin Blackwell – Harvard (2011-16)

  • Teammates included Jimmy Vesey, Alex Killorn, Alexander Kerfoot, Sean Malone

29 – Jake Oettinger – Boston University (2016-19)

  • Second-team All-Hockey East and Hockey East All-Rookie team in 2017
  • Teammates included Dante Fabbro, Clayton Keller, Charlie McAvoy, Jordan Greenway
Front Office

Special Assistant to the President Marty Turco – Michigan (1994-98)
Assistant General Manager/AHL GM Scott White – Michigan Tech (1985-89)
Assistant Coach Steve Spott – Colgate (1986-90)
Director, Player Personnel Rich Peverley – St. Lawrence (2000-04)
Coordinator, Player Development Ben Bishop – Maine (2005-08)
Scout Bob Emery – Boston College (1982-86)
Pro Scout Matt Mangene – Maine (2009-12)
AHL Head Coach Neil Graham – Mercyhurst (2006-10)
AHL Assistant Coach Travis Morin – Minnesota State (2003-07)
ECHL Head Coach Everett Sheen – Holy Cross (2007-11)

In the Minors

Jack Becker – Michigan (2017-21), Arizona State (2021-22)

Hank Crone – Boston Univ. (2017-18), Denver (2019-21), Northern Michigan (2021-22)

  • Teammates at DU included Cole Guttman, Bobby Brink, Magnus Chrona
  • Teammates at BU included Brady Tkachuk, Jake Oettinger, Jordan Greenway, Dante Fabbro

Slava Demin – Denver (2018-21), UMass (2021-22), Merrimack (2022-23)

  • Teammates at UMass included Matthew Murray, Matt Kessel
  • Teammates at DU included Ian Mitchell, Cole Guttman, Bobby Brink

Justin Ertel – Cornell (2021-22)

  • Teammates included Sam Malinski, Matt Stienburg

Justin Hryckowian – Northeastern (2021-24)

  • Hockey East Best Defensive Forward in each of his final two seasons
  • Second-team All-Hockey East in 2022-23, third-team in 2023-24
  • Named to Hockey East All-Rookie Team as a freshman
  • Teammates included Devon Levi, Jordan Harris, Jayden Struble, Aidan McDonough

Cameron Hughes – Wisconsin (2014-18)

  • Team captain as a senior
  • Teammates included Luke Kunin, Trent Frederic

Michael Karow – Boston College (2017-21), Michigan Tech (2021-22)

Ben Kraws – Miami (2019-21), Arizona St. (2021-23), St. Lawrence (2023-24)

  • Teammates at ASU included Josh Doan

Luke Krys – Brown (2019-20, 2021-23), Providence (2023-24)

  • Served as team captain at Brown as a senior in 2022-23
  • Two-time All-Ivy League selection (2023, 2022)

Kyle Looft – Bemidji State (2019-24)

  • CCHA Defenseman of the Year, Best Defensive Defenseman in 2023-24
  • Also earned first-team All-CCHA honors
  • Captained the Beavers in each of his last two years

Connor MacEachern – Penn State (2019-23)

  • Teammates included Brandon Biro

Curtis McKenzie – Miami (2009-13)

  • Won Miami's George Gwozdecky Blue Line Club Award as a senior, given to a player who has gone above and beyond what is expected, on and off the ice
  • Teammates included Reilly Smith, Tommy Wingels, Andy Miele

Jade Miller – Minnesota Duluth (2016-20)

Mark Olver –Northern Michigan (2007-10)

  • Hobey Baker finalist, first-team All-America as a junior
  • Also named first-team All-CCHA
  • Teammates included Erik Gustafsson

Ty Pelton-Byce – Harvard (2016-18), Wisconsin (2019-21)

Emilio Pettersen – Denver (2018-20)

  • Second-team All-NCHC as a sophomore

Anthony Romano – Clarkson (2019-24)

  • Teammates included Josh Dunne

Tomas Sholl – Bowling Green (2013-17)

  • Teammates included Sean Walker, Ryan Carpenter, Mark Friedman

Sam Sternschein – Penn State (2017-21), Boston College (2021-22)

  • Teammates at BC included Drew Helleson, Jack McBain, Jack St. Ivany, Mark McLaughlin
  • Teammates at Penn State included Brandon Biro

C.J. Walker – Wisconsin-Superior (2020-24)

A.J. White – UMass Lowell (2012-16)

Trevor Zins – St. Cloud State (2019-21), St. Thomas (2021-23)

  • Teammates at SCSU included Nick Perbix, Jack Ahcan
College Draft Picks

Jack Bar – Sr., D, Harvard – 5th (138), 2021

George Fegaras – So., D, Cornell – 3rd (83), 2022

Ayrton Martino – Sr., F, Clarkson – 3rd (73), 2021

  • Third-team All-ECAC as a sophomore
  • Named to ECAC All-Rookie Team as a freshman

Aram Minnetian – So., D, Boston College – 4th (125), 2023

Samuel Sjölund – Jr., D, Western Michigan – 4th (111), 2019