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FLYERS Former Collegians
8 – Cam York* – Michigan (2019-21)
- First-team All-American in 2021
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference as a sophomore
- Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team and honorable mention all-conference
10 –Bobby Brink – Denver (2019-22)
- Hobey Baker Award "Hobey Hat Trick" finalist in 2021-22
- Also earned first-team All-America honors after leading nation in scoring
- NCHC Player of the Year and NCHC Forward of the Year in 2021-22
- First-team All-NCHC in 2021-22
- NCHC All-Rookie Team in 2019-20
- Teammates included Ian Mitchell
19 – Garnet Hathaway – Brown (2010-14)
- Teammates included Harry Zolnierczyk, Nick Lappin
24 – Nick Seeler – Omaha (2012-14), Minnesota (2014-16)
- Teammates included Mike Reilly, Kyle Rau, Justin Kloos, Hudson Fasching, Vinni Lettieri
25 – Ryan Poehling – St. Cloud State (2016-19)
- First-team All-NCHC selection as a junior
- Teammates included Blake Lizotte, Jon Lizotte
27 – Noah Cates – Minnesota Duluth (2018-22)
- First-team All-NCHC and second-team All-American as a sophomore
- Second-team All-NCHC as a junior
- NCHC All-Rookie Team selection
- Teammates included brother Jackson Cates, Scott Perunovich, Mikey Anderson
77 – Erik Johnson – Minnesota (2006-07)
- The third college player to be selected No. 1 overall in the NHL
Entry Draft (Rick DiPietro, Joe Murphy)
- Teammates included Kyle Okposo, Alex Goligoski, Blake Wheeler
86 – Joel Farabee – Boston University (2018-19)
- Hockey East Rookie of the Year and All-Rookie Team selection
- Teammates included Dante Fabbro, Jake Oettinger
* = on Injured Reserve
Front Office President, Hockey Operations Keith Jones – Western Michigan (1988-92)
VP, Assistant General Manager Brent Flahr – Princeton (1992-96)
Senior Advisor Paul Holmgren – Minnesota (1974-75)
Senior Advisor Dean Lombardi
– New Haven (1979-82)
Special Advisor, Hockey Operations John LeClair – Vermont (1987-91)
Special Advisor, Hockey Operations Patrick Sharp – Vermont (2000-02)
Head Coach John Tortorella
– Maine
(1978-81)
Assistant Coach, Video Adam Patterson – Wisconsin-Eau Claire
(1994-98)
Assistant Coach, Skills Angelo Ricci – Denver
(1991-95)
Director, Pro Scouting Mike Eastwood – Western Michigan (1987-91)
Pro Scout Ross Fitzpatrick
– Western Michigan (1978-82)
Pro Scout Dany Heatley – Wisconsin (1999-2001)
Amateur Scout Shane Fukushima
– Wisconsin-River Falls (1998-2001)
Amateur Scout Kyle Shero – Connecticut College (2018-22)
College Scout Wade Clarke – Hobart (1991-93)
College Scout Len Quesnelle – Princeton (1984-88)
ECHL Head Coach Jason Binkley – Ferris State (2011-15)
In the Minors
Louie Belpedio – Miami (2014-18)
- Second-team All-NCHC and team captain as a senior
- Twice named honorable mention All-NCHC
- NCHC All-Rookie Team selection
Jacques Bouquot – Vermont (2019-23), Penn State (2023-24)
- Captained Vermont as a senior in 2022-23
Logan Britt – Quinnipiac (2019-21), Sacred Heart (2021-23), North Dakota (2023-24)
- Second-team All-Atlantic Hockey in 2021-22
- Teammates at QU included Yaniv Perets
Travis Broughman
– SUNY Oswego (2018-22)
- First-team All-SUNYAC as a senior
- Earned third-team honors in 2019-20
Matt Brown – UMass Lowell (2019-21), Boston University (2021-23)
- Second-team All-American as a senior
- Also earned first-team All-Hockey East honors
- Teammates at BU included Alex Vlasic
- Teammates at UMass Lowell included Lucas Condotta
Adam Brubacher – RIT (2016-20)
- Second-team All-Atlantic Hockey in 2020
- Third-team All-Atlantic Hockey in 2019
- Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Year as a freshman
Nick Capone – UConn (2020-24)
Gianfranco Cassaro – UMass (2019-21), RIT (2021-24)
- Second-team All-America honoree in 2023-24
- Also named first-team All-Atlantic Hockey in each of his final two seasons
- Won NCAA championship at UMass in 2020-21
- Temamates at UMass included Zac Jones, Matthew Kessel, Marc Del Gaizo, Matthew Murray, John Leonard, Mitchell Chaffee
Brock Caufield – Wisconsin (2018-13)
- Tied for third on Badgers in scoring in 2022-23
- Teammates included Dylan Holloway, K'Andre Miller, Wyatt Kalynuk, Alex Turcotte
- Older brother of current Montreal forward and former UW teammate Cole Caufield
Powell Connor – Michigan State (2020-23), Canisius (2023-24)
Brendan Furry – Minnesota State (2020-23)
- Won a conference championship each of his three years
- Served as team captain in 2022-23
- Teammates included Akito Hirose, Nathan Smith, Walker Duehr
Parker Gahagen – Army (2013-17)
- Second-team All-Atlantic hockey as a junior and senior
Rhett Gardner – North Dakota (2015-19)
- NCHC's Best Defensive Forward as a junior
- Teammates included Troy Stecher, Drake Caggiula, Nick Schmaltz, Brock Boeser, Tyson Jost, Tucker Poolman
Tyler Gratton – Penn State (2019-23), Arizona State (2023-24)
- Teammates at PSU included Brandon Biro
- Son of former NHL forward Chris Gratton
Kenny Johnson – Penn State (2019-23)
Ryan Leibold
– Holy Cross (2018-22), Merrimack (2022-23)
- Third-team All-Atlantic Hockey with Holy Cross in 2022
- Led the Crusaders in scoring that season
Tony Malinowski – Minnesota State (2020-24)
- Teammates included Jake Livingstone, Akito Hirose, Ondrej Pavel, Nathan Smith, Walker Duehr
Cooper Marody – Michigan (2015-18)
- First-team All-Big Ten selection as a junior
Austin Master – Stevenson (2019-23)
Hunter McDonald – Northeastern (2022-24)
- Named Hockey East's Best Defensive Defenseman as a freshman
- Also earned Hockey East All-Rookie Team honors
Connor McMenamin – Penn State (2019-23), Minnesota Duluth (2023-24)
- Teammates at PSU included Brandon Biro
Matt Miller – Omaha (2020-24)
- Teammates included Brandon Scanlin
Cal Petersen – Notre Dame (2014-17)
- Hockey East Goaltender of the Month for Jan. 2016
- Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection in 2015
Keith Petruzelli – Quinnipiac (2017-21)
- First-team All-ECAC Hockey and the conference's Ken Dryden Goaltender of the Year in 2021
- Teammates included Yaniv Perets
Noah Prokop – Omaha (2019-21), Colorado College (2021-23), St. Thomas (2023-24)
- Teammatesat CC included Hunter McKown
Vinnie Purpura – Boston University (2018-20); Long Island (2020-23)
- Teammates at BU included Jake Oettinger, Trevor Zegras, Joel Farabee, Dante Fabbro
Massimo Rizzo – Denver (2021-24)
- Two-time NCAA champion (2022, 2024)
- Second-team All-America as a sophomore, junior and senior
- First-team All-NCHC as a sophomore, Second-team All-NCHC as a junior
- Named to NCHC All-Rookie Team as a freshman
Shane Sellar – Dartmouth (2016-19), Rensselaer (2021-22)
Todd Skirving – RIT (2013-17)
Robbie Stucker – Minnesota (2018-21), Vermont (2021-23)
- Teammates at UM included Brock Faber, Jackson LaCombe, Rem Pitlick, Ryan Johnson, Sammy Walker
Nolan Welsh – Long Island (2020-24)
College Draft Picks
Alex Bump – So., F, Western Michigan – 5th (133), 2022
- NCHC All-Rookie Team in 2023-24
Devin Kaplan – Jr., F, Boston University – 3rd (69), 2022
Cole Knuble – So., F, Notre Dame – 4th (103), 2023
- Named Hockey East's Best Defensive Defenseman as a freshman
- Father of former NHL forwrd Mike Knuble
Ryan MacPherson – Fr., F, New Hampshire –
6th (172), 2023
Owen McLaughlin – Jr., F, North Dakota – 7th (206), 2021
Ty Murchison – Sr., D, Arizona State –
5th (158), 2021
Noah Powell – Fr., F, Ohio State – 5th (148), 2024 |