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Former Collegians

2 – Will Smith – Boston College (2023-24)

  • One of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award in 2023-24
  • Led NCAA in scoring and earned first-team All-America honors
  • First-team All-Hockey East, HEA All-Rookie Team as a freshman

3 – Henry Thrun – Harvard (2019-20, 2021-23)

  • First-team All-American as a senior
  • ECAC Best Defensive Defenseman, first-team All-ECAC as a senior
  • First-Team All-Ivy League as a senior
  • Second-team All-America as a junior
  • Second-team All-ECAC as a junior
  • ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team selection

7 – Nico Sturm* – Clarkson (2016-19)

  • Hobey Baker Award finalist as a junior
  • First-team All-ECAC Hockey as a junior and twice named the conference's Best Defensive Forward
  • Teammates included Sheldon Rempal

11 – Luke Kunin – Wisconsin (2015-17)

  • Team captain as a sophomore
  • Second-team All-Big Ten selection

38 – Mario Ferraro – Massachusetts (2017-19)

  • Third-team All-Hockey East in 2019
  • Hockey East All-Rookie Team selection
  • Teammates included Cale Makar

71 – Macklin Celebrini – Boston University (2023-24)

  • No. 1 overall pick in 2024 NHL Draft
  • Won Hobey Baker Memorial Award as a freshman
  • Also won Tim Taylor Award as national rookie of the year
  • Named first-team All-America
  • Hockey East Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year
  • Hockey East First All-Star Team
  • Won Hockey East scoring title

96 – Jake Walman – Providence (2014-17)

  • First-team All-American and first-team All-Hockey East as a sophomore
  • NCAA champion in 2015
  • Teammates included Mark Jankowski, Jon Gillies

* = on Injured Reserve

Front Office

General Manager Mike Grier – Boston University (1993-96)
Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky – Sacred Heart (2007-09), Curry (2009-11)
Assistant Coach Jeff Ulmer – North Dakota (1995-99)
Assistant Coach Brian Wiseman – Michigan (1990-94)
Goaltending Coach Thomas Speer – UW Stevens Point (2007-10), UMass-Boston (2010-11)
Director, Hockey Projects & Analytics Charlie Townsend – Middlebury (2006-10)
Player Development Coach Tommy Wingels – Miami (2007-10)
Director of Player Development/Senior Advisor Todd Marchant – Clarkson (1991-93)
Hockey Operations Advisor Doug Weight – Lake Superior State (1989-91)
Pro Personnel Senior Advisor Ryan Stewart – Canisius (1994-98)
Senior Advisor/Pro Scout Tim Burke – New Hampshire (1973-77)
Amateur Scout Jaren Burke – Rensselaer (2017-19)
Amateur Scout Neil McKenney – Sacred Heart (2009-12)
Amateur Scout Thomas Vanek – Minnesota (2002-04)
Goalie Scout & Goaltending Development Ryan Miller – Michigan State (1999-2002)
AHL Head Coach John McCarthy – Boston University (2005-09)
AHL Assistant Coach Kyle Hagel – Princeton (2004-08)
AHL Assistant Coach Louis Mass – Bowling Green (1997-2001)

In the Minors

Peter Bates – St. Norbert (2017-22)

  • Led the Green Knights in scoring as a junior and senior

Thomas Bordeleau – Michigan (2020-22)

  • Named the 2021 Tim Taylor National Rookie of the Year
  • Big Ten Freshman of the Year, second-team all-conference and named to the all-freshman team
  • Teammates included Owen Power, Matty Beniers, Kent Johnson, Cam York
  • Son of former NHL forward Sebastien Bordeleau

Jeremie Bucheler – Northeastern (2019-23), Vermont (2023-24)

  • Assistant captain for Vermont as a grad transfer in 2023-24
  • Teammates at Northeastern included Jordan Harris, Jayden Struble, Mike Kesselring

Gabe Carriere – Vermont (2020-24)

Aaron Dell – North Dakota (2009-12)

  • Second-team All-American and first-team All-WCHA as a sophomore
  • Won 30 games that year to break Ed Belfour's single-season school record
  • WCHA Final Five MVP as a junior
  • Teammates included Brock Nelson, Derek Forbort, Rocco Grimaldi, Brad Malone, Chris VandeVelde

Jay Dickman – Bemidji State (2015-19)

  • Teammates included Zach Whitecloud

Dominic Dockery – Merrimack (2017-21); Maine (2021-22)

Nicholas Favaro – Curry College (2019-23)

Ryan Finnegan – Lindenwood (2018-23)

Ethan Frisch – North Dakota (2019-22)

  • Teammates included Jake Sanderson, Shane Pinto, Matt Kiersted, Tyler Kleven

Trevor Gorsuch – Western Michigan (2015-19)

  • Teammates included Wade Allison, Corey Schueneman, Sheldon Dries

Gavin Gould – Michigan Tech (2016-19); Bowling Green (2020-21)

Collin Graf –Union (2021-22), Quinnipiac (2022-24)

  • Won NCAA championship at Quinnipiac in 2022-23
  • Top-10 Hobey Baker Award finalist each of his two years at QU
  • Also earned All-America honors both years at QU
  • Named first-team All-ECAC Hockey in 2022-23

Luke Grainger – Western Michigan (2020-24)

  • Second-team All-NCHC as a senior
  • Also won the NCHC's Senior Scholar-Athlete Award in 2023-24
  • Captained the Broncos as a senior
  • Teammates included Ronnie Attard, Jason Polin

Austin Heidemann – Mercyhurst (2020-22), RPI (2022-24)

  • Led RPI in scoring as a senior in 2023-24
  • Led Mercyhurst in scoring as a sophomore in 2021-22
  • Named to Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie Team as a freshman

Shane Kuzmeski – Clarkson (2016-20)

  • Teammates included Nico Sturm, Josh Dunne, Sheldon Rempal

T.J. Lloyd – Bowling Green (2019-22), Alaska (2022-24)

Jason Pineo – Niagara (2019-23)

Andrew Poturalski – New Hampshire (2014-16)

  • First-team All-American and first-team All-Hockey East as a sophomore

Kyle Rau – Minnesota (2011-15)

  • Second-team All-Big Ten as a junior and senior
  • Captained the Golden Gophers in each of those two seasons
  • Named to WCHA All-Rookie Team as a freshman
  • Teammates included Brady Skjei, Erik Haula, Nick Bjugstad, Mike Reilly, Travis Boyd, Hudson Fasching, Vinni Lettieri

Liam Robertson –Union (2019-2024)

  • ECAC Second All-Star Team in 2023-24
  • Teammates included Collin Graf

Ethan Roswell – Bentley (2018-22)

Jimmy Schuldt – St. Cloud State (2015-19)

  • Three-year team captain
  • First-team All-American as a junior
  • NCHC Player of the Year and Defensive Defenseman of the Year as a senior
  • Two-time first-team All-NCHC and a Hobey Baker finalist

Nico Somerville – American International (2020-24)

  • Named to Atlantic Hockey All-Tournament Team in 2023-24
  • All-AHA Rookie Team in 2020-21

Michal Stinil – American International (2020-22)

Lucas Vanroboys – Bentley (2019-23), UMass (2023-24)

Donavan Villeneuve-Houle – Maine (2020-24)

Anthony Vincent – Holy Cross (2018-22); Long Island (2022-23)

  • Led LIU in scoring as a grad transfer in 2022-23
  • Two-year assistant captain at Holy Cross

Jake Wahlin – St. Cloud State (2016-20)

Colin White – Boston College (2015-17)

  • Hockey East Rookie of the Year as a freshman
  • Also earned second-team All-Hockey East that year
  • Teammates included Alex Tuch, Thatcher Demko, Joseph Woll, Casey Fitzgerald, Zach Sanford, Miles Wood
College Draft Picks

Eli Barnett – So., D, Vermont – 7th (195), 2022

Reese Laubach – So., F, Penn State – 7th (217), 2022

Cam Lund – Jr., F, Northeastern – 2nd (34), 2022

  • Named to Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2023

Joey Muldowney – So., F, UConn – 6th (172), 2022

Eric Pohlkamp – So., F, Denver – 5th (132), 2023

  • Transferred from Bemidji State following freshman season
  • First-team All-CCHA, CCHA All-Rookie Team as a freshman

Timofei Spitserov – Sr., F, Vermont – 7th (210), 2020

Brandon Svoboda – Fr., F, Boston University – 3rd (71), 2023