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Men’s Ice Hockey | 10/8/2024 12:00:53 PM
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More than 195 players with USHL experience are on NHL Opening Night rosters to start the 2024-25 season. Among that group are 2024 first-overall pick Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel/Boston University/San Jose Sharks), Adam Fantilli (Chicago Steel/University of Michigan/Columbus Blue Jackets) and Cole Caufield (NTDP/University of Wisconsin/Montreal Canadiens).
Every NHL team features USHL alumni on its roster with the Vancouver Canucks (12), Boston Bruins (11) and Columbus Blue Jackets (10) leading the league.
The USA Hockey NTDP leads USHL with 84 alumni, followed by the Chicago Steel (15), Tri-City Storm (12) and Sioux Falls Stampede (11).
NHL head coaches with USHL experience include Jim Montgomery (Dubuque Fighting Saints/Boston Bruins), Jon Cooper (Green Bay Gamblers/Tampa Bay Lightning) and Derek LaLonde (Green Bay Gamblers/Detroit Red Wings), each of whom won a Clark Cup.
Last year, 270 USHL alumni played in the NHL.
*Players who played for multiple USHL teams are listed multiple times.
**Data includes players who are on injured reserve or long-term injured reserve to open the season, or who have been designated injured/non-roster.
| USHL TEAM | PLAYER | NHL TEAM |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Adam Gaudette (RW/C) | Ottawa Senators |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Alec Martinez (D) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Bryce Montgomery (D) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Ivan Provorov (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Ross Colton (C) | Colorado Avalanche |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Sam Malinski (D) | Colorado Avalanche |
| Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Scott Perunovich (D) | St. Louis Blues |
| Chicago Steel | Adam Fantilli (C) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Chicago Steel | Brandon Duhaime (RW/LW) | Washington Capitals |
| Chicago Steel | Brendan Brisson (LW/RW) | Vegas Golden Knights |
| Chicago Steel | Christian Dvorak (LW/C) | Montréal Canadiens |
| Chicago Steel | Dan Vladar (G) | Calgary Flames |
| Chicago Steel | Dennis Gilbert (D) | Buffalo Sabres |
| Chicago Steel | Jaccob Slavin (D) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Chicago Steel | Jackson LaCombe (D) | Anaheim Ducks |
| Chicago Steel | Jamie Oleksiak (D) | Seattle Kraken |
| Chicago Steel | Mackie Samoskevich (RW/C) | Florida Panthers |
| Chicago Steel | Macklin Celebrini (C/LW) | San Jose Sharks |
| Chicago Steel | Matt Coronato (RW/LW) | Calgary Flames |
| Chicago Steel | Matt Kessel (D) | St. Louis Blues |
| Chicago Steel | Owen Power (D) | Buffalo Sabres |
| Chicago Steel | Josh Doan (RW/C) | Utah Hockey Club |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | A.J. Greer (LW) | Florida Panthers |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | Alex Laferriere (RW) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | Jeff Petry (D) | Detroit Red Wings |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | Mario Ferraro (D) | San Jose Sharks |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | Nick Seeler (D) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | Trevor Lewis (C/RW) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | Zach Aston-Reese (C/W) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Des Moines Buccaneers | Michael Kesselring (D) | Utah Hockey Club |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Zemgus Girgensons (W/C) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Mike Matheson (D) | Montréal Canadiens |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Matthew Savoie (C/W) | Edmonton Oilers |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Matt Benning (D) | San Jose Sharks |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Joakim Ryan (D) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Henry Thrun (D) | San Jose Sharks |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Eric Robinson (LW) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Dylan Gambrell (C) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Dubuque Fighting Saints | Matias Maccelli (LW/RW) | Utah Hockey Club |
| Fargo Force | Alex Iafallo (LW/C) | Winnipeg Jets |
| Fargo Force | Blake Lizotte (C/LW) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Fargo Force | Jonny Brodzinski (C/RW) | New York Rangers |
| Fargo Force | Matt Kessel (D) | St. Louis Blues |
| Fargo Force | Michael Eyssimont (C/LW) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Fargo Force | Mitchell Chaffee (RW) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Fargo Force | Nate Schmidt (D) | Florida Panthers |
| Fargo Force | Riley Tufte (LW/RW) | Boston Bruins |
| Fargo Force | Michael Kesselring (D) | Utah Hockey Club |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Artyom Levshunov (D) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Anders Lee (LW) | New York Islanders |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Andrew Peeke (D) | Boston Bruins |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Brendan Brisson (LW/RW) | Vegas Golden Knights |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Brendan Lemieux (LW) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Casey Mittelstadt (C/LW) | Colorado Avalanche |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Mason Lohrei (D) | Boston Bruins |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Nick Jensen (D) | Ottawa Senators |
| Green Bay Gamblers | Nick Schmaltz (C/RW) | Utah Hockey Club |
| Indiana Ice | Casey DeSmith (G) | Dallas Stars |
| Lincoln Stars | Cayden Primeau (G) | Montréal Canadiens |
| Lincoln Stars | Paul Cotter (C/W) | New Jersey Devils |
| Lincoln Stars | Ryan Poehling (C) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Lincoln Stars | Shane Pinto (C) | Ottawa Senators |
| Lincoln Stars | Zach Aston-Reese (C/W) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Muskegon Lumberjacks | Andrei Svechnikov (RW/LW) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Muskegon Lumberjacks | Conor Garland (RW/LW) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Muskegon Lumberjacks | Daniil Gushchin (LW/RW) | San Jose Sharks |
| Muskegon Lumberjacks | Joey Daccord (G) | Seattle Kraken |
| Muskegon Lumberjacks | Nick Seeler (D) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Muskegon Lumberjacks | Ryan Lomberg (LW) | Calgary Flames |
| NTDP | Brock Faber (D) | Minnesota Wild |
| NTDP | Ryan Hartman (RW/C) | Minnesota Wild |
| NTDP | Jon Merrill (D) | Minnesota Wild |
| NTDP | Matt Boldy (LW/RW) | Minnesota Wild |
| Omaha Lancers | Ryan Donato (C/W) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Omaha Lancers | Erik Haula (LW/C) | New Jersey Devils |
| Omaha Lancers | Jacob Bryson (D) | Buffalo Sabres |
| Omaha Lancers | Nick Perbix (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Omaha Lancers | Noah Cates (LW) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Omaha Lancers | Tucker Poolman (D) | Colorado Avalanche |
| Omaha Lancers | Will Borgen (D) | Seattle Kraken |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Bobby Brink (RW) | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Brock Boeser (RW) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Cole Koepke (LW/RW) | Boston Bruins |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Eeli Tolvanen (RW/LW) | Seattle Kraken |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Jake Guentzel (LW/C) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Martin Pospisil (C) | Calgary Flames |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Max Pacioretty (LW) | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Morgan Barron (C/W) | Winnipeg Jets |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Neal Pionk (D) | Winnipeg Jets |
| Sioux City Musketeers | Zach Bolduc (F) | St. Louis Blues |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Chad Ruhwedel (D) | New York Rangers |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Charlie Lindgren (G) | Washington Capitals |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Cole Sillinger (C) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Dakota Joshua (C/LW) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Jack St. Ivany (D) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Jamie Oleksiak (D) | Seattle Kraken |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Jeremy Swayman (G) | Boston Bruins |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Logan O’Connor (RW) | Colorado Avalanche |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Matt Kessel (D) | St. Louis Blues |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | Michael Eyssimont (C/LW) | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Sioux Falls Stampede | T.J. Oshie (RW) | Washington Capitals |
| Tri-City Storm | Adam Klapka (RW/LW) | Calgary Flames |
| Tri-City Storm | Blake Coleman (C/W) | Calgary Flames |
| Tri-City Storm | Brandon Duhaime (RW/LW) | Washington Capitals |
| Tri-City Storm | Gavin Brindley (RW) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Tri-City Storm | Jaden Schwartz (LW) | Seattle Kraken |
| Tri-City Storm | Mason Appleton (C/RW) | Winnipeg Jets |
| Tri-City Storm | Matthew Knies (LW/RW) | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Tri-City Storm | Nico Sturm (C/LW) | San Jose Sharks |
| Tri-City Storm | Shane Pinto (C) | Ottawa Senators |
| Tri-City Storm | Trevor Moore (C/W) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Tri-City Storm | Zac Jones (D) | New York Rangers |
| Tri-City Storm | John Marino (D) | Utah Hockey Club |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Craig Smith (C/RW) | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Brandon Montour (D) | Seattle Kraken |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Brock Boeser (RW) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Dylan Samberg (D) | Winnipeg Jets |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Jack Drury (C) | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Mark Friedman (D) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Mikey Anderson (D) | Los Angeles Kings |
| Waterloo Black Hawks | Tommy Novak (C) | Nashville Predators |
| Youngstown Phantoms | Jordan Harris (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Youngstown Phantoms | Kiefer Sherwood (W/C) | Vancouver Canucks |
| Youngstown Phantoms | Kyle Connor (LW) | Winnipeg Jets |
| Youngstown Phantoms | Nathan Walker (LW/RW) | St. Louis Blues |
| Youngstown Phantoms | Ryan Lomberg (LW) | Calgary Flames |
| Youngstown Phantoms | Ryan Shea (D) | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Youngstown Phantoms | Scott Mayfield (D) | New York Islanders |
