Dubuque Fighting Saints Draft Preview
The United States Hockey League takes a team-by-team look ahead of the 2023 NHL Draft.
The Dubuque Fighting Saints have had at least one player selected in each of the last seven NHL Drafts and 11 of the last 12. Including forward
Matthew Savoie, who was chosen ninth overall by Buffalo in 2022, dating back to the 1999-00 season the Fighting Saints have had 39 players selected in the NHL Draft.
Savoie is the highest-drafter former Fighting Saint and is followed by
Zemgus Girgensons (Buffalo - 14th Overall, 2012),
Landon Wilson (Toronto - 19th Overall, 1993),
Mike Matheson (Florida - 23rd Overall, 2012) and
Peter Ferraro (New York Rangers - 24th Overall, 1992).
Top Prospects for 2023
Lucas St. Louis, Defense
Central Scouting Rank: #207
College Commitment: Harvard
St. Louis, who registered 3-21—24 in 61 games during the 2022-23 regular season, was named the USHL Scholar-Athlete of the Year. St. Louis, who boasts a cumulative 3.95 grade point average and is committed to play college hockey at Harvard, was a member of the USA Hockey Roster for the Under-17 Four Nations Tournament in 2021-22. St. Louis, the son of Hockey Hall of Famer
Martin St. Louis, had a goal and an assist and was +2 in a 5-4 loss to Youngstown March 16, 2023.
The USHL has had 50-or-more players selected in each of the last five NHL Drafts, with a league-best 57 chosen in 2022 and 2018. In all the USHL has seen 990 of its players selected in total, with at least one player taken in each draft but one dating back to 1981.