Draft | 6/7/2024 9:32:12 AM

The United States Hockey League takes a team-by-team look ahead of the 2024 NHL Draft.

The Sioux City Musketeers had one player selected in the 2023 NHL Draft in forward Ryan Conmy (selected at #182 by the Los Angeles Kings) and had three players selected in the 2022 NHL Draft in Dylan James (40th overall to Detroit), Garrett Brown (#99 to Winnipeg) and Joel Maatta (#222 to Edmonton). 

The Musketeers have had a total of 64 players selected all-time.  Defenseman Rostislav Klesla, who was picked fourth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets during the 2000 NHL Draft, owns the distinction as the highest-ever Sioux City Musketeer draft pick.

The Musketeers have had at least one player picked in each of the last 20 NHL Drafts dating back to the 2004 Draft. 

Top Prospects for 2024

Hagen Burrows, Forward
NHL Scouting Rank: #68
College Commitment: Denver

Burrows, a Minnetonka (Minn.) High School product, registered nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points in 25 games with Sioux City in 2023-24. The righthanded-shooting forward was named Mr. Hockey for the state of Minnesota this year after racking up 59 points on 19 goals and 20 assists in 28 games with Minnetonka.  

Kaden Shahan, Forward
NHL Scouting Rank: #115
College Commitment: UConn

Shahan, a native of Everett, Wash., had 39 goals and 18 assists for 57 points in 56 games with Sioux City in 2023-24.  His 39 goals ranked third in the USHL and his 24.5 shot percentage ranked 15th. The University of Connecticut commit had 159 shots on goal, five game-winning goals and was +3 on the season.

The USHL has had 50-or-more players selected in each of the last six NHL Drafts, with a league-best 57 chosen in 2022 and 2018. In all the USHL has seen 1,041 of its players selected in total, with at least one player taken in each draft but one dating back to 1981.