General | 3/25/2025 11:07:39 AM

The USHL has 295 alumni participating in the 2025 Division I Men’s Hockey Championship which starts Thursday, March 27 and culminates with the Frozen Four April 10 and 12 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo.
 
With spots on every participating roster and an average of more than 18 players per team in the 16-seed bracket, USHL alumni have demonstrated the league’s development path puts prospective student-athletes in a position to develop and succeed. Boston College, Michigan State and Western Michigan, three of the top four seeds, each have 22 or more players from the USHL.
 
Seven of the top ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, awarded to college’s hockey’s most outstanding player, and three of the top four finalists for the Mike Richter Award, awarded to the NCAA’s top goalie, played in the USHL, giving the league more finalists than any junior league in the world. More than 70 players across Division I college hockey were tabbed with all-conference honors.
 
Eight of the last 10 Hobey Baker winners played in the USHL, including each of the last five. USHL goalies have received more than half of the Mike Richter Awards since its inception in 2014. Hobey Baker Award finalists participating in the tournament include Ryan Leonard (Boston College), Jimmy Snuggerud (Minnesota), Issac Howard (Michigan State), Jack Devine (Denver), Zeev Buium (Denver) and Alex Tracy (Minnesota State).

• First Round: Thursday, March 27 
  • Boston University vs. Ohio State | 1p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
  • Western Michigan vs. Minnesota State | 5 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
  • Michigan State vs. Cornell | 4:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
  • Minnesota vs. UMass | 7;30 p.m. CT/8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
• First Round: Friday, March 28
  • Boston College vs. Bentley | 1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
  • UConn vs. Quinnipiac | 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
  • Providence vs. Denver | 4:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+)
  • Maine vs. Penn State | 7:30 p.m. CT/8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
• Second Round | Saturday March 29 & Sunday, March 30
• Men’s Frozen Four Semifinals | Thursday, April 10
• Men’s Frozen Four National Championship | Saturday, April 12 on ESPN2

Notes: The only player in the NCAA tournament with a Clark Cup and NCAA title is Garrett Brown, who won a Clark Cup with Sioux City in 2022 and national championship with Denver in 2024…There are more than 25 players across 11 schools with a Clark Cup championship... Hampton Slukynsky (Western Michigan), Iiro Hakkarainen (Western Michigan) and Leo Gruba (Minnesota) won a Clark Cup with the Fargo Force in 2023-24. They’ll return to Scheels Arena for the Fargo Regional Thursday, March 27 and Saturday, March 29…More than half of Division I players in 2024-25 played in the USHL…80% of players on current USHL rosters are committed to DI programs…

Boston College (Hockey East)

• Ryan Leonard, NTDP*
• Gabe Perreault, NTDP
• Jacob Fowler, NTDP
• James Hagens, NTDP
• Andre Gasseau, NTDP/Fargo Force
• Teddy Stiga, NTDP
• Eamon Powell, NTDP
• Lukas Gustafsson, Chicago Steel
• Aram Minnetian, NTDP
• Will Vote, NTDP
• Drew Fortescue, NTDP
• Mike Posma, NTDP/Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Tri-City Storm
• Aidan Hreschuk, NTDP
• Michael Hagens, Chicago Steel
• Will Skahan, NTDP
• Jake Sondreal, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Brady Berard, NTDP
• Dean Letourneau, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Tim Delay, Green Bay Gamblers/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Nolan Joyce, Chicago Steel
• Paul Davey, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Jan Korec, Des Moines Buccaneers

Bentley (Atlantic)

• Connor Hasley, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Peter Kramer, Dubuque Fighting Saints/Green Bay Gamblers
• Tucker Hodgson, Green Bay Gamblers
• Arlo Merrit, Lincoln Stars/Sioux Falls Stampede
• A.J. Hogdges, Muskegon Lumberjacks/Sioux City Musketeers
• Seth Bernard-Docker, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Samuel Duerr, Sioux Falls Stampede

Providence (Hockey East)

• Logan Will, Omaha Lancers
• Tanner Adams, Tri-City Storm
• Graham Gamache, Tri-City Storm
• John Mustard, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Will Elger, NTDP/Omaha Lancers
• Andrew Centrella, Omaha Lancers/Youngstown Phantoms
• Guillaume Richard, Tri-City Storm
• Trevor Connelly, Tri-City Storm
• Austen May, Chicago Steel/Youngstown Phantoms/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Chase Yoder, NTDP
• Ryan O'Reilly, Fargo Force/Green Bay Gamblers/Madison Capitols
• Aleksi Kivioja, Omaha Lancers
• Clint Levens, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Tomas Machu, Youngstown Phantoms
• Alexander Bales, Tri-City Storm
• Connor Kelley, NTDP
• Braiden Clark, Omaha Lancers/Youngstown Phantoms
• Samo Meritähti, Omaha Lancers/Tri-City Storm
• Philip Svedeback, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Zachary Borgiel, Muskegon Lumberjacks

Denver (NCHC)

• Jack Devine, NTDP*
• Aidan Thompson, Lincoln Stars
• Zeev Buium, NTDP*
• Matt Davis, Green Bay Gamblers
• Sam Harris, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Eric Pohlkamp, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Boston Buckberger, Lincoln Stars
• James Reeder, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Jared Wright, Omaha Lancers
• Jake Fisher, Fargo Force
• Kieran Cebrian, Tri-City Storm
• Cale Ashcroft, Tri-City Storm
• Hagen Burrows, Sioux City Musketeers
• Connor Caponi, NTDP/Waterloo Black Hawks
• Kent Anderson, Green Bay Gamblers
• Garrett Brown, Sioux City Musketeers/Waterloo Black Hawks
• Tory Pitner, Youngstown Phantoms
• Paxton Geisel, Dubuque Fighting Saints/Muskegon Lumberjacks 

Western Michigan (NCHC)

• Alex Bump, Omaha Lancers/Tri-City Storm
• Hampton Slukynsky, NTDP/Fargo Force
• Grant Slukynsky, Fargo Force/Sioux City Musketeers
• Owen Michaels, Dubuque Fighting Saints/Lincoln Stars/NTDP
• Zachary Nehring, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Samuel Sjölund, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Iiro Hakkarainen, Fargo Force
• Joona Väisänen, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Matteo Costantini, Sioux City Musketeers
• Brian Kramer, Fargo Force
• Tristan Lemyre, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Cam Knuble, Des Moines Buccaneers/Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Ty Henricks, Fargo Force/Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Cole Crusberg-Roseen, Lincoln Stars
• Zack Sharp, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Wyatt Schingoethe, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Ethan Wolthers, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Ean Somoza, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Zach Bade, Tri-City Storm
• Jack Mesic, Lincoln Stars/Youngstown Phantoms
• Ryan Kusler, Omaha Lancers
• Connor Brown, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Cameron Rowe, NTDP/Des Moines Buccaneers

Minnesota State (CCHA)

• Alex Tracy, Sioux City Musketeers*
• Rhett Pitlick, Muskegon Lumberjacks/Omaha Lancers/Tri-City Storm
• Josh Groll, Chicago Steel/Lincoln Stars/Omaha Lancers
• Adam Eisele, Youngstown Phantoms
• Evan Murr, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Brian Carrabes, Sioux City Musketeers/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Kaden Bohlsen, Des Moines Buccaneers/Fargo Force
• Ralfs Bergmanis, Sioux City Musketeers
• Will Hillman, Youngstown Phantoms
• Jordan Power, Lincoln Stars
• Steven Bellini, Tri-City Storm
• Mason Wheeler, Tri-City Storm
• Jakob Stender, Fargo Force/Lincoln Stars
• Brenden Olson, Sioux City Musketeers/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Finlay Williams, Chicago Steel/Waterloo Black Hawks
• Kade Nielsen, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Tyler Haskins, Madison Capitols/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Sam Rice, Madison Capitols

Minnesota (Big Ten)

• Jimmy Snuggerud, NTDP*
• Connor Kurth, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Oliver Moore, NTDP
• Sam Rinzel, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Brody Lamb, Green Bay Gamblers
• Brodie Ziemer, NTDP
• Jimmy Clark, Green Bay Gamblers/NTDP/Sioux City Musketeers
• Ryan Chesley, NTDP
• Aaron Huglen, Fargo Force
• Mike Koster, Tri-City Storm
• Erik Påhlsson, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Luke Mittelstadt, Lincoln Stars/Madison Capitols
• Beckett Hendrickson, NTDP/Dubuque Fighting Saints/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Mason Nevers, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Cal Thomas, Chicago Steel/Sioux Falls Stampede
• John Mittelstadt, Green Bay Gamblers
• August Falloon, Tri-City Storm
• Leo Gruba, Fargo Force
• John Whipple, NTDP
• Max Rud, Sioux Falls Stampede

Massachusetts (Hockey East)

• Cole O'Hara, Tri-City Storm
• Jack Musa, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Madison Capitols
• Lucas Mercuri, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Kenny Connors, Dubuque Fighting Saints/NTDP
• Ryan Lautenbach, Omaha Lancers
• Lucas Ölvestad, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Daniel Alexander Jencko, Youngstown Phantoms
• Owen Murray, Green Bay Gamblers
• Linden Alger, Youngstown Phantoms
• Michael Cameron, NTP/Omaha Lancers
• Kennedy O'Connor, Omaha Lancers
• James Duerr, Green Bay Gamblers
• Nicholas Van Tassell, Green Bay Gamblers
• Cameron O'Neill, Tri-City Storm
• Joey Musa, Omaha Lancers
• Finn Loftus, Sioux City Musketeers
• Charlie Lieberman, Omaha Lancers/Youngstown Phantoms
• Michael Hrabel, Omaha Lancers
• Jackson Irving, Sioux Falls Stampede
• James Norton, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Dubuque Fighting Saints 

Maine (Hockey East)

• Charlie Russell, Fargo Force/Green Bay Gamblers
• Nolan Renwick, Omaha Lancers
• Owen Fowler, Des Moines Buccaneers/Omaha Lancers/Sioux City Musketeers
• Sully Scholle, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Lynden Breen, Fargo Force
• Ross Mitton, Lincoln Stars/Omaha Lancers/Fargo Force
• Brandon Chabrier, Sioux Falls Stampede/Madison Capitols
• Luke Antonacci, Sioux City Musketeers
• Bodie Nobes, Green Bay Gamblers
• Anthony Calafiore, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Liam Lesakowski, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Patriks Berzins, Madison Capitols/Tri-City Storm 

Penn State (Big Ten)

• Charlie Cerrato, NTDP/Youngstown Phantoms
• Reese Laubach, Omaha Lancers/Youngstown Phantoms
• Danny Dzhaniyev, Dubuque Fighting Saints/NTDP
• J.J. Wiebusch, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Matthew DiMarsico, Green Bay Gamblers
• Simon Mack, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Ben Schoen, Tri-City Storm/Youngstown Phantoms
• Dane Dowiak, Tri-City Storm
• Jimmy Dowd, Chicago Steel
• Carter Schade, Lincoln Stars
• Nicholas Degraves, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Jarod Crespo, Green Bay Gamblers
• Tyler Paquette, Des Moines Buccaneers/Green Bay Gamblers
• Keaton Peters, Lincoln Stars
• Nicholas Fascia, Waterloo Black Hawks/Madison Capitols
• Braedon Ford, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Alexander Servagno, Green Bay Gamblers
• Jason Gallucci, Green Bay Gamblers
• Andrew Kuzma, Des Moines Buccaneers/Madison Capitols
• Arsenii Sergeyev, Sioux Falls Stampede/Tri-City Storm
• Noah Grannan, NTDP/Sioux Falls Stampede

UConn (Hockey East)

• Joey Muldowney, NTDP/Des Moines Buccaneers
• Jake Richard, Tri-City Storm/Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Tabor Heaslip, Sioux City Musketeers
• Jake Percival, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Ethan Gardula, Sioux City Musketeers
• Trey Scott, Omaha Lancers/Youngstown Phantoms
• Kaden Shahan, Sioux City Musketeers
• Kai Janviriya, NTDP/Lincoln Stars
• Ethan Whitcomb, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• John Spetz, Chicago Steel
• Jack Pasucci, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Hudson Karpman, Fargo Force
• Kevin Fitzgerald, Sioux City Musketeers
• Tyler Muszelik, NTDP
• Thomas Heaney, Omaha Lancers 

Quinnipiac (ECAC)

• Jeremy Wilmer, NTDP/Tri-City Storm
• Mason Marcellus, Lincoln Stars
• Travis Treloar, Chicago Steel/Lincoln Stars
• Andon Cerbone, Chicago Steel/Omaha Lancers/Youngstown Phantoms
• Tyler Borgula, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Christopher Pelosi, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Davis Pennington, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Victor Czerneckianair, Tri-City Storm
• Aaron Bohlinger, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Elliott Groenewold, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Charlie Leddy, NTDP
• Ryan Smith, Tri-City Storm
• Matthew McGroarty, Madison Capitols/NTDP
• Nate Benoit, Omaha Lancers/Tri-City Storm/Waterloo Black Hawks
• Chase Ramsay, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Noah Eyre, Fargo Force/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Matej Marinov, Fargo Force
• Dylan Silverstein, NTDP/Sioux City Musketeers 

Michigan State (Big Ten)

• Isaac Howard, NTDP*
• Karsen Dorwart, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Charlie Stramel, NTDP
• Matt Basgall, Omaha Lancers/Tri-City Storm
• Daniel Russell, Fargo Force/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Joey Larson, Lincoln Stars, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Maxim Strbak, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Nicklas Andrews, Des Moines Buccaneers
• Tanner Kelly, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Tiernan Shoudy, Des Moines Buccaneers/Youngstown Phantoms
• Shane Vansaghi, NTDP
• David Gucciardi, Muskegon Lumberjacks/Sioux City Musketeers/Waterloo Black Hawks/Youngstown Phantoms
• Red Savage, NTDP
• Gavin O'Connell, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Michael DeAngelo, Dubuque Fighting Saints/Green Bay Gamblers/NTDP
• Vladislav Lukashevich, Tri-City Storm
• Patrick Geary, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Austin Oravetz, Dubuque Fighting Saints/Green Bay Gamblers
• Owen West, Des Moines Buccaneers/NTDP/Omaha Lancers
• Griffin Jurecki, Lincoln Stars/Omaha Lancers
• Trey Augustine, NTDP
• Luca Di Pasquo, Green Bay Gamblers

Cornell (ECAC)

• Ryan Walsh, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Ondrej Psenicka, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Jack O'Leary, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, Lincoln Stars
• Charlie Major, Chicago Steel
• Nick DeSantis, Madison Capitols/Sioux Falls Stampede
• Jacob Kraft, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
• Kyler Kovich, Tri-City Storm
• Ben Robertson, NTDP/Omaha Lancers/Waterloo Black Hawks
• George Fegaras, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Michael Suda, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Fargo Force
• Hank Kempf, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Tyler Catalano, Youngstown Phantoms
• Marian Mosko, Fargo Force/Lincoln Stars
• Sean Donaldson, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Luke Devlin, Des Moines Buccaneers/Muskegon Lumberjacks/NTDP
• Winter Wallace, Lincoln Stars/Youngstown Phantoms
• Ian Shane, Chicago Steel
• Remington Keopple, Des Moines Buccaneers

Boston University (Hockey East)

• Quinn Hutson, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Cole Hutson, NTDP
• Ryan Greene, Green Bay Gamblers
• Cole Eiserman, NTDP
• Shane Lachance, Youngstown Phantoms
• Jack Harvey, NTDP/Chicago Steel
• Jack Hughes, NTDP
• Kamil Bednarik, NTDP
• Devin Kaplan, NTDP
• Gavin McCarthy, Muskegon Lumberjacks
• Sascha Boumedienne, Youngstown Phantoms
• Brandon Svoboda, Youngstown Phantoms/Fargo Force
• Tristan Amonte, Youngstown Phantoms
• Nick Roukounakis, NTDP/Tri-City Storm
• Brehdan Engum, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Doug Grimes, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Lincoln Stars/Sioux City Musketeers
• Mikhail Yegorov, Omaha Lancers

Ohio State (Big Ten)

• Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, Chicago Steel
• Davis Burnside, Des Moines Buccaneers/Dubuque Fighting Saints/Tri-City Storm
• Damien Carfagna, Green Bay Gamblers/Sioux City Musketeers
• Max Montes, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Joseph Dunlap, Fargo Force
• Patrick Guzzo, Waterloo Black Hawks
• Samuel Deckhut, Sioux City Musketeers
• Brent Johnson, Sioux Falls Stampede
• Ryan Gordon, Sioux Falls Stampede
• James Hong, Madison Capitols/Waterloo Black Hawks
• Jake Rozzi, Madison Capitols/Tri-City Storm/Waterloo Black Hawks/Youngstown Phantoms
• Nathan McBrayer, Muskegon Lumberjacks/NTDP
• Theo Wallberg, Dubuque Fighting Saints
• Chris Able, Chicago Steel
• William Smith, Omaha Lancers/Sioux City Musketeers
• Nathan Lewis, Madison Capitols/Youngstown Phantoms
• Thomas Weis, Fargo Force/Madison Capitols
• Jake Dunlap, Fargo Force/Madison Capitols
• Caden Brown, NTDP/Waterloo Black Hawks
• Dylan Godbout, Sioux City Musketeers
• John Larkin, Muskegon Lumberjacks/Youngstown Phantoms
• Chris Romaine, Green Bay Gamblers/Omaha Lancers
• Kristoffer Eberly, Green Bay Gamblers/Sioux City Musketeers
• Reilly Herbst, Chicago Steel/Dubuque Fighting Saints/Omaha Lancers

*Hobey Baker Top Ten Finalist

About the USHL

The United States Hockey League and its 16 member clubs are committed to being the leading 16–20-year-old junior hockey league in the world. More than half of Division I men’s hockey roster spots are held by USHL alumni and more than 195 alumni were listed on NHL rosters at the start of the 2024-25 season.

The league's player-first approach, including a 2:1 practice-to-game ratio and a schedule with 92% of games played on weekends, provides its players with the optimal environment for athletic and personal growth, creating pathways for the next generation of stars like Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms), Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel), Cole Caufield (NTDP), Adam Fantilli (Chicago Steel) and Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede). More.