Men's Ice Hockey | 3/21/2026 9:22:30 PM
More than 70 United States alumni won NCAA conference championships over the weekend, ensuring their place in the NCAA tournament.
Skating as an extra forward for Michigan, Kason Muscott was among a group of freshmen to hoist a conference title. The forward joined the Wolverines during the season as he was 29 games into his third USHL season and second with the Sioux City Musketeers, where he had five goals and six assists at the time of the move. Since joining the NCAA ranks, he has scored twice in 15 games.
See the full list of USHL alumni to win conference championships below.
| NAME |
NCAA TEAM |
NCAA CONFERENCE |
USHL TEAM(S) |
USHL YEARS |
NHL RIGHTS |
| Nicholas Moldenhauer (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
CHI |
2020-2023 |
TOR |
| Jayden Perron (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
CHI |
2021-2023 |
CAR |
| Garrett Schifsky (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
WAT |
2020-2023 |
|
| Michael Hage (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
CHI |
2022-2024 |
MTL |
| Aidan Park (C/W) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
GB |
2022-2025 |
EDM |
| Ben Robertson (D) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
OMA, WAT |
2020-2023 |
|
| Kason Muscutt (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
CR, SC |
2023-2026 |
|
| Adam Valentini (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
CHI |
2024-2025 |
|
| Cole McKinney (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
NTDP |
2023-2025 |
SJS |
| Luca Fantilli (D) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
CHI |
2020-2022 |
|
| Drew Schock (D) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
NTDP |
2023-2025 |
ANA |
| Joshua Eernisse (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
TC |
2020-2022 |
|
| Hunter Hady (D) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
CHI |
2021-2024 |
|
| Tyler Duke (D) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
NTDP |
2020-2022 |
|
| Dakoda Rhéaume-Mullen (D) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
NTDP |
2022-2024 |
|
| William Horcoff (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
NTDP |
2023-2025 |
PIT |
| Asher Barnett (D)E |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
NTDP |
2023-2025 |
EDM |
| Kienan Draper (F) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
OMA |
2018-2021 |
DET |
| Miles Gust (D) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
OMA |
2023-2024 |
|
| Stephen Peck (G) |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
MUS |
2023-2025 |
|
| Andrew Clarke (F) |
Dartmouth |
ECAC |
DM |
2023-2025 |
|
| Colin Grable (D) |
Dartmouth |
ECAC |
CR |
2022-2024 |
|
| Cooper Cleaves (D) |
Dartmouth |
ECAC |
GB |
2024-2025 |
|
| Tyler Grahme (F) |
Dartmouth |
ECAC |
MAD, FGO |
2022-2025 |
|
| Emmett Croteau (G) |
Dartmouth |
ECAC |
WAT |
2020-2023 |
MTL |
| Nick Pierre (F) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
SC, CR, OMA |
2020-2024 |
|
| Michael Emerson (F) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
CHI |
2020-2024 |
CAR |
| Ben Yurchuk (F) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
CHI |
2022-2025 |
|
| Daniel Astapovich (F) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
CR, DM |
2022-2025 |
|
| Seamus Powell (D) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
MAD, DM, CR |
2020-2024 |
|
| Austin Oravetz (D) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
DBQ, GB |
2020-2023 |
|
| Filip Nordberg (D) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
MUS, SF |
2023-2025 |
OTT |
| Ryan O'Connell (F) |
Merrimack |
Hockey East |
CR |
2022-2024 |
|
| Michael Mesic (F) |
Bentley |
Atlantic |
NTDP, OMA, LIN, YNG |
2020-2025 |
|
| Peter Kramer (F) |
Bentley |
Atlantic |
DBQ, GB |
2021-2023 |
|
| Arlo Merritt (F) |
Bentley |
Atlantic |
LIN, SF |
2018-2021 |
|
| Seth Bernard-Docker (D) |
Bentley |
Atlantic |
SF |
2021-2022 |
|
| Lukas Swedin (G) |
Bentley |
Atlantic |
MUS |
2023-2024 |
|
| Tristan Lemyre (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
DBQ |
2020-2022 |
CCHA |
| Charlie Lurie (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
FGO, YNG, OMA, CR |
2020-2023 |
|
| Reid Morich (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
WAT |
2023-2025 |
|
| Jakob Stender (D) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
FGO |
2020-2023 |
|
| Liam Watkins (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
DM |
2023-2024 |
|
| Sawyer Scholl (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
GB, SC |
2020-2023 |
|
| Liam Hupka (D) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
SC |
2022-2025 |
|
| Jordan Ronn (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
SC, FGO |
2023-2025 |
|
| Rylan Bonkowski (D) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
TC |
2024-2025 |
|
| Felikss Gavars (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
FGO |
2021-2022 |
|
| Evan Murr (D) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
SF |
2022-2023 |
|
| Mason Wheeler (D) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
TC |
2020-2022 |
|
| Jack Smith (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
SF |
2020-2022 |
MTL |
| Ralfs Bergmanis (D) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
SC |
2021-2022 |
|
| Ean Somoza (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
SF |
2019-2022 |
|
| Easton Hewson (D) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
SC, WAT |
2024-2025 |
|
| Finlay Williams (F) |
Minnesota State |
CCHA |
CHI, WAT |
2023-2024 |
|
| James Reeder (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
DBQ |
2022-2024 |
LAK |
| Sam Harris (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
SF |
2021-2023 |
MTL |
| Kieran Cebrian (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
TC |
2020-2023 |
|
| Brendan McMorrow (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
NTDP, WAT |
2022-2025 |
LAK |
| Eric Pohlkamp (D) |
Denver |
NCHC |
CR |
2021-2023 |
SJS |
| Reid Varkonyi (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
SF |
2024-2025 |
|
| Jake Fisher (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
FGO |
2022-2024 |
COL |
| Boston Buckberger (D) |
Denver |
NCHC |
LIN |
2022-2023 |
|
| Kristian Epperson (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
NTDP |
2022-2024 |
LAK |
| Cale Ashcroft (D) |
Denver |
NCHC |
TC |
2022-2023 |
|
| Garrett Brown (D) |
Denver |
NCHC |
SC, WAT |
2020-2023 |
WPG |
| Tory Pitner (D) |
Denver |
NCHC |
YNG |
2022-2024 |
COL |
| Kent Anderson (D) |
Denver |
NCHC |
GB |
2021-2022 |
|
| Hagen Burrows (C/W) |
Denver |
NCHC |
SC |
2023-2024 |
TBL |
| Payton Nelson (F) |
Denver |
NCHC |
DM, WAT |
2022-2024 |
|
| Paxton Geisel (G) |
Denver |
NCHC |
DBQ, MUS |
2021-2024 |
|
About the USHL
The United States Hockey League (USHL) and its 16 teams are committed to being the world's leading junior hockey league. This season, more than 50% of NCAA Division I men's hockey players and nearly 25% of NHL players have USHL experience. The USHL has developed more than 285 direct NHL Draft picks since 2020, and eight of the last 10 Hobey Baker Award winners, including Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel).
Elevated through the recently announced Declaration of Excellence with the NHL and USA Hockey, the league's player-first approach, including a 2:1 practice-to-game ratio and a schedule with 90% 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 Auston Matthews (NTDP), Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms), Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede), and Johnny Gaudreau (Dubuque Fighting Saints).