Men's Ice Hockey | 4/18/2026 8:07:31 AM
More than 100 United States Hockey League (USHL) alumni are set to compete in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs, which begin Saturday, April 18.
Of the 110 participating players, 15 have won a Clark Cup, including six members of the Chicago Steel roster from the 2020-21 season, seven have previously won a Stanley Cup, and ten have won NCAA Division I championships. Only one player, Logan O’Connor, enters the Stanley Cup Playoffs having won titles in the USHL, NCAA, and NHL with Sioux Falls (2015), Denver (2017), and Colorado (2022), respectively.
| NHL TEAM |
NAME |
USHL TEAM |
CLARK CUP |
STANLEY CUP |
NCAA TITLE |
| PHI |
Trevor Zegras |
NTDP |
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| PHI |
Noah Cates |
OMA |
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2019 - Minnesota Duluth |
| PHI |
Alex Bump |
OMA, TC |
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2025 - Western Michigan |
| PHI |
Cam York |
NTDP |
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| PHI |
Nick Seeler |
MUS, DM |
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| PHI |
Christian Dvorak |
CHI |
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| PHI |
Dan Vladar |
CHI |
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| PIT |
Blake Lizotte |
FGO |
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| PIT |
Jake Livanavage |
CHI |
2021 - CHI |
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| PIT |
Tommy Novak |
WAT |
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| PIT |
Jack St. Ivany |
SF |
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| PIT |
Bryan Rust |
NTDP |
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| PIT |
Caleb Jones |
NTDP |
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| PIT |
Connor Clifton |
NTDP |
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| PIT |
Ryan Shea |
YNG |
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| CAR |
Jackson Blake |
CHI |
2021 - CHI |
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| CAR |
Jaccob Slavin |
CHI |
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| CAR |
Andrei Svechnikov |
MUS |
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| CAR |
Eric Robinson |
DBQ |
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| CAR |
K'Andre Miller |
NTDP |
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| CAR |
Brandon Bussi |
MUS |
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| OTT |
Stephen Halliday |
CI, DBQ |
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| OTT |
Shane Pinto |
LIN, TC |
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| OTT |
Nick Jensen |
GB |
2010 GB |
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| OTT |
Brady Tkachuk |
NTDP |
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| OTT |
Dennis Gilbert |
CHI |
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| OTT |
Jake Sanderson |
NTDP |
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| OTT |
Tyler Kleven |
NTDP |
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| TB |
Zemgus Girgensons |
DBQ |
2011 - DBQ |
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| TB |
Jake Guentzel |
SC |
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2017 - PIT |
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| TB |
Dominic James |
LIN, TC |
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| TB |
Maxwell Crozier |
SF |
2019 - SF |
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| TB |
Declan Carlile |
LIN, MUS |
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| TB |
Steven Santini |
NTDP |
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| MTL |
Jacob Fowler |
YNG |
2023 - YNG |
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| MTL |
Jakub Dobes |
OMA |
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| MTL |
Cole Caufield |
NTDP |
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| MTL |
Lane Hutson |
NTDP |
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| MTL |
Mike Matheson |
DBQ |
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| BUF |
Josh Doan |
CHI |
2021 - CHI |
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| BUF |
Josh Dunne |
GB |
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| BUF |
Owen Power |
CHI |
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| BUF |
Jordan Greenway |
NTDP |
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| BUF |
Alex Tuch |
NTDP |
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| BUF |
Michael Kesselring |
DM, FGO |
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| BUF |
Josh Norris |
NTDP |
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| BUF |
Mattias Samuelsson |
NTDP |
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| BUF |
Zach Metsa |
YNG, CI |
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2023 - Qunnipiac |
| BUF |
Jason Zucker |
NTDP |
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| BUF |
Tage Thompson |
NTDP |
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| BUF |
Alex Lyon |
OMA |
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| BOS |
Jeremy Swayman |
SF |
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| BOS |
Charlie McAvoy |
NTDP |
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| BOS |
Sean Kuraly |
IND |
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| BOS |
Mason Lohrei |
GB |
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| BOS |
James Hagens |
NTDP |
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| BOS |
Alex Steeves |
SC, DBQ |
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| BOS |
Mikey Eyssimont |
FGO, SF |
2015 - SF |
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| BOS |
Casey Mittelstadt |
GB |
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| BOS |
Andrew Peeke |
GB |
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| COL |
Ross Colton |
CR |
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2021 - COL |
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| COL |
Jason Polin |
CR |
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| COL |
Jack Drury |
WAT |
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| COL |
Logan O'Connor |
SF |
2015 - SF |
2022 - COL |
2017 - Denver |
| COL |
Sam Malinski |
CR |
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| LAK |
Alex Laferriere |
DM |
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| LAK |
Trevor Moore |
TC |
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| LAK |
Alex Turcotte |
NTDP |
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| LAK |
Mikey Anderson |
WAT |
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2018, 2019 - Minnesota Duluth |
| LAK |
Jared Wright |
OMA |
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2024 - Denver |
| DAL |
Casey Desmith |
IND |
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| DAL |
Jake Oettinger |
NTDP |
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| DAL |
Justin Hryckowian |
CR, SC |
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| DAL |
Adam Erne |
IND |
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| MIN |
Matt Boldy |
NTDP |
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| MIN |
Bobby Brink |
SC |
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2022 - Denver |
| MIN |
Jeff Petry |
DM |
2006 - DM |
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| MIN |
Nico Sturm |
TC |
2021 - CHI |
2022 - COL |
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| MIN |
Matt Kiersted |
CHI |
2021 - CHI |
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| MIN |
Quinn Hughes |
NTDP |
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| MIN |
Ryan Hartman |
NTDP |
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| MIN |
Michael McCarron |
NTDP |
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| MIN |
Brock Faber |
NTDP |
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| VGK |
Akira Scmid |
OMA, SC |
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| VGK |
Jack Eichel |
NTDP |
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2023 - VGK |
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| VGK |
Brandon Saad |
NTDP |
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| VGK |
Nic Dowd |
IND |
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| VGK |
Noah Hanifan |
NTDP |
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| UTA |
Nick Schmaltz |
GB |
2012 - GB |
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2016 - North Dakota |
| UTA |
Clayton Keller |
NTDP |
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| UTA |
Logan Cooley |
NTDP |
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| UTA |
Nate Schmidt |
FGO |
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2025 - FLA |
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| UTA |
John Marino |
TC |
2016 -TC |
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| EDM |
Isaac Howard |
NTDP |
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| EDM |
Jack Roslovic |
NTDP |
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| EDM |
Owen Michaels |
LIN, DBQ |
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2025 - Western Michigan |
| EDM |
Matthew Savoie |
DBQ |
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| EDM |
Ty Emberson |
NTDP |
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| EDM |
Spencer Stastny |
NTDP |
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| EDM |
Trent Frederic |
NTDP |
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| EDM |
Max Jones |
NTDP |
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| EDM |
Connor Murphy |
NTDP |
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| ANA |
Cutter Gauthier |
NTDP |
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| ANA |
John Carlson |
IND |
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2018 - WSH |
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| ANA |
Frank Vatrano |
NTDP |
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| ANA |
Drew Helleson |
NTDP |
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| ANA |
Jacob Trouba |
NTDP |
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| ANA |
Ian Moore |
CHI |
2021 - CHI |
|
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| ANA |
Troy Terry |
NTDP |
|
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2017 - Denver |
| ANA |
Ryan Poehling |
LIN |
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*Alumni are classified as those players with 10 or more USHL games played. Source: EliteProspects
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).