Wednesday, September 20, 2017
HockeyTV to Broadcast Prospects Game
CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game features 40 current or future NCAA players.
Forty current or future NCAA players are among the 42 participants at Thursday’s CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, which HockeyTV will carry live at 7 p.m. ET from Buffalo’s KeyBank Center.
Legendary defensemen Chris Chelios and Brian Leetch – who played at Wisconsin and Boston College, respectively – are the head coaches for the sixth annual game, which showcases the top U.S. players eligible for the 2018 NHL Draft.
Leetch’s roster features the two NCAA freshmen in the game, Michigan’s Quinn Hughes and Boston University’s Brady Tkachuk. Both are heralded as potential top-10 picks next June.
Sixteen NCAA schools have committed recruits participating in the game.
Among the other highlights on the rosters:
- Twenty-seven participants are playing in the USHL this season, 14 of them with the U.S. National Under-18 Team
- Chelios will coach three future Wisconsin defensemen (Ty Emberson, Cole Krygier and K’Andre Miller), while Krygier’s brother and fellow future Badger Christian Krygier is on Team Leetch
- Michigan has three representatives on each roster, highlighted by Hughes
- Fans of nine schools will have divided loyalties; Boston University, Denver, Miami, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Notre Dame, Providence and Wisconsin each have representatives on both rosters
- One player, goaltender Jon Mor on Team Leetch, is NCAA eligible but not yet committed to a school
| 2017 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game | ||
Team Chelios Roster |
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| Player | 2017-18 Team | NCAA Commitment |
Goaltenders |
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| Drew DeRidder | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Michigan State |
| Ben Kraws | Buffalo Jr. Sabres (T1EHL) | Miami |
Defensemen |
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| Michael Callahan | Bloomington Thunder (USHL) | Providence |
| Ty Emberson | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Wisconsin |
| Cole Krygier | Lincoln Stars (USHL) | Wisconsin |
| K’Andre Miller | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Wisconsin |
| Alec Regula | London Knights (OHL) | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Michigan |
| Jacob Semik | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) | Michigan |
Forwards |
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| Paul Cotter | Brookings Blizzard (NAHL) | Western Michigan |
| Jack Drury | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) | Harvard |
| Joel Farabee | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Boston University |
| John Gruden | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Miami |
| Gavin Hain | Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) | North Dakota |
| Jack Jensen | Eden Prairie H.S. | Minnesota |
| Philippe Lapointe | Shattuck St. Mary’s (Prep) | Michigan |
| Jay O’Brien | Thayer Academy (Prep) | Providence |
| Ryan O’Reilly | Madison Capitols (USHL) | Denver |
| Jack Perbix | Elk River H.S. | Notre Dame |
| Oliver Wahlstrom | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Harvard |
| Tyler Weiss | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Boston University |
Team Leetch Roster |
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| Player | 2017-18 Team | NCAA Commitment |
Goaltenders |
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| Jake Kucharski | Austin Bruins (NAHL) | Providence |
| Jon Mor | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Uncommitted |
Defensemen |
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| Slava Demin | Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) | Denver |
| Jordan Harris | Kimball Union (Prep) | Northeastern |
| Quinn Hughes | U. of Michigan | |
| Christian Krygier | Lincoln Stars (USHL) | Wisconsin |
| Adam Samuelsson | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Boston College |
| Spencer Stastney | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Notre Dame |
| Bode Wilde | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Michigan |
Forwards |
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| Braden Costello | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) | North Dakota |
| Jake Gricius | Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) | |
| Curtis Hall | Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) | Yale |
| Blake McLaughlin | Chicago Steel (USHL) | Minnesota |
| Jaxon Nelson | Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) | Minnesota |
| Jake Pivonka | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Notre Dame |
| Noah Prokop | Shattuck St. Mary’s (Prep) | Omaha |
| Jack Randl | Omaha Lancers (USHL) | Michigan |
| Ryan Savage | Fargo Force (USHL) | Miami |
| Colin Schmidt | Wayzata H.S. | Minnesota |
| Brady Tkachuk | Boston University | |
| Jake Wise | U.S. National Under-18 Team | Boston University |