Thursday, December 6, 2018
USHL Names Prospects Rosters
22 schools will have future players participating in Jan. 8 prospects game.
The USHL and NHL Central Scouting announced the rosters for the 2019 USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Thursday, two teams that will feature 35 NCAA commits. The game, featuring players eligible for the 2019 NHL Draft, will be held Jan. 8 in Lincoln, Neb.
Twenty-two schools – representing more than one-third of all Division I programs – will have a recruit in the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Eleven schools have multiple commits in the game, led by Michigan State and Western Michigan with three each. Minnesota Duluth and North Dakota both have future teammates who will meet on opposing teams in the game.
Nine of the selections were rated as second- or third-round draft candidates in the most recent NHL Central Scouting players to watch list, released last month. The USHL had 67 players on that list, the most of any junior league in the world.
This marks the fifth consecutive year, and seventh time overall, that the USHL will host the USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.
| Team East | ||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | USHL Team | NCAA Commitment |
| 1 | Logan Stein | G | Waterloo | Ferris State |
| 2 | Ryan Siedem | D | Central Illinois | Harvard |
| 4 | Ethan Frisch | D | Green Bay | North Dakota |
| 5 | Michael Feenstra | D | Dubuque | Michigan State |
| 7 | Trevor Janicke | F | Central Illinois | Notre Dame |
| 9 | Grant Silianoff | F | Cedar Rapids | Notre Dame |
| 10 | Matias Maccelli | F | Dubuque | |
| 11 | Egor Afanasyev | F | Muskegon | Michigan State |
| 12 | Vladislav Firstov | F | Waterloo | Connecticut |
| 13 | Hunter Skinner | D | Muskegon | Western Michigan |
| 20 | Ty Jackson | F | Dubuque | Northeastern |
| 21 | Dylan Jackson | F | Dubuque | Northeastern |
| 22 | Will Francis | D | Cedar Rapids | Minnesota Duluth |
| 24 | Robert Mastrosimone | F | Chicago | Boston University |
| 26 | Ryan Drkulec | F | Waterloo | Harvard |
| 27 | Lynden Breen | F | Central Illinois | Maine |
| 28 | Josh Nodler | F | Fargo | Michigan State |
| 39 | Christopher Giroday | D | Green Bay | Western Michigan |
| 98 | Matej Blumel | F | Waterloo | Connecticut |
Team West |
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| No. | Name | Pos. | USHL Team | NCAA Commitment |
| 2 | Kirby Proctor | D | Des Moines | Omaha |
| 3 | Luke Johnson | D | Sioux City | Providence |
| 5 | Cedric Fiedler | D | Fargo | Western Michigan |
| 7 | Ryan Johnson | D | Sioux Falls | Minnesota |
| 10 | Matt Brown | F | Des Moines | UMass Lowell |
| 12 | Shane Pinto | F | Lincoln | North Dakota |
| 13 | Jami Krannila | F | Sioux Falls | St. Cloud State |
| 15 | Marcus Kallionkieli | F | Sioux City | |
| 16 | Anthony Romano | F | Sioux Falls | Clarkson |
| 18 | Bobby Brink | F | Sioux City | Denver |
| 19 | Tyler Paquette | F | Des Moines | Penn State |
| 25 | Austen Swankler | F | Sioux Falls | Michigan |
| 26 | Andre Lee | F | Sioux Falls | UMass Lowell |
| 27 | Brady Meyer | F | Des Moines | Minnesota Duluth |
| 28 | Ethan Phillips | F | Sioux Falls | Boston University |
| 31 | Isaiah Saville | G | Tri-City | Omaha |
| 33 | Ben Kraws | G | Sioux City | Miami |
| 37 | John Prokop | D | Omaha | Miami |
| 38 | Zac Jones | D | Tri-City | Massachusetts |
| 39 | Kaden Bohlsen | F | Des Moines | |