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Puck Daddy Presents NCAA Brackets
Yahoo! Sports site seeds the top 64 former NCAA players in the NHL.

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The No. 1 seeds: Jonathan Toews, Cory Schneider, Johnny Gaudreau and Duncan Keith.

Need another sign of the incredible impact former NCAA players are having in the NHL? Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports' Puck Daddy blog has placed his top 64 NCAA alumni in the NHL into an NCAA Tournament-style bracket, and there are some tremendous talents all the way through the 16th seeds.

VOTE: Puck Daddy's NCAA Tournament of NHL Players

Johnny Gaudreau, Duncan Keith, Cory Schneider and Jonathan Toews nabbed the top seeds in the four regions, dubbed the Brooks, Chelios, Leetch and Richter by Wyshynski. Fans can vote for their favorites on the Puck Daddy blog, beginning with the first round in the Chelios Region.

The seeds reveal some compelling first-round matchups, includng recent BC alums Gaudreau and Noah Hanifin facing off in the first round. Michigan alums Max Pacioretty and Michael Cammalleri also meet in the first round of the Brooks Region.

The full bracket is below - click to expand and vote: