NCAA Alums on 2016-17 NHL Opening Night Rosters
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| NHL TEAM | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | POS. | NCAA TEAM | IR | * |
| ANA | Kevin | Bieksa | D | Bowling Green | ||
| ANA | Andrew | Cogliano | F | Michigan | ||
| ANA | Ryan | Garbutt | F | Brown | ||
| ANA | Nicolas | Kerdiles | F | Wisconsin | IR | |
| ANA | Ryan | Kesler | F | Ohio State | ||
| ANA | Josh | Manson | D | Northeastern | ||
| ANA | Mason | Raymond | F | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| ANA | Chris | Wagner | F | Colgate | ||
| ARI | Kevin | Connauton | D | Western Michigan | IR | |
| ARI | Alex | Goligoski | D | Minnesota | ||
| ARI | Jamie | McBain | D | Wisconsin | ||
| BOS | Noel | Acciari | F | Providence | ||
| BOS | David | Backes | F | Minnesota State | ||
| BOS | Austin | Czarnik | F | Miami | IR | |
| BOS | Brian | Ferlin | F | Cornell | IR | |
| BOS | Jimmy | Hayes | F | Boston College | ||
| BOS | Danton | Heinen | F | Denver | * | |
| BOS | Torey | Krug | D | Michigan State | ||
| BOS | John-Michael | Liles | D | Michigan State | ||
| BOS | Kevan | Miller | D | Vermont | IR | |
| BOS | Dominic | Moore | F | Harvard | ||
| BOS | Riley | Nash | F | Cornell | ||
| BOS | Rob | O'Gara | D | Yale | * | |
| BOS | Tim | Schaller | F | Providence | ||
| BOS | Frank | Vatrano | F | Massachusetts | IR | |
| BUF | Jack | Eichel | F | Boston University | ||
| BUF | Hudson | Fasching | F | Minnesota | * | |
| BUF | Brian | Gionta | F | Boston College | ||
| BUF | Derek | Grant | F | Michigan State | ||
| BUF | Jake | McCabe | D | Wisconsin | ||
| BUF | Matt | Moulson | F | Cornell | ||
| BUF | Casey | Nelson | D | Minnesota State | * | |
| BUF | Kyle | Okposo | F | Minnesota | ||
| CAR | Phil | Di Giuseppe | F | Michigan | ||
| CAR | Justin | Faulk | D | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| CAR | Ron | Hainsey | D | UMass Lowell | ||
| CAR | Noah | Hanifin | D | Boston College | ||
| CAR | Andrew | Miller | F | Yale | IR | |
| CAR | Brett | Pesce | D | New Hampshire | ||
| CAR | Jaccob | Slavin | D | Colorado College | ||
| CAR | Viktor | Stalberg | F | Vermont | ||
| CAR | Lee | Stempniak | F | Dartmouth | ||
| CBJ | Cam | Atkinson | F | Boston College | ||
| CBJ | Cody | Goloubef | D | Wisconsin | IR | |
| CBJ | Jack | Johnson | D | Michigan | ||
| CBJ | Curtis | McElhinney | G | Colorado College | ||
| CBJ | John | Ramage | D | Wisconsin | IR | |
| CBJ | Zach | Werenski | D | Michigan | * | |
| CGY | Alex | Chiasson | F | Boston University | ||
| CGY | Brian | Elliott | G | Wisconsin | ||
| CGY | Johnny | Gaudreau | F | Boston College | ||
| CGY | Chad | Johnson | G | Alaska | ||
| CHI | Scott | Darling | G | Maine | ||
| CHI | Vinnie | Hinostroza | F | Notre Dame | ||
| CHI | Duncan | Keith | D | Michigan State | ||
| CHI | Tyler | Motte | F | Michigan | * | |
| CHI | Nick | Schmaltz | F | North Dakota | * | |
| CHI | Jonathan | Toews | F | North Dakota | ||
| CHI | Trevor | van Riemsdyk | D | New Hampshire | ||
| COL | Rene | Bourque | F | Wisconsin | ||
| COL | Joe | Colborne | F | Denver | ||
| COL | Erik | Johnson | D | Minnesota | ||
| COL | Ben | Smith | F | Boston College | ||
| COL | Patrick | Wiercioch | D | Denver | ||
| DAL | Patrick | Eaves | F | Boston College | ||
| DAL | Stephen | Johns | D | Notre Dame | ||
| DAL | Curtis | McKenzie | F | Miami | ||
| DAL | Jamie | Oleksiak | D | Northeastern | ||
| DAL | Patrick | Sharp | F | Vermont | ||
| DAL | Devin | Shore | F | Maine | ||
| DET | Justin | Abdelkader | F | Michigan State | ||
| DET | Danny | DeKeyser | D | Western Michigan | ||
| DET | Luke | Glendening | F | Michigan | ||
| DET | Jimmy | Howard | G | Maine | ||
| DET | Dylan | Larkin | F | Michigan | ||
| DET | Drew | Miller | F | Michigan State | ||
| DET | Gustav | Nyquist | F | Maine | ||
| DET | Dan | Renouf | D | Maine | IR | * |
| DET | Riley | Sheahan | F | Notre Dame | ||
| DET | Brendan | Smith | D | Wisconsin | ||
| DET | Thomas | Vanek | F | Minnesota | ||
| DET | Joe | Vitale | F | Northeastern | IR | |
| EDM | Matthew | Benning | D | Northeastern | * | |
| EDM | Drake | Caggiula | F | North Dakota | IR | * |
| EDM | Mark | Fayne | D | Providence | ||
| EDM | Matt | Hendricks | F | St. Cloud State | IR | |
| EDM | Mark | Letestu | F | Western Michigan | ||
| EDM | Tyler | Pitlick | F | Minnesota State | ||
| EDM | Cam | Talbot | G | Alabama Huntsville | ||
| FLA | Nick | Bjugstad | F | Minnesota | IR | |
| FLA | Steven | Kampfer | D | Michigan | ||
| FLA | Michael | Matheson | D | Boston College | ||
| FLA | Reilly | Smith | F | Miami | ||
| LA | Nic | Dowd | F | St. Cloud State | ||
| LA | Derek | Forbort | D | North Dakota | ||
| LA | Tom | Gilbert | D | Wisconsin | ||
| LA | Matt | Greene | D | North Dakota | ||
| LA | Alec | Martinez | D | Miami | ||
| LA | Teddy | Purcell | F | Maine | ||
| LA | Jonathan | Quick | G | Massachusetts | ||
| LA | Nick | Shore | F | Denver | ||
| LA | Jeff | Zatkoff | G | Miami | ||
| MIN | Charlie | Coyle | F | Boston University | ||
| MIN | Zach | Dalpe | F | Ohio State | ||
| MIN | Christian | Folin | D | UMass Lowell | ||
| MIN | Erik | Haula | F | Minnesota | ||
| MIN | Zach | Parise | F | North Dakota | ||
| MIN | Nate | Prosser | D | Colorado College | ||
| MIN | Mike | Reilly | D | Minnesota | ||
| MIN | Ryan | Suter | D | Wisconsin | ||
| MIN | Jason | Zucker | F | Denver | ||
| MTL | Daniel | Carr | F | Union | ||
| MTL | Brian | Flynn | F | Maine | ||
| MTL | Torrey | Mitchell | F | Vermont | ||
| MTL | Al | Montoya | G | Michigan | ||
| MTL | Max | Pacioretty | F | Michigan | ||
| MTL | Greg | Pateryn | D | Michigan | ||
| MTL | Jeff | Petry | D | Michigan State | IR | |
| MTL | Zach | Redmond | D | Ferris State | ||
| NJ | Beau | Bennett | F | Denver | ||
| NJ | Michael | Cammalleri | F | Michigan | ||
| NJ | Andy | Greene | D | Miami | ||
| NJ | Seth | Helgeson | D | Minnesota | ||
| NJ | Keith | Kinkaid | G | Union | ||
| NJ | Ben | Lovejoy | D | Dartmouth | ||
| NJ | Jon | Merrill | D | Michigan | IR | |
| NJ | Kyle | Palmieri | F | Notre Dame | ||
| NJ | Steven | Santini | D | Boston College | * | |
| NJ | Cory | Schneider | G | Boston College | ||
| NJ | Miles | Wood | F | Boston College | * | |
| NJ | Travis | Zajac | F | North Dakota | ||
| NSH | Anthony | Bitetto | D | Northeastern | ||
| NSH | Matt | Carle | D | Denver | ||
| NSH | Craig | Smith | F | Wisconsin | ||
| NSH | Colin | Wilson | F | Boston University | ||
| NYI | Nick | Leddy | D | Minnesota | ||
| NYI | Anders | Lee | F | Notre Dame | ||
| NYI | Brock | Nelson | F | North Dakota | ||
| NYR | Adam | Clendening | D | Boston University | ||
| NYR | Kevin | Hayes | F | Boston College | ||
| NYR | Josh | Jooris | F | Union | ||
| NYR | Chris | Kreider | F | Boston College | ||
| NYR | Ryan | McDonagh | D | Wisconsin | ||
| NYR | Brandon | Pirri | F | Rensselaer | ||
| NYR | Brady | Skjei | D | Minnesota | ||
| NYR | Derek | Stepan | F | Wisconsin | ||
| NYR | Jimmy | Vesey | F | Harvard | * | |
| OTT | Mark | Borowiecki | D | Clarkson | ||
| OTT | Ryan | Dzingel | F | Ohio State | ||
| OTT | Andrew | Hammond | G | Bowling Green | ||
| OTT | Kyle | Turris | F | Wisconsin | ||
| OTT | Chris | Wideman | D | Miami | ||
| PHI | Mark | Alt | D | Minnesota | IR | |
| PHI | Shayne | Gostisbehere | D | Union | ||
| PHI | Matt | Read | F | Bemidji State | ||
| PHI | Chris | VandeVelde | F | North Dakota | ||
| PIT | Teddy | Blueger | F | Minnesota State | IR | * |
| PIT | Nick | Bonino | F | Boston University | ||
| PIT | Ian | Cole | D | Notre Dame | ||
| PIT | Mike | Condon | G | Princeton | ||
| PIT | Matt | Cullen | F | St. Cloud State | ||
| PIT | Thomas | DiPauli | F | Notre Dame | IR | * |
| PIT | Brian | Dumoulin | D | Boston College | ||
| PIT | Carl | Hagelin | F | Michigan | ||
| PIT | Phil | Kessel | F | Minnesota | ||
| PIT | Chris | Kunitz | F | Ferris State | ||
| PIT | Sean | Maguire | G | Boston University | IR | * |
| PIT | Bryan | Rust | F | Notre Dame | IR | |
| PIT | Justin | Schultz | D | Wisconsin | ||
| PIT | Conor | Sheary | F | Massachusetts | ||
| PIT | Scott | Wilson | F | UMass Lowell | ||
| SJ | Justin | Braun | D | Massachusetts | ||
| SJ | Aaron | Dell | G | North Dakota | ||
| SJ | Paul | Martin | D | Minnesota | ||
| SJ | Matt | Nieto | F | Boston University | ||
| SJ | Joe | Pavelski | F | Wisconsin | ||
| SJ | Tommy | Wingels | F | Miami | ||
| STL | Carter | Hutton | G | UMass Lowell | ||
| STL | Colton | Parayko | D | Alaska | ||
| STL | Jaden | Schwartz | F | Colorado College | IR | |
| STL | Kevin | Shattenkirk | D | Boston University | ||
| STL | Paul | Stastny | F | Denver | ||
| TB | Ben | Bishop | G | Maine | ||
| TB | Brian | Boyle | F | Boston College | ||
| TB | J.T. | Brown | F | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| TB | Jason | Garrison | D | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| TB | Alex | Killorn | F | Harvard | ||
| TB | Andrej | Sustr | D | Omaha | ||
| TOR | Tyler | Bozak | F | Denver | ||
| TOR | Jake | Gardiner | D | Wisconsin | ||
| TOR | Matt | Hunwick | D | Michigan | ||
| TOR | Zach | Hyman | F | Michigan | ||
| TOR | James | van Riemsdyk | F | New Hampshire | ||
| VAN | Alex | Biega | D | Harvard | ||
| VAN | Ben | Hutton | D | Maine | ||
| VAN | Ryan | Miller | G | Michigan State | ||
| VAN | Chris | Tanev | D | RIT | ||
| WPG | Kyle | Connor | F | Michigan | * | |
| WPG | Connor | Hellebuyck | G | UMass Lowell | ||
| WPG | Drew | Stafford | F | North Dakota | ||
| WPG | Mark | Stuart | D | Colorado College | ||
| WPG | Brandon | Tanev | F | Providence | * | |
| WPG | Blake | Wheeler | F | Minnesota | ||
| WSH | Jay | Beagle | F | Alaska Anchorage | ||
| WSH | Taylor | Chorney | D | North Dakota | ||
| WSH | Matt | Niskanen | D | Minnesota Duluth | ||
| WSH | Brooks | Orpik | D | Boston College | ||
| WSH | T.J. | Oshie | F | North Dakota | ||
| WSH | Zach | Sanford | F | Boston College | * | |
| WSH | Nate | Schmidt | D | Minnesota | ||
| WSH | Daniel | Winnik | F | New Hampshire |
* Played NCAA in 2015-16