NHL Guide to the 2025 Men’s NCAA Hockey Tournament

It’s Thursday, March 27th, which means the 2025 NCAA Hockey Tournament kicks off today. Sixteen hopeful college programs enter, but only one can win the National Championship. It’s the road to the Frozen Four– the greatest Tournament in college hockey.

If you’ve never followed this particular spectacle, let me pitch it to you. Picture this— you can watch college prospects, the stars of tomorrow, competing against each other in a win-or-go-home high-stakes tournament. It’s March Madness, but hockey. And it’s all streaming on ESPN+!

Of the 32 NHL teams, 30 have at least one prospect in the 2025 NCAA Hockey Tournament. The Vegas Golden Knights have one prospect competing– Trevor Connelly, who they took 19th overall in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. Connelly plays for the Providence Friars, who take on the reigning National Champion Denver Pioneers on Friday. 

There are 105 total drafted prospects competing in the Tournament across the 16 colleges. For all interested, I’ve compiled a list of every drafted player participating, organized by team.

Anaheim Ducks 

The Ducks do not have any prospects competing in the 2025 NCAA Hockey Tournament.

Boston Bruins

Boston College Eagles: Andre Gasseau, Oskar Jellvik, Dean Letourneau
Cornell Big Red: Ryan Walsh
Providence Friars: Philip Svedebäck
Quinnipiac Bobcats: Elliott Groenewold, Christopher Pelosi
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Beckett Hendrickson
UMass Minutemen: Dans Locmelis

Buffalo Sabres

Boston University Terriers: Gavin McCarthy
Michigan State Spartans: Patrick Geary, Maxim Strbak
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Aaron Huglen, Brodie Ziemer
Western Michigan Broncos: Matteo Costantini

Calgary Flames

Penn State Nittany Lions: Arsenii Sergeev
UMass Minutemen: Aydar Suniev

Carolina Hurricanes

UMass Minutemen: Lucas Mercuri

Chicago Blackhawks 

Boston University Terriers: Ryan Greene
Denver Pioneers: Aidan Thompson
Providence Friars: Taiga Harding, Connor Kelley, John Mustard
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Oliver Moore, Sam Rinzel

Colorado Avalanche

Cornell Big Red: Hank Kempf
Denver Pioneers: Jake Fisher, Tory Pitner
Maine Black Bears: Taylor Makar
Ohio State Buckeyes: Chris Romaine

Columbus Blue Jackets

Boston College Eagles: Aidan Hreschuk
Minnesota State Mavericks: Luke Ashton
Providence Friars: Guillaume Richards

Dallas Stars

Boston College Eagles: Aram Minnetian
Cornell Big Red: George Fegaras

Detroit Red Wings

Michigan State Spartans: Trey Augustine, Red Savage
Minnesota Golden Gophers: John Whipple
UMass Minutemen: Larry Keenan

Edmonton Oilers 

Boston University Terriers: Matt Copponi

Florida Panthers

Denver Pioneers: Jack Devine
Michigan State Spartans: Vladislav Lukashevich

Los Angeles Kings

Boston University: Jack Hughes
Denver Pioneers: James Reeder, Jared Wright
UMass Minutemen: Kenny Connors
Western Michigan Broncos: Hampton Slukynsky

Minnesota Wild

Denver Pioneers: Zeev Buium, Rieger Lorenz
Michigan State Spartans: Charlie Stramel
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Jimmy Clark
Quinnipiac Bobcats: Nate Benoit

Montreal Canadiens

Boston College Eagles: Jacob Fowler
Denver Pioneers: Sam Harris
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Luke Mittelstadt
Providence Friars: Logan Sawyer

Nashville Predators

Boston College Eagles: Teddy Stiga
Ohio State Buckeyes: Gunnarwolfe Fontaine
Penn State Nittany Lions: Aidan Fink
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Erik Påhlsson, Matthew Wood
UMass Minutemen: Cole O’Hara

New Jersey Devils

Boston University Terriers: Shane Lachance, Mikhail Yegorov
Denver Pioneers: Samu Salminen
Quinnipiac Bobcats: Charlie Leddy

New York Islanders

Boston University Terriers: Kamil Bednarik, Cole Eiserman
Providence Friars: Thomas Machu

New York Rangers

Boston College Eagles: Drew Fortescue, Gabe Perreault
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Brody Lamb
Western Michigan Broncos: Ty Henricks

Ottawa Senators

Cornell Big Red: Hoyt Stanley
Ohio State Buckeyes: Theo Wallberg
UMass Minutemen: Cameron O’Neill, Nicholas Van Tassell

Philadelphia Flyers

Boston University Terriers: Devin Kaplan
Ohio State Buckeyes: Noah Powell
Western Michigan Broncos: Alex Bump

Pittsburgh Penguins

Providence Friars: Chase Yoder
Western Michigan Broncos: Joona Väisänen

San Jose Sharks

Boston University Terriers: Brandon Svoboda
Denver Pioneers: Eric Pohlkamp

Seattle Kraken 

The Kraken do not have any prospects competing in the 2025 NCAA Hockey Tournament.

St. Louis Blues 

Minnesota Golden Gophers: Jimmy Snuggerud

Tampa Bay Lightning

Boston College Eagles: Eamon Powell
Boston University Terriers: Jack Harvey
Denver Pioneers: Hagen Burrows
Michigan State Spartans: Isaac Howard
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Connor Kurth

Toronto Maple Leafs

Minnesota Golden Gophers: Mike Koster
Providence Friars: Hudson Malinoski
Western Michigan Broncos: Wyatt Schingoethe

Utah Hockey Club

Boston College Eagles: Will Skahan
Cornell Big Red: Jonathan Castagna
UMass Minutemen: Michael Hrabal

Vancouver Canucks

Boston University Terriers: Aidan Celebrini, Tom Willander

Vegas Golden Knights

Providence Friars– Trevor Connelly

Washington Capitals 

Boston College Eagles: Ryan Leonard
Boston University Terriers: Cole Hutson
Michigan State Spartans: David Gucciardi
Minnesota Golden Gophers: Ryan Chesley
Ohio State Buckeyes: Brent Johnson

Winnipeg Jets

Denver Pioneers: Garrett Brown
Western Michigan Broncos: Zachary Nehring