Increasingly, college hockey is becoming a fertile place for top NHL prospects, which is helpful for fans hoping to glimpse the future of their favorite teams.
Of the top 50 picks from the last two NHL drafts, 24 are currently playing collegiately, and another 27 players were selected in the top 100 among the college ranks.
Additionally, three of the top 2024 draft-eligible prospects are playing college hockey this season: consensus No. 1 prospect Macklin Celebrini at Boston University, defenseman Artyom Levshunov at Michigan State and defenseman Zeev Buium at Denver.
Below is a list of NHL draftees currently on college rosters, with their overall draft position.
draft 2022
No. 5. L.W. Cutter Gauthier, Boston College
No. 154. R.W. Michael Callow, Harvard
draft 2023
No. 38. G Michael Hrabal, UMass
No. 70. C Jonathan Castagna, Cornell
No. 81. C Tanner Ludtke, Nebraska-Omaha
draft 2022
No. 67. RW Miko Matikka, Denver
No. 131. D. Matthew Morden, Harvard
draft 2023
No. 188. C. Ryan Walsh, Cornell
draft 2022
No. 117. C Cole Spicer, Minnesota-Duluth
draft 2023
No. 45. D Maxim Strbak, Michigan State
No. 86. D Gavin McCarthy, Boston University
draft 2022
No. 170. RW Jake Richard, UConn
draft 2023
No. 80. LW Aydar Suniev, University of Massachusetts
draft 2023
No. 30. LW Bradly Nadeau, Maine
No. 94. RW Jayden Perron, North Dakota
No. 139. D Charles-Alexis Legault, Quinnipiac
No. 190. RW Michael Emerson, North Dakota
draft 2022
No. 124. RW Cruz Lucius, Wisconsin
draft 2023
No. 34. C Gavin Brindley, Michigan
No. 66. R. W. William Whitelaw, Wisconsin
draft 2023
No. 19. C. Oliver Moore, Minnesota
draft 2022
No. 13. C Frank Nazar, Michigan
No. 25. D Sam Rinzel, Minnesota
No. 57. C Ryan Greene, Boston University
No. 90. C Aidan Thompson, Denver
No. 173. C Dominic James, Minnesota-Duluth
draft 2023
No. 125. D Aram Minnetian, Boston College
draft 2022
No. 83. Mr. George Fegaras, Cornell
draft 2023
No. 41. G Trey Augustine, Michigan State
No. 47. D Brady Cleveland, Wisconsin
draft 2022
No. 40. LW Dylan James, North Dakota
No. 201. C Owen Mehlenbacher, Wisconsin
No. 212. C Brennan Ali, Notre Dame
draft 2023
No. 216. C Matt Copponi, Merrimack
No. 222. C Joel Maatta, Vermont
draft 2022
No. 189. G Tyler Muszelik, New Hampshire
No. 222. RW Jack Devine, Denver
draft 2023
No. 182. RW Ryan Conmy, New Hampshire
draft 2022
No. 51. C Jack Hughes, Boston University
No. 103. C Kenny Connors, University of Massachusetts
No. 169. RW Jared Wright, Denver
draft 2023
No. 21. C Charlie Stramel, Wisconsin
No. 149. D Aaron Pionk, Minnesota-Duluth
No. 213. LW James Clark, Minnesota
draft 2022
No. 56. LW Rieger Lorenz, Denver
No. 121. Mr. Ryan Healey, Harvard
draft 2023
No. 69. G. Jacob Fowler, Boston College
No. 133. LW Sam Harris, Denver
No. 197. Mr. Luke Mittelstadt, Minnesota
draft 2022
No. 62. D Lane Hutson, Boston University
No. 162. G Emmett Croteau, Clarkson
draft 2023
No. 15. RW Matthew Wood, University of Connecticut
No. 143. C Sutter Muzzatti, RPI
No. 218. RW Aiden Fink, Penn State
draft 2022
No. 82. C Adam Ingram, St. Cloud State
No. 114. RW Cole O'Hara, University of Massachusetts
No. 210. C Ben Strinden, North Dakota
draft 2022
No. 46. D Seamus Casey, Michigan
No. 126. Mr. Charles Leddy, Boston College
draft 2023
No. 49. C Danny Nelson, Notre Dame
No. 177. D Zachary Schultz, Wisconsin
draft 2022
No. 78. LW Quinn Finley, Wisconsin
draft 2023
No. 23. RW Gabriel Perreault, Boston College
No. 90. D Drew Fortescue, Boston College
draft 2022
No. 111. C Noah Laba, Colorado College
No. 159. D Vittorio Mancini, Nebraska-Omaha
No. 191. C Zakary Karpa, Harvard
draft 2023
No. 108. D. Hoyt Stanley, Cornell
No. 215. R.W. Nicholas Van Tassell, UMass
draft 2022
No. 104. C Stephen Halliday, Ohio State
No. 143. RW Cameron O'Neill, UMass
No. 168. Mr. Theo Wallberg, Ohio State
No. 206. C Tyson Dyck, Wisconsin
draft 2023
No. 103. C Cole Knuble, Notre Dame
draft 2022
No. 69. RW Devin Kaplan, Boston University
No. 133. LW Alex Bump, Western Michigan
No. 165. D Hunter McDonald, Northeast
draft 2022
No. 182. C. Luke Devlin, Cornell
draft 2023
No. 4. C Will Smith, Boston College
No. 132. D Eric Pohlkamp, Bemidji State
draft 2022
No. 34. C Cameron Lund, Northeast
No. 76. D Michael Fisher, Northeast
No. 172. RW Joey Muldowney, UConn
No. 195. Mr. Eli Barnett, Vermont
No. 217. C Reese Laubach, Penn State
draft 2023
No. 212. R. W. Zaccharya Wisdom, Colorado College
draft 2022
No. 91. C Ben McDonald, Harvard
No. 100. Tyson Jugnauth, Wisconsin
No. 164. C Barrett Hall, St. Cloud State
draft 2023
No. 138. D Paul Fischer, Notre Dame
draft 2022
No. 23. RW Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota
draft 2023
No. 179. D Warren Clark, St. Cloud State
No. 193. C Jack Harvey, Boston University
draft 2022
No. 31. LW Isaac Howard, Michigan State
No. 192. RW Connor Kurth, Minnesota
draft 2023
No. 153. C Hudson Malinoski, Providence
draft 2022
No. 95. RW Nicholas Modenhauer, Michigan
draft 2023
No. 105. C Ty Mueller, Nebraska-Omaha
No. 119. C Matthew Perkins, Minnesota-Duluth
No. 171. D Aiden Celebrini, Boston University
draft 2022
No. 112. C. Daimon Gardner, Clarkson
No. 176. D Jackson Dorrington, Northeast
draft 2022
No. 128. G Cameron Whitehead, Northeast
No. 209. D Abram Wiebe, North Dakota
draft 2023
No. 8. RW Ryan Leonard, Boston College
draft 2022
No. 37. D Ryan Chesley, Minnesota
No. 213. D David Gucciardi, Michigan State
draft 2022
No. 14. RW Rutger McGroarty, Michigan
No. 99. D Garrett Brown, Denver
