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CHL to NCAA Recruiting Megathread

sorry i've been MIA, life got in the way- here's a news dump.
27 draft eligible D Levi Harper flips from MSU to Michigan, plays for Saginaw Spirit

Teddy Spitznagel (left Michigan to join Ottawa 67's mid-season) commits to CC for 2027

07 F Matthew Gard commits to MSU for 2027, plays for Seattle Thunderbirds

08 F Alessandro Di Iorio commits to BU for 2027, plays for Sarnia Sting. CBJ just took him in the 3rd round

the CHL Import Draft saw a few commits get taken:
LSSU- Mikhail Cherepanov (Kamloops), Marek Peroutka (Victoria)
BU- Andrei Nikolayev (Victoriaville)
BC- Timothy Kazda (Guelph)
Michigan Tech- Noel Pakarinen (Penticton)

this is the first year teams can take 16 year olds in the import draft, so some of the picks are 2010s and could commit later on. Pakarinen has already signed with Penticton

as expected, NTDP U18 leading scorer F Jamie Glance has signed with Saint John. He will join BU in 2027. He just missed the age cut for this draft, so he'll spend his draft season with the Sea Dogs. Parker Trottier signs with Regina, committed to Notre Dame.

some U17 defections: Broden McArthur (Minnesota) to Erie, Sam Wathier (BC) to Windsor

Other signings:
Michael Tang (Harvard) to Niagara
Jack Torr (UConn) to Brantford
Jake Stuart (DU) to Lethbridge, joining brother Logan- this is his NTDP+2 after a down year in USHL
Dane Sorensen (UMass) to Kelowna
Brock Cheslock (Augustana) to Tri-City
Carter Sanderson (NoDak) to Calgary
Cody Costello (UNH) to Oshawa

2028 Memorial Cup host finalists are Québec Remparts and Moncton Wildcats

another bit of Q news- in the next few days, all the teams will have US scouts besides VdO. there were a few still without but Victoriaville is announcing their US scout soon

also i have a few blog posts in the works including that list

in more sobering news, the unexpected shutdown of multiple Canadian radio stations by Rogers has some far reaching effects in junior hockey. Calgary and Vancouver are both losing their Sportsnet stations, so the Vancouver Giants and Calgary Hitmen will need to find new radio homes. Also needing new homes will be: Kitchener Rangers, Halifax Mooseheads. their city news stations are closing, along with two news-focused stations in Calgary and Vancouver.
 
Vann Williamson, who was committed to Clarkson, has decided to go back to the OHL with the Kingston Frontenacs. Clarkson announced him and had him in a post for Vegas Development camp, but they took it down now.
 
06 F Nathan Brisson commits to Dartmouth, captained Val-d'Or

07 F Anthony Preskar commits to Army, signed with Moncton for this season

08 F Ryan Howard commits to Merrimack, plays for the Remparts.

08 F Mack Diggins commits to UMD, will play for Owen Sound.

Some changes in the SCSU incoming class- 07 D Will Sharpe, played in Kelowna/Vancouver last year and 2025 7th round pick to LAK. 06 D Garrett Frazer flips commit from Northeastern. Rumors had Gio Pantelas potentially coming but reports are that he used it as leverage to get traded from Brandon to Penticton, so might not be the case anymore. commitment might still come for next season

NTDP updates: Carter Meyer (BU) to Remparts official after NTDP released him, now Kane Barch (Michigan) has been released. Michigan commit signs with London, his brother Hayden played in North Bay last year and his dad Krys coached Niagara. Alexander Milojevic signs with Saginaw Spirit, no commitment yet. As expected a few CHLers are being given chances to move up to replace the departures, F Gerry DiCunzolo (Penn State) joins from Peterborough. Not a defection but of the U18 guys D Jackson Marthaler (UMD) signs with London.

Other CHL adds- Kazda (BC) signs with Mem Cup hosts Guelph. Peroutka (LSSU) signs w Victoria. With Bleyl leaving for Michigan State, Moncton replaces him with Detroit 7th round pick D Myles Brosnan (Harvard)

Coaching changes: Kitchener head coach Jussi Ahokas gets the much deserved call to the pros, he was named head coach of the Colorado Eagles.

One thing we are seeing more of- with the new pool of talent, it's inevitable that some players get pushed off the rosters. A good bit have been finding opportunities in USports, along with the usual D3 and ACHA transfers. Not every team has dipped into this, but some might just not be announced yet- UNB, TMU, Carleton, Concordia, Queen's, UPEI, O of Ottawa, UWO, Brock, U of Toronto, UAlberta, Acadia, UBC have all gotten at least 1. unofficial count is 26 this summer.
 
cinnamoroll said:
06 F Nathan Brisson commits to Dartmouth, captained Val-d'Or

07 F Anthony Preskar commits to Army, signed with Moncton for this season

08 F Ryan Howard commits to Merrimack, plays for the Remparts.

08 F Mack Diggins commits to UMD, will play for Owen Sound.

Some changes in the SCSU incoming class- 07 D Will Sharpe, played in Kelowna/Vancouver last year and 2025 7th round pick to LAK. 06 D Garrett Frazer flips commit from Northeastern. Rumors had Gio Pantelas potentially coming but reports are that he used it as leverage to get traded from Brandon to Penticton, so might not be the case anymore. commitment might still come for next season

NTDP updates: Carter Meyer (BU) to Remparts official after NTDP released him, now Kane Barch (Michigan) has been released. Michigan commit signs with London, his brother Hayden played in North Bay last year and his dad Krys coached Niagara. Alexander Milojevic signs with Saginaw Spirit, no commitment yet. As expected a few CHLers are being given chances to move up to replace the departures, F Gerry DiCunzolo (Penn State) joins from Peterborough. Not a defection but of the U18 guys D Jackson Marthaler (UMD) signs with London.

Other CHL adds- Kazda (BC) signs with Mem Cup hosts Guelph. Peroutka (LSSU) signs w Victoria. With Bleyl leaving for Michigan State, Moncton replaces him with Detroit 7th round pick D Myles Brosnan (Harvard)

Coaching changes: Kitchener head coach Jussi Ahokas gets the much deserved call to the pros, he was named head coach of the Colorado Eagles.

One thing we are seeing more of- with the new pool of talent, it's inevitable that some players get pushed off the rosters. A good bit have been finding opportunities in USports, along with the usual D3 and ACHA transfers. Not every team has dipped into this, but some might just not be announced yet- UNB, TMU, Carleton, Concordia, Queen's, UPEI, O of Ottawa, UWO, Brock, U of Toronto, UAlberta, Acadia, UBC have all gotten at least 1. unofficial count is 26 this summer.
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Are you referring to guys who have aged out of juniors or players who are 19-21 who decided to go to USports, D3, etc instead of junior A?
 
sezenack said:
Are you referring to guys who have aged out of juniors or players who are 19-21 who decided to go to USports, D3, etc instead of junior A?
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i should've clarified- i meant transfers from NCAA to USports. guys squeezed out by roster crunch with new talent, the new roster caps, Mercyhurst dissolving etc that didn't find another D1 spot. i dont know how many people went from NCAA to USports before but its been interesting to see
 
after Vanhanen to BC, another member of the 26 champ silvertips joins a college roster for this year- 06 F Jesse Heslop to UConn, along with 06 D Jake Reese from Sarnia. In related news, D Shayne Gould and F Diego Johnson are going back to juniors for another year after previously being meant to enroll this season. Johnson will get another season with Penticton while Gould probably will join Moncton after lighting up the USHL last season

Been reported by Shawinigan reporters that 06 D Mathieu Plante is going to college, the tea leaves say he could join fellow Cat Lacerte at UVM

09 G Andrei Nikolayev (BU) signs with Victoriaville, one of the top 2027 draft eligible goalies
 
BC/HE said:

cinnamoroll, I truly appreciate all you do here and defer to your expertise completely.​

Could you give us your opinion on as to which schools are doing the best at recruiting the CHL, perhaps the top 10 at it.
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Ok finally getting back to this- sorry for the wait

To start, here is the cream of the crop: the multiple home runs. These are blue bloods and recent champs who have the name recognition and resources to get the great guys. all of them made it to the tournament easily. I don't need to explain all that much for them

Michigan- standouts from year 1: Ivankovic, Spence, Mews, incoming standouts: LANDON DUPONT!!!!!!! Cam Reid, Jack Nesbitt, JP Hurlbert, underrated fan of Nic Sima
NoDak- standouts from year 1: Špunar, Reschny, Josephson, Verhoeff, Zakreski. incoming standouts: Carson Carels, Ethan MacKenzie, Bauer Dumanski
Michigan State- standouts from year 1: Martone, Romani. incoming standouts: Joshua Ravensbergen, Chase Reid, Ethan Belchetz, Tommy Bleyl, Nikita Klepov
Providence- standouts from year 1: McQueen, Sumpf, Fauchon, Mantei, McCoy. incoming standouts: Everett Baldwin, Thomas Vandenberg, Ryder Cali, Ben Hrebik
Quinnipiac- standouts from year 1: Vidicek, Verreault, Sward. incoming standouts: Dylan Edwards, Alex Kostov, Christian Kirsch, Parker Alcos, Nicolas Sykora
DU- standouts from year 1: Hicks, Miller, Caswell, Hicks, Jamieson, Epperson, Hicks, Chyzowski, Hicks, Hicks JOHNNY HICKS!!! x10000. incoming standouts: Daxon Rudolph, Ryan Lin, Blake Fiddler, Ben Macbeath, Ryan Miller.

Bang for their buck: these are the small but mighty classes in year 1 with varying results, mainly due to outside factors, but the players had a lot to do with the successes they had- one very surprising one
Wisco- only brought in 3 players, including one prior commit who joined the CHL post rule-change in Blake Montgomery. Daniel Hauser had his ups and downs, including the injuries, but for a freshman starting goalie he made a great impact, especially with some . Oliver Tulk was their second best faceoff man as a freshman, and he took a lot. They weren't just depth pieces in a surprising championship finals appearance. no incoming CHLers, but they got year 1 standout G Alexis Cournoyer in the portal
Northeastern- in midst of the depressing season of the newly homeless huskies, they brought in 1 single CHL player in Jacob Mathieu, who was captain of 25 Mem Cup host Rimouski. not only was he second on the team in points and spent the entire year on the top line, during the season they had a bunch of injuries to veterans and needed to hand out temporary letters to some healthy guys. At least for one game, freshman Mathieu had a letter. this season, he will have it full-time. basically the best possible result from bringing in an undrafted center from the Q. incoming standouts: Sam Caulfield, Marcus Kearsey, Noah Laberge, Dawson Sharkey. Northeastern leans heavily on the Q, unsurprising when their quebec recruiting has always been strong

Speaking of, here are standouts in specific areas of recruitment/leveraging connections:
BGSU- Dennis Williams was the head coach of the Everett Silvertips when he got the chance to come to his alma mater, and he's leveraged that well in recruiting. Tyler Palmer and Dominik Rymon were former players of his, plus incoming USports transfer Teague Patton. Other year 1 standouts: Steinman, Crampton, Morneau, Higgins. incoming standouts: Peteris Bulans, Mazden Leslie, Carson Campbell, Thomas Verdon.
Omaha- HC Mike Gabinet not only began his coaching career in the canadian collegiate system, he is the grandson of one of the greatest USports head coaches in history, Clare Drake. Drake was inducted into the HHOF in 2018 for his work with University of Alberta, who named their arena after him. With this connection, he brought in 7 USports transfers, including leading scorer Maxim Pellerin and the 25 Clare Drake Award (USports rookie of the year) recipient Sean Tschigerl. After the season, upperclassmen transfers Samuel Huo and Aiden De La Gorgendiere both went pro, with Huo just yesterday signing with my Barracuda. Their CHL freshmen were no slouch either, with Woodworth, Nguyen, and Cowan showing strong starts to their college careers. incoming standouts: William Lacelle, Maël Lavigne, Vincent Desjardins, Aiden Oiring, Logan Wormald, Gavin Hodnett

Underrated picks-
Michigan Tech- always loved their year 1 class. Teydon Trembecky has a nasty shot, Noah Reinhart, Kalem Parker, Reid Andreson, Carson Latimer were all awesome. The depth guys Cicek and Birnie all had key moments where they stepped up too. Incoming class is smaller but has some quality guys in Joey Costanzo, Tristan Delisle, USports transfers Conner Roulette and Lucas Brenton, and year 1 guys from the portal in Luke Shipley and the best Independent player last year Gio Morneau.
Bemidji State- one of the best USports transfers was Oliver Peer. Mad Max Namestnikov just fits the program well, Hildebrand is only going to get better with experience, and whatever your opinion on the guys with pro experience, it was ballsy as hell what Serratorre did. he saw the potential and swooped in. Hudson Thornton barely sat on the bench during games. not surprised it was him, he's a fascinating guy. incoming standouts: Brady Birnie, Brayden Dube, Ethan Miedema, USports transfer Luca D'Amato
RIT- one of the best examples of the Atlantic Hockey talent boost. AHA all-rookie team forward line had two CHL alum in Zach Wigle, their leading scorer, and Evan Konyen. USports transfer Ben Roger was a Hobey Baker nominee. incoming standouts: Lucas Romeo, Matthew Wang, year 1 transfers Matthew Mania and Nick De Angelis
Niagara- probably the other example of AHA talent boost- the AHA all-rookie team Niagara's Maxim Muranov. Marshall Finnie is their other big standout producer. USports transfer Jacob Maillet and Declan McDonnell were immediate producers, McDonnell has already gone pro. incoming standouts: Lucas Moore, Josh Van Mulligen, and the poor workhorse goalie who hard-carried Mercyhurst Charles-Edward Gravel will be joining them

Middling 1st year, stacked incoming class:
UMass- brought in 0 year 1, but has compiled one of the best incoming classes for 2026. Maxim Massé was the highest scoring forward in the Q, got commits from CHL Import picks Jasper Kuhta, Max Curran, and Torkel Jennersjö, fliped Egor Barabanov and Jordan Charron. Plus getting revitalized Gavin Cornforth, who left BC mid season and thrived in Moncton.
RPI- last season had the standout Nate Krawchuk, who grabbed the starter role fairly quick and had great numbers and 0 goal support. incoming class is loaded though- Grayson Burzynski and Josh Evaschesen are the highlights, along with James Guo, Jordan Gavin, Caleb Hadland, Harrison Lodewyk, Ryan Michael
LSSU- Canadian Soo nativee Calem Mangone was a standout and Ty Galloway was fine, but their incoming class (and transfers from some year 1s) are the real deal. Silvertips starter Anders Miller is a coup, getting 2 of Lindenwood's USport transfer standouts in Seed and Savoie is another coup. Ethan Moore, Raoul Boilard, and another Canadian Soo native Cooper Foster are all great bets up front
UVM- I had high praise for their year 1 class but they didn't all hit immediately, but i'm not that worried about them for a few reasons. Oster being out all season with injury stunk, so he's nearly an incoming guy, Michels, Filak, Guindon should take steps and it's promising they are staying. UVM finally started leveraging their proximity to Quebec with some really exciting Q commits, led by Liam Lefebvre and Félix Lacerte. other incoming standouts: Mathias Loiselle, Sam McCue, Mathieu Plante, Andoni Fimis

totally possible im missing something or someones plans have changed. not being on here doesn't mean i don't like your incoming class, i have a few that didn't make it on the list who were close. if any fans of these teams (or ones missing) are curious about certain players, feel free to ask here or PM
 
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