NCAA Division I hockey teams played their first games of the season last weekend.  As the schedule continues, chances are good that any game you might watch will have a former Black Hawk on one side or the other.  Waterloo alumni are scattered across approximately half the teams in Division I college hockey.

Michigan State leads the way with four former Hawks.  Over the weekend, David Gucciardi, Patrick Geary, and Gavin O'Connell each notched an assist during a two-game sweep of Lake Superior State.  Owen Baker was out of the Spartans lineup but is also on campus for his freshman year.

Meanwhile, Denver, Harvard, Massachusetts-Lowell, Minnesota-Duluth, and North Dakota each have three former Waterloo players on their rosters.
 
If your college sports allegiances are to UNI, Iowa, or Iowa State and you need an NCAA hockey team to cheer for, here are some alternatives based on your favorite Black Hawks from the recent past.

Air Force – Mason McCormick
American International – Logan Jenuwine, Hunter Jones
Arizona State – Tucker Ness, Ethan Szmagaj
Augustana – Quinn Rudrud
Boston College – Jacob Bengtsson
Bowling Green – Ryan O'Hara, Owen Ozar
Canisius – Kyle Haskins
Clarkson – Emmett Croteau
Colgate – Nic Belpedio, Jake Schneider
Connecticut – Oliver Flynn
Cornell – Ondrej Psenicka, Ben Robertson
Denver – Garrett Brown, Connor Caponi, Miko Matikka
Ferris State – Logan Stein
Harvard – Ryan Drkulec, Alex Gaffney, Casey Severo
Lake Superior State – Carter Batchelder
Massachusetts – Aaron Bohlinger
Massachusetts-Lowell – Ben Brunette, Adam Cardona, Brehdan Engum
Miami – Teddy Lagerback, John Waldron
Michigan – Garrett Schifsky
Michigan State – Owen Baker, Patrick Geary, David Gucciardi, Gavin O'Connell
Minnesota – Sam Rinzel, Charlie Strobel
Minnesota-Duluth – Luke Bast, Kyler Kleven, Aaron Pionk
North Dakota – Nate Benoit, Dane Montgomery, Griffin Ness
Northern Michigan – Charlie Glockner, Zach Michaelis
Notre Dame – Jack Williams
Ohio State – Caden Brown, Patrick Guzzo
Omaha – Ray Fust
Penn State – Xander Lamppa
Quinnipiac – Nick Wallace
St. Cloud State – Mason Reiners, Cooper Wylie
St. Thomas – James Marooney
Union – Jacob Jeannette
Vermont – Gabriel Carrière, Daniel Sambuco
Western Michigan – Joe Cassetti, Wyatt Schingoethe

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