College hockey rolls into a new season this weekend. Former Waterloo Black Hawks will be playing in New England and Alaska and everywhere in between.
More than 30 Hawks will be skating for new college teams in 2024/25. That includes a large crop of freshman like John Mustard (Providence), Gavyn Thoreson (St. Cloud State), and Myles Hilman (University of Nebraska-Omaha). However, several other alumni took advantage of the NCAA transfer portal, including Logan Stein (Michigan), Emmett Croteau (Dartmouth), and Brehdan Engum (Boston University). The Ohio State Buckeyes are the most popular program with four former Hawks on their roster.
In all, more than 40 programs can put a Waterloo player in their lineup, including eight of the top ten squads in college hockey's preseason poll. Defending national champion and #1-ranked Denver still features Connor Caponi and Garrett Brown, even though Miko Matikka has signed an NHL contract with Utah.
Before the college games begin, here is the complete list of which Hawks are playing where in 2024/25.
Air Force – Mason McCormick
Alaska – Adam Cardona, Carson Reed
American International – Hunter Jones, Tyler Procious, Nick Wallace
Arizona State – Tucker Ness, Ethan Szmagaj
Army – J.J. Cataldo
Augustana – Quinn Rudrud
Bemidji State – Jake McLean
Boston University – Brehdan Engum
Bowling Green – Ryan O'Hara, Owen Ozar, Adam Zlnka
Canisius – Kyle Haskins
Clarkson – Ray Fust
Colgate – Nic Belpedio, Jake Schneider
Colorado College – Gavin Lindberg, Charlie Strobel
Cornell – Ondrej Psenicka, Ben Robertson
Dartmouth – Emmett Croteau
Denver – Garrett Brown, Connor Caponi
Harvard – Alex Gaffney, Casey Severo
Lake Superior State – Carter Batchelder
Merrimack – David Sacco
Miami – John Waldron
Michigan – Will Felicio, Garrett Schifsky, Logan Stein
Michigan State – Patrick Geary, David Gucciardi, Gavin O'Connell
Michigan Tech – Owen Baker, Tyler Miller
Minnesota – Sam Rinzel
Minnesota-Duluth – Luke Bast, Aaron Pionk
Minnesota State – Fin Williams
Niagara – Kyler Kleven
North Dakota – Dane Montgomery
Northeastern – Griffin Erdman
Northern Michigan – Jakub Altrichter, Matthew Argentina, Zach Michaelis
Notre Dame – Jaeden Kerr, Jack Williams
Ohio State – Caden Brown, Patrick Guzzo, James Hong, Jake Rozzi
Omaha – Marcus Broberg, Myles Hilman
Penn State – Nicholas DeGraves, Nick Fascia
Providence – John Mustard
Quinnipiac – Nate Benoit, Aaron Bohlinger
St. Cloud State – Mason Reiners, Gavyn Thoreson, Cooper Wylie
Stonehill – Teddy Lagerback
Union – Jacob Jeannette
Vermont – Michael LaStarza, Daniel Sambuco
Western Michigan – Zach Bade, Connor Brown, Wyatt Schingoethe
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