Submitted by the BCHL
The quest to the Frozen Four begins today and 16 teams - featuring 72 BCHL alumni, 22 from the Penticton Vees - will hit the ice at locations all over the National Collegiate Athletic Association map.
Of the 16 teams, 15 of them have at least one BCHL graduate. Michigan Tech has the most with 12. The University of Miami-Ohio is the lone school without a league alum and all 16 BCHL teams are represented.
The No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, Minnesota State, has eight BCHL alums. They will face the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and their nine BCHL alums on Saturday.
Prospects wise, 28 NHL teams have at least one draft pick in the tournament and 107 drafted players are included on the 16 rosters. Of those, nine are BCHL grads.
The complete list of BCHL players in the NCAA tournament is as follows (Notes if drafted in brackets):
Minnesota State
Nick Buchanan
Bryce Gervais
Sean Flanagan
Brad McClure
Jaden Schmeisser
Brett Knowles
Jon Jutzi
Cole Huggins
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Brad McGowan
Matt Garbowsky
Brad Reid
Myles Powell
Garrett McMullen
Dan Schuler
Josh Mitchell
Alex Perron-Fontaine
Brandon Thompson
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Brock Crosswaite
Brian Rideout
James Polk
Kyle Mountain
David Pope – (Detroit, 2013)
Luke Nogard
Kirk Thompson
Harvard
Kevin Guiltinan
Luke Esposito
Brayden Jaw
Alexander Kerfoot – (New Jersey, 2012)
Seb Lloyd
Providence College
Brandon Tanev
Josh Monk
Denver University
Danton Heinen – (Boston, 2014)
Joey LaLeggia – (Edmonton, 2012)
Adam Plant
Boston College
Destry Straight
Boston University
Connor LaCouvee
Yale
Dan O’Keefe
Charles Orzetti
Patrick Spano
Minnesota-Duluth
Derik Johnson
Minnesota
Mike Reilly – (Columbus, 2011)
Ryan Reilly
Connor Reilly
North Dakota
Troy Stretcher
Wade Murphy – (Nashville, 2013)
Mark MacMillan – (Montreal, 2010)
Brendan O’Donnell – (Tampa Bay, 2010)
Quinnipiac
Brayden Sherbinin
Devon Toews
Canon Pieper
Bo Pieper
Jonah Renouf
Nathan Renouf
Landon Smith
Travis St. Davis
Michael Garteig
Michigan Tech
Dane Birks – (Pittsburgh, 2013)
Reid Sturos
Alex Gillies
Malcolm Gould
Mason Blackjack
Riley Sweeney
Shana Hanna
Alex Petan
Evan Anderson
Brent Baltus
Walker Hyland
Devin Kero
St. Cloud State
Joey Benik
David Morley
Garrett Milan
Tim Daly