2021–22 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season
2021–22 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season | |
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Season | 2021–22 |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Division | Division I |
Sport | ice hockey |
Duration | October 2, 2021– April 7, 2022 |
Number of teams | 7 |
2022 NHL Entry Draft | |
Top draft pick | David Gucciardi |
Picked by | Washington Capitals |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Minnesota |
Season MVP | Ben Meyers |
Top scorer | Matty Beniers |
Big Ten tournament | |
Tournament champions | Michigan |
Runners-up | Minnesota |
Tournament MVP | Erik Portillo |
Top scorer | Nick Blankenburg (6) |
NCAA tournament | |
Bids | 3 |
Record | 5–3 |
Best Finish | National semifinal |
Team(s) | Michigan, Minnesota |
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The 2021–22 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season was the 32nd season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and will take place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season is set to begin on October 2, 2021, and conclude on February 26, 2022.[1] The conference tournament is scheduled to begin in early March, 2022.
Coaches
[edit]Records
[edit]Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | Big Ten record |
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Michigan | Mel Pearson | 5 | 68–55–15 | 41–39–10 |
Michigan State | Danton Cole | 5 | 46–78–11 | 30–55–9 |
Minnesota | Bob Motzko | 4 | 58–37–11 | 36–24–10 |
Notre Dame | Jeff Jackson | 17 | 348–219–66 | 49–36–9 |
Ohio State | Steve Rohlik | 9 | 140–114–34 | 66–67–17 |
Penn State | Guy Gadowsky | 11 | 155–132–23 | 72–83–14 |
Wisconsin | Tony Granato | 6 | 82–82–13 | 53–52–11 |
Standings
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GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
#5 Minnesota † | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 90 | 50 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 138 | 91 | ||
#2 Michigan * | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 91 | 59 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 167 | 94 | ||
#9 Notre Dame | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 74 | 55 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 122 | 75 | ||
#16 Ohio State | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 76 | 59 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 125 | 87 | ||
Penn State | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 63 | 92 | 38 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 117 | 122 | ||
Wisconsin | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 96 | 37 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 76 | 132 | ||
Michigan State | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 87 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 119 | ||
Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 7, 2022 |
Non-Conference record
[edit]Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.
As a conference, the Big Ten had a tremendous non-conference season. Only one of the seven league members (Wisconsin) had a losing record in non-league games. Four teams had at least an 80% winning percentage. On the whole, only one conference possessed a winning record against the Big Ten (NCHC), however, they did so by only one victory.
Regular season record
[edit]Team | Atlantic Hockey | CCHA | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
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Michigan | 2–0–0 | 3–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–1–0 | 9–1–1 |
Michigan State | 1–1–0 | 3–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 0–0–0 | 2–1–0 | 6–3–1 |
Minnesota | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–4–0 | 5–5–0 |
Notre Dame | 4–2–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 8–2–0 |
Ohio State | 2–2–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 8–2–0 |
Penn State | 3–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 9–1–0 |
Wisconsin | 2–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 3–5–1 |
Overall | 16–6–0 | 12–2–1 | 2–1–1 | 5–1–2 | 6–1–0 | 7–8–0 | 48–19–4 |
Statistics
[edit]Leading scorers
[edit]GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[2]
Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Matty Beniers | Sophomore | Michigan | 20 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 10 |
Ben Meyers | Junior | Minnesota | 19 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 4 |
Luke Hughes | Freshman | Michigan | 24 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 10 |
Jackson LaCombe | Junior | Minnesota | 24 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 6 |
Matthew Knies | Freshman | Minnesota | 18 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 |
Georgii Merkulov | Freshman | Ohio State | 23 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 8 |
Mackie Samoskevich | Freshman | Michigan | 24 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 |
Jake Wise | Senior | Ohio State | 24 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 |
Owen Power | Sophomore | Michigan | 16 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 4 |
Thomas Bordeleau | Sophomore | Michigan | 22 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 |
Leading goaltenders
[edit]Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average[3]
Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
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Justen Close | Junior | Minnesota | 15 | 750 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | .938 | 1.68 |
Matthew Galajda | Graduate | Notre Dame | 14 | 728 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | .926 | 2.06 |
Erik Portillo | Sophomore | Michigan | 24 | 1403 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 2 | .924 | 2.31 |
Ryan Bischel | Junior | Notre Dame | 16 | 716 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | .921 | 2.34 |
Jakub Dobeš | Freshman | Ohio State | 24 | 1299 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 53 | 1 | .928 | 2.45 |
Conference tournament
[edit]Quarterfinals March 4–6[4] | Semifinals March 12 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 4 | 8 | — | ||||||||||||
7 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
6 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Notre Dame | 1 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
5 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Note: * denotes overtime periods. Note: * denotes overtime periods.
NCAA tournament
[edit]Regional semifinal
[edit]Midwest
[edit]March 25, 2022 3:00 PM | (1) Michigan | 5 – 3 (2–1, 3–1, 0–1) | (4) American International | PPL Center Attendance: 2,155 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erik Portillo | Goalies | Alec Calvaruso | Referees: Cameron Lynch Brad LeBlanc Linesmen: Patrick Dapuzzo Steve Drain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 32 |
Northeast
[edit]March 25, 2022 6:00 PM | (2) Minnesota | 4 – 3 (OT) (1–2, 1–1, 1–0, 1–0) | (3) Massachusetts | DCU Center Attendance: 6,002 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Justen Close | Goalies | Matt Murray | Referees: Ryan Hersey Nick Krebsbach Linesmen: John Grandt Tyler Liffrig | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 23 |
East
[edit]March 24, 2022 6:00 PM | (2) North Dakota | 1 – 2 (OT) (1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | (3) Notre Dame | MVP Arena Attendance: 2,345 |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Zach Driscoll | Goalies | Matthew Galajda | Referees: Geno Binda Jr. Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Bill Kingdon | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
24 | Shots | 25 |
Regional final
[edit]Midwest
[edit]March 27, 2022 6:30 PM | (1) Michigan | 7 – 4 (2–0, 2–0, 3–4) | (2) Quinnipiac | PPL Center Attendance: 3,256 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erik Portillo | Goalies | Yaniv Perets out 40:00 Dylan St. Cyr in 40:00 | Referees: Geoff Miller Steve Rouillard Linesmen: Jeff McCorkle Kyle Richetelle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 34 |
Northeast
[edit]March 27, 2022 4:00 PM | (1) Western Michigan | 0 – 3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2) | (2) Minnesota | DCU Center Attendance: 2,848 |
Game reference | |||||||||||
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Brandon Bussi | Goalies | Justen Close | Referees: Joe Carusone C.J. Hanfin Linesmen: Brian Oliver Ryan Knapp | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
24 | Shots | 26 |
East
[edit]March 26, 2022 6:30 PM | (1) Minnesota State | 1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | (3) Notre Dame | MVP Arena Attendance: 3,449 |
Game reference | |||||
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Matthew Galajda | Referees: Geno Bindo Jeremy Tufts Linesmen: Kevin Briganti Bill Kingdon | ||
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6 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
33 | Shots | 23 |
National semifinal
[edit]April 7, 2022 5:00 PM | (MW1) Michigan | 2 – 3 (OT) (0–1, 1–0, 1–1, 0–1) | (W1) Denver | TD Garden Attendance: 17,850 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Erik Portillo | Goalies | Magnus Chrona | Referees: Joe Carusone CJ Hanafin Linesmen: Ryan Knapp Brian Oliver | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 0 min | |||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 33 |
April 7, 2022 8:30 PM | (E1) Minnesota State | 5 – 1 (0–1, 2–0, 3–0) | (NE2) Minnesota | TD Garden Attendance: 17,850 |
Game reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dryden McKay | Goalies | Justen Close | Referees: Ryan Sweeney Michael Schubert Linesmen: Anthony Valle Shane Kanaly | |||||||||||||||||
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0 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | Shots | 17 |
Ranking
[edit]USCHO
[edit]Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Final |
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Michigan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Michigan State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Notre Dame | 18 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Ohio State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Penn State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 16 | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Wisconsin | 11 | 13 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
USA Today
[edit]Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Final |
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Michigan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Michigan State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Minnesota | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Notre Dame | NR | NR | NR | 12 | NR | NR | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
Ohio State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 14 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 15 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Penn State | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Wisconsin | 12 | 14 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Pairwise
[edit]Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Final |
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Michigan | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Michigan State | 14 | 37 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 37 | 35 |
Minnesota | 14 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Notre Dame | 14 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Ohio State | 14 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Penn State | 4 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
Wisconsin | 14 | 49 | 9 | 37 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 33 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 37 |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[7]
Awards
[edit]NCAA
[edit]AHCA All-American Teams[8] | ||
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West First Team | Position | Team |
Matty Beniers | F | Michigan |
West Second Team | Position | Team |
Luke Hughes | D | Michigan |
Owen Power | D | Michigan |
Ben Meyers | F | Minnesota |
Big Ten
[edit]Big Ten tournament
[edit]Tournament MOP | ||
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Erik Portillo | Michigan | |
All-Tournament Team[9] | ||
Player | Pos | Team |
Erik Portillo | G | Michigan |
Jackson LaCombe | D | Minnesota |
Luke Hughes | D | Michigan |
Mackie Samoskevich | F | Michigan |
Brendan Brisson | F | Michigan |
Matty Beniers | F | Michigan |
2022 NHL Entry Draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | College | NHL team |
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1 | 3 | Logan Cooley† | Minnesota | Arizona Coyotes |
1 | 13 | Frank Nazar† | Michigan | Chicago Blackhawks |
1 | 14 | Rutger McGroarty† | Michigan | Winnipeg Jets |
1 | 23 | Jimmy Snuggerud† | Minnesota | St. Louis Blues |
1 | 25 | Sam Rinzel† | Minnesota | Chicago Blackhawks |
2 | 37 | Ryan Chesley† | Minnesota | Washington Capitals |
2 | 46 | Seamus Casey† | Michigan | New Jersey Devils |
3 | 78 | Quinn Finley† | Wisconsin | New York Islanders |
4 | 100 | Tyson Jugnauth† | Wisconsin | Seattle Kraken |
4 | 104 | Stephen Halliday† | Ohio State | Ottawa Senators |
4 | 124 | Cruz Lucius† | Wisconsin | Carolina Hurricanes |
6 | 180 | Jack Sparkes† | Michigan State | Los Angeles Kings |
6 | 192 | Connor Kurth† | Minnesota | Tampa Bay Lightning |
7 | 201 | Owen Mehlenbacher† | Wisconsin | Detroit Red Wings |
7 | 212 | Brennan Ali† | Notre Dame | Detroit Red Wings |
7 | 213 | David Gucciardi | Michigan State | Washington Capitals |
† incoming freshman [10]
References
[edit]- ^ "2021-22 Big Ten Schedule". Big Ten. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "2021-2022 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Big Ten. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ "2020-21 MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY NATIONAL STATISTICS DATABASE". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ "Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Four players return to 2021–22 Division I men's All-American teams, led by three-time pick Dryden McKay". USCHO.com. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Hockey Postseason Honors Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 15, 2022. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "NCAA player rankings, selections in 2022 NHL Draft". USCHO.com. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
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