441 CHL graduates on NHL opening night rosters and taxi squads
A total of 441 Canadian Hockey League players past and present have been named to opening night rosters and taxi squads to begin the 2020-21 National Hockey League season.
All 60 CHL clubs are represented by at least one graduate, with the 441 players counting 205 from the Ontario Hockey League, 140 from the Western Hockey League, and 96 from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The London Knights lead all CHL clubs with 31 representatives followed by the Soo Greyhounds with 19 and the Kelowna Rockets with 18. The Drummondville Voltigeurs, Quebec Remparts, and Saint John Sea Dogs lead the QMJHL, each with 10.
Among the NHL’s 31 clubs, the Edmonton Oilers lead the way with 20 CHL graduates, including reigning NHL MVP Leon Draisaitl who appeared in 160 career contests with the Prince Albert Raiders and Kelowna Rockets from 2012-15. The Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights sit second to the Oilers, both icing rosters with 19 CHL graduates.
The CHL proudly continues to be the leading producer of NHL players.
Anaheim Ducks (13)
Max Comtois (Drummondville), Nicolas Deslauriers (Gatineau), Cam Fowler (Windsor), Ryan Getzlaf (Calgary), John Gibson (Kitchener), Brendan Guhle (Prince George), Adam Henrique (Windsor), Max Jones (Kingston), Josh Mahura (Regina), Sonny Milano (Plymouth), Rickard Rakell (Plymouth), Sam Steel (Regina), Anthony Stolarz (London)
Arizona Coyotes (15)
Derick Brassard (Drummondville), Kyle Capobianco (Sudbury), Michael Chaput (Shawinigan), Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia), Lawson Crouse (Kingston), Jason Demers (Victoriaville), Christian Dvorak (London), Christian Fischer (Windsor), Conor Garland (Moncton), Frederik Gauthier (Rimouski), Barrett Hayton (Soo), Adin Hill (Portland), Dryden Hunt (Moose Jaw), Darcy Kuemper (Red Deer), Tyler Pitlick (Medicine Hat)
Boston Bruins (13)
Patrice Bergeron (Acadie-Bathurst), Brandon Carlo (Tri-City), Charlie Coyle (Saint John), Jake DeBrusk (Red Deer), Jaroslav Halak (Lewiston), David Krejci (Gatineau), Jeremy Lauzon (Rouyn-Noranda), Brad Marchand (Halifax), Greg McKegg (London), John Moore (Kitchener), Nick Ritchie (Soo), Jack Studnicka (Niagara), Jakub Zboril (Saint John)
Buffalo Sabres (12)
Dylan Cozens (Lethbridge), Brandon Davidson (Regina), Cody Eakin (Kootenay), Taylor Hall (Windsor), Henri Jokiharju (Portland), Curtis Lazar (Edmonton), Colin Miller (Soo), Jack Quinn (Ottawa), Sam Reinhart (Kootenay), Tobias Rieder (Kitchener), Jeff Skinner (Kitchener), Eric Staal (Peterborough)
Calgary Flames (13)
Rasmus Andersson (Barrie), Mikael Backlund (Kelowna), Sam Bennett (Kingston), Louis Domingue (Quebec), Dillon Dube (Kelowna), Mark Giordano (Owen Sound), Josh Leivo (Kitchener), Milan Lucic (Vancouver), Andrew Mangiapane (Barrie), Sean Monahan (Ottawa), Derek Ryan (Spokane), Matthew Tkachuk (London), Juuso Valimaki (Tri-City)
Carolina Hurricanes (15)
Jake Bean (Tri-City), Haydn Fleury (Red Deer), Warren Foegele (Erie), Morgan Geekie (Tri-City), Dougie Hamilton (Niagara), Steven Lorentz (Peterborough), Jordan Martinook (Vancouver), Brock McGinn (Guelph), Petr Mrazek (Ottawa), Alex Nedeljkovic (Niagara), Nino Niederreiter (Portland), James Reimer (Red Deer), Jordan Staal (Peterborough), Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie), Vincent Trocheck (Plymouth)
Chicago Blackhawks (18)
Nicolas Beaudin (Drummondville), Adam Boqvist (London), Kirby Dach (Saskatoon), Calvin de Haan (Oshawa), Alex DeBrincat (Erie), Brandon Hagel (Red Deer), Matthew Highmore (Saint John), Patrick Kane (London), Duncan Keith (Kelowna), Dominik Kubalik (Kitchener), Philipp Kurashev (Quebec), Connor Murphy (Sarnia), Brent Seabrook (Lethbridge), Andrew Shaw (Owen Sound), Dylan Strome (Erie), Malcolm Subban (Belleville), Pius Suter (Guelph), Nikita Zadorov (London)
Colorado Avalanche (11)
Andre Burakovsky (Erie), Bowen Byram (Vancouver), Matt Calvert (Brandon), Samuel Girard (Shawinigan), Ryan Graves (Quebec), Philipp Grubauer (Kingston), Nazem Kadri (London), Gabriel Landeskog (Kitchener), Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax), Brandon Saad (Saginaw), Conor Timmins (Soo)
Columbus Blue Jackets (13)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (Portland), Michael Del Zotto (London), Max Domi (London), Pierre-Luc Dubois (Blainville-Boisbriand), Nick Foligno (Sudbury), Liam Foudy (London), Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec), Scott Harrington (London), Boone Jenner (Oshawa), Seth Jones (Portland), Ryan MacInnis (Kitchener), Stefan Matteau (Blainville-Boisbriand), David Savard (Moncton)
Dallas Stars (19)
Jamie Benn (Kelowna), Landon Bow (Seattle), Blake Comeau (Kelowna), Riley Damiani (Kitchener), Ty Dellandrea (Flint), Jason Dickinson (Guelph), Justin Dowling (Swift Current), Radek Faksa (Sudbury), Tye Felhaber (Ottawa), Ben Gleason (Hamilton), Thomas Harley (Mississauga), Anton Khudobin (Saskatoon), Adam Mascherin (Kitchener), Jamie Oleksiak (Niagara), Mark Pysyk (Edmonton), Alexander Radulov (Quebec), Jason Robertson (Niagara), Tyler Seguin (Plymouth), Andrej Sekera (Owen Sound)
Detroit Red Wings (16)
Jonathan Bernier (Lewiston), Tyler Bertuzzi (Guelph), Dennis Cholowski (Portland), Adam Erne (Quebec), Robby Fabbri (Guelph), Sam Gagner (London), Darren Helm (Medicine Hat), Filip Hronek (Saginaw), Anthony Mantha (Val-d’Or), Vladislav Namestnikov (London), Calvin Pickard (Seattle), Michael Rasmussen (Tri-City), Bobby Ryan (Owen Sound), Givani Smith (Kitchener), Marc Staal (Sudbury), Filip Zadina (Halifax)
Edmonton Oilers (20)
Tyson Barrie (Kelowna), Ethan Bear (Seattle), Tyler Benson (Vancouver), Evan Bouchard (London), Leon Draisaitl (Kelowna), Tyler Ennis (Medicine Hat), Caleb Jones (Portland), Dominik Kahun (Sudbury), Zack Kassian (Windsor), Jujhar Khaira (Everett), Slater Koekkoek (Windsor), Connor McDavid (Erie), Ryan McLeod (Saginaw), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Red Deer), Darnell Nurse (Soo), Alan Quine (Belleville), Kris Russell (Medicine Hat), Stuart Skinner (Swift Current), Mike Smith (Sudbury), Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane)
Florida Panthers (17)
Kevin Connauton (Vancouver), Brett Connolly (Prince George), Philippe Desrosiers (Rimouski), Chris Driedger (Calgary), Anthony Duclair (Quebec), Aaron Ekblad (Barrie), Radko Gudas (Everett), Aleksi Heponiemi (Swift Current), Jonathan Huberdeau (Saint John), Noah Juulson (Everett), Mason Marchment (Mississauga), Samuel Montembeault (Blainville-Boisbriand), Riley Stillman (Hamilton), Owen Tippett (Saginaw), Carter Verhaeghe (Niagara), MacKenzie Weegar (Halifax), Keith Yandle (Moncton)
Los Angeles Kings (13)
Mike Amadio (North Bay), Jaret Anderson-Dolan (Spokane), Andreas Athanasiou (Barrie), Dustin Brown (Guelph), Jeff Carter (Soo), Kale Clague (Moose Jaw), Drew Doughty (Guelph), Matt Luff (Hamilton), Olli Maatta (London), Austin Strand (Seattle), Gabriel Vilardi (Kingston), Matt Villalta (Soo), Austin Wagner (Regina)
Minnesota Wild (6)
Matt Dumba (Portland), Marcus Foligno (Sudbury), Ryan Hartman (Plymouth), Dakota Mermis (Oshawa), Victor Rask (Calgary), Jared Spurgeon (Spokane)
Montreal Canadiens (17)
Jake Allen (Drummondville), Josh Anderson (London), Paul Byron (Gatineau), Ben Chiarot (Saginaw), Phillip Danault (Moncton), Jonathan Drouin (Halifax), Joel Edmundson (Kamloops), Cale Fleury (Regina), Michael Frolik (Rimouski), Brendan Gallagher (Vancouver), Brett Kulak (Vancouver), Victor Mete (London), Corey Perry (London), Carey Price (Tri-City), Nick Suzuki (Guelph), Tyler Toffoli (Ottawa), Shea Weber (Kelowna)
Nashville Predators (12)
Alexandre Carrier (Gatineau), Nick Cousins (Soo), Matt Duchene (Brampton), Ryan Ellis (Windsor), Connor Ingram (Kamloops), Ryan Johansen (Portland), Mathieu Olivier (Sherbrooke), Brad Richardson (Owen Sound), Luca Sbisa (Portland), Colton Sissons (Kelowna), Jarred Tinordi (London), Yakov Trenin (Gatineau)
New Jersey Devils (16)
Nathan Bastian (Mississauga), Mackenzie Blackwood (Barrie), Connor Carrick (Plymouth), Eric Comrie (Tri-City), Nolan Foote (Kelowna), Nico Hischier (Halifax), Dmitri Kulikov (Drummondville), Janne Kuokkanen (London), Michael McLeod (Mississauga), Nick Merkley (Kelowna), Ryan Murray (Everett), Damon Severson (Kelowna), Ty Smith (Spokane), P.K. Subban (Belleville), Scott Wedgewood (Plymouth), Pavel Zacha (Sarnia)
New York Islanders (15)
Mathew Barzal (Seattle), Josh Bailey (Windsor), Anthony Beauvillier (Shawinigan), Kieffer Bellows (Portland), Casey Cizikas (Mississauga), Cal Clutterbuck (Oshawa), Michael Dal Colle (Kingston), Noah Dobson (Rouyn-Noranda), Jordan Eberle (Regina), Thomas Hickey (Seattle), Ross Johnston (Charlottetown), Matt Martin (Sarnia), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Chicoutimi), Adam Pelech (Erie), Ryan Pulock (Brandon)
New York Rangers (8)
Tony DeAngelo (Soo), Julien Gauthier (Saint John), Libor Hajek (Regina), Brett Howden (Moose Jaw), Alexis Lafreniere (Rimouski), Brendan Lemieux (Windsor), Matthew Robertson (Edmonton), Ryan Strome (Niagara)
Ottawa Senators (15)
Jonathan Aspirot (Moncton), Drake Batherson (Blainville-Boisbriand), Connor Brown (Erie), Josh Brown (Oshawa), Thomas Chabot (Saint John), Filip Chlapik (Charlottetown), Braydon Coburn (Portland), Alex Galchenyuk (Sarnia), Erik Gudbranson (Kingston), Michael Haley (Toronto), Matt Murray (Soo), Nick Paul (North Bay), Cedric Paquette (Blainville-Boisbriand), Chris Tierney (London), Austin Watson (London)
Philadelphia Flyers (16)
Andy Andreoff (Oshawa), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (Val-d’Or), Connor Bunnaman (Kitchener), Sean Couturier (Drummondville), Morgan Frost (Soo), Claude Giroux (Gatineau), Carter Hart (Everett), Travis Konecny (Sarnia), Scott Laughton (Oshawa), Samuel Morin (Rimouski), Philippe Myers (Rouyn-Noranda), Nolan Patrick (Brandon), Ivan Provorov (Brandon), Travis Sanheim (Calgary), Carsen Twarynski (Kelowna), Jakub Voracek (Halifax)
Pittsburgh Penguins (10)
Cody Ceci (Owen Sound), Sidney Crosby (Rimouski), Alex D’Orio (Baie-Comeau), Frederick Gaudreau (Drummondville), Tristan Jarry (Edmonton), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (Drummondville), Maxime Lagace (Sherbrooke), Kris Letang (Val-d’Or), Jared McCann (Soo), Colton Sceviour (Lethbridge)
San Jose Sharks (15)
Rudolfs Balcers (Kamloops), Brent Burns (Brampton), Logan Couture (Ottawa), Devan Dubnyk (Kamloops), Noah Gregor (Prince Albert), Martin Jones (Calgary), Evander Kane (Vancouver), Kevin Labanc (Barrie), Patrick Marleau (Seattle), Timo Meier (Rouyn-Noranda), Nicolas Meloche (Charlottetown), Jacob Middleton (Ottawa), Stefan Noesen (Plymouth), Jeffrey Viel (Acadie-Bathurst), Marc Edouard Vlasic (Quebec)
St. Louis Blues (14)
Ivan Barbashev (Moncton), Jordan Binnington (Owen Sound), Sammy Blais (Charlottetown), Robert Bortuzzo (Kitchener), Kyle Clifford (Barrie), Vince Dunn (Niagara), Joel Hofer (Portland), Mike Hoffman (Saint John), Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia), Ryan O’Reilly (Erie), David Perron (Lewiston), Marco Scandella (Val-d’Or), Brayden Schenn (Saskatoon), Robert Thomas (Hamilton)
Tampa Bay Lightning (17)
Erik Cernak (Erie), Anthony Cirelli (Erie), Cal Foote (Kelowna), Christopher Gibson (Chicoutimi), Barclay Goodrow (North Bay), Yanni Gourde (Victoriaville), Tyler Johnson (Spokane), Mathieu Joseph (Saint John), Nikita Kucherov (Rouyn-Noranda), Patrick Maroon (London), Ondrej Palat (Drummondville), Brayden Point (Moose Jaw), Luke Schenn (Kelowna), Mikhail Sergachev (Windsor), Gemel Smith (London), Steven Stamkos (Sarnia), Mitchell Stephens (London)
Toronto Maple Leafs (14)
Zach Bogosian (Peterborough), T.J. Brodie (Barrie), Adam Brooks (Regina), Jack Campbell (Soo), Travis Dermott (Erie), Mitch Marner (London), Jake Muzzin (Soo), Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw), Nick Robertson (Peterborough), Rasmus Sandin (Soo), Wayne Simmonds (Soo), Jason Spezza (Belleville), John Tavares (London), Joe Thornton (Soo)
Vancouver Canucks (18)
Justin Bailey (Soo), Guillaume Brisebois (Charlottetown), Jalen Chatfield (Windsor), Michael DiPietro (Ottawa), Alex Edler (Kelowna), Micheal Ferland (Saskatoon), Travis Hamonic (Brandon), Jayce Hawryluk (Brandon), Braden Holtby (Saskatoon), Bo Horvat (London), Olli Juolevi (London), Zack MacEwen (Gatineau), J.T. Miller (Plymouth), Tyler Myers (Kelowna), Tanner Pearson (Barrie), Antoine Roussel (Chicoutimi), Brandon Sutter (Red Deer), Jake Virtanen (Calgary)
Vegas Golden Knights (19)
William Carrier (Drummondville), Dylan Coghlan (Tri-City), Oscar Dansk (Erie), Marc-Andre Fleury (Cape Breton), Cody Glass (Portland), Nicolas Hague (Mississauga), Nick Holden (Chilliwack), Tomas Jurco (Saint John), Keegan Kolesar (Seattle), Robin Lehner (Soo), Jonathan Marchessault (Quebec), Brayden McNabb (Kootenay), Alex Pietrangelo (Barrie), Gage Quinney (Kamloops), Ryan Reaves (Brandon), Nicolas Roy (Chicoutimi), Chandler Stephenson (Regina), Mark Stone (Brandon), Shea Theodore (Seattle)
Washington Capitals (8)
Craig Anderson (Guelph), John Carlson (London), Zdeno Chara (Prince George), Brenden Dillon (Seattle), Zachary Fucale (Quebec), Richard Panik (Guelph), Daniel Sprong (Charlottetown), Tom Wilson (Plymouth)
Winnipeg Jets (13)
Nathan Beaulieu (Saint John), Laurent Brossoit (Edmonton), Dylan DeMelo (Mississauga), Nikolaj Ehlers (Halifax), Jansen Harkins (Prince George), Trevor Lewis (Owen Sound), Bryan Little (Barrie), Adam Lowry (Swift Current), Josh Morrissey (Kelowna), Mathieu Perreault (Acadie-Bathurst), Mark Scheifele (Barrie), Logan Stanley (Kitchener), Nate Thompson (Seattle)
