Sea Dogs In The NHL
The Saint John Sea Dogs have seen 21 players go on to play at least one game in the National Hockey League in their history. Defenceman Yann Sauve became the first Sea Dog to appear in the NHL when he suited up for the Vancouver Canucks on February 15, 2011.
PLAYER | FIRST GAME | DEBUT TEAM | (OTHER TEAMS) |
Yann Sauve | February 15, 2011 vs Minnesota Wild | Vancouver Canucks | – |
Simon Despres | December 1, 2011 @ Washington Capitals | Pittsburgh Penguins | Anaheim Ducks |
Mike Hoffman | December 23, 2011 @ Carolina Hurricanes | Ottawa Senators | Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens |
Jonathan Huberdeau | January 19, 2013 vs Carolina Hurricanes | Florida Panthers | Calgary Flames |
Charlie Coyle | February 4, 2013 vs Arizona Coyotes | Minnesota Wild | Boston Bruins |
Nathan Beaulieu | March 30, 2013 vs New York Rangers | Montreal Canadiens | Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, Anaheim Ducks |
Eric Gelinas | April 25, 2013 vs Pittsburgh Penguins | New Jersey Devils | Colorado Avalanche |
Alex Grant | November 30, 2013 vs San Jose Sharks | Anaheim Ducks | Arizona Coyotes |
Tomas Jurco | December 15, 2013 vs Tampa Bay Lightning | Detroit Red Wings | Chicago Blackhawks, Edmonton Oilers, Vegas Golden Knights |
Brett Gallant | April 8, 2014 vs Ottawa Senators | New York Islanders | – |
Stanislav Galiev | April 8, 2015 vs Boston Bruins | Washington Capitals | – |
Thomas Chabot | October 18, 2016 vs Arizona Coyotes | Ottawa Senators | – |
Christopher DiDomenico | March 9, 2017 @ Arizona Coyotes | Ottawa Senators | – |
Matthew Highmore | March 1, 2018 @ San Jose Sharks | Chicago Blackhawks | Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues |
Mathieu Joseph | October 6, 2018 vs Florida Panthers | Tampa Bay Lightning | Ottawa Senators |
Jakub Zboril | November 18, 2018 @ Dallas Stars | Boston Bruins | – |
Julien Gauthier | October 11, 2019 vs New York Islanders | Carolina Hurricanes | New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders |
Joe Veleno | April 27, 2021 @ Columbus Blue Jackets | Detroit Red Wings | – |
Boko Imama | April 22, 2022 vs Washington Capitals | Arizona Coyotes | – |
William Dufour | January 18, 2023 vs Boston Bruins | New York Islanders | – |
Yan Kuznetsov | January 9, 2024 vs Ottawa Senators | Calgary Flames | – |
NHL Drafted Players
The Sea Dogs have had 32 players hear their names called at the NHL Draft. Of those players, the first to be drafted into the NHL was defenceman Felix Schutz who was selected in the fourth round, 117th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in 2006.
The year in which the highest number of Sea Dogs were drafted was 2015 when seven players were selected. Seven players have been chosen in the first round of the NHL Draft.
YEAR | PLAYER | POSITION | ROUND | OVERALL | TEAM |
2006 | Felix Schutz | D | 4 | 117 | Buffalo Sabres |
2007 | Alex Grant | D | 4 | 118 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Christopher DiDomenico | F | 6 | 164 | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
2008 | Yann Sauve | D | 2 | 41 | Vancouver Canucks |
2009 | Simon Despres | D | 1 | 30 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Steven Anthony | F | 7 | 187 | Vancouver Canucks | |
2010 | Stanislav Galiev | F | 3 | 86 | Washington Capitals |
Mike Hoffman | F | 5 | 130 | Ottawa Senators | |
Stephen MacAulay | F | 6 | 164 | St. Louis Blues | |
2011 | Jonathan Huberdeau | F | 1 | 3 | Florida Panthers |
Nathan Beaulieu | D | 1 | 17 | Montreal Canadiens | |
Zack Phillips | F | 1 | 28 | Minnesota Wild | |
Tomas Jurco | F | 2 | 35 | Detroit Red Wings | |
Ryan Tesink | F | 6 | 162 | St. Louis Blues | |
2014 | Olivier Leblanc | D | 7 | 197 | Columbus Blue Jackets |
2015 | Jakub Zboril | D | 1 | 13 | Boston Bruins |
Thomas Chabot | D | 1 | 18 | Ottawa Senators | |
Samuel Dove-McFalls | F | 4 | 98 | Philadelphia Flyers | |
Mathieu Joseph | F | 4 | 120 | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
Spencer Smallman | F | 5 | 138 | Carolina Hurricanes | |
Bokondji Imama | F | 6 | 180 | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
Adam Marsh | F | 7 | 200 | Detroit Red Wings | |
2016 | Luke Green | D | 3 | 79 | Winnipeg Jets |
Nathan Noel | F | 4 | 113 | Chicago Blackhawks | |
2017 | Cedric Pare | F | 6 | 173 | Boston Bruins |
2018 | Joe Veleno | F | 1 | 30 | Detroit Red Wings |
Radim Salda | D | 7 | 206 | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
2019 | Maxim Cajkovic | F | 3 | 89 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
2020 | Jeremie Poirier | D | 3 | 72 | Calgary Flames |
William Villeneuve | D | 4 | 122 | Toronto Maple Leafs | |
2021 | Cameron MacDonald | F | 5 | 160 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
2024 | Eriks Mateiko | F | 3 | 90 | Washington Capitals |