The Sarnia Sting Hockey Club has had a tremendous record of developing players for National Hockey League success.
Most recently, the Sting have seen two members of their current roster drafted in the last NHL draft. Both Jamieson Rees and Eric Hjorth were selected in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Since the club’s founding ahead of the 1994-1995 OHL season, the Sting are proud to have had sixteen alumni who were selected in the first round of National Hockey League drafts.
Sarnia has had two alumni chosen as first-overall NHL draft picks. Steven Stamkos went first to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008, and Nail Yakupov was selected first by the Edmonton Oilers in 2012.
The Sting are proud to have played a role in developing such talent, and look forward to welcoming many more players and their families in the years to come.
Sarnia Sting Alumni, First-Round NHL Draft Selections
First Name | Last Name | Seasons with Sting | Year Drafted | Overall | NHL Team Drafted By |
Jacob | Perreault | 2018-2020 | 2020 | 27 | Anaheim Ducks |
Jakob | Chychrun | 2014-2016 | 2016 | 16 | Arizona Coyotes |
Pavel | Zacha | 2014-2016 | 2015 | 6 | New Jersey Devils |
Travis | Konecny | 2015-2016 | 2015* | 24 | Philadelphia Flyers |
Anthony | DeAngelo | 2011-2015 | 2014 | 19 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Nikolay | Goldobin | 2012-2014 | 2014 | 27 | San Jose Sharks |
Nail | Yakupov | 2010-2012 | 2012 | 1 | Edmonton Oilers |
Alexander | Galchenyuk | 2010-2013 | 2012 | 3 | Montreal Canadiens |
Connor | Murphy | 2011-2013 | 2011* | 20 | Phoenix Coyotes |
Steven | Stamkos | 2006-2008 | 2008 | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
Matt | Pelech | 2003-2006 | 2005 | 26 | Calgary Flames |
Jeff | Heerema | 1997-2000 | 1998 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes |
Patrick | Desrochers | 1995-1998 | 1998 | 14 | Phoenix Coyotes |
Mike | Van Ryn | 1999-2000 | 1998* | 26 | New Jersey Devils |
Jeff | Brown | 1994-1997 | 1996 | 22 | New York Rangers |
Sean | Brown | 1995-1996 | 1995* | 21 | Boston Bruins |
*Indicates the player was drafted while with an organization outside the Sarnia Sting Hockey Club.
Sarnia Sting Alumni Drafted to the NHL (All-Time)
*Indicates the player was drafted while with an organization outside the Sarnia Sting Hockey Club.
First Name | Last Name | Year Drafted | Team Drafted By | Round | Overall |
Angus | MacDonell | 2023* | Dallas Stars | 6 | 189 |
Luca | Del Bel Belluz | 2022* | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 44 |
Christian | Kyrou | 2022* | Dallas Stars | 2 | 50 |
Sandis | Vilmanis | 2022* | Florida Panthers | 5 | 157 |
Sasha | Pastujov | 2021* | Anaheim Ducks | 3 | 66 |
Benjamin | Gaudreau | 2021 | San Jose Sharks | 3 | 81 |
Ethan | Del Mastro | 2021* | Chicago Blackhawks | 4 | 105 |
Ty | Voit | 2021 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5 | 153 |
Ryan | Mast | 2021 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 181 |
Chandler | Romeo | 2021* | Ottawa Senators | 7 | 202 |
Jacob | Perreault | 2020 | Anaheim Ducks | 1 | 27 |
Jamieson | Rees | 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2 | 44 |
Eric | Hjorth | 2019* | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 104 |
Adam | Ruzicka | 2017 | Calgary Flames | 4 | 109 |
Drake | Rymsha | 2017 | Los Angeles Kings | 5 | 138 |
Ryan | McGregor | 2017 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 6 | 172 |
Sasha | Chmelevski | 2017* | San Jose Sharks | 6 | 185 |
Jakob | Chychrun | 2016 | Arizona Coyotes | 1 | 16 |
Jordan | Kyrou | 2016 | St Louis Blues | 2 | 35 |
Cam | Dineen | 2016* | Arizona Coyotes | 3 | 68 |
Jonathan | Ang | 2016* | Florida Panthers | 4 | 94 |
Michael | Pezzetta | 2016* | Montreal Canadiens | 6 | 160 |
Anthony | Salinitri | 2016 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6 | 172 |
Filip | Helt | 2016* | St. Louis Blues | 7 | 211 |
Pavel | Zacha | 2015 | New Jersey Devils | 1 | 6 |
Travis | Konecny | 2015* | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 24 |
Nikita | Korostelev | 2015 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7 | 185 |
Anthony | DeAngelo | 2014 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 19 |
Nikolay | Goldobin | 2014 | San Jose Sharks | 1 | 27 |
Joshua | Jacobs | 2014* | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 41 |
Jaden | Lindo | 2014* | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 173 |
Matthew | Mistele | 2014* | Los Angeles Kings | 6 | 180 |
Ryan | Kujawinski | 2013* | New Jersey Devils | 3 | 73 |
Nail | Yakupov | 2012 | Edmonton Oilers | 1 | 1 |
Alexander | Galchenyuk | 2012 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 3 |
Connor | Murphy | 2011* | Phoenix Coyotes | 1 | 20 |
Brett | Ritchie | 2011 | Dallas Stars | 2 | 44 |
Ludvig | Rensfeldt | 2010* | Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 35 |
Ryan | Spooner | 2010* | Boston Bruins | 2 | 45 |
Gregg | Sutch | 2010* | Buffalo Sabres | 5 | 143 |
Joe | Rogalski | 2010 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 152 |
Dalton | Prout | 2010* | Columbus Blue Jackets | 6 | 154 |
Brandon | Maxwell | 2009* | Colorado Avalanche | 6 | 154 |
Kyle | Neuber | 2009* | Columbus Blue Jackets | 7 | 197 |
Steven | Stamkos | 2008 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 1 |
Jamie | Arniel | 2008 | Boston Bruins | 4 | 97 |
Matt | Martin | 2008 | New York Islanders | 5 | 148 |
Justin | DiBenedetto | 2008 | New York Islanders | 6 | 175 |
Mark | Katic | 2007 | New York Islanders | 3 | 62 |
Michael | Neal | 2007* | Dallas Stars | 5 | 149 |
Aaron | Snow | 2006* | Dallas Stars | 3 | 90 |
Harrison | Reed | 2006 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 93 |
Devin | DiDiomete | 2006* | Calgary Flames | 7 | 187 |
Matt | Pelech | 2005 | Calgary Flames | 1 | 26 |
Richard | Clune | 2005 | Dallas Stars | 3 | 71 |
Tomas | Pospisil | 2005* | Atlanta Thrashers | 5 | 135 |
Nick | Tuzzolino | 2005 | New York Islanders | 7 | 196 |
Chad | Painchaud | 2004* | Atlanta Thrashers | 4 | 106 |
Trevor | Kell | 2004* | Chicago Blackhawks | 5 | 131 |
Dan | Fritsche | 2003 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 46 |
Daniel | Carcillo | 2003 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3 | 73 |
Ryan | Munce | 2003 | Los Angeles Kings | 3 | 82 |
Stefan | Blaho | 2003* | New York Islanders | 4 | 120 |
Joey | Tenute | 2003 | New Jersey Devils | 8 | 261 |
John | Hecimovic | 2003 | Florida Panthers | 9 | 264 |
Anton | Kadeykin | 2002* | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 51 |
Marek | Chvatal | 2002* | New Jersey Devils | 3 | 84 |
Kris | Newbury | 2002 | San Jose Sharks | 5 | 139 |
Robert | Gherson | 2002 | Washington Capitals | 5 | 145 |
Colt | King | 2001* | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | 130 |
Eric | Himelfarb | 2001 | Montreal Canadiens | 6 | 171 |
Juris | Stals | 2001* | New York Rangers | 9 | 269 |
Tyler | Hanchuck | 2000* | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 79 |
Mike | Danton | 2000* | New Jersey Devils | 5 | 135 |
Scott | Heffernan | 2000 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 5 | 138 |
Chris | Berti | 2000 | Boston Bruins | 7 | 204 |
Sean | McMorrow | 2000* | Buffalo Sabres | 8 | 258 |
Alexander | Buturlin | 1999* | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 39 |
Cory | Campbell | 1999* | Los Angeles Kings | 3 | 92 |
Preston | Mizzi | 1999* | Phoenix Coyotes | 4 | 123 |
Dusty | Jamieson | 1999 | Montreal Canadiens | 5 | 136 |
Maxim | Rybin | 1999* | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 5 | 141 |
Jeff | Heerema | 1998 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 11 |
Patrick | Desrochers | 1998 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1 | 14 |
Mike | Van Ryn | 1998* | New Jersey Devils | 1 | 26 |
Andy | Burnham | 1998* | New York Islanders | 4 | 95 |
Ryan | Van Buskirk | 1998 | Phoenix Coyotes | 4 | 100 |
Jeff | Zehr | 1997* | New York Islanders | 2 | 31 |
Curtis | Cruickshank | 1997* | Washington Capitals | 4 | 89 |
Ivan | Novoseltsev | 1997* | Florida Panthers | 4 | 95 |
Lucas | Nerhling | 1997 | New Jersey Devils | 4 | 104 |
Peter | Sarno | 1997* | Edmonton Oilers | 6 | 141 |
Andrew | Proskurnicki | 1997 | New York Rangers | 8 | 210 |
Greg | Willers | 1997* | Detroit Red Wings | 9 | 239 |
Jeff | Brown | 1996 | New York Rangers | 1 | 22 |
Marek | Posmyk | 1996* | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | 36 |
Wes | Mason | 1996 | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 38 |
Jonathan | Sim | 1996 | Dallas Stars | 3 | 70 |
Kurt | Walsh | 1996* | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 87 |
Peter | Cava | 1996* | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5 | 110 |
Todd | Miller | 1996 | New York Islanders | 6 | 138 |
Darren | Mortier | 1996 | Buffalo Sabres | 6 | 161 |
Eoin | McInerney | 1996* | Dallas Stars | 7 | 166 |
Trevor | Letowski | 1996 | Phoenix Coyotes | 7 | 174 |
Tom | Brown | 1996 | Boston Bruins | 7 | 182 |
Chad | Cavanagh | 1996* | Washington Capitals | 9 | 232 |
Sean | Brown | 1995* | Boston Bruins | 1 | 21 |
Shane | Kenny | 1995* | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 48 |
Richard | Rochefort | 1995* | New Jersey Devils | 7 | 174 |
Milan | Kostolny | 1995* | Hartford Whalers | 8 | 191 |
Chris | George | 1995 | Colorado Avalanche | 9 | 228 |
Scott | Cherrey | 1994* | Washington Capitals | 2 | 41 |
David | Nemirovsky | 1994* | Florida Panthers | 4 | 84 |
Kam | White | 1994* | Toronto Maple Leafs | 6 | 152 |
Rob | Guinn | 1994* | Edmonton Oilers | 8 | 185 |
Eric | Boulton | 1994* | New York Rangers | 9 | 234 |
Ryan | Tocher | 1993* | Quebec Nordiques | 4 | 101 |
Larry | Courville | 1993* | Winnipeg Jets | 5 | 119 |
Allan | Letang | 1993* | Montreal Canadiens | 8 | 203 |
Jeff | Salajko | 1993* | San Jose Sharks | 10 | 236 |
Dennis | Maxwell | 1992* | Tampa Bay Lightning | 8 | 170 |
Andy | Delmore | Undrafted | |||
Trevor | Gillies | Undrafted | |||
Micheal | Haley | Undrafted | |||
Drew | Larman | Undrafted | |||
Jamie | Fraser | Undrafted | |||
Brandon | Mashinter | Undrafted | |||
Ryan | Wilson | Undrafted |
Sarnia Sting NHL Alumni List
Played for the Sarnia Sting and played at least one National Hockey League Game
Trevor Lebowski – Phoenix Coyotes (Sarnia Sting 1994-1997)
Alan Letang – Dallas Stars (Sarnia Sting 1994-1995)
Jonathan Sim – Dallas Stars (Sarnia Sting 1994-1998)
Larry Courville – Vancouver Canucks (Sarnia Sting 1994-1995)
Andy Delmore – Philadelphia Flyers (Sarnia Sting 1994-1997)
Eric Boulton – Buffalo Sabres (Sarnia Sting 1994-1996)
David Nemirovsky – Florida Panthers (Sarnia Sting 1995-1996)
Sean Brown – Edmonton Oilers (Sarnia Sing 1995-1996)
Patrick DesRochers – Phoenix Coyotes (Sarnia Sting 1995-1999)
Jeff Heerema – Carolina Hurricanes (Sarnia Sting 1997-2000)
Ivan Novoseltsev – Florida Panthers (Sarnia Sting 1997-1999)
Marek Posmyk – Tampa Bay Lightning (Sarnia Sting 1997-1998)
Mike Danton – New Jersey Devils (Sarnia Sting 1997-1998)
Trevor Gillies – Anaheim Mighty Ducks (Sarnia Sting 1997-1998)
Peter Sarno – Edmonton Oilers (Sarnia Sting 1998-1999)
Jeff Zehr – Boston Bruins (Sarnia Sting 1998-1999)
Mike Van Ryn – St. Louis Blues (Sarnia Sting 1990-2000)
Sean McMorrow – Buffalo Sabres (1999-2000)
Kris Newbury – Toronto Maple Leafs (Sarnia Sting 2000-2003)
Dan Fritsche – Columbus Blue Jackets (Sarnia Sting 2001-2003)
Joey Tenute – Washington Capitals (Sarnia Sting 2002-2004)
Daniel Carcillo – Phoenix Coyotes (Sarnia Sting 2002-2005)
Drew Larman – Florida Panthers (Sarnia Sting 2002-2005)
Micheal Haley – New York Islanders (Sarnia Sting 2002-2006)
Richard Clune – Los Angeles Kings (Sarnia Sting 2003-2007)
Matt Pelech – Calgary Flames (Sarnia Sting 2003-2006)
Jamie Fraser – New York Islanders (Sarnia Sting 2004-2006)
Brandon Mashinter – San Jose Sharks (Sarnia Sting 2005-2007)
Mark Katic – New York Islanders (Sarnia Sting 2005-2009)
Steven Stamkos – Tampa Bay Lightning (Sarnia Sting 2006-2008)
Ryan Wilson – Colorado Avalanche (Sarnia Sting 2006-2008)
Justin DiBenrdetto – New York Islanders (Sarnia Sting 2006-2009)
Matt Martin – New York Islanders (Sarnia Sting 2006-2009)
Dalton Prout – Columbus Blue Jackets (Sarnia Sting 2006-2007)
Jamie Arniel – Boston Bruins (Sarnia Sting 2007-2009)
Brett Ritchie – Dallas Stars (Sarnia Sting 2009-2012)
Nail Yakupov – Edmonton Oilers (Sarnia Sting 2010-2012)
Alex Galchenyuk – Montreal Canadiens (Sarnia Sting 2010-2013)
Ryan Spooner – Boston Bruins (Sarnia Sting 2011-2012)
Connor Murphy – Phoenix Coyotes (Sarnia Sting 2011-2013)
Drake Rhymsha – Los Angeles Kings (Sarnia Sting 2016-2018)
Nikolay Goldobin – San Jose Sharks (Sarnia Sting 2012-2014)
Hayden Hodgson – Philadelphia Flyers (Sarnia Sting 2013-2016)
Jordan Kyrou – St. Louis Blues (Sarnia Sting 2014-2018)
Tony DeAngelo – Arizona Coyotes (Sarnia Sting 2011-2015)
Pavel Zacha – New Jersey Devils (Sarnia Sting 2014-2016)
Jakob Chychrun – Arizona Coyotes (Sarnia Sting 2014-2016)
Travis Konecny – Philadelphia Flyers (Sarnia Sting 2015-2016)
Joshua Jacobs – New Jersey Devils (Sarnia Sting 2015-2016)
Sasha Chmelevski – San Jose Sharks (Sarnia Sting 2015-2016)
Kaden Fulcher – Detroit Red Wings (Sarnia Sting 2015-2016)
Adam Ruzicka – Calgary Flames (Sarnia Sting 2016-2019)
Cam Dineen – Arizona Coyotes (Sarnia Sting 2017-2018)
Micheal Pezzetta – Montreal Canadiens (Sarnia Sting 2017-2018)
Jacob Perreault – Anaheim Ducks (Sarnia Sting 2018-2020)
Ethan Del Mastro- Chicago Blackhawks (Sarnia Sting 2022-23)