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)