By @MichaelCaples –
The NCAA Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament kicks off today (Friday) at 3 p.m. ET.
Unfortunately, there are no Michigan teams playing in the postseason tournament this spring, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any Michigan names to cheer for.
Here is a look at the notable Michigan names and connections playing on each of the 16 teams who are about to begin play in college hockey’s national playoffs:
Ohio State
Dakota Joshua – Dearborn native
Quinn Preston – Trenton native
Michael Rounds – Mt. Pleasant native
Brendon Kearney – Northville native
Mason Jobst – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Ronnie Hein – Chelsea native
Grant Gabriele – Brighton native
American International
Ryan Polin – Holt native
Blake Christensen – NTDP alum, Muskegon Lumberjacks alum, Little Caesars alum
Denver
Les Lancaster – Ypsilanti native
Emilio Pettersen – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Filip Larsson – Red Wings draft pick
UMass
Marc Del Gaizo – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Ty Farmer – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Bobby Kaiser – Grosse Pointe native, Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Anthony Del Gaizo – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Jacob Pritchard – Macomb native
Mitchell Chaffee – Rockford native
Harvard
Nick Azar – Grosse Pointe native
Adam Fox – NTDP alum
Derek Schaedig – Chelsea native
Michael Lackey – NTDP alum
Michael Floodstrand – NTDP alum
Notre Dame
Dylan St. Cyr – Northville native
Matt Hellickson – NTDP alum
Colin Theisen – Monroe native
Graham Slaggert – NTDP alum
Jake Pivonka – NTDP alum
Joe Wegwerth – NTDP alum
Spencer Stastney – NTDP alum
Clarkson
Michael Underwood – Bloomfield Hills native
Minnesota State
Mathias Israelsson – Northern Michigan transfer
Northeastern
Brandon Hawkins – Macomb native
Collin Murphy – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Minnesota Duluth
Koby Bender – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Bowling Green
Carson Musser – Grand Rapids native
Shane Bednard – Macomb native
Evan Dougherty – Kalamazoo native
Jacob Dalton – Saginaw native
Brandon Kruse – Saline native
Ryan Bednard – Macomb native
Arizona State
Jack Rowe – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Josh Maniscalco – NTDP alum
Joey Daccord – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum
Quinnipiac
Brandon Fortunato – NTDP alum
Wyatt Bongiovanni – Birmingham native
Keith Petruzzilli – Muskegon Lumberjacks alum, Red Wings draft pick
St. Cloud State
None
Cornell
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