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Early departures
NCAA players who have signed professional contracts in the 2017 offseason with eligibility remaining:
| Player | Pos | School | Yr. | Pro team | 2016-17 stats (GP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Mitchell | F | Alaska Anchorage | So. | Washington (NHL) | 12-2-14 (31) |
| Kristofers Bindulis | D | Lake Superior State | Fr. | Washington (NHL) | 1-11-12 (28) |
| Tage Thompson | F | Connecticut | So. | St. Louis (NHL) | 19-13-32 (34) |
| Luc Snuggerud | D | Omaha | Jr. | Chicago (NHL) | 11-20-31 (39) |
| Darren McCormick | F | Cortland | Jr. | Elmira (ECHL) | 21-10-31 (25) |
| Sam Vigneault | F | Clarkson | Jr. | Columbus (NHL) | 12-24-36 (39) |
| Mitch Hults | F | Lake Superior State | So. | Anaheim (NHL) | 11-23-34 (36) |
| Wade Murphy | F | Arizona State | RS-Jr. | Manchester (ECHL) | 9-11-20 (31) |
| Mark Friedman | D | Bowling Green | Jr. | Philadelphia (NHL) | 8-18-26 (40) |
| Luke Kunin | F | Wisconsin | So. | Minnesota (NHL) | 22-16-38 (35) |
| Chris Nell | G | Bowling Green | Jr. | NY Rangers (NHL) | 17-14-2, 2.15, .916 |
| Brock Boeser | F | North Dakota | So. | Vancouver (NHL) | 16-18-34 (32) |
| Clayton Keller | F | Boston University | Fr. | Arizona (NHL) | 21-24-45 (31) |
| Colin White | F | Boston College | So. | Binghamton (AHL) | 16-17-33 (35) |
| Matt Roy | D | Michigan Tech | Jr. | Los Angeles (NHL) | 5-21-26 (42) |
| Vince Pedrie | D | Penn State | So. | NY Rangers (NHL) | 8-22-30 (39) |
| Matheson Iacopelli | F | Western Michigan | So. | Chicago (NHL) | 20-16-36 (40) |
| Griffen Molino | F | Western Michigan | So. | Vancouver (NHL) | 15-18-33 (40) |
| Jake Walman | D | Providence | Jr. | St. Louis (NHL) | 7-18-25 (39) |
| Charlie McAvoy | D | Boston University | So. | Providence (AHL) | 5-21-26 (38) |
| Spencer Foo | F | Union | Jr. | Calgary (NHL) | 26-36-62 (38) |
| Tyson Jost | F | North Dakota | Fr. | Colorado (NHL) | 16-19-35 (33) |
| C.J. Smith | F | UMass Lowell | Jr. | Buffalo (NHL) | 23-28-51 (41) |
| Tucker Poolman | D | North Dakota | Jr. | Winnipeg (NHL) | 7-23-30 (38) |
| Angus Redmond | G | Michigan Tech | Fr. | Anaheim (NHL) | 22-10-5, 1.85, .917 |
| Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson | F | Boston University | So. | Boston (NHL) | 14-19-33 (39) |
| Dennis Cholowski | D | St. Cloud State | Fr. | Detroit (NHL) | 1-11-12 (36) |
| Ryan Collins | D | Minnesota | Jr. | Columbus (NHL) | 3-6-9 (37) |
| William Lagesson | D | Massachusetts | So. | Edmonton (NHL) | 2-6-8 (36) |
| Shane Starrett | G | Air Force | So. | Edmonton (NHL) | 26-6-4, 1.99, .925 |
| Hunter Miska | G | Minnesota Duluth | Fr. | Arizona (NHL) | 27-5-5, 2.20, .920 |
| Neal Pionk | D | Minnesota Duluth | So. | NY Rangers (NHL) | 7-27-34 (42) |
| Nick DeSimone | D | Union | Jr. | San Jose (NHL) | 9-10-19 (38) |
| Anders Bjork | F | Notre Dame | Jr. | Boston (NHL) | 21-31-52 (39) |
| Cal Petersen | G | Notre Dame | Jr. | Los Angeles (NHL) | 23-12-5, 2.22, .926 |
| Frederik Tiffels | F | Western Michigan | Jr. | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 9-12-21 (37) |
| Mason Appleton | F | Michigan State | So. | Winnipeg (NHL) | 12-19-31 (35) |
| Collin Delia | G | Merrimack | Jr. | Chicago (NHL) | 9-8-3, 2.15, .927 |
| Adam Johnson | F | Minnesota Duluth | So. | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 18-19-37 (42) |
Senior signings
NCAA seniors who signed professional contracts in the 2017 offseason, from available information:
| Player | Pos | School | Pro team | 2016-17 stats (GP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Esshaki | D | Lake Forest | Norfolk (ECHL) | 4-14-18 (26) |
| Jack Ceglarski | F | Geneseo | Indy (ECHL) | 5-18-23 (26) |
| Marcus Ortiz | F | Fredonia | Rapid City (ECHL) | 11-9-20 (22) |
| Jack Lewis | F | Lake Forest | Norfolk (ECHL) | 17-15-32 (26) |
| Hampus Gustafsson | F | Merrimack | Washington (NHL) | 15-11-26 (36) |
| Chris LeBlanc | F | Merrimack | Binghamton (AHL) | 5-10-15 (27) |
| John Hayden | F | Yale | Chicago (NHL) | 21-13-34 (33) |
| Dominik Shine | F | Northern Michigan | Grand Rapids (AHL) | 20-10-30 (33) |
| Zach Aston-Reese | F | Northeastern | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 31-32-63 (38) |
| Anthony Louis | F | Miami | Chicago (NHL) | 14-25-39 (36) |
| Gavin Bayreuther | D | St. Lawrence | Dallas (NHL) | 8-21-29 (30) |
| Mike Doherty | F | Yale | Providence (AHL) | 7-9-16 (33) |
| Davis Jones | G | Alaska | Alaska (ECHL) | 6-11-3, 2.72, .912 |
| Carl Belizario | D | Hobart | Elmira (ECHL) | 4-11-15 (25) |
| Mike DeLaVergne | G | Buffalo State | Atlanta (ECHL) | 17-7-1, 1.98, .927 |
| Tim Keegan | G | Hobart | Elmira (ECHL) | 1-0-0, 2.00, .917 |
| Rob Hamilton | D | Vermont | Manchester (ECHL) | 10-11-21 (38) |
| Mario Puskarich | F | Vermont | Manchester (ECHL) | 12-17-29 (32) |
| Tyler Bishop | D | UMass Boston | Rapid City (ECHL) | 6-23-29 (26) |
| Vinny Muto | D | Niagara | Rapid City (ECHL) | 6-7-13 (39) |
| T.J. Sarcona | F | Niagara | Rapid City (ECHL) | 2-9-11 (38) |
| Riley Bourbonnais | F | Rensselaer | Wheeling (ECHL) | 17-14-31 (36) |
| Brian Morgan | F | Connecticut | Adirondack (ECHL) | 7-7-14 (36) |
| Brett Kilar | G | New England College | Norfolk (ECHL) | 18-8-0, 1.98, .941 |
| Evan Jasper | F | Sacred Heart | Greenville (ECHL) | 9-12-21 (37) |
| Parker Reno | D | Rensselaer | Toledo (ECHL) | 1-6-7 (37) |
| Justin Danforth | F | Sacred Heart | Bridgeport/Rochester (AHL) | 10-22-32 (37) |
| Jake Kulevich | D | Colgate | Manitoba (AHL) | 6-16-22 (37) |
| Matt Salhany | F | Alabama Huntsville | Reading (ECHL) | 7-6-13 (34) |
| Tyler Kelleher | F | New Hampshire | Milwaukee (AHL) | 24-39-63 (40) |
| Shane Sooth | F | Northern Michigan | Quad City (ECHL) | 5-5-10 (19) |
| Max French | F | Bentley | Utica (AHL) | 17-22-39 (38) |
| Matias Cleland | D | New Hampshire | Wheeling (ECHL) | 3-33-36 (40) |
| Tim Harrison | F | Colgate | Adirondack (ECHL) | 11-9-20 (37) |
| Brendan Harms | F | Bemidji State | Florida (ECHL) | 8-13-21 (35) |
| Drew Smolcynski | F | St. Lawrence | Florida (ECHL) | 6-6-12 (34) |
| Shawn Hulshof | F | Oswego | Indy (ECHL) | 13-28-41 (28) |
| Kyle Dutra | F | Mercyhurst | Norfolk (ECHL) | 7-10-17 (39) |
| Brett Corkey | D | Colgate | Wheeling (ECHL) | 5-12-17 (37) |
| Tyler Van Kleef | F | Curry | South Carolina (ECHL) | 15-15-30 (26) |
| Troy Josephs | F | Clarkson | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) | 20-13-33 (37) |
| Jack Burton | D | Colby | Indy (ECHL) | 6-16-22 (23) |
| Brandon Carlson | D | Alabama Huntsville | Wichita (ECHL) | 0-1-1 (15) |
| Tim Clifton | F | Quinnipiac | San Jose (NHL) | 13-12-25 (39) |
| Austin Ortega | F | Omaha | San Diego (AHL) | 20-27-47 (38) |
| Alex Kile | F | Michigan | Rochester (AHL) | 7-7-14 (28) |
| Rob Mann | D | Robert Morris | Reading (ECHL) | 3-8-11 (36) |
| Rhett Holland | D | Michigan State | Idaho (ECHL) | 3-5-8 (33) |
| Mike Huntebrinker | F | Minnesota State | Reading (ECHL) | 4-8-12 (39) |
| Dan Tedesco | F | St. Cloud State | Wichita (ECHL) | 2-6-8 (29) |
| Sean Flanagan | D | Minnesota State | Reading (ECHL) | 5-11-16 (39) |
| Woody Hudson | F | St. Lawrence | Indy (ECHL) | 2-3-5 (33) |
| Brady Shaw | F | Vermont | San Antonio (AHL)/Colorado (ECHL) | 8-11-19 (34) |
| Ben Storm | D | St. Cloud State | San Antonio (AHL) | 0-4-4 (29) |
| Stephen Inman | D | St. Michael's | Danbury (FHL) | 0-7-7 (27) |
| Jared VanWormer | F | Ferris State | Missouri (ECHL) | 9-14-23 (35) |
| Daniel Leavens | F | Robert Morris | Wheeling (ECHL) | 14-35-49 (38) |
| Perry D'Arrisso | F | Clarkson | Elmira (ECHL) | 4-6-10 (36) |
| Charles Williams | G | Canisius | Manchester (ECHL) | 21-7-5, 1.82, .943 |
| Charlie O'Connor | F | Bemidji State | Toledo (ECHL) | 6-13-19 (41) |
| Jory Mullin | F | Neumann | Alaska (ECHL) | 26-18-44 (25) |
| Zach Nagelvoort | G | Michigan | Missouri (ECHL) | 6-6-1, 2.87, .921 |
| Matt Pohlkamp | F | Bowling Green | Toledo (ECHL) | 13-10-23 (40) |
| Joe Cox | F | Michigan State | Florida (ECHL) | 6-8-14 (35) |
| Geoff Fortman | D | Canisius | Rapid City (ECHL) | 2-11-13 (39) |
| Sam Rothstein | F | Colorado College | Rapid City (ECHL) | 7-5-12 (36) |
| Ben Masella | D | St. Lawrence | Adirondack (ECHL) | 1-7-8 (37) |
| Cameron Brown | F | Maine | Adirondack (ECHL) | 4-35-39 (34) |
| Ryan Fitzgerald | F | Boston College | Boston (NHL) | 12-19-31 (34) |
| Tommy Schutt | F | Quinnipiac | Manchester (ECHL) | 6-8-14 (40) |
| Brendan Bradley | F | Vermont | Adirondack (ECHL) | 6-14-20 (31) |
| Ian Brady | D | Omaha | Rochester (AHL) | 3-18-21 (32) |
| Scott Savage | D | Boston College | Cleveland (AHL) | 5-24-29 (40) |
| Sam Kurker | F | Northeastern | Albany (AHL) | 3-3-6 (28) |
| Rob Nichols | G | Connecticut | Utah (ECHL) | 5-7-4, 2.59, .913 |
| Vinni Lettieri | F | Minnesota | NY Rangers (NHL) | 19-18-37 (38) |
| Jeff Taylor | D | Union | Pittsburgh (NHL) | 9-24-33 (38) |
| John Stevens | F | Northeastern | NY Islanders (NHL) | 5-23-28 (25) |
| Patrick McCarron | D | Cornell | Grand Rapids (AHL) | 6-19-25 (35) |
| Jake Bischoff | D | Minnesota | NY Islanders (NHL) | 5-27-32 (38) |
| Matthew Gaudreau | F | Boston College | NY Islanders (NHL) | 8-27-35 (40) |
| Mitch Gillam | G | Cornell | Orlando (ECHL) | 21-8-5, 2.25, .917 |
| Ben Robillard | F | Robert Morris | Macon (SPHL) | 6-1-7 (32) |
| Michael Kapla | D | UMass Lowell | New Jersey (NHL) | 3-27-30 (40) |
| Joe Gambardella | F | UMass Lowell | Edmonton (NHL) | 18-34-52 (41) |
| Matt Buckles | F | Cornell | Springfield (AHL) | 9-9-18 (29) |
| Ty Reichenbach | G | Norwich | Roanoke (SPHL) | 11-1-3, 1.63, .937 |
| Chris Leibinger | D | Michigan Tech | Quad City (ECHL) | 9-6-15 (45) |
| Tyler Heinonen | F | Michigan Tech | Kalamazoo (ECHL) | 7-6-13 (45) |
| Reid Sturos | F | Michigan Tech | Texas (AHL) | 11-14-25 (45) |
| Mike Vecchione | F | Union | Philadelphia (NHL) | 29-34-63 (38) |
| William Pelletier | F | Norwich | Rockford (AHL) | 18-28-46 (23) |
| Dalton Izyk | G | Robert Morris | Brampton (ECHL) | 3-3, 2.86, .904 |
| Chris Dienes | D | Western Michigan | Calgary (NHL) | 3-2-5 (21) |
| Mike McKee | F | Western Michigan | Detroit (NHL) | 2-2-4 (21) |
| Stephen Pietrobon | F | Niagara | Elmira (ECHL) | 6-9-15 (31) |
| Zach Saar | F | Penn State | San Diego (AHL) | 4-4-8 (18) |
| Austin Cangelosi | F | Boston College | Albany (AHL) | 21-14-35 (39) |
| Justin Kloos | F | Minnesota | Minnesota (NHL) | 18-25-43 (38) |
| Jake Weidner | F | Cornell | Iserlohn (DEL) | 8-16-24 (35) |
| Anthony Florentino | D | Providence | Rochester (AHL) | 9-7-16 (30) |
| Tyler Moy | F | Harvard | Nashville (NHL) | 22-23-45 (36) |
| Jeff Kubiak | F | Cornell | Bridgeport (AHL) | 3-14-17 (25) |
| Sami Salminen | F | Northern Michigan | Vaasan (FEL) | 1-5-6 (23) |
| Luke Esposito | F | Harvard | Grand Rapids (AHL) | 16-20-36 (36) |
| Holden Anderson | D | Cornell | Herlev (ML) | 1-1-2 (33) |
| Evan Cowley | G | Denver | Reading (ECHL) | 5-2-0, 1.13, .955 |
| Carson Soucy | D | Minnesota Duluth | Minnesota (NHL) | 3-12-15 (35) |
| Gerald Mayhew | F | Ferris State | Iowa (AHL) | 17-18-35 (33) |
| Alex Iafallo | F | Minnesota Duluth | Los Angeles (NHL) | 21-30-51 (42) |
| Trevor Fleurent | F | University of New England | Fayetteville (SPHL) | 20-25-45 (25) |
| Sean Malone | F | Harvard | Buffalo (NHL) | 18-24-42 (36) |
| Dylan Hubbs | F | Alaska Anchorage | Tulsa (ECHL) | 0-4-4 (22) |
| Chase Van Allen | D | Alaska Anchorage | Alaska (ECHL) | 3-6-9 (34) |
| Dylan Zink | D | UMass Lowell | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) | 10-26-36 (41) |
| Evan Campbell | F | UMass Lowell | Bakersfield (AHL) | 1-4-5 (33) |
| Shane Hanna | D | Michigan Tech | Texas (AHL) | 8-19-27 (45) |
| Sheldon Dries | F | Western Michigan | Texas (AHL) | 16-14-30 (36) |
| Thomas Ebbing | F | Michigan State | Montreal (NHL) | 3-13-16 (35) |
| Brock Maschmeyer | D | Northern Michigan | Fischtown (DEL) | 5-16-21 (39) |
| Sean Walker | D | Bowling Green | Ontario (AHL) | 10-14-24 (41) |
| David Goodwin | F | Penn State | Liiga-Saipa (FEL) | 11-27-38 (39) |
| Dylan Richard | F | Penn State | Manglerud (GLL) | 10-13-23 (35) |
| Ricky DeRosa | F | Penn State | Greenville (ECHL) | 4-9-13 (38) |
| Danny Divis | D | St. Michael's | Chamonix-Morzine (France) | 4-15-19 (24) |
| Kyle McKenzie | D | Providence | Worcester (ECHL) | 0-5-5 (38) |
| Josh Monk | D | Providence | Worcester (ECHL) | 3-17-20 (28) |
| Chad McDonald | F | Ferris State | Le Rapaces (France) | 10-10-20 (34) |
| Emil Romig | F | Denver | Reading (ECHL) | 9-6-15 (36) |
| Matias Cleland | D | New Hampshire | Toronto (AHL) | 3-33-36 (40) |
| Jamie Hill | F | New Hampshire | Chamonix (France) | 3-3-6 (37) |
| Troy Crema | F | Dartmouth | Orlando (ECHL) | 17-12-29 (31) |
| J.T. Stenglein | F | Michigan State | Kalamazoo (ECHL) | 3-0-3 (15) |
| Gage Ausmus | D | North Dakota | Colorado (ECHL) | 2-7-9 (38) |
| Evan Janssen | F | Denver | Iowa (AHL) | 7-19-26 (42) |
| Christian Frey | G | Ohio State | Iowa (AHL) | 9-7-3, 3.07, .910 |
| Ian Brady | D | Omaha | Iowa (AHL) | 3-18-21 (32) |
| Ville Runola | G | Clarkson | Tuto (Finland) | 2-0-0, 3.13, .885 |
| Zach Stepan | F | Minnesota State | Kansas City (ECHL) | 6-7-13 (33) |
| Derek Perl | D | Marian | Huntsville (SPHL) | 5-16-21 (27) |
| Dominic Toninato | F | Minnesota Duluth | Colorado (NHL) | 16-13-29 (42) |
| Doyle Somerby | D | Boston University | Columbus (NHL) | 1-2-3 (39) |
| Alexander Kerfoot | F | Harvard | Colorado (NHL) | 16-29-45 (36) |
| Will Butcher | D | Denver | New Jersey (NHL) | 7-30-37 (43) |
| Steven Iacobellis | F | UMass | Wichita (ECHL) | 8-13-21 (36) |
| Eric Freschi | F | Cornell | Kansas City (ECHL) | 2-12-14 (35) |
| Eric Sweetman | D | St. Lawrence | Texas (AHL) | 5-9-14 (34) |
