(Release courtesy CJHL)
TORONTO – The 2024-25 season saw 716 Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) alumni competing with NCAA Division III programs throughout the campaign.
This brings the numbers to well over 1,500 former CJHLers who continued to further their educations while also playing collegiate and university hockey at USPORTS and NCAA schools across Canada and the United States.
Among those D-III players, seven were named American Hockey Coaches Association 1st Team All-Americans; three more garnered 2nd Team laurels while one earned 3rd Team accolades.
Earning D-III First Team East All-American status were:
Austin Mourar, (D) Hobart (Carleton Place Canadians/CCHL); James Philpott, (D) Hamilton (La Ronge Ice Wolves/SJHL; Melville Millionaires/SJHL; Drumheller Dragons/AJHL; Canmore Eagles/AJHL) and Nathan Berke, (F) SUNY-Cortland (Buffalo Jr. Sabres/OJHL; Collingwood Blues/OJHL; Brockville Braves/CCHL; Oakville Blades/OJHL).
Those picking up First Team West All-American recognition were:
Connor Kalthoff, (D) St. Olaf (Thief River Falls Norskies/SIJHL); Juliano Santalucia, (D) Aurora (Grande Prairie Storm/AJHL; Olds Grizzlys/AJHL); Hassan Aki, (F) Aurora (Lloydminster Bobcats/AJHL; Fort McMurray Oil Barons/AJHL; Calgary Canucks/AJHL; Drumheller Dragons/AJHL and Fletcher Anderson, (F) Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Pembroke Lumber Kings/CCHL; Smiths Falls Bears/CCHL; Kemptville 73’s/CCHL; Hawkesbury Hawks/CCHL).
Meanwhile, Damon Beaver, (G) Hobart (Stouffville Spirit/OJHL) picked up Second Team East All-American status, with Dayton Deics, (D) St. Norbert (Estevan Bruins/SJHL) and Liam Fraser, (F) St. Norbert (Kindersley Klippers/SJHL) doing likewise with Second Team West accolades.
You also had Ryan Berke, (F) SUNY-Oswego (Navan Grads/CCHL) being named to the Third Team East squad.
Also of note, eight CJHL alumni were members of the Hobart College Statesmen who captured their third consecutive NCAA D-III championship this season.
2024-25 CJHL ALUMNI BY LEAGUE
NHL: 61
AHL: 71
ECHL: 156
NCAA D-I: 317
U SPORTS: 530
NCAA D-III: 716
CHL: 210
The following link lists each of the 716 CJHL alumni who played NCAA Division III hockey during the 2024-25 season.
Photo credits: The Sports Information Departments of Aurora University; Hamilton College; Hobart College; St. Olaf College; SUNY-Cortland; University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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President
Canadian Junior Hockey League
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Tom Annelin
Director of Communications
Canadian Junior Hockey League
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| Aleksa | Babic | D | Trine | Estevan Bruins |
| Owen | Barrow | F | Anna Maria | Estevan Bruins |
| Carson | Baylis | F | Amherst | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Carson | Baylis | F | Amherst | Kindersley Klippers |
| Austin | Becker | F | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Battlefords North Stars |
| Brennan | Boyce | D | Elmira | Estevan Bruins |
| Jakob | Breault | F | Utica | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Zach | Burfoot | F | Dubuque | Estevan Bruins |
| Blake | Campbell | D | St. Mary’s | Melville Millionaires |
| Topher | Chirico | G | Wentworth | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Valeri | Chunchukov | F | Buffalo State | Yorkton Terriers |
| Chase | Cooke | D | Dubuque | Humboldt Broncos |
| Jack | Craycroft | D | Wisconsin-River Falls | Flin Flon Bombers |
| Joshua | Danis | F | Lawrence | Kindersley Klippers |
| Nolan | Dawson | F | Western New England | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Dayton | Deics | D | St. Norbert | Estevan Bruins |
| Brandon | Della Paolera | F | Anna Maria | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Kael | DePape | G | Williams | Yorkton Terriers |
| Simon | Diaz | D | Aurora | Kindersley Klippers |
| Colin | Doherty | D | SUNY-Geneseo | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Anthony | Domina | F | Norwich | Yorkton Terriers |
| Jordan | Edwards | D | Marian | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Riley | Egan | F | Alvernia | Yorkton Terriers |
| Colby | Feist | F | Marian | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Evan | Forrest | F | Concordia-Wisconsin | Nipawin Hawks |
| Evan | Forrest | F | Concordia-Wisconsin | Estevan Bruins |
| Daunte | Fortner | F | Marian | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Daunte | Fortner | F | Marian | Humboldt Broncos |
| Liam | Fraser | F | St. Norbert | Kindersley Klippers |
| Brayden | Fryfogle | F | SUNY-Canton | Melville Millionaires |
| Bryan | Gilman | D | St. Norbert | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Brodie | Girod | F | St. Scholastica | Nipawin Hawks |
| Riley | Girod | F | St. Scholastica | Battlefords North Stars |
| Sebastian | Hamming | D | Hamilton | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Curtis | Hammond | F | St. Norbert | Melfort Mustangs |
| Quinton | Hill | F | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Johno | Hoins | F | Manhattanville | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Alexander | Hollands | F | Lawrence | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Cameron | Hrdlicka | G | Concordia-Wisconsin | Estevan Bruins |
| Easton | Inglis | F | Alvernia | Kindersley Klippers |
| Jacob | Jakusz | D | Lawrence | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Parker | Jasper | D | Augsburg | Yorkton Terriers |
| Lucas | Jeffreys | D | Marian | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Azam | Jiwa | F | Southern Maine | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Alex | Johnson | F | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Nipawin Hawks |
| Mighton | Johnson | F | Wentworth | Estevan Bruins |
| Jared | Kaplowitz | D | Lake Forest | Humboldt Broncos |
| Keiton | Klein | F | Trine | Battlefords North Stars |
| Jackson | Kobelka | F | Castleton | Humboldt Broncos |
| Nicholas | Kovacs | D | SUNY-Geneseo | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Samuel | Kroon | D | Wisconsin-Stout | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Karsten | Kruska | F | Salve Regina | Yorkton Terriers |
| Qaritaq | Kusugak-Clark | F | Lake Forest | Notre Dame Hounds |
| William | Lavigne | D | Albertus Magnus | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Liam | Lucas | F | Concordia-Wisconsin | Estevan Bruins |
| Michael | Makarenko | F | St. Scholastica | Nipawin Hawks |
| Liam | McInnis | D | St. Mary’s | Nipawin Hawks |
| Liam | McInnis | D | St. Mary’s | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Liam | McInnis | D | St. Mary’s | Melfort Mustangs |
| Reilly | McKinnon | D | SUNY-Canton | Humboldt Broncos |
| Brady | Morrison | D | Plymouth State | Flin Flon Bombers |
| Samson | Mouland | F | Anna Maria | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Brock | Mueller | F | Alvernia | Kindersley Klippers |
| Brock | Mueller | F | Alvernia | Flin Flon Bombers |
| Blake | Norris | D | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Charles | Obobaifo | F | Misericordia | Kindersley Klippers |
| Lucas | Ochitwa | D | Alvernia | Melfort Mustangs |
| Alexander | Ochitwa | F | Concordia-Wisconsin | Nipawin Hawks |
| David | Overbeeke | F | Norwich | Yorkton Terriers |
| James | Phillpott | D | Hamilton | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| James | Phillpott | D | Hamilton | Melville Millionaires |
| Simon | Pollock | F | St. Olaf | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Dane | Probe | F | Wentworth | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Johnny | Ramoundos | F | UMass-Dartmouth | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Aiden | Robson | D | Castleton | Melville Millionaires |
| Jake | Sacratini | F | SUNY-Plattsburgh | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Antoine | Saint-Onge | F | SUNY-Fredonia | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Antoine | Saint-Onge | F | SUNY-Fredonia | Estevan Bruins |
| Dain | Sardelli | F | Concordia-Wisconsin | Estevan Bruins |
| Austin | Schwab | G | Milwaukee SOE | Battlefords North Stars |
| Riley | See | F | SUNY-Fredonia | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Sawyer | Senio | F | Alvernia | Nipawin Hawks |
| Tristan | Shewchuk | F | St. Scholastica | Humboldt Broncos |
| Tristan | Shewchuk | F | St. Scholastica | Melville Millionaires |
| Gabe | Shipper | F | Bowdoin | Flin Flon Bombers |
| Burke | Simpson | F | Wisconsin-River Falls | Nipawin Hawks |
| Mark | Snarr | D | St. Norbert | Melfort Mustangs |
| Mark | Snarr | D | St. Norbert | Kindersley Klippers |
| Nikolas | Sombrowski | F | Wentworth | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Nikolas | Sombrowski | F | Wentworth | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Andrew | Stuckless | F | Plymouth State | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Isaac | Suppin | F | St. Scholastica | Melville Millionaires |
| MiKwan | Tallman | F | Concordia-Wisconsin | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Trey | Taylor | D | Northland | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Hayden | Tuba | D | Marian | Melfort Mustangs |
| Evan | Vanden Heuvel | D | Wisconsin-Stout | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Hardy | Wagner | D | Lake Forest | Notre Dame Hounds |
| Edison | Weeks | F | Marian | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Mitch | Wilkie | D | Salem State | Weyburn Red Wings |
| Sam | Witt | D | Albertus Magnus | Battlefords North Stars |
| Sam | Witt | D | Albertus Magnus | Kindersley Klippers |
| Thomas | Wright | F | St. Mary’s | La Ronge Ice Wolves |
| Emmett | Wurst | F | St. Scholastica | Battlefords North Stars |
| Nolan | Wutzke | D | UMass-Dartmouth | Yorkton Terriers |
| Nolan | Wutzke | D | UMass-Dartmouth | Melfort Mustangs |
| Braeden | Young | F | Salve Regina | Melfort Mustangs |
