Tier 1 Has Great Success in USHL Draft
Year after year, the Tier 1 Elite League moves players forward to all levels of competitive hockey, and this year is proving no different. With the recent USHL draft, the Tier 1 Elite League had more than 120 players drafted by teams across the prestiguous United States Hockey League, only to join the hundreds of players who were drafted from the league in years past. Below is a list of the players and their current/former teams from the T1EHL. The Tier 1 Elite League is proud of each of its players and organizations, and are excited for the opportunity each of them has earned. Where do you go from here? Everywhere.
| Phase 1 | ||||
| NAME | CURRENT TEAM | FORMER TEAM | DRAFT # | DRAFTED BY |
| Ty Farmer | St. Louis Jr. Blues | 2 | Tend.- Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Cameron Dineen | New Jersey Rockets | 3 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Simon Butala | Jr. Flyers | 8 | Madison Capitols | |
| Josh Dunne | St. Louis Jr. Blues | 10 | Green Bay Gamblers | |
| Grant Cruikshank | Milwaukee Jr Admirals | 18 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Jake Nielsen | Milwaukee Jr Admirals | 22 | Chicago Steel | |
| Anea Ferrario | Colorado Thunderbirds | 25 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Derek Daschke | Oakland Jr. Grizzles | 28 | Cedar Rapids Roughriders | |
| Brian Hawkinson | Colorado Thunderbirds | 29 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Hank Crone | Dallas Stars Elite | 31 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Kailer Yamamoto | LA Jr Kings | 42 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Callan Foote | Colorado Thunderbirds | 46 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Max Gerlach | Colorado Thunderbirds | 48 | Fargo Force | |
| Alexander Drobot | New Jersey Rockets | 60 | Sioux Falls Stampede | |
| David Melaragni | Team Comcast | 64 | Fargo Force | |
| Stephen Dhillon | Buffalo Regals | 65 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Christopher Berger | Buffalo Jr Sabres | 67 | Des Moines Buccaneers | |
| Austin Grzenia | Victory Honda | 69 | Chicago Steel | |
| Connor Ford | Pittsburgh Pens Elite | 71 | Madison Capitols | |
| Carson Briske | Colorado Rampage | 72 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Paul Washe | Victory Honda | 74 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| John Sladic | Belle Tire | 76 | Cedar Rapids Roughriders | |
| Aiden Beck | Pittsburgh Pens Elite | 88 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| John Pesek | Chicago Fury | 99 | Green Bay Gamblers | |
| Tommy Nappier | St. Louis Jr. Blues | 100 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Travis Schneider | Chicago Fury | 103 | Madison Capitols | |
| Quaid McBean | Phoenix Jr. Coyotes | 104 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Brandon Puricelli | St. Louis Jr. Blues | 105 | Green Bay Gamblers | |
| Joe Abate | Chicago Fury | 118 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Joey Kubachka | Jr. Flyers | 119 | Madison Capitols | |
| Phase 2 | ||||
| NAME | CURRENT TEAM | FORMER TEAM | DRAFT # | DRAFTED BY |
| Anthony Wyse | Boston Advantage | 5 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Georgy Gorodetsky | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies | 12 | Cedar Rapids Roughriders | |
| Ben DiMiao | Boston Advantage | 15 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Jalen Smereck | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies | 18 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Bo Hanson | Colorado Rampage | 25 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Matt Nuttle | Buffalo Jr Sabres | 37 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Brendan Dunning | Belle Tire & Buffalo Jr. Sabres | 38 | Fargo Force | |
| Ryan Shea | Boston Advantage | 39 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Andrew Vanderbeck | Colorado Rampage | 41 | Des Moines Buccaneers | |
| Steve Merl | Belle Tire | 45 | Madison Capitols | |
| Trey Dodd | St. Louis Jr Blues | 46 | Fargo Force | |
| Avni Berisha | Team Comcast | 60 | Sioux City Musketeers | |
| Peyton Jones | Jr Flyers | 62 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Lester Lancaster | Belle Tire & Victory Honda | 66 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Sal Filice | Cleveland Barons | 73 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Quin Foreman | Boston Advantage | 78 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Michael Merulla | Jr Flyers | 81 | Madison Capitols | |
| Nate Colwell | Colorado Thunderbirds | 84 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Johan Steen | Dallas Stars Elite | 85 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Mark Pettaccio | Team Comcast | 86 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Joshua Wilkins | TPH Thunder | 87 | Sioux City Musketeers | |
| Niko Hildenbrand | Chicago Fury | 89 | Waterloo Blackhawks | |
| Kyle Hartman | TPH Thunder | 95 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Zachary Tyson | Ohio Blue Jackets | 106 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Michael Gillespie | New Jersey Rockets | 109 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Dennis Gilbert | Buffalo Jr Sabres | 110 | Chicago Steel | |
| Logan Lambdin | Belle Tire & Victory Honda | 113 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Shane McMahan | LA Jr Kings | 120 | Fargo Force | |
| Jack Doremus | Colorado Thunderbirds | 126 | Chicago Steel | |
| Michael Montambault | Victory Honda | 134 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Dalton Hunter | Pittsburgh Pens Elite | 137 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Andrey Svistunov | New Jersey Rockets | 139 | Des Moines Buccaneers | |
| Josh Bell | St. Louis Jr Blues | 140 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Max Gottlieb | New Jersey Rockets | 142 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Brett Supinski | Jr Flyers | 148 | Sioux Falls Stampede | |
| Carson Meyer | Ohio Blue Jackets | 154 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Kyle Walter | Team Comcast | 159 | Madison Capitols | |
| CJ Dodero | Colorado Thunderbirds | 165 | Sioux City Musketeers | |
| Matthew Jakubowski | Buffalo Regals | 166 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Colin Swoyer | Chicago Fury | 173 | Chicago Steel | |
| Alex Blankenburg | Belle Tire | 175 | Madison Capitols | |
| Garrett Forrest | Belle Tire | 181 | Sioux City Musketeers | |
| Damian Chrcek | Belle Tire | 184 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Jared Domin | Belle Tire | 191 | Madison Capitols | |
| Steven Quagliata | Chicago Fury | 192 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Keegan Mantaro | Colorado Thunderbirds | 194 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Zach Metsa | Milwaukee Jr Admirals | 198 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Bryan Yoon | Colorado Thunderbirds | 202 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Ethan Stahlhuth | St. Louis Jr Blues | 204 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Garret Nieto | LA Jr Kings | 206 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Alex Bates | Colorado Thunderbirds | 207 | Madison Capitols | |
| Ryan Stevens | Dallas Stars Elite | 210 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Drew McLean | Oakland Jr Grizzlies | 227 | Cedar Rapids Roughriders | |
| Michael Underwood | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies | 232 | Fargo Force | |
| Ryan Cloonan | Boston Advantage | 234 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Jack Nile | Chicago Fury | 235 | Des Moines Buccaneers | |
| Dakota Raabe | LA Jr Kings | 237 | Chicago Steel | |
| Zach Zech | Victory Honda | 238 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| David McNulty | Pittsburgh Pens Elite | 239 | Madison Capitols | |
| Zach Solow | St. Louis Jr Blues | 242 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Connor Wood | TPH Thunder | 246 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Marshall Moise | Victory Honda | 254 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Matt Doran | Milwaukee Jr Admirals | 267 | Des Moines Buccaneers | |
| Kyle Weller | Team Comcast | 268 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Jacob Weatherly | Colorado Rampage | 271 | Madison Capitols | |
| Trevor Micucci | Buffalo Jr Sabres | 272 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Guy Roby | Team Comcast | 282 | Tri-City Storm | |
| Evan Johnson | LA Jr Kings | 284 | Lincoln Stars | |
| Carter Woolley | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies | 286 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Joshua Biasillo | Buffalo Jr Sabres | 287 | Madison Capitols | |
| Tony DeVito | Buffalo Jr Sabres | 294 | Omaha Lancers | |
| Brendan Demler | Ohio Blue Jackets | 297 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Evan Giesler | Chicago Fury | 299 | Des Moines Buccaneers | |
| Michael Maiden | Belle Tire | 302 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Drew Callin | Milwaukee Jr Admirals | 308 | Sioux Falls Stampede | |
| Chris Shero | Pittsburgh Pens Elite | 315 | Des Moines Buccaneers | |
| Jeremy Wik | Chicago Fury | 320 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Justin Sadler | Ohio Blue Jackets | 322 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | |
| Jason Cotton | Colorado Thunderbirds | 325 | Sioux City Musketeers | |
| Austin Osmanski | Buffalo Regals | 329 | Youngstown Phantoms | |
| Eetu Selanne | LA Jr Kings | 335 | Madison Capitols | |
| Corbin Gustafson | Team Comcast | 359 | Waterloo Blackhawks | |
| Justin Wells | Cleveland Barons | 372 | Sioux Falls Stampede | |
| Bryan Basilico | Belle Tire | 384 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Cameron Donaldson | Dallas Stars Elite | 399 | Madison Capitols | |
| Nathan Bryer | Victory Honda | 416 | Bloomington Thunder | |
| Charles Young | Jr Flyers | 430 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Chris Gambardella | New Jersey Rockets | 462 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | |
| Brendon Gysbers | Milwaukee Jr Admirals | 490 | Madison Capitols |
*Every attempt was made to capture each Tier 1 Elite LEague Player. Please report any erratta to tier1eliteleague@gmail.com
