Among the prime NHL prospects stood out throughout the first spherical of the 2025 NCAA Division I Males’s Ice Hockey event on Friday.
Here is who’s nonetheless in it, who has been knocked out and what’s subsequent for a few of these prime NHL prospects.
Ryan Leonard, W, Boston Faculty
Leonard, 20, is taken into account essentially the most NHL-ready ahead prospect not within the NHL. The eighth decide of the 2023 NHL Draft is wrapping up his sophomore marketing campaign. Whereas he struggled at occasions with some uneven ice in Boston Faculty’s 3-1 win over Bentley College on Friday, he assisted on linemate Gabe Perreault’s opening purpose and scored an empty netter to shut out the Falcons. Leonard is expected to join the Stanley Cup-contending Washington Capitals upon the conclusion of BC’s season.