Following is a list of players drafted in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft who play for a college team, have committed to a college or play in a league that traditionally feeds college hockey. Commitments are from Chris Heisenberg’s recruiting site.
Follow all the draft picks on the NHL’s website.
| Round | Pick | NHL team | Player | Position | College team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Winnipeg | Jacob Trouba | D | Michigan ('12) |
| 1 | 21 | Calgary | Mark Jankowski | C | Providence ('12/'13) |
| 1 | 23 | Florida | Michael Matheson | D | Boston College ('12) |
| 1 | 25 | St. Louis | Jordan Schmaltz | D | North Dakota ('12) |
| 1 | 28 | N.Y. Rangers | Brady Skjei | D | Minnesota ('12) |
| 2 | 36 | Anaheim | Nicolas Kerdiles | LW | Wisconsin ('12) |
| 2 | 38 | Carolina | Phillip Di Giuseppe | LW | Michigan |
| 2 | 44 | Buffalo | Jake McCabe | D | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 45 | Philadelphia | Anthony Stolarz | G | Nebraska-Omaha ('12) |
| 2 | 52 | Pittsburgh | Theodor Blueger | C | Minnesota State ('12) |
| 2 | 53 | Tampa Bay | Brian Hart | RW | Harvard ('12) |
| 2 | 56 | St. Louis | Samuel Kurker | RW | Boston University ('12) |
| 2 | 59 | N.Y. Rangers | Cristoval Nieves | C | Michigan ('12) |
| 2 | 61 | Dallas | Devin Shore | C | Maine ('12) |
| 3 | 63 | Edmonton | Jujhar Khaira | LW | Michigan Tech ('12) |
| 3 | 66 | Nashville | Jimmy Vesey | LW | Harvard ('12) |
| 3 | 67 | St. Louis | Mackenzie MacEachern | LW | Michigan State ('13) |
| 3 | 68 | Minnesota | John Draeger | D | Michigan State ('12) |
| 3 | 75 | Calgary | Jon Gillies | G | Providence ('12) |
| 3 | 78 | Philadelphia | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | Union |
| 3 | 79 | Chicago | Chris Calnan | RW | Boston College ('13) |
| 3 | 85 | Boston | Matthew Grzelcyk | D | Boston University ('13) |
| 3 | 86 | St. Louis | Colton Parayko | D | Alaska ('12) |
| 4 | 97 | Anaheim | Kevin Roy | C | Northeastern ('12) |
| 4 | 98 | Minnesota | Adam Gilmour | C | Boston College ('13) |
| 4 | 100 | Washington | Thomas Di Pauli | C | Notre Dame ('13) |
| 4 | 102 | Phoenix | Rhett Holland | D | Michigan State ('12) |
| 4 | 106 | Ottawa | Timothy Boyle | D | Union ('12) |
| 4 | 107 | Washington | Austin Wuthrich | RW | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 112 | Nashville | Zachary Stepan | C | Minnesota State |
| 4 | 113 | Pittsburgh | Sean Maguire | G | Boston University ('12) |
| 4 | 120 | Carolina | Jaccob Slavin | D | Colorado College ('13) |
| 5 | 123 | Edmonton | Joey LaLeggia | D | Denver |
| 5 | 125 | N.Y. Islanders | Doyle Somerby | D | Boston University ('13) |
| 5 | 126 | Toronto | Dominic Toninato | C | Minnesota-Duluth ('13) |
| 5 | 127 | Anaheim | Brian Cooper | D | Nebraska-Omaha ('12) |
| 5 | 129 | Carolina | Brendan Woods | LW | Wisconsin |
| 5 | 130 | Winnipeg | Connor Hellebuyck | G | Massachusetts-Lowell ('12) |
| 5 | 136 | Ottawa | Robert Baillargeon | C | Boston University ('13) |
| 5 | 138 | San Jose | Daniel O'Regan | C | Boston University ('12) |
| 5 | 140 | Detroit | Michael McKee | D | Western Michigan ('13) |
| 5 | 141 | Philadelphia | Reece Willcox | D | Cornell ('12) |
| 5 | 147 | Vancouver | Ben Hutton | D | Maine ('12) |
| 5 | 150 | New Jersey | Alexander Kerfoot | C | Harvard ('13) |
| 6 | 153 | Edmonton | John McCarron | RW | Cornell |
| 6 | 159 | Carolina | Collin Olson | G | Ohio State ('12) |
| 6 | 167 | Washington | Riley Barber | RW | Miami ('12) |
| 6 | 168 | San Jose | Clifford Watson | D | Michigan Tech ('13) |
| 6 | 169 | Chicago | Vincent Hinostroza | C | Notre Dame ('12) |
| 6 | 170 | Detroit | James de Haas | D | Clarkson ('13) |
| 6 | 175 | Boston | Matthew Benning | D | Northeastern ('13) |
| 6 | 177 | Vancouver | Wesley Myron | LW | Boston University ('12) |
| 6 | 178 | Phoenix | Samuel Fejes | LW | Colorado College ('13) |
| 6 | 181 | Los Angeles | Paul LaDue | D | North Dakota ('13) |
| 7 | 183 | Dallas | Dmitry Sinitsyn | D | Massachusetts-Lowell |
| 7 | 185 | N.Y. Islanders | Jake Bischoff | D | Minnesota ('13) |
| 7 | 186 | Calgary | Matthew DeBlouw | C | Michigan State ('12) |
| 7 | 188 | Minnesota | Louis Nanne | LW | Rensselaer |
| 7 | 189 | Carolina | Brendan Collier | LW | Boston University ('13) |
| 7 | 190 | Winnipeg | Jamie Phillips | G | Michigan Tech ('12) |
| 7 | 198 | San Jose | Joakim Ryan | D | Cornell |
| 7 | 199 | Chicago | Matt Tomkins | G | Ohio State ('13) |
| 7 | 204 | Buffalo | Judd Peterson | C/RW | St. Cloud State ('14) |
| 7 | 205 | Boston | Colton Hargrove | LW | Western Michigan ('12) |
| 7 | 207 | Vancouver | Matthew Beattie | LW | Yale ('12) |
| 7 | 210 | Anaheim | Jaycob Megna | D | Nebraska-Omaha |
