Here are the college players or recruits that were selected in the 2016 NHL Draft, June 24-25 in Buffalo, N.Y. College commitments are from College Hockey Inc.
| Rd | Pk | Tm | Name | Pos | Team | League | College commitment | Rk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | ARI | Clayton Keller | C | USA U-18 | USHL | Boston University | 9 |
| 1 | 10 | COL | Tyson Jost | C | Penticton | BCHL | North Dakota | 16 |
| 1 | 14 | BOS | Charlie McAvoy | D | Boston University | HEA | 6 | |
| 1 | 15 | MIN | Luke Kunin | C | Wisconsin | B1G | 11 | |
| 1 | 17 | NSH | Dante Fabbro | D | Penticton | BCHL | Boston University | 18 |
| 1 | 19 | NYI | Kieffer Bellows | LW | USA U-18 | USHL | Boston University | 10 |
| 1 | 20 | DET | Dennis Cholowski | D | Chilliwack | BCHL | St. Cloud State | 23 |
| 1 | 23 | FLA | Henrik Borgstrom | C | HIFK | Finland Jr. | Denver | E9 |
| 1 | 25 | DAL | Riley Tufte | LW | Blaine | MN HS | Minnesota-Duluth | 17 |
| 1 | 26 | STL | Tage Thompson | C | Connecticut | HEA | 20 | |
| 1 | 29 | BOS | Trent Frederic | C | USA U-18 | USHL | Wisconsin | 47 |
| 2 | 34 | CBJ | Andrew Peeke | D | Green Bay | USHL | Notre Dame | 57 |
| 2 | 40 | COL | Cameron Morrison | LW | Youngstown | USHL | Notre Dame | 46 |
| 2 | 45 | CHI | Chad Krys | D | USA U-18 | USHL | Boston University | 53 |
| 2 | 49 | BOS | Ryan Lindgren | D | USA U-18 | USHL | Minnesota | 49 |
| 2 | 52 | PHI | Wade Allison | RW | Tri-City | USHL | Western Michigan | 62 |
| 2 | 60 | SJS | Dylan Gambrell | C | Denver | NCHC | 67 | |
| 2 | 61 | PIT | Kasper Bjorkqvist | RW | Blues Jr. | Finland Jr. | Providence | |
| 3 | 62 | TOR | Joseph Woll | G | USA U-18 | USHL | Boston College | G5 |
| 3 | 64 | VAN | William Lockwood | RW | USA U-18 | USHL | Michigan | 108 |
| 3 | 66 | CGY | Adam Fox | D | USA U-18 | USHL | Harvard | 50 |
| 3 | 67 | CAR | Matt Filipe | LW | Cedar Rapids | USHL | Northeastern | 51 |
| 3 | 72 | TOR | JD Greenway | D | USA U-18 | USHL | Wisconsin | 121 |
| 3 | 73 | NJD | Joseph Anderson | RW | USA U-18 | USHL | Minnesota-Duluth | 56 |
| 3 | 75 | CAR | Jack LaFontaine | G | Janesville | NAHL | Michigan (17) | G13 |
| 3 | 76 | NSH | Rem Pitlick | C | Muskegon | USHL | Minnesota | 93 |
| 3 | 84 | EDM | Matthew Cairns | D | Georgetown | OJHL | Cornell (17) | 86 |
| 3 | 86 | BUF | Casey Fitzgerald | D | Boston College | HEA | 156 | |
| 4 | 99 | BUF | Brett Murray | LW | Carleton Place | CCHL | Penn State | 83 |
| 4 | 103 | OTT | Todd Burgess | RW | Fairbanks | NAHL | Rensselaer (17) | 185 |
| 4 | 104 | CAR | Max Zimmer | LW | Chicago | USHL | Wisconsin | 77 |
| 4 | 106 | MIN | Brandon Duhaime | RW | Tri-City | USHL | Providence | 92 |
| 4 | 116 | DAL | Rhett Gardner | F | North Dakota | NCHC | ||
| 4 | 118 | TBL | Ross Colton | C | Cedar Rapids | USHL | Vermont | 89 |
| 4 | 121 | PIT | Ryan Jones | D | Lincoln | USHL | Omaha | |
| 5 | 124 | MTL | Casey Staum | D | Hill-Murray | MN HS | Colorado College | 159 |
| 5 | 125 | STL | Nolan Stevens | C | Northeastern | HEA | 209 | |
| 5 | 126 | CGY | Mitchell Mattson | C | Grand Rapids | MN HS | Michigan State | 61 |
| 5 | 128 | DAL | Colton Point | G | Carleton Place | CCHL | Colgate | G4 |
| 5 | 129 | BUF | Philip Nyberg | D | Linkoping | Sweden Jr. | Connecticut | |
| 5 | 136 | BOS | Cameron Clarke | D | Lone Star | NAHL | Ferris State | |
| 5 | 138 | NSH | Patrick Harper | C | Avon Farms | CT HS | Boston University | 143 |
| 5 | 142 | LAK | Mikey Eyssimont | C | St. Cloud State | NCHC | ||
| 5 | 149 | EDM | Graham McPhee | LW | USA U-18 | USHL | Boston College | 110 |
| 6 | 155 | CBJ | Peter Thome | G | Aberdeen | NAHL | North Dakota | |
| 6 | 161 | COL | Nathan Clurman | D | Culver Academy | IN HS | Notre Dame (17) | 187 |
| 6 | 169 | PHI | Tanner Laczynski | C | Lincoln | USHL | Ohio State | 99 |
| 6 | 170 | NYI | Collin Adams | LW | Muskegon | USHL | North Dakota (17) | |
| 6 | 173 | CHI | Blake Hillman | D | Denver | NCHC | ||
| 6 | 174 | NYR | Tyler Wall | G | Leamington | GOJHL | UMass-Lowell (17) | G30 |
| 6 | 177 | WSH | Chase Priskie | D | Quinnipiac | ECAC | 126 | |
| 6 | 181 | PIT | Joseph Masonius | D | Connecticut | HEA | 118 | |
| 7 | 183 | EDM | Vincent Desharnais | D | Providence | HEA | ||
| 7 | 188 | ARI | Dean Stewart | D | Portage | MJHL | Omaha (17) | 131 |
| 7 | 192 | NJD | Jeremy Davies | D | Bloomington | USHL | Northeastern | |
| 7 | 193 | NYI | Nick Pastujov | LW | USA U-18 | USHL | Michigan | 112 |
| 7 | 195 | FLA | Benjamin Finkelstein | D | Kimball Union | NH HS | St. Lawrence | |
| 7 | 198 | NSH | Adam Smith | D | Bowling Green | WCHA | ||
| 7 | 203 | CHI | Jake Ryczek | D | Waterloo | USHL | Providence | 114 |
| 7 | 208 | TBL | Ryan Lohin | C | Waterloo | USHL | UMass-Lowell | |
| Griffin Luce | D | USA U-18 | USHL | Michigan | 70 | |||
| Brinson Pasichnuk | D | Bonnyville | AJHL | Arizona State | 115 | |||
| Gustaf Westlund | C | The Gunnery | CT HS | Michigan (17) | 116 | |||
| Kenneth Johnson | D | Shattuck-St. Mary's | MN HS | Michigan | 117 | |||
| Keenan Suthers | LW | USA U-18 | USHL | Western Michigan (17) | 119 | |||
| Kevin O'Neil | C | Albany | NY HS | Yale (17) | 122 | |||
| Marshall Rifai | D | Hotchkiss School | CT HS | Harvard (18) | 123 | |||
| Jamie Armstrong | LW | Avon Farms | CT HS | Northeastern | 124 | |||
| Ethan Spaxman | D | Merrimack | HEA | 127 | ||||
| Michael Graham | C | Eden Prairie | MN HS | Notre Dame | 128 | |||
| Mitchell Eliot | D | Muskegon | USHL | Michigan State | 132 | |||
| Josh Dickinson | C | Georgetown | OJHL | Clarkson (17) | 138 | |||
| Luke McInnis | D | Youngstown | USHL | Boston College | 141 | |||
| James Sanchez | LW | USA U-18 | USHL | Michigan | 146 | |||
| Kyle Betts | C | Powell River | BCHL | Cornell (17) | 147 | |||
| William Knierim | RW | Dubuque | USHL | Miami | 149 | |||
| Kohen Olischefski | RW | Chilliwack | BCHL | Denver (17) | 151 | |||
| CJ Dodero | LW | Sioux City | USHL | Denver (17) | 152 | |||
| Adam Karashik | D | Avon Farms | CT HS | Connecticut | 154 | |||
| Erich Fear | D | Springfield | NAHL | Denver | 157 | |||
| Gregory Printz | RW | Selects U18 | CT HS | Providence (17) | 160 | |||
| Scott Perunovich | D | Hibbing/Chisholm | MN HS | Minnesota-Duluth (18) | 161 | |||
| Walker Duehr | RW | Tri-City | USHL | Minnesota State (17) | 162 | |||
| Vito Bavaro | RW | Brooks School | MA HS | Sacred Heart (17) | 165 | |||
| Zachary Walker | RW | USA U-18 | USHL | Boston College | 166 | |||
| Jackson MacNab | RW | Culver Academy | IN HS | Notre Dame | 169 | |||
| Owen Grant | D | Carleton Place | CCHL | Vermont (17) | 170 | |||
| Brian Matthews | D | Belmont Hill | MA HS | Yale (17) | 175 | |||
| Colin Grannary | C | Merritt | BCHL | Omaha (18) | 178 | |||
| Zachary Jordan | RW | Des Moines | USHL | Omaha | 180 | |||
| Michael Campoli | D | USA U-18 | USHL | Boston College | 190 | |||
| Robert Hampton | C | North U18 | USMAAAE | Northeastern (17) | 191 | |||
| Mikael Hakkarainen | C | Brookings | NAHL | Providence (17) | 194 | |||
| Samuel Rossini | D | Waterloo | USHL | Minnesota (17) | 195 | |||
| Matt Gosiewski | C | Cedar Rapids | USHL | Harvard (17) | 196 | |||
| Rourke Russell | D | Wichita Falls | NAHL | Miami (17) | 200 | |||
| Ty Amonte | RW | Thayer Academy | MA HS | Boston University (17) | 201 | |||
| Matthew Jurusik | G | Wisconsin | B1G | G17 | ||||
| Tyler Johnson | G | Topeka | NAHL | Maine | G18 | |||
| Peyton Jones | G | Lincoln | USHL | Penn State | G23 | |||
| Matt Murray | G | Spruce Grove | AJHL | Massachusetts (17) | G25 | |||
| Eric Schierhorn | G | Minnesota | B1G | G26 | ||||
| Zackarias Skog | G | Omaha | USHL | American International | G28 |
