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Early departures
NCAA players who have signed professional contracts in the 2015 offseason with eligibility remaining:
| Player | Pos | School | Yr. | Pro team | 2014-15 stats (GP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Shore | F | Maine | Jr. | Dallas (NHL) | 14-21-35 (39) |
| Colton Parayko | D | Alaska | Jr. | St. Louis (NHL) | 6-17-23 (34) |
| Frank Vatrano | F | Massachusetts | RS-So. | Boston (NHL) | 18-10-28 (36) |
| Brandon Montour | D | Massachusetts | Fr. | Anaheim (NHL) | 3-17-20 (21) |
| Ben Hutton | D | Maine | Jr. | Vancouver (NHL) | 9-12-21 (39) |
| Kenney Morrison | D | Western Michigan | Jr. | Calgary (NHL) | 5-10-15 (37) |
| Vince Hinostroza | F | Notre Dame | So. | Chicago (NHL) | 11-33-44 (42) |
| Casey Bailey | F | Penn State | Jr. | Toronto (NHL) | 22-18-40 (37) |
| Andrew Copp | F | Michigan | Jr. | Winnipeg (NHL) | 14-17-31 (36) |
| Kyle Baun | F | Colgate | Jr. | Chicago (NHL) | 14-15-29 (38) |
| Colton Hargrove | F | Western Michigan | Jr. | Boston (NHL) | 14-14-28 (34) |
| Brett Pesce | D | New Hampshire | Jr. | Carolina (NHL) | 3-13-16 (31) |
| Chris Rumble | D | Canisius | Jr. | Evansville (ECHL) | 7-13-20 (37) |
| Brody Hoffman | G | Vermont | Jr. | Minnesota (NHL) | 10-8-1, 2.11, .925 |
| Michael Matheson | D | Boston College | Jr. | Florida (NHL) | 3-22-25 (38) |
| Jonny Brodzinski | F | St. Cloud State | Jr. | Los Angeles (NHL) | 21-17-38 (40) |
| Brady Skjei | D | Minnesota | Jr. | NY Rangers (NHL) | 1-9-10 (33) |
| Adam Wilcox | G | Minnesota | Jr. | Tampa Bay (NHL) | 22-12-3, 2.42, .912 |
| Stephon Williams | G | Minnesota State | Jr. | NY Islanders (NHL) | 25-6-3, 1.65, .925 |
| Jon Gillies | G | Providence | Jr. | Calgary (NHL) | 24-13-2, 2.01, .930 |
| Riley Barber | F | Miami | Jr. | Washington (NHL) | 20-20-40 (38) |
| Matt O'Connor | G | Boston University | Jr. | Ottawa (NHL) | 25-4-4, 2.18, .927 |
| Dylan Larkin | F | Michigan | Fr. | Detroit (NHL) | 15-32-47 (35) |
| Jordan Schmaltz | D | North Dakota | Jr. | St. Louis (NHL) | 4-24-28 (42) |
| Noel Acciari | F | Providence | Jr. | Boston (NHL) | 15-17-32 (41) |
| Zane McIntyre | G | North Dakota | Jr. | Boston (NHL) | 29-10-3, 2.05, .929 |
| Ryan Johnston | D | Colgate | Jr. | Montreal (NHL) | 1-14-15 (38) |
| Jack Dougherty | D | Wisconsin | Fr. | Nashville (NHL) | 2-7-9 (33) |
| Jack Eichel | F | Boston University | Fr. | Buffalo (NHL) | 26-45-71 (40) |
| Noah Hanifin | D | Boston College | Fr. | Carolina (NHL) | 5-18-23 (37) |
| Nolan Valleau | D | Bowling Green | Fr. | Chicago (NHL) | 2-17-19 (39) |
Senior signings
NCAA seniors who signed professional contracts in the 2015 offseason, from available information:
| Player | Pos | School | Pro team | 2014-15 stats (GP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Rutt | D | Maine | Idaho (ECHL) | 4-7-11 (38) |
| Mike Busillo | D | Massachusetts | Stockton (ECHL) | 1-1-2 (25) |
| Cole Bardreau | F | Cornell | Philadelphia (NHL) | 5-17-22 (30) |
| Connor Leen | F | Maine | Bakersfield (ECHL) | 10-7-17 (37) |
| Steve Papciak | G | St. Olaf | Fayetteville (SPHL) | 5-15-3, 2.68, .913 |
| Matt Ginn | G | Holy Cross | Florida (ECHL)/Providence (AHL) | 12-13-5, 2.10, .931 |
| Stephen Buco | F | Massachusetts-Boston | Elmira (ECHL) | 9-15-24 (14) |
| Austin Coldwell | D | Alaska-Anchorage | Quad City (ECHL) | 4-8-12 (34) |
| Garrick Perry | F | Alaska | Cincinnati (ECHL) | 7-13-20 (33) |
| Derek Docken | D | Alaska-Anchorage | Springfield (AHL)/Grand Rapids (AHL) | 1-3-4 (34) |
| Clay Witt | G | Northeastern | Adirondack (AHL) | 11-10-2, 2.83, .904 |
| Alex Vazzano | G | Sacred Heart | Evansville (ECHL) | 9-12-3, 2.49, .916 |
| Trevor Gerling | F | Connecticut | Elmira (ECHL) | 11-7-18 (36) |
| Justin Kovacs | F | Western Michigan | Kalamazoo (ECHL) | 6-20-26 (35) |
| Daniel Ciampini | F | Union | Worcester (AHL) | 26-24-50 (39) |
| Dan Kolomatis | D | Merrimack | South Carolina (ECHL) | 3-14-17 (38) |
| Will Kessel | F | Western Michigan | Kalamazoo (ECHL) | 7-13-20 (37) |
| Justin Mansfield | D | Merrimack | Tulsa (ECHL) | 4-5-9 (36) |
| Alex Grieve | F | Bentley | Quad City (ECHL)/Fort Wayne (ECHL) | 5-11-16 (28) |
| Max Novak | F | Union | Albany (AHL) | 10-18-28 (35) |
| Peter Stoykewych | D | Colorado College | St. John's (AHL) | 3-8-11 (34) |
| Aaron Harstad | D | Colorado College | St. John's (AHL) | 5-4-9 (30) |
| Colin Stevens | G | Union | Florida (NHL) | 16-15-0, 2.31, .920 |
| Philip Brewer | F | Bemidji State | Tulsa (ECHL) | 6-7-13 (38) |
| Oleg Yevenko | D | Massachusetts | Adirondack (AHL) | 0-5-5 (36) |
| Rasmus Tirronen | G | Merrimack | Carolina (NHL) | 12-14-3, 2.30, .929 |
| Andrew Walsh | G | Bemidji State | Stockton (ECHL) | 2-6-2, 2.77, .902 |
| Jake Baker | D | Northern Michigan | Quad City (ECHL) | 5-3-8 (36) |
| Stephen Perfetto | F | Lake Superior State | Tulsa (ECHL) | 11-8-19 (38) |
| Dax Lauwers | D | Northeastern | Colorado (ECHL) | 1-1-2 (35) |
| Mason Baptista | F | St. Norbert | Quad City (ECHL) | 11-27-38 (32) |
| Kyle Shapiro | D | Nichols | Evansville (ECHL) | 2-4-6 (6) |
| Peter Schneider | F | Notre Dame | Indy (ECHL) | 7-9-16 (41) |
| Kevin Albers | D | Niagara | Gwinnett (ECHL) | 0-4-4 (27) |
| Nilan Nagy | D | Holy Cross | Alaska (ECHL) | 0-3-3 (37) |
| Steven Hoshaw | D | American International | Tulsa (ECHL) | 1-3-4 (35) |
| Curtis Leonard | D | Rensselaer | Rochester (AHL) | 2-8-10 (39) |
| Sean Cahill | G | Alaska | Bakersfield (ECHL) | 9-6-1, 1.98, .919 |
| Zach Sarig | D | Plymouth State | Gwinnett (ECHL) | 1-5-6 (6) |
| Matt Harlow | F | Brown | Elmira (ECHL) | 3-3-6 (30) |
| Brett Cameron | F | Alaska-Anchorage | South Carolina (ECHL) | 7-10-17 (33) |
| Matthew Zay | F | Mercyhurst | Springfield (AHL) | 12-20-32 (39) |
| Rick Pinkston | D | Dartmouth | Springfield (AHL) | 4-9-13 (28) |
| Steve Weinstein | D | Bentley | Springfield (AHL)/Cincinnati (ECHL) | 5-18-23 (35) |
| Tyler Sikura | F | Dartmouth | Springfield (AHL) | 10-14-24 (33) |
| Ryan Misiak | D | Mercyhurst | Reading (ECHL) | 8-16-24 (38) |
| Nick Luukko | D | Vermont | Lehigh Valley (AHL) | 2-12-14 (41) |
| Joakim Ryan | D | Cornell | San Jose (NHL) | 1-13-14 (23) |
| Joel Rumpel | G | Wisconsin | San Jose (NHL) | 4-23-4, 3.49, .902 |
| Matt Prapavessis | D | Bemidji State | Rochester (AHL) | 9-15-24 (38) |
| Cody Wydo | F | Robert Morris | Wheeling (ECHL) | 20-23-43 (37) |
| Scott Jacklin | F | Robert Morris | Tulsa (ECHL) | 14-19-33 (37) |
| C.J. Motte | G | Ferris State | Bridgeport (AHL) | 18-20-2, 2.07, .922 |
| Jason Binkley | D | Ferris State | South Carolina (ECHL) | 2-10-12 (38) |
| Doug Jessey | D | Canisius | Indy (ECHL) | 2-9-11 (36) |
| Daniel Bahntge | F | Mercyhurst | Gwinnett (ECHL) | 13-23-36 (39) |
| Tyler Shiplo | D | Mercyhurst | Gwinnett (ECHL) | 4-14-18 (39) |
| Jacob MacDonald | D | Cornell | Elmira (ECHL) | 2-7-9 (31) |
| Reed Seckel | F | Northern Michigan | Toledo (ECHL) | 8-9-17 (33) |
| Grayson Downing | F | New Hampshire | Minnesota (NHL) | 21-15-36 (38) |
| Matt Willows | F | New Hampshire | Worcester (AHL)/Charlotte (AHL) | 19-16-35 (40) |
| Seth Ambroz | F | Minnesota | Springfield (AHL) | 12-11-23 (39) |
| Grant Gettinger | D | Mercyhurst | Pensacola (SPHL) | 1-7-8 (39) |
| Zac Frischmon | F | Mercyhurst | Reading (ECHL) | 7-12-19 (39) |
| Keegan Asmundson | G | Canisius | South Carolina (ECHL) | 13-8-4, 1.96, .930 |
| Cody Freeman | F | Canisius | Evansville (ECHL) | 10-16-26 (37) |
| Joseph LaBate | F | Wisconsin | Utica (AHL) | 6-12-18 (35) |
| Colin Markison | F | Vermont | Bridgeport (AHL) | 9-16-25 (40) |
| Kyle Rau | F | Minnesota | Florida (NHL) | 20-21-41 (39) |
| Zach Palmquist | F | Minnesota State | Minnesota (NHL) | 8-21-29 (40) |
| Austin Czarnik | F | Miami | Boston (NHL) | 9-36-45 (40) |
| Jordan Ruby | G | RIT | Toledo (ECHL) | 11-8-4, 2.10, .924 |
| Josiah Didier | D | Denver | Hamilton (AHL)/St. John's (AHL) | 3-8-11 (40) |
| Joey LaLeggia | D | Denver | Edmonton (NHL) | 15-25-40 (37) |
| Kevin Gibson | D | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Tulsa (ECHL) | 8-24-32 (31) |
| Scott Allen | F | Alaska-Anchorage | Colorado (ECHL) | 8-8-16 (32) |
| Travis Boyd | F | Minnesota | Washington (NHL) | 19-22-41 (32) |
| Matthew Peca | F | Quinnipiac | Tampa Bay (NHL) | 7-29-36 (39) |
| Garrett Ladd | F | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Stockton (ECHL) | 10-17-27 (29) |
| Kyle Brodie | D | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Stockton (ECHL) | 8-12-20 (28) |
| Brandon Jaeger | G | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Missouri (ECHL) | 23-6-1, 2.22, .913 |
| Jordan Reed | F | Curry | Huntsville (SPHL) | 22-12-34 (25) |
| Hunter Brown | D | St. Norbert | Huntsville (SPHL) | 0-0-0 (2) |
| Bobby Barrett | F | Lake Forest | Huntsville (SPHL) | 11-12-23 (25) |
| Jason McAloon | F | Lake Forest | Huntsville (SPHL) | 9-7-16 (27) |
| Tanner Kero | F | Michigan Tech | Chicago (NHL) | 20-26-46 (41) |
| Dan Cornell | D | Massachusetts-Boston | Louisiana (SPHL) | 1-14-15 (27) |
| Brent Darnell | F | Michigan State | Bakersfield (ECHL) | 7-9-16 (30) |
| Tanner Sorenson | F | Michigan State | Alaska (ECHL) | 1-1-2 (12) |
| Matt Berry | F | Michigan State | Norforlk (AHL) | 12-17-29 (29) |
| Nardo Nagtzaam | F | Mercyhurst | Elmira (ECHL) | 4-6-10 (19) |
| Ty Loney | F | Denver | Norfolk (AHL)/Wilkes/Barre-Scranton (AHL) | 10-6-16 (35) |
| Derik Johnson | D | Minnesota-Duluth | Missouri (ECHL) | 1-4-5 (40) |
| Adam Krause | F | Minnesota-Duluth | Wheeling (ECHL) | 7-10-17 (31) |
| Justin Crandall | F | Minnesota-Duluth | Reading (ECHL) | 13-10-23 (38) |
| Alex Wideman | F | Miami | Binghamton (AHL) | 7-11-18 (39) |
| Brett Stern | D | Minnesota State | Orlando (ECHL) | 3-5-8 (40) |
| Kyle Just | F | Mercyhurst | Rapid City (ECHL) | 13-21-34 (38) |
| Mike Paliotta | D | Vermont | Chicago (NHL) | 9-27-36 (41) |
| Mark MacMillan | F | North Dakota | Montreal (NHL) | 16-9-25 (29) |
| Daniel Doremus | F | Denver | Worcester (AHL) | 11-23-34 (39) |
| Stephane Pattyn | F | North Dakota | Charlotte (AHL) | 6-8-14 (42) |
| Andrew Panzarella | D | North Dakota | St. John's (AHL) | 1-3-4 (9) |
| Matt Garbowsky | F | RIT | Rochester (AHL) | 26-28-54 (40) |
| Steve Mastalerz | G | Massachusetts | Manchester (AHL) | 4-13-1, 3.96, .894 |
| Evan Rodrigues | F | Boston University | Buffalo (NHL) | 21-40-61 (41) |
| Connor Kucera | D | Bowling Green | Fort Wayne (ECHL) | 1-7-8 (29) |
| Brad Barone | G | Boston College | Florida (ECHL) | 2-1-0, 2.69, .893 |
| Matt Lorito | F | Brown | Albany (AHL) | 11-12-23 (29) |
| Brett Switzer | F | Bentley | Hull (EIHL)/Dundee (EIHL) | 10-16-26 (35) |
| Blake Pietila | F | Michigan Tech | New Jersey (NHL) | 14-16-30 (40) |
| Brian O'Rourke | D | Omaha | Ontario (ECHL) | 1-3-4 (36) |
| Doug Jessey | D | Canisius | Brest (FFHG) | 2-9-11 (36) |
| Adam Krause | F | Minnesota-Duluth | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) | 7-10-17 (31) |
| Zach Hyman | F | Michigan | Toronto (NHL) | 22-32-54 (37) |
| Connor Gaarder | F | North Dakota | Frisk Asker (Norway) | 10-10-20 (42) |
| Dominic Zombo | F | Nebraska-Omaha | Grand Rapids (AHL) | 5-9-14 (29) |
| Bronson Kovacs | D | Hobart | Debreceni (HIHF) | 2-9-11 (27) |
| John McLean | G | Gustavus Adolphus | Pensacola (SPHL) | 5-5-3, 2.03, .929 |
| Josh Ranalli | F | Adrian | Fort Wayne (ECHL) | 17-28-45 (31) |
| Mike Montagna | F | Oswego | Fort Wayne (ECHL) | 14-16-30 (28) |
| Jeff Jones | F | Robert Morris | Florida (ECHL) | 1-10-11 (31) |
| William Cote | F/D | St. Michael's | Dunkerque (France) | 4-9-13 (27) |
| Joel Lowry | F | Cornell | Los Angeles (NHL) | 4-4-8 (11) |
| Jean-Paul Lafontaine | F | Minnesota State | Toledo (ECHL) | 6-18-24 (36) |
| Robbie Russo | D | Notre Dame | Detroit (NHL) | 15-26-41 (40) |
| Matt Tabrum | F | Denver | Wheeling (ECHL) | 3-6-9 (37) |
| Charlie Vasaturo | D | Union | Kalamazoo (ECHL) | 1-3-4 (39) |
| Patrick Koudys | D | Penn State | Indy (ECHL) | 1-7-8 (36) |
| Mark Adams | D | Providence | Manchester (ECHL) | 1-2-3 (32) |
| Max Gaede | F | Minnesota State | Toledo (ECHL) | 5-5-10 (40) |
| Ian Young | D | Colorado College | Colorado (ECHL) | 2-2-4 (33) |
| Scott Wamsganz | F | Colorado College | Orlando (ECHL) | 8-11-19 (33) |
| Charlie Taft | F | Colorado College | Quad City (ECHL) | 4-4-8 (33) |
