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Gopher Hockey Stanley Cup Playoff Preview
5/15/2021 8:48:00 AM | Men's Hockey
Eleven Gophers are on NHL playoff rosters this year and 22 'U' alums have played in the league this season.
Update: Gophers All-American Sampo Ranta made his NHL debut for the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, May 30 in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Ranta is the 11th Gopher Hockey alum on a playoff roster this year and the 22nd Pride on Ice product to play in the NHL this year.
MINNEAPOLIS – Eleven former Gopher Hockey players are set to compete in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the action gets underway this weekend.
Twenty-one Gopher Hockey alumni played in the NHL during the 2020-21 regular season – the second highest among of NHL alums for any NCAA program this year…the Maroon & Gold have alumni playing on eight of the 16 teams to earn playoff appearances this season with multiple players on the Minnesota Wild (Nick Bjugstad, Kyle Rau), and the Nashville Predators (Erik Haula, Rem Pitlick)…Nick Leddy is the only Gopher alum playing in the 2021 playoffs who has won a Stanley Cup (Chicago in 2013) while Nashville assistant coach Todd Richards will try to win his second-straight championship after capturing the Stanley Cup as a member of the Tampa Bay coaching staff last year.
Gopher Hockey Alum in the Stanley Cup Playoffs // NHL Team
Nick Bjugstad // Minnesota Wild
Erik Haula // Nashville Predators
Justin Holl // Toronto Maple Leafs
Erik Johnson // Colorado Avalanche
Nick Leddy // New York Islanders
Rem Pitlick // Nashville Predators
Sampo Ranta // Colorado Avalanche
Kyle Rau // Minnesota Wild
Mike Reilly // Boston Bruins
Brady Skjei // Carolina Hurricanes
Blake Wheeler // Winnipeg Jets
Gopher Hockey Alum in the NHL This Season // NHL Team
Mark Alt // Los Angeles Kings
Nick Bjugstad // Minnesota Wild
Travis Boyd // Vancouver Canucks
Hudson Fasching // Arizona Coyotes
Alex Goligoski // Arizona Coyotes
Erik Haula // Nashville Predators
Justin Holl // Toronto Maple Leafs
Erik Johnson // Colorado Avalanche
Phil Kessel // Arizona Coyotes
Nick Leddy // New York Islanders
Ryan Lindgren // New York Rangers
Vinni Lettieri // Anaheim Ducks
Casey Mittelstadt // Buffalo Sabres
Aaron Ness // Arizona Coyotes
Kyle Okposo // Buffalo Sabres
Rem Pitlick // Nashville Predators
Sampo Ranta // Colorado Avalanche
Kyle Rau // Minnesota Wild
Mike Reilly // Boston Bruins
Nate Schmidt // Vancouver Canucks
Brady Skjei // Carolina Hurricanes
Blake Wheeler // Winnipeg Jets
MINNEAPOLIS – Eleven former Gopher Hockey players are set to compete in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the action gets underway this weekend.
Twenty-one Gopher Hockey alumni played in the NHL during the 2020-21 regular season – the second highest among of NHL alums for any NCAA program this year…the Maroon & Gold have alumni playing on eight of the 16 teams to earn playoff appearances this season with multiple players on the Minnesota Wild (Nick Bjugstad, Kyle Rau), and the Nashville Predators (Erik Haula, Rem Pitlick)…Nick Leddy is the only Gopher alum playing in the 2021 playoffs who has won a Stanley Cup (Chicago in 2013) while Nashville assistant coach Todd Richards will try to win his second-straight championship after capturing the Stanley Cup as a member of the Tampa Bay coaching staff last year.
Gopher Hockey Alum in the Stanley Cup Playoffs // NHL Team
Nick Bjugstad // Minnesota Wild
Erik Haula // Nashville Predators
Justin Holl // Toronto Maple Leafs
Erik Johnson // Colorado Avalanche
Nick Leddy // New York Islanders
Rem Pitlick // Nashville Predators
Sampo Ranta // Colorado Avalanche
Kyle Rau // Minnesota Wild
Mike Reilly // Boston Bruins
Brady Skjei // Carolina Hurricanes
Blake Wheeler // Winnipeg Jets
Gopher Hockey Alum in the NHL This Season // NHL Team
Mark Alt // Los Angeles Kings
Nick Bjugstad // Minnesota Wild
Travis Boyd // Vancouver Canucks
Hudson Fasching // Arizona Coyotes
Alex Goligoski // Arizona Coyotes
Erik Haula // Nashville Predators
Justin Holl // Toronto Maple Leafs
Erik Johnson // Colorado Avalanche
Phil Kessel // Arizona Coyotes
Nick Leddy // New York Islanders
Ryan Lindgren // New York Rangers
Vinni Lettieri // Anaheim Ducks
Casey Mittelstadt // Buffalo Sabres
Aaron Ness // Arizona Coyotes
Kyle Okposo // Buffalo Sabres
Rem Pitlick // Nashville Predators
Sampo Ranta // Colorado Avalanche
Kyle Rau // Minnesota Wild
Mike Reilly // Boston Bruins
Nate Schmidt // Vancouver Canucks
Brady Skjei // Carolina Hurricanes
Blake Wheeler // Winnipeg Jets
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