CALGARY, Alta. – When the NCAA Frozen Four Championship goes April 6 & 8 in Chicago, Ill., a solid selection of former Canadian Junior Hockey League players will be well represented. A total of 28 CJHL alumni are listed on the rosters of the four schools that will be competing for the U.S. Division I collegiate crown.
Both the Crimson of Harvard along with the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs boast eight former CJHLers on their respective rosters while the Denver Pioneers features six and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame have five.
Alexander Kerfoot (Coquitlam Express, BCHL) is co-captain at Harvard while Matt Marcinew (Olds Grizzlys, AJHL) is an assistant captain with Denver. You also have Brenden Kotyk (Humboldt Broncos, SJHL) and Carson Soucy (Spruce Grove Saints, AJHL) sporting A’s for UMD as do Jake Evans (St. Michael’s Buzzers, OJHL) and Luke Ripley (Powell River Kings, BCHL) for Notre Dame.
CJHL ALUMNI COMPETING IN NCAA FROZEN FOUR
| PLAYER | NAME | POS. | YEAR | SCHOOL | CONFERENCE | LAST CJHL TEAM | LEAGUE |
| Liam | Finlay | F | FR | Denver | NCHC | Vernon Vipers | BCHL |
| Tariq | Hammond | D | JR | Denver | NCHC | Okotoks Oilers | AJHL |
| Tanner | Jaillet | G | JR | Denver | NCHC | Fort McMurray Oil Barons | AJHL |
| Jaris | Lukosevicius | F | SO | Denver | NCHC | Powell River Kings | BCHL |
| Matt | Marcinew | F | SR | Denver | NCHC | Olds Grizzlys | AJHL |
| Sean | Mostrom | F | SO | Denver | NCHC | Bonnyville Pontiacs | AJHL |
| Adam | Plant | D | JR | Denver | NCHC | West Kelowna Warriors | BCHL |
| Adam | Baughman | D | SO | Harvard | ECAC | Brooks Bandits | AJHL |
| Viktor | Dombrovskiy | D | SO | Harvard | ECAC | Prince George Spruce Kings | BCHL |
| Luke | Esposito | F | SR | Harvard | ECAC | Chilliwack Chiefs | BCHL |
| Colton | Kerfoot | F | FR | Harvard | ECAC | Coquitlam Express | BCHL |
| Alexander | Kerfoot | F | SR | Harvard | ECAC | Coquitlam Express | BCHL |
| Seb | Lloyd | F | JR | Harvard | ECAC | West Kelowna Warriors | BCHL |
| Justin | Szeto | F | FR | Harvard | ECAC | Langley Rivermen | BCHL |
| Lewis | Zerter-Gossage | F | SO | Harvard | ECAC | Penticton Vees | BCHL |
| Will | Campion | D | FR | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Langley Rivermen | BCHL |
| Nick | Deery | G | FR | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Steinbach Pistons | MJHL |
| Brenden | Kotyk | D | SR | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Humboldt Broncos | SJHL |
| Parker | Mackay | F | SO | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Spruce Grove Saints | AJHL |
| Nick | McCormack | D | JR | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Brooks Bandits | AJHL |
| Carson | Soucy | D | SR | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Spruce Grove Saints | AJHL |
| Sammy | Spurrell | F | JR | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Spruce Grove Saints | AJHL |
| Blake | Young | F | JR | Minnesota-Duluth | NCHC | Battlefords North Stars | SJHL |
| Bo | Brauer | F | JR | Notre Dame | Hockey East | Nanaimo Clippers | BCHL |
| Tony | Bretzman | D | JR | Notre Dame | Hockey East | Langley Rivermen | BCHL |
| Jake | Evans | F | JR | Notre Dame | Hockey East | St. Michael's Buzzers | OJHL |
| Chad | Katunar | G | SR | Notre Dame | Hockey East | Penticton Vees | BCHL |
| Luke | Ripley | D | JR | Notre Dame | Hockey East | Powell River Kings | BCHL |