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BU In The NHL

Seventeen former Terrier standouts were named to an NHL opening night roster in 2024-25. The Terriers also have the most alumni of any school among NHL front office, coaching and scouting staffs with 23, including an NCAA-best three head coaches in the NHL. In total, there have been 95 former Terriers to make the NHL, with John Aiken being the first in 1957 and Macklin Celebrini being the most recent. Here is the full list of Terriers currently playing in the NHL and AHL. Terriers in the NHL Shane Bowers –  New Jersey - BIO Macklin Celebrini –  San Jose - BIO Charlie Coyle – Boston - BIO Jack Eichel – Vegas - BIO Dante Fabbro – Columbus - BIO Joel Farabee – Philadelphia - BIO Jordan Greenway – Buffalo - BIO A.J. Greer – Florida - BIO Matt Grzelcyk – Pittsburgh - BIO Lane Hutson –  Montreal - BIO Clayton Keller – Utah - BIO Charlie McAvoy – Boston - BIO Matt Nieto – Pittsburgh - BIO Jake Oettinger –  Dallas - BIO Evan Rodrigues – Florida - BIO Brady Tkachuk – Ottawa - BIO Alex Vlasic – Chicago - BIO Trevor Zegras – Anaheim - BIO Terriers in the AHL Kieffer Bellows – Milwaukee - BIO Drew Commesso – Rockford– BIO Cam Crotty –  Iowa – BIO Domenick Fensore – Chicago – BIO Brandon Hickey – Henderson - BIO Dylan Peterson – Springfield – BIO Wilmer Skoog –  Charlotte - BIO Luke Tuch - Laval - BIO Max Willman – Utica – BIO Head Coaches in the NHL

John Hynes - Head Coach - Minnesota Joe Sacco - Interim Head Coach - Boston Mike Sullivan – Head Coach - Pittsburgh 

Front Office/Assistant Coaches/Scouts in the NHL

Peter Ahola - European Scout - Vegas Ron Anderson - Senior Advisor, Player Recruitment - Chicago Chris Bourque - College Free Agent Scout - Toronto Bob Deraney - ECHL Head Coach - NY Islanders Chris Drury - President & General Manager - NY Rangers  Paul Fenton - Senior Advisor to the General Manager - Florida Mike Grier - General Manager - San Jose Sharks Jeff Kealty - Assistant General Manger/Director of Scouting - Nashville  Chris Kelleher - Assistant General Manager - Minnesota  Scott Lachance - Head of US Scouting - New Jersey  John Lilley - Director of Player Personnel & Director of Amateur Scouting - NY Rangers Pete MacArthur - ECHL Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operatons - New Jersey Devils John McCarthy - AHL Head Coach - San Jose  Mark Mullen - Scout - Montreal Albie O'Connell - Chief North American Scout - Montreal Karilyn Pilch - Director of Player Personnel - Chicago Marie-Philip Poulin - Player Development Consultant - Montreal David Quinn - Assistant Coach - Pittsburgh Steve Stirling - Pro Scout - Ottawa Brian Strait - Pro Scout - New Jersey Keith Tkachuk - Director of Player Recruiting - St. Louis  Scott Young - Director of Player Personnel - Vancouver Ad Blocker Detected

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