Pair of Badgers look to go in the NHL draft this week
July 05, 2022 | Men's Hockey, NHL Badgers
Lucius, Jugnauth listed among NHL Central Scouting’s draft prospects
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin men's hockey has seen at least one of its players drafted every year since 1997 and that streak looks like it will continue this week when a pair of incoming freshmen await to hear their names called in Montreal at the 2022 NHL Draft.
Forward Cruz Lucius (Grant, Minnesota) and defenseman Tyson Jugnauth (Kelowna, British Columbia) are both ranked by NHL Central Scouting and listed in mock drafts as potential selections.
Signed Badgers ranked by NHL Central Scouting for North America
41 – Cruz Lucius
66 – Tyson Jugnauth
Thursday's first round begins at 6 p.m. CT and airs on ESPN and ESPN+. Rounds 2-7 start on Friday at 10 a.m. on NHL Network and ESPN+.
NHL Draft Order || NHL.com Draft Preview
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Lucius, a forward, helped Team USA to silver at this spring's 2022 IIHF Under-18 World Championship, where he scored a pair of goals and eight points. He spent the past two years as part of the U.S. National Team Develop Program, though missed a portion of this past season with the under-18 team due to injury.
Jugnauth, a defenseman, won the 2021-22 BCHL Top Defenceman after posting nine goals and 50 points from the blue line for the West Kelowna Warriors. He was also a 2022 BCHL First-Team All-Star. (BCHL.ca: NHL Draft Profile). Â
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Current drafted Badgers
Corson Ceulemans (Columbus – 2021, 1st round, 25th)
Ty Smilanic (Florida – 2020, 3rd, 74th (Montreal owns his rights))
Sam Stange (Detroit – 2020, 4th, 97th)
Jack Gorniak (Montreal – 2018, 4th, 123rd)
Owen Lindmark (Florida – 2019, 5th, 137th)
Carson Bantle (Arizona – 2020, 5th, 142nd)
Jared Moe (Winnipeg – 2018, 6th, 184th)
Daniel Laatsch (Pittsburgh – 2021, 7th, 215th)
Badgers NHL Draft facts
- 171 Badgers have been chosen in what is now known as the NHL Entry Draft
- 17 Badgers have been selected in the first round
- 24 consecutive years that a Badgers has been drafted. At least one Badger has been picked in every draft dating back to 1970 except 1983 and 1997
- Dany Heatley is the highest drafted Badger, taken second overall in 2000 by the Atlanta Thrashers (now Winnipeg Jets)
- 3 Badgers were picked in the first round of the 2007 draft including Kyle Turris (3rd), Ryan McDonagh (12th) and Brendan Smith (27th), setting the school mark in one year
- The 1972 draft is the only one in which Badgers were selected with consecutive picks when Bob Lundeen went 124th to the Minnesota North Stars and Bill Raey, Jr., went 125th to Chicago
- 46.0 percent of drafted Badgers (Entry Draft and Supplemental Draft) have played at least one game in the NHL (80 of 174)
- 11 Badgers have played in the NHL after going undrafted
- 14 Badgers have been picked by the Chicago Blackhawks, the most by any franchise
- 30 teams have selected at least one Badger in the NHL draft. Only Tampa Bay and the Seattle Kracken have yet to pick one
Forward Cruz Lucius (Grant, Minnesota) and defenseman Tyson Jugnauth (Kelowna, British Columbia) are both ranked by NHL Central Scouting and listed in mock drafts as potential selections.
Signed Badgers ranked by NHL Central Scouting for North America
41 – Cruz Lucius
66 – Tyson Jugnauth
Thursday's first round begins at 6 p.m. CT and airs on ESPN and ESPN+. Rounds 2-7 start on Friday at 10 a.m. on NHL Network and ESPN+.
NHL Draft Order || NHL.com Draft Preview
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Lucius, a forward, helped Team USA to silver at this spring's 2022 IIHF Under-18 World Championship, where he scored a pair of goals and eight points. He spent the past two years as part of the U.S. National Team Develop Program, though missed a portion of this past season with the under-18 team due to injury.
Jugnauth, a defenseman, won the 2021-22 BCHL Top Defenceman after posting nine goals and 50 points from the blue line for the West Kelowna Warriors. He was also a 2022 BCHL First-Team All-Star. (BCHL.ca: NHL Draft Profile). Â
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Current drafted Badgers
Corson Ceulemans (Columbus – 2021, 1st round, 25th)
Ty Smilanic (Florida – 2020, 3rd, 74th (Montreal owns his rights))
Sam Stange (Detroit – 2020, 4th, 97th)
Jack Gorniak (Montreal – 2018, 4th, 123rd)
Owen Lindmark (Florida – 2019, 5th, 137th)
Carson Bantle (Arizona – 2020, 5th, 142nd)
Jared Moe (Winnipeg – 2018, 6th, 184th)
Daniel Laatsch (Pittsburgh – 2021, 7th, 215th)
Badgers NHL Draft facts
- 171 Badgers have been chosen in what is now known as the NHL Entry Draft
- 17 Badgers have been selected in the first round
- 24 consecutive years that a Badgers has been drafted. At least one Badger has been picked in every draft dating back to 1970 except 1983 and 1997
- Dany Heatley is the highest drafted Badger, taken second overall in 2000 by the Atlanta Thrashers (now Winnipeg Jets)
- 3 Badgers were picked in the first round of the 2007 draft including Kyle Turris (3rd), Ryan McDonagh (12th) and Brendan Smith (27th), setting the school mark in one year
- The 1972 draft is the only one in which Badgers were selected with consecutive picks when Bob Lundeen went 124th to the Minnesota North Stars and Bill Raey, Jr., went 125th to Chicago
- 46.0 percent of drafted Badgers (Entry Draft and Supplemental Draft) have played at least one game in the NHL (80 of 174)
- 11 Badgers have played in the NHL after going undrafted
- 14 Badgers have been picked by the Chicago Blackhawks, the most by any franchise
- 30 teams have selected at least one Badger in the NHL draft. Only Tampa Bay and the Seattle Kracken have yet to pick one
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