Future stars for the Chicago Blackhawks likely won’t be dressing up for the team this season at the United Center. Instead they’ll be suiting up in the AHL, European professional leagues, the NCAA and junior leagues in Canada and the United States.
Let’s take a look at where the Blackhawks prospects will play this season.
AHL
Matthew Highmore, LW
Matt Iacopelli, LW (2014 third)
Dylan Sikura, RW (2014 sixth)
Nathan Noel, LW (2016 fourth)
Alexandre Fortin, LW
Victor Ejdsell, LW/C
Anthony Louis, LW (2013 sixth)
Graham Knott, C (2015 second)
Luc Snuggerud, D (2014 fifth)
Dennis Gilbert, D (2015 third)
Blake Hillman, D (2016 sixth)
Lucas Carlsson, D (2016 fourth)
Carl Dahlstrom, D (2013 second)
Joni Tuulola, D (2015 sixth)
Matt Tomkins, G (2012 seventh)
Europe
Andrei Altybarmakyan, RW (2017 third) — SKA St. Petersburgh/KHL
Mathias From, RW (2016 fifth) — Rögle BK/SHL
Jakub Galvas, D (2017 fifth) — HC Olomouc/Czech
Artur Kayumov, LW (2016 second) — Lokomotiv/KHL
Roope Laavainen, D (2017 fourth) — HPK/Ligga in Finland
Ivan Nalimov, G (2014 sixth) — Kunlun/KHL
Niklas Nordgren, RW (2018 third) — HIFK/Ligga
Robin Norell, D (2013 fourth) — Djurgårdens IF/SHL
Maxim Shalunov, C (2011 fourth) — CSKA Moscow/KHL
Andreas Söderberg, D (2014 fifth) — Timrå/SHL
Tim Söderlund, LW (2017 fourth) — Frölunda/SHL
NCAA
Evan Barratt, C (2017 third) — Penn State
Liam Coughlin, C (2014 fifth) — Vermont
Josh Ess, D (2017 seventh) — Wisconsin
Parker Foo, LW (2017 fifth) — Union
Mikael Hakkarainen, RW (2018 third) — Providence
Chad Krys, D (2016 second) — Boston
Ian Mitchell, D (2017 second) — Denver
Fredrik Olofsson, LW (2014 fourth) — Nebraska-Omaha
Jack Ramsey, D (2014 seventh) — Minnesota
Ryan Shea, D (2015 fourth) — Northeastern
Beau Starrett, F (2014 third) — Cornell
Jake Wise, F (2018 third) — Boston
OHL
Adam Boqvist, D (2018 first) — London Knights
MacKenzie Entwistle, RW — Hamilton Bulldogs
QMJHL
Nicolas Beaudin, D (2018 first) — Drummondville Voltigeurs
Alexis Gravel, G (2018 sixth) — Halifax Mooseheads
Philipp Kurashev, F (2018 fourth) — Quebec Remparts
Jake Ryczek, D (2016 seventh) — Halifax Mooseheads
USHL
Wouter Peeters, G (2016 third) — Lincoln Stars
Josiah Slavin, F (2018 seventh) — Lincoln Stars