Current and future college players accounted for six of the seven goals in Saturday's night's USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, with Boston College commit Ryan Fitzgerald posting three assists and earning MVP honors. Team McClanahan - coached by former Minnesota star Rob McClanahan - bested Phil Housley's Team Housley, 5-2, at Buffalo's First Niagara Center.
Fitzgerald was just one of the players with college ties to stand out at the event. Others included:
Four current college players participated in the event, which featured 40 of the top American-born prospects for the 2013 NHL Draft. Shore, Minnesota Duluth's Austin Farley, Boston University's Matt Lane and Maine's Will Merchant took part.
Sixteen schools had representatives at the event in the form of either current or future players. Denver and Michigan had four each, Boston College had three, and Harvard, Miami and North Dakota each had a pair.