Alumni

Alumni

The Springfield Jr. Blues are entering our 30th season of providing high caliber junior hockey to the Springfield area. In those 30 years we have seen nearly a thousand players come through the doors of The Nelson Center and represent the Jr. Blues in the community and beyond. Of those players, 145 have gone on to play professional hockey either in the USA or in Europe. Over 350+ players have moved on to NCAA hockey, either at the Division I level or at the Division III level. We are proud to have been the home to all of our Alumni whether it was for multiple seasons or a few months, thank you for all that you did for the organization and for the community. 

NHL Alumni:

Mike McKenna (Tampa Bay Lightning, New Jersey Devils, Columbus Blue Jackets, Arizona Coyotes, Dallas Stars, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers)*

Greg Rallo (Florida Panthers)

Gregg Naumenko (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)

Nikolai Knyzhov (San Jose Sharks)*

AHL Alumni:

Brian McCullough (Manchester Monarchs, Worcester IceCats)

Bo Cheesman (Binghamton Senators)

Andy Contois (Norfolk Admirals)

Rob LaLonde (Lowell Lock Monsters, Binghamton Senators, Iowa Chops, Syracuse Crunch, Toronto Marlies)

Michael Davies (Chicago Wolves, Bridgeport Sound Tigers)*

Jared DeMichiel (Hershey Bears)

Austin Coldwell (Iowa Wild)

Zack Kamrass (Texas Stars, Charlotte Checkers)

Matteson Iacopelli (Rockford Ice Hogs)*

Kelly Klima (Tucson Roadrunners)*

Kevin Klima (Tucson Roadrunners)*

Stefanos Lekkas (Rochester Americans)*

Tommy Nappier (Wilkes/Barre-Scranton Penguins)*

Devin Cooley (Chicago Wolves)*

Patrick Curry (Grand Rapids Griffins)*

 

ECHL Alumni:

Neal Rech Shaun Fisher Mark Adamek Dan Weiss Max Kalter*
Louie Colsant Mike Sgroi Hank Carisio Matthew Larke Joshua Lammon*
Marcel Chagnon Yevgeni Kurilin John May Darren Rowe Igor Vladykovskii
Mike Jaros Matt Cardwell Will Bodine Randy Cure Ross Olsson*
Ryan Jestadt Marc Deitsch Dan Riedel Brad Denney Les Lancaster*
Nello Ferrara Avery Wilson Nick Niedert Tanner Milliron Brady Tomlak*
Ryan Fultz Kevin Reiter Bryan Jurynec Tyler Parks*
Matt Golden Joey Grasso Kyle O’Kane Mike Fazio
Chris Feil Matt York David Nicoletti Russell Jordan
Jon Kretin Jim Tudor Mike Garman Alex Jaeckle*

 

Notable NCAA Alumni:

R.C. Lyke Troy Mattila Kyle Cook Mike Robinson*
Brian Rogers Phil Cook Brett Skibba Erich Fear*
Ryan Zoller Jared Rickord Trevor Stone Brandon Puricelli*
Frank Nardella CJ Groh Dryden McKay*

 

*Indicates player is still active.