The 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship starts today and there are 94 BCHL alumni competing to win the national title.
This includes a high of 16 alumni suiting up for Dartmouth College, who won the ECAC Hockey championship for the first time in program history last weekend. Cornell University is also well-represented with 14 former BCHL players, while Bentley University has 11 and the University of Connecticut and Merrimack College each have eight.
All games are available to watch in Canada on TSN and TSN+.
See below for the tournament schedule and a list of BCHL alumni on each team.
Worcester Regional
#1 Michigan State University vs. #4 University of Connecticut – Thursday, March 26 at 10:30 a.m. PDT
Michigan State:
Matthew Lahey (Nanaimo)
Nathan Mackie (Salmon Arm)
Connecticut:
Brendan Dunphy (Langley)
Tristan Fraser (Langley/Nanaimo)
Thomas Messineo (Chilliwack)
Mike Murtagh (Nanaimo)
Joseph Odyniec (Coquitlam)
Ryan Sanborn (Prince George)
Owen Simpson (Cowichan Valley/Penticton)
Ryan Tattle (Coquitlam)
#2 Dartmouth College vs. #3 University of Wisconsin – Thursday, March 26 at 2 p.m. PDT
Dartmouth:
Tim Busconi (Victoria)
Roan Clarke (Vernon)
Cooper Cleaves (Vernon)
Hank Cleaves (Vernon)
Brock Cummings (Cowichan Valley/Prince George)
Owen Desilets (Salmon Arm/Alberni Valley)
CJ Foley (Salmon Arm)
Matthew Fusco (West Kelowna)
Tyler Grahme (West Kelowna)
Cameron MacDonald (Vernon)
Nathan Morin (Salmon Arm/Chilliwack)
Ryan Schelling (Surrey/Langley)
Josh Schenk (Trail)
Jack Silverberg (Okotoks)
Jason Stefanek (Wenatchee/Trail)
Hayden Stavroff (Salmon Arm/Alberni Valley)
Wisconsin:
Tyson Dyck (Cranbrook)
Christian Fitzgerald (Surrey)
Eli Pulver (Surrey/Salmon Arm)
Simon Tassy (Salmon Arm)
Sioux Falls Regional
#1 University of North Dakota vs. #4 Merrimack College – Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. PDT
North Dakota:
Cade Littler (Wenatchee/Penticton)
Ellis Rickwood (Victoria)
Abram Wiebe (Chilliwack)
Tyler Young (Wenatchee)
Merrimack:
Trent Ballentyne (Prince George)
Ethan Beyer (Brooks)
Matthew Campbell (Coquitlam)
Caden Cranston (Surrey)
Caelen Fitzpatrick (Brooks)
Nathan King (Victoria)
Cameron Kungle (Cranbrook)
Parker Lalonde (Powell River/Brooks)
#2 Providence College vs. #3 Quinnipiac University – Thursday, March 26 at 2 p.m. PDT
Providence:
Will Elger (Alberni Valley)
Brendan Ross (Blackfalds)
Logan Sawyer (Brooks)
Quinnipiac:
Braden Blace (Alberni Valley)
Aaron Schwartz (Surrey)
Sam Scopa (Brooks)
Loveland Regional
#1 Western Michigan University vs. #4 Minnesota State University – Friday, March 27 at 11:30 a.m. PDT
Western Michigan:
Sam Huck (Okotoks)
Garrett Szydlowski (Wenatchee)
Minnesota State:
Jacob Bonkwoski (Powell River, Surrey, Salmon Arm, Coquitlam)
Rylan Bonkowski (Surrey)
Ean Somoza (Wenatchee)
Fin Williams (Prince George/Penticton)
#2 University of Denver vs. #3 Cornell University – Friday, March 27 at 3 p.m. PDT
Denver:
Johnny Hicks (Merritt, Brooks)
Brady Milburn (Chilliwack)
Quentin Miller (Chilliwack)
Reid Varkonyi (Salmon Arm)
Alec Whipple (Trail)
Cornell:
Connor Arsenault (Chilliwack)
Luke Ashton (Vernon/Langley)
Luke Devlin (West Kelowna)
Sean Donaldson (Trail, Prince George, Nanaimo)
Donovan Hamilton (Salmon Arm)
Reegan Hiscock (Victoria)
Justin Katz (West Kelowna/Powell River)
Luke McCrady (Cowichan Valley/Spruce Grove)
Parker Murray (Wenatchee, Penticton, Chilliwack)
Jack O’Brien (Nanaimo)
Chase Pirtle (Victoria)
Erick Roest (Sherwood Park)
Hoyt Stanley (Victoria)
Nicholas Wolfenburg (Salmon Arm)
Albany Regional
#1 University of Michigan vs. #4 Bentley University – Friday, March 27 at 2:30 p.m. PDT
Michigan:
Kienan Draper (Chilliwack)
Josh Orrico (Chilliwack/Trail)
Bentley:
Colton Cameron (Prince George)
Stephen Castagna (Alberni Valley)
Jimmy Doyle (Prince George)
Jack Farrell (West Kelowna)
Owen Goodbrand (Cowichan Valley/Prince George)
Kellan Hjartarson (Cranbrook)
Pat Lawn (West Kelowna)
Arlo Merritt (Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Alberni Valley)
Ryan Nause (Alberni Valley)
Oliver Salo (Cowichan Valley)
Ryan Upson (West Kelowna, Penticton, Langley)
#2 University of Minnesota-Duluth vs. #3 Penn State University – Friday, March 27 at 6 p.m. PDT
Minnesota-Duluth:
Callum Arnott (Penticton)
Luke Bibby (Nanaimo, Vernon, Brooks)
Braden Fischer (Salmon Arm)
Kyler Kovich (Nanaimo)
Ryan Zaremba (Sherwood Park)
Penn State:
Casey Aman (Powell River)
Cade Christenson (Sherwood Park)
Nicholas DeGraves (Penticton/Brooks)
