U.S. Collegiate Selects Finalize Roster for 2025 Spengler Cup

U.S. Collegiate Selects Spengler Cup hockey team

25 NCAA DI men’s hockey players are competing against international teams as members of the U.S. Collegiate Selects squad for the first time in the 102-year history of the Spengler Cup. Every year, Davos, Switzerland hosts the Spengler Cup, an invitational hockey tournament. On December 26, the U.S. Collegiate Selects play Team Canada in the tournament’s opening match.

This is all the information you require regarding the 2025 U.S. Collegiate Selects squad and the Spengler Cup.

What is the Spengler Cup?

Every year, Davos, Switzerland hosts the Spengler Cup, an invitational hockey competition. One of the most famous sporting events in Europe, it was first staged in 1923 and is recognised as the world’s oldest invitational ice hockey competition. Six club or national teams from across the globe compete in the competition, which is hosted by the Swiss hockey team HC Davos.

According to its official website, the tournament was founded by Swiss physician Dr. Carl Spengler with the goal of using hockey to bring people together after World War I. It still stands for friendliness, fair play, and international understanding.

What is the team for the U.S. Collegiate Selects?

Twenty-five student athletes from NCAA DI men’s hockey teams were chosen to compete as members of the U.S. Collegiate Selects team, which is essentially a “all-star” squad that features some of the best players in DI men’s college hockey. An NCAA-selected team will compete in the Spengler Cup for the first time in the tournament’s history.

History of NCAA hockey in the Spengler Cup

College hockey players have participated in the Spengler Cup before, despite this being the first time a U.S. Collegiate Selects team has done so. Herb Brooks, who relocated to Switzerland to coach HC Davos during the 1980–81 season, faced up against the University of Minnesota in 1981. The University of North Dakota participated the next year, in 1982.

Roster of the U.S. Collegiate Selects team

25 players from 17 different NCAA DI schools make up the complete roster for the U.S. Collegiate Selects, which was finalised on November 13. Here is the complete roster:

Position	Player	School
F	Owen Beckner*	Colorado College
F	Chris Pelosi*	Quinnipiac
F	Quinn Finley	Wisconsin
F	T.J. Hughes	Michigan
F	Martins Lavins	New Hampshire
F	Joey Muldowney	UConn
F	Jack Musa	UMass
F	Cole Knuble	Notre Dame
F	Danny Nelson	Notre Dame
F	Zam Plante	Minnesota Duluth
F	Jack Stockfish	Holy Cross
F	Ryan Walsh	Cornell
F	Charlie Cerrato	Penn State
F	Matt DiMarsico	Penn State
F	Aiden Fink	Penn State
F	JJ Wiebusch	Penn State
D	Vinny Borgesi	Northeastern
D	Mac Gadowsky	Penn State
D	Larry Keenan	UMass
D	Jake Livanavage	North Dakota
D	Gavin McCarthy	Boston University
D	Eric Pohlkamp	Denver
D	Abram Wiebe	North Dakota
G	Adam Gajan	Minnesota Duluth
G	Josh Kotai	Augustana
G	Alex Tracy	Minnesota State