The United States Hockey League (USHL) had 43 picks during the 2026 NHL Draft at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The NHL credited the USHL with 32 direct selections.
After Casey Mutryn (NTDP) was drafted 38th overall, Tobias Trejbal (Youngstown Phantoms) became the first goalie to hear his name called. The 2026 USHL Goalie of the Year was selected by the Calgary Flames, the same team that picked his teammate Jack Hextall in the first round on Friday. Jayden Kurtz (Chicago Steel), Victor Plante (NTDP), and Rudolfs Berzkalns (Muskegon Lumberjacks) were next to hear their names in the second round. Samuel Hrenak (Fargo Force), Luke Schairer (NTDP), and Blake Zielinski (Des Moines Buccaneers) were the first players from the USHL selected in the third round, followed by alumni Cooper Cleaves (Dartmouth/Green Bay Gamblers) and Adam Valentini (Chicago Steel/Michigan).
Note: Players listed below have played 10 or more USHL games.
| Round | Pick | Player | NHL Team | 2015-26 Team | League | Position | Country |
| 1 | 10 | Wyatt Cullen | Nashville Predators | NTDP | USHL | F | USA |
| 1 | 11 | Tynan Lawrence* | St. Louis Blues | Boston University | Hockey East | F | CAN |
| 1 | 20 | Ilia Morosov* | Buffalo Sabres | Miami | NCHC | F | RUS |
| 1 | 30 | Jack Hextall | Calgary Flames | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | F | USA |
| 2 | 38 | Casey Mutryn | Seattle Kraken | NTDP | USHL | F | USA |
| 2 | 42 | Tobias Trejbal | Calgary Flames | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | G | USA |
| 2 | 45 | Jayden Kurtz | Anaheim Ducks | Chicago Steel | USHL | F | USA |
| 2 | 47 | Victor Plante | Detroit Red Wings | NTDP | USHL | F | USA |
| 2 | 58 | Rudolfs Berzkalns | Edmonton Oilers | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | F | LAT |
| 3 | 71 | Samuel Hrenak^ | Winnipeg Jets | Fargo Force | USHL | G | SVK |
| 3 | 75 | Luke Schairer | St. Louis Blues | NTDP | USHL | D | USA |
| 3 | 80 | Blake Zielinski | Los Angeles Kings | Des Moines Buccaneers | USHL | F | USA |
| 3 | 93 | Cooper Cleaves* | Montreal Canadiens | Dartmouth | ECAC | D | USA |
| 3 | 96 | Adam Valentini* | Utah Mammoth | Michigan | Big Ten | F | CAN |
| 4 | 98 | Jonas Kemps | Florida Panthers | Chicago Steel | USHL | D | USA |
| 4 | 105 | Mikey Berchild | Carolina Hurricanes | NTDP | USHL | F | USA |
| 4 | 107 | Landon Nycz* | St. Louis Blues | UMass | Hockey East | D | USA |
| 4 | 109 | Lincoln Kuehne* | New York Islanders | Arizona State | NCHC | D | USA |
| 4 | 115 | Carl Axelsson | Utah Mammoth | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | G | SWE |
| 4 | 116 | Zach Wooten | Winnipeg Jets | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | F | USA |
| 4 | 118 | Justin Graf | Nashville Predators | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | F | USA |
| 4 | 121 | Evan Jardine | Columbus Blue Jackets | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | F | USA |
| 4 | 127 | Brady Knowling | San Jose Sharks | NTDP | USHL | G | USA |
| 5 | 129 | Connor Davis | Vancouver Canucks | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | F | USA |
| 5 | 139 | Nick Bogas | St. Louis Blues | NTDP | USHL | D | USA |
| 5 | 140 | Cole Tuminaro | Colorado Avalanche | Chicago Steel | USHL | D | USA |
| 5 | 148 | Hawke Huff | Seattle Kraken | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | D | USA |
| 5 | 152 | Teddy Lecnher | Colorado Avalanche | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | D | USA |
| 5 | 154 | Cooper Soller | Tampa Bay Lightning | Sioux Falls Stampede | USHL | F | USA |
| 6 | 164 | Bode Laylin | Calgary Flames | Tri-City Storm | USHL | D | USA |
| 6 | 167 | Landon Hafele | Winnipeg Jets | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | F | USA |
| 6 | 170 | Leo Henriquez | Boston Bruins | Green Bay Gamblers | USHL | G | SVK |
| 6 | 189 | Parker Trottier | Montreal Canadiens | NTDP | USHL | F | USA |
| 7 | 204 | Will Tomko | Seattle Kraken | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL | F | USA |
| 7 | 205 | Bobby Cowan* | New York Islanders | Western Michigan | NCHC | F | USA |
| 7 | 208 | Logan Stuart | Washington Capitals | NTDP | USHL | F | USA |
| 7 | 210 | Jimmy Rieber | Anaheim Ducks | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | D | USA |
| 7 | 211 | Artem Prima | Utah Mammoth | Omaha Lancers | USHL | F | USA |
| 7 | 212 | Ryan Cameron | Edmonton Oilers | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | USHL | G | USA |
| 7 | 216 | Cullen McCrate | Boston Bruins | Fargo Force | USHL | D | USA |
| 7 | 220 | Jack Parsons* | Winnipeg Jets | Providence | Hockey East | G | USA |
| 7 | 221 | Jean-Samuel Daigneault | Montreal Canadiens | Muskegon Lumberjacks | USHL | D | CAN |
| 7 | 224 | Tyler Deakos | Montreal Canadiens | Waterloo Black Hawks | USHL | F | CAN |
*NCAA alumni
^ Joined midway through the season and missed the 10-game threshold due to international competition.
- Seven goalies were taken from the League within the first four rounds.
- The St. Louis Blues led NHL teams with USHL selections, taking Tynan Lawrence (11th), Schairer (75th), Landon Nycz (107th), and Nick Bogas (139th).
- The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Muskegon Lumberjacks led USHL teams with four selections each.
- The USHL had two active players, Wyatt Cullen (NTDP) and Hextall, and two alumni in the NCAA selected during the first round of the Draft.
- Berzkalns is the third-highest pick from the Edmonton Oilers in USHL Tier-I history.
- As the last pick of the third round to the Mammoth, former Steel alum and Michigan freshman Adam Valentini started a run of four players in five selections who played 10 or more games in the USHL.
- The Columbus Blue Jackets selected Youngstown Phantoms forward Evan Jardine in the fourth round. Jardine is committed to college hockey in Columbus at Ohio State this fall.
- The Colorado Avalanche used both of its fifth-round picks on USHL defensemen, taking Cole Tuminaro from Chicago and Lechner from Muskegon.
- Jayden Kurtz (Chicago Steel) and Teddy Lechner (Muskegon Lumberjacks) played split seasons between the USHL and Minnesota High School, and were categorized as Minnesota High School by the NHL. Artem Prima split the season between the North American Hockey League (NAHL) and USHL and was categorized with the NAHL.
- Goalie Elliott Lennon, who was picked 110th overall by the Ottawa Senators, played two games for the Madison Capitols and has signed a Standard Player Development Agreement (SPDA) with Madison for the 2025-26 season.
About the USHL
The United States Hockey League (USHL) and its 16 teams are committed to being the world’s leading junior hockey league. This season, more than 50% of NCAA Division I men’s hockey players and nearly 25% of NHL players have USHL experience. The USHL has developed more than 315 direct NHL Draft picks since 2020, and nine of the last 10 Hobey Baker Award winners, including Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel).
Elevated through the recently announced Declaration of Excellence with the NHL and USA Hockey, the league’s player-first approach, including a 2:1 practice-to-game ratio and a schedule with 90% of games played on weekends, provides its players with the optimal environment for athletic and personal growth, creating pathways for the next generation of stars like Auston Matthews (NTDP), Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms), Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede), and Johnny Gaudreau (Dubuque Fighting Saints).