Life after the WHL: A list of former Silvertips still playing/coaching hockey

Life after the WHL: A list of former Silvertips still playing/coaching hockey

The 2018-2019 NHL season commenced on Wednesday, and six former Silvertips tips opened on NHL rosters. But the Everett blueprint expands further to other levels of hockey.

Below is a list of all the former Silvertips in professional hockey, as well as some other former Tips in the WHL and in college.

Enjoy!

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NHL

D Radko Gudas — Philadelphia Flyers — 2009—2010 (years in Everett)

D Ryan Murray — Columbus Blue Jackets — 2009-2012

D Mirco Mueller — New Jersey Devils — 2012-2014

C/RW Jujhar Khaira — Edmonton Oilers — 2013-2014

RW/LW — Nikita Scherbak — Montreal Canadiens — 2014-2015

D Noah Juulsen — Montreal Canadiens — 2013-2017

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AHL

C Byron Froese — Laval Rocket — 2008—2010

C Landon Ferraro — Iowa Wild — 2010-2011

G Austin Lotz — San Jose Barracuda — 2011-2015

LW Matt Fonteyne — San Jose Barracuda — 2012-2018

RW/LW Patrick Bajkov — Springfield Thunderbirds — 2013-2018

G Carter Hart — Lehigh Valley Phantoms — 2013-2018

C Garrett Pilon — Hershey Bears — 2017-2018

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ECHL

RW Cody Fowlie — Jacksonville IceMen — 2010-2013

LW/C Joshua Winquist — Utah Grizzlies — 2009-2014

D Matt Pufahl — Utah Grizzlies — 2013-2014

D Ben Betker — Kalamazoo Wings — 2012-2015

C Brayden Low — Reading Royals — 2012-2015

LW Dawson Leedahl — Maine Mariners — 2012-2016

D Brycen Martin — Maine Mariners — 2015-2016

D Kevin Davis — Utah Grizzlies — 2012-2018

D Ondrej Vala — Idaho Steelheads — 2017-2018

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College/University

USports (CIS)

LW Ryan Chynoweth — Lethbridge — 2010-2013

RW Zach McPhee — University of Regina — 2010-2013

D Michael Zipp — Acadia University — 2012-2014

LW Mitch Skapski — Ryerson University — 2012-2014

C Kohl Bauml — University of Saskatchewan — 2011-2015

C/RW Tyler Sandhu — University of British Columbia — 2012-2015

C/LW Nikolas Malencia — York University — 2014-2015

RW/C Carson Stadnyk — University of Saskatchewan — 2011-2016

D Cole MacDonald — St Francis Xavier University — 2012-2016

D Lucas Skrumeda — University of Manitoba — 2014-2017

D Mackenzie Dwyer — University of Manitoba — 2015-2017

RW Devon Skoleski — University of Manitoba — 2015-2017

RW Keith Anderson — University of Regina — 2016-2017

RW Cal Babych — University of Calgary — 2016-2017

G Lasse Peterson — University of Windsor — 2016-2017

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British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL)

D Austin Adam — Simon Fraser — 2011-2014

F Spencer Gerth — Trinity Western — 2014-2017, 2017-2018

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Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC)

C Ty Mappin — Red Deer College — 2011-2013

LW Jake Mykitiuk — Northern Alberta Institute of Technology — 2014-2015

D Jantzen Leslie — Red Deer College — 2014-2016

LW Brandon Ralph — Northern Alberta Institute of Technology — 2015-2016

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Overseas

Czech Extraliga (Czech top league)

D Ivan Baranka — HC Vitkovice — 2003-2005

C Peter Mueller — HC Kometa Brno — 2005-2007

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Swedish Hockey League (SHL, Sweden top league)

RW Shane Harper — Obero HK — 2005-2010

D Rasmus Rissanen — Obero HK — 2009-2011

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Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL, Austria’s top league)

LW John Lammers — HC TWK Innsbruck — 2005-2006

G Leland Irving — HC Bolzano — 2003-2008

D Jonathan Harty — Fehervar AV19 — 2004-2008

C/RW Dario Winkler — EC Salzberg — 2015-2016

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Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL, Germany’s top league)

C/LW Chad Bassen — Nurnberg Ice Tigers — 2003-2004

D Dominik Bittner — Schwenninger Wild Wings — 2011-2012

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Elite Ice Hockey League (United Kingdom’s top league)

D Connor Cox — Dundee Stars — 2012-2013

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Slovakia Tipsport Liga (Slovakia’s top division)

C Chris Langkow — MAC Budapest — 2009-2010

LW Jesse Mychan — HK Nitra — 2011-2012

C Ryan Harrison — DVTK Jegesmedvek — 2010-2013

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SM-Liiga (Finland’s top division)

D Shaun Heshka — Karpat — 2003-2006

RW Eetu Tuulola — HPK — 2016-2017

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GET-ligaen (Norway’s top division)

D Aaron Irving — Storhamar — 2016-2017

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National League (Switzerland’s top division)

LW Dominic Zwerger — HC Ambri Piotta — 2016-2017

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Supreme Hockey League (VHL, Russia’s second divison)

C/LW Ivan Nikolishin — Zvedza Moshka — 2013-2015

RW Yan Khomenko — Buran Voronezh — 2015-2016

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Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 (DEL2, Germany’s second-division)

LW/RW Kyle Beach — Tolzer Lowen — 2005-2009

D Nick Walter – EC Kassel Huskis — 2010-2013

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France2 (France’s second division)

LW Karel Hromas — Montpellier — 2004-2006

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Other WHL Teams

C Jaeger White — Kootenay — 2015-2016

C Brett Kemp — Edmonton — 2015-2017

C Ethan Browne — Prince George — 2016-2017

LW Orrin Centazzo — Kamloops — 2016-2018

G Dorrin Luding — Saskatoon — 2016-2018

D Montana Onyebuchi — Kamloops — 2016-2018

D Riley Bruce — Tri-City — 2017-2018

C Mark Liwiski — Kelowna — 2017-2018

F Ethan O’Rourke — Swift Current — 2017-2018

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In coaching/scouting

RW Riley Armstrong — Maine Mariners (ECHL), Head Coach — 2003-2004

F Tyler Dietrich — Team Canada, Video Coach — 2003-2005

D Mitch Love — Saskatoon (WHL), Head Coach — 2003-2005 as player, 2011-2018 as assistant coach

D Eric Doyle — New York Rangers (NHL), Scout — 2005-2007

F Dan Gendur — Prince Albert (WHL), Assistant Coach — 2006—2008

LW Brennan Sonne — Angers (France), Head Coach — 2006-2008 as player, 2014-2017 as assistant coach

G Kraymer Barnstable — Red Deer (WHL), Goaltending Coach — 2008-2009

C Tyler Maxwell — University of Southern California (ACHA II), Head Coach — 2008-2012

RW Graham Millar — University of British Columbia (USports), Assistant Coach — 2014-2017

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