NCAA Rule Shakeup Sparks Unprecedented Exodus, Reshaping the Future of Hockey Talent Pipelines
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The numbers were already shifting before the NCAA rule change announced last fall.
Two of the past five No. 1 draft picks, San Jose’s Macklin Celebrini and Buffalo’s Owen Power, are Canadians who chose the USHL before being drafted out of college. Before that, Rick DiPietro in 2000 and Joe Murphy in 1986, were the only two other college hockey players to go No. 1.
Ontario Hockey League Commissioner Bryan Crawford questioned how many 18-year-olds can hold up in the college ranks against players 20 and older.
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