Sarnia Sting NHL Footprint
The Sarnia Sting Hockey Club has had a tremendous record of developing players for National Hockey League success.
Most recently, the Sting have seen two members of their current roster drafted in the last NHL draft. Both Jamieson Rees and Eric Hjorth were selected in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Since the club’s founding ahead of the 1994-1995 OHL season, the Sting are proud to have had sixteen alumni who were selected in the first round of National Hockey League drafts.
Sarnia has had two alumni chosen as first-overall NHL draft picks. Steven Stamkos went first to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008, and Nail Yakupov was selected first by the Edmonton Oilers in 2012.
The Sting are proud to have played a role in developing such talent, and look forward to welcoming many more players and their families in the years to come.
Sarnia Sting Alumni, First-Round NHL Draft Selections
| First Name | Last Name | Seasons with Sting | Year Drafted | Overall | NHL Team Drafted By |
| Jacob | Perreault | 2018-present | 2020 | 27 | Anaheim Ducks |
| Jakob | Chychrun | 2014-2016 | 2016 | 16 | Arizona Coyotes |
| Pavel | Zacha | 2014-2016 | 2015 | 6 | New Jersey Devils |
| Travis | Konecny | 2015-2016 | 2015* | 24 | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Anthony | DeAngelo | 2011-2015 | 2014 | 19 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Nikolay | Goldobin | 2012-2014 | 2014 | 27 | San Jose Sharks |
| Nail | Yakupov | 2010-2012 | 2012 | 1 | Edmonton Oilers |
| Alexander | Galchenyuk | 2010-2013 | 2012 | 3 | Montreal Canadiens |
| Connor | Murphy | 2011-2013 | 2011* | 20 | Phoenix Coyotes |
| Steven | Stamkos | 2006-2008 | 2008 | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Matt | Pelech | 2003-2006 | 2005 | 26 | Calgary Flames |
| Jeff | Heerema | 1997-2000 | 1998 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Patrick | Desrochers | 1995-1998 | 1998 | 14 | Phoenix Coyotes |
| Mike | Van Ryn | 1999-2000 | 1998* | 26 | New Jersey Devils |
| Jeff | Brown | 1994-1997 | 1996 | 22 | New York Rangers |
| Sean | Brown | 1995-1996 | 1995* | 21 | Boston Bruins |
*Indicates the player was drafted while with an organization outside the Sarnia Sting Hockey Club.
Sarnia Sting Alumni Drafted to the NHL (All-Time)
*Indicates the player was drafted while with an organization outside the Sarnia Sting Hockey Club.
| First Name | Last Name | Year Drafted | Team Drafted By | Round | Overall |
| Sandis | Vilmanis | 2022* | Florida Panthers | 5 | 157 |
| Benjamin | Gaudreau | 2021 | San Jose Sharks | 3 | 81 |
| Ty | Voit | 2021 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5 | 153 |
| Ryan | Mast | 2021 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 181 |
| Jacob | Perreault | 2020 | Anaheim Ducks | 1 | 27 |
| Jamieson | Rees | 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes | 2 | 44 |
| Eric | Hjorth | 2019* | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 104 |
| Adam | Ruzicka | 2017 | Calgary Flames | 4 | 109 |
| Drake | Rymsha | 2017 | Los Angeles Kings | 5 | 138 |
| Ryan | McGregor | 2017 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 6 | 172 |
| Sasha | Chmelevski | 2017* | San Jose Sharks | 6 | 185 |
| Jakob | Chychrun | 2016 | Arizona Coyotes | 1 | 16 |
| Jordan | Kyrou | 2016 | St Louis Blues | 2 | 35 |
| Cam | Dineen | 2016* | Arizona Coyotes | 3 | 68 |
| Jonathan | Ang | 2016* | Florida Panthers | 4 | 94 |
| Michael | Pezzetta | 2016* | Montreal Canadiens | 6 | 160 |
| Anthony | Salinitri | 2016 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6 | 172 |
| Filip | Helt | 2016* | St. Louis Blues | 7 | 211 |
| Pavel | Zacha | 2015 | New Jersey Devils | 1 | 6 |
| Travis | Konecny | 2015* | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 24 |
| Nikita | Korostelev | 2015 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 7 | 185 |
| Anthony | DeAngelo | 2014 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 19 |
| Nikolay | Goldobin | 2014 | San Jose Sharks | 1 | 27 |
| Joshua | Jacobs | 2014* | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 41 |
| Jaden | Lindo | 2014* | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 173 |
| Matthew | Mistele | 2014* | Los Angeles Kings | 6 | 180 |
| Ryan | Kujawinski | 2013* | New Jersey Devils | 3 | 73 |
| Nail | Yakupov | 2012 | Edmonton Oilers | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander | Galchenyuk | 2012 | Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 3 |
| Connor | Murphy | 2011* | Phoenix Coyotes | 1 | 20 |
| Brett | Ritchie | 2011 | Dallas Stars | 2 | 44 |
| Ludvig | Rensfeldt | 2010* | Chicago Blackhawks | 2 | 35 |
| Ryan | Spooner | 2010* | Boston Bruins | 2 | 45 |
| Gregg | Sutch | 2010* | Buffalo Sabres | 5 | 143 |
| Joe | Rogalski | 2010 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 152 |
| Dalton | Prout | 2010* | Columbus Blue Jackets | 6 | 154 |
| Brandon | Maxwell | 2009* | Colorado Avalanche | 6 | 154 |
| Kyle | Neuber | 2009* | Columbus Blue Jackets | 7 | 197 |
| Steven | Stamkos | 2008 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie | Arniel | 2008 | Boston Bruins | 4 | 97 |
| Matt | Martin | 2008 | New York Islanders | 5 | 148 |
| Justin | DiBenedetto | 2008 | New York Islanders | 6 | 175 |
| Mark | Katic | 2007 | New York Islanders | 3 | 62 |
| Michael | Neal | 2007* | Dallas Stars | 5 | 149 |
| Aaron | Snow | 2006* | Dallas Stars | 3 | 90 |
| Harrison | Reed | 2006 | Carolina Hurricanes | 3 | 93 |
| Devin | DiDiomete | 2006* | Calgary Flames | 7 | 187 |
| Matt | Pelech | 2005 | Calgary Flames | 1 | 26 |
| Richard | Clune | 2005 | Dallas Stars | 3 | 71 |
| Tomas | Pospisil | 2005* | Atlanta Thrashers | 5 | 135 |
| Nick | Tuzzolino | 2005 | New York Islanders | 7 | 196 |
| Chad | Painchaud | 2004* | Atlanta Thrashers | 4 | 106 |
| Trevor | Kell | 2004* | Chicago Blackhawks | 5 | 131 |
| Dan | Fritsche | 2003 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 46 |
| Daniel | Carcillo | 2003 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3 | 73 |
| Ryan | Munce | 2003 | Los Angeles Kings | 3 | 82 |
| Stefan | Blaho | 2003* | New York Islanders | 4 | 120 |
| Joey | Tenute | 2003 | New Jersey Devils | 8 | 261 |
| John | Hecimovic | 2003 | Florida Panthers | 9 | 264 |
| Anton | Kadeykin | 2002* | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 51 |
| Marek | Chvatal | 2002* | New Jersey Devils | 3 | 84 |
| Kris | Newbury | 2002 | San Jose Sharks | 5 | 139 |
| Robert | Gherson | 2002 | Washington Capitals | 5 | 145 |
| Colt | King | 2001* | Colorado Avalanche | 4 | 130 |
| Eric | Himelfarb | 2001 | Montreal Canadiens | 6 | 171 |
| Juris | Stals | 2001* | New York Rangers | 9 | 269 |
| Tyler | Hanchuck | 2000* | Montreal Canadiens | 3 | 79 |
| Mike | Danton | 2000* | New Jersey Devils | 5 | 135 |
| Scott | Heffernan | 2000 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 5 | 138 |
| Chris | Berti | 2000 | Boston Bruins | 7 | 204 |
| Sean | McMorrow | 2000* | Buffalo Sabres | 8 | 258 |
| Alexander | Buturlin | 1999* | Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 39 |
| Cory | Campbell | 1999* | Los Angeles Kings | 3 | 92 |
| Preston | Mizzi | 1999* | Phoenix Coyotes | 4 | 123 |
| Dusty | Jamieson | 1999 | Montreal Canadiens | 5 | 136 |
| Maxim | Rybin | 1999* | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | 5 | 141 |
| Jeff | Heerema | 1998 | Carolina Hurricanes | 1 | 11 |
| Patrick | Desrochers | 1998 | Phoenix Coyotes | 1 | 14 |
| Mike | Van Ryn | 1998* | New Jersey Devils | 1 | 26 |
| Andy | Burnham | 1998* | New York Islanders | 4 | 95 |
| Ryan | Van Buskirk | 1998 | Phoenix Coyotes | 4 | 100 |
| Jeff | Zehr | 1997* | New York Islanders | 2 | 31 |
| Curtis | Cruickshank | 1997* | Washington Capitals | 4 | 89 |
| Ivan | Novoseltsev | 1997* | Florida Panthers | 4 | 95 |
| Lucas | Nerhling | 1997 | New Jersey Devils | 4 | 104 |
| Peter | Sarno | 1997* | Edmonton Oilers | 6 | 141 |
| Andrew | Proskurnicki | 1997 | New York Rangers | 8 | 210 |
| Greg | Willers | 1997* | Detroit Red Wings | 9 | 239 |
| Jeff | Brown | 1996 | New York Rangers | 1 | 22 |
| Marek | Posmyk | 1996* | Toronto Maple Leafs | 2 | 36 |
| Wes | Mason | 1996 | New Jersey Devils | 2 | 38 |
| Jonathan | Sim | 1996 | Dallas Stars | 3 | 70 |
| Kurt | Walsh | 1996* | Buffalo Sabres | 4 | 87 |
| Peter | Cava | 1996* | Toronto Maple Leafs | 5 | 110 |
| Todd | Miller | 1996 | New York Islanders | 6 | 138 |
| Darren | Mortier | 1996 | Buffalo Sabres | 6 | 161 |
| Eoin | McInerney | 1996* | Dallas Stars | 7 | 166 |
| Trevor | Letowski | 1996 | Phoenix Coyotes | 7 | 174 |
| Tom | Brown | 1996 | Boston Bruins | 7 | 182 |
| Chad | Cavanagh | 1996* | Washington Capitals | 9 | 232 |
| Sean | Brown | 1995* | Boston Bruins | 1 | 21 |
| Shane | Kenny | 1995* | Philadelphia Flyers | 2 | 48 |
| Richard | Rochefort | 1995* | New Jersey Devils | 7 | 174 |
| Milan | Kostolny | 1995* | Hartford Whalers | 8 | 191 |
| Chris | George | 1995 | Colorado Avalanche | 9 | 228 |
| Scott | Cherrey | 1994* | Washington Capitals | 2 | 41 |
| David | Nemirovsky | 1994* | Florida Panthers | 4 | 84 |
| Kam | White | 1994* | Toronto Maple Leafs | 6 | 152 |
| Rob | Guinn | 1994* | Edmonton Oilers | 8 | 185 |
| Eric | Boulton | 1994* | New York Rangers | 9 | 234 |
| Ryan | Tocher | 1993* | Quebec Nordiques | 4 | 101 |
| Larry | Courville | 1993* | Winnipeg Jets | 5 | 119 |
| Allan | Letang | 1993* | Montreal Canadiens | 8 | 203 |
| Jeff | Salajko | 1993* | San Jose Sharks | 10 | 236 |
| Dennis | Maxwell | 1992* | Tampa Bay Lightning | 8 | 170 |
| Andy | Delmore | Undrafted | |||
| Trevor | Gillies | Undrafted | |||
| Micheal | Haley | Undrafted | |||
| Drew | Larman | Undrafted | |||
| Jamie | Fraser | Undrafted | |||
| Brandon | Mashinter | Undrafted | |||
| Ryan | Wilson | Undrafted |