[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by boogerz

2) I don't know much about CIS, but most of the CIS players were good CHLers. Take a look at the U of C Dinos for example. They finished mid-pack this season, but their roster included:

Jacob De Serres (3rd round, 2008)
Giffen Nyren and Tyler Fiddler - two important pieces (especially Nyren) of the Hitmen team that made the memorial cup two years ago.
Brock Nixon - another very good player from the Hitmen a few years ago

That's just the recognizable names too. Their backup was a WHL starter, three other players appear to have been top6 forwards in the dub, another was drafted in the 5th round in 2008, and a few appear to have been role players in the dub.

I'd expect them to give an NCAA team a good run for their money.

University of Saskatchewan has Kyle Bortis, Jimmy Bubnick, and Zak Stebner who were also very good players for the Hitmen.

5) Joel Ward and Steve Rucchin (former centermen for Kariya and Selanne). There's probably a few more who had successful NHL careers as well

Cory Cross was a walk on at the UofA. Ended up playing quite a few NHL games