USA Hockey Magazine and USA Today just dropped their preseason Top 20 rankings for college hockey this season and, as you might guess, the Blackhawks have prospects at lots of the schools to make their list.
After a draft that included a number of prospects heading to college — including first-round forward Frank Nazar — and some returning players at top programs, there’s a lot of reasons for Blackhawks fans to watch college hockey this season.
Here’s where the Blackhawks have prospects on the list:
By my count, that’s a dozen Blackhawks prospects playing for a top-20 program this season.
For the sake of comparison, here’s the USCHO top 20: