The Rangers' first 2025 NHL Draft pick is the 18-year-old Michigan commit, who is from Mississauga, Ontario, and has spent the past three years with the Ontario Hockey League's Erie Otters. In 195 games from 2022-25, Spence totaled 177 points on 67 goals and 110 assists.

The Detroit Red Wings have selected RW Michal Svrcek with the 119th pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. Svrcek was a productive junior player in Sweden and for Slovakia's national teams.

Dell’Elce will be the third Avs draft pick to play for UMass in the past nine years. Cale Makar was the No. 4 pick in the 2017 draft, and then Taylor Makar was a seventh-round selection in 2020. The Makar brothers played for the Brooks Bandits in the AJHL ahead of the draft before joining UMass.