"We're very excited about our incoming players," said Nightingale, who led the Spartans to an 18-18-2 record in his first season in East Lansing. MSU's 2024 freshmen class was ranked third in the country by Neutral Zone, a hockey scouting service which ranks more than 23,000 NCAA and CHL prospects. Other first-round candidates on defense are: Zayne Parekh (Saginaw, OHL), Zeev Buium, (NTDP and the younger brother of Red Wings draft pick Shai Buium), Henry Mews (Ottawa, OHL) and Will Skahan (NTDP). Levshunov is one of five defensemen who are projected to be top-10 picks along with Sam Dickinson (London, OHL), Aron Kiviharju (Finland), Adam Jiricek (Czech Republic) and Cole Hutson (NTDP). Expect him to be one of the first defensemen off the board in 2024."Īccording to The Hockey News, the top two players for the 2024 draft are expected to be forwards: Boston University commit Mack Celebrini, who was named the USHL's MVP with the Chicago Wolves and NTDP's Cole Eiserman, who had 69 goals in 62 games with the U17 and U18 teams in Plymouth. USHL Green Bay picked him up and he tallied an impressive 42 points in 62 games. "Levshunov could've played major junior last season if not for the ban on Belarusian and Russian prospects for the 2022 CHL Import Draft. "A two-way defenseman with a speedy stride," The Hockey News wrote in a 2024 draft preview. He's trying to become the highest-drafted Belarusian player in NHL history, surpassing Ruslan Salei, who was drafted ninth overall by Anaheim in 1996 and played one year with the Detroit Red Wings in 2010. Levshunov, 17, played for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League this year and made the league's all-rookie team with 13 goals and 29 assists for 42 points in 62 games.
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