After barely making it onto last year’s list at 25th, Shane Pinto finds himself much more firmly entrenched in the Top 25 Under 25. Pinto made the largest jump of any player on the list, a full ten spots from 25th to 15th. This perfectly encapsulates the Franklin Square, New York native’s hockey career thus far: Pinto has improved his play each and every year, sometimes at a startling pace.
Coming off of a season in the USHL in which he scored 59 points in 56 games, Pinto was selected 32nd overall by the Ottawa Senators, and was the first pick of the second round of the 2019 NHL Draft.