Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: No. 24 - Cruz Lucius

The 2025 version of our Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25 countdown list kicks off your Monday morning with a piece of the Jake Guentzel trade coming off a tough college season.

Catch up on the previous entries for this year:

Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25: Graduates and Departed players in 2025
Top 25 Under 25: The best of the rest
No. 25: Quinn Beauchense

#24: Cruz Lucius, RW
2024 Ranking: No. 24
Age: 21 (April 5, 2004)
Acquired Via: Trade (w/ Carolina Hurricanes for Jake Guentzel)
Height/Weight: 6-foot-0, 179 pounds

After two productive seasons at Wisconsin, prospect Cruz Lucius transferred to Arizona State for his junior season where his development hit a bump in the road following an injury that limited him to only 19 games last season for the Sun Devils.