Badgers in the NHL: 2022 NHL Draft preview

The NHL Draft is the culmination of hundreds of youth hockey careers, like Cole Caufield’s back in 2019!The 2022 NHL Draft will get underway on Thursday night at 6 p.m. CT, live on ESPN and ESPN+, from the Bell Centre in Montreal. While our Wisconsin Badgers aren’t expected to have a first round selection, for the first time in four years, there are a handful of future Badgers that should hear their names called on Friday in rounds two through seven (airing on NHL Network and ESPN+ starting at 10 a.m. CT).

The Badgers have had at least one player selected in the NHL Draft in every year since 1997 and two incoming freshmen, forward Cruz Lucius (Grant, Minn.) and defenseman Tyson Jugnauth…