In the process of doing some NHL draft research I came across what I thought was a revealing development about University of Wisconsin men?s hockey coach Mike Eaves and his assistants over the years. Of the 26 UW players drafted by NHL teams from 2003 to ?09, 16 actually reached the NHL. That?s a 62-percent success rate. That period reflects the first group of Eaves? recruits to be drafted (Brian Elliott, Andrew Joudrey, Joe Pavelski and Ryan Suter) and the most recent case of a UW player leaving and reaching the NHL (Craig Smith).
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