U-18 Worlds: Here's where the players are headed in the NCAA

The U-18 World Championships are an annual scouting ground for the NCAA looking to recruit not only the top Canadian and American players, but also the best players globally.

It's why you'll see dozens of NCAA committed players competing in the 2025 U-18 World Championships in Finland, and many others who will make their commitments following the tournament due to their performance at the event. The only player who isn't being looked at as a potential recruit in this tournament is Canada's Chloe Primerano, who is already playing for the University of Minnesota.

Here's a conference-by-conference look at where players are going.

ECAC

13 players from the U-18 women's World Championships have already committed to play for ECAC teams with Princeton leading the way with four players.

Princeton: Megan Healy (USA, 2025-26), Caroline Averill (USA, 2026-27), Christina Scalese (USA, 2025-26), Riley Sorokan (Canada, 2025-26)

Quinnipiac: Natalia Dilbone (USA, 2026-27), Ella Johnson (USA, 2025-56)

Harvard: Emilia Biotti (USA, 2025-26)

Yale: Evelyn Doyle (USA, 2025-26)

Clarkson: Kate Manness (Canada, 2025-26) Sara Manness (Canada, 2025-26)

Colgate: Sydney Sawyer (Canada, 2025-26), Dorothy Copetti (Canada, 2025-26), Ava Wood (Canada, 2025-26)

WCHA

Perhaps unsurprisingly the WCHA leads the way with 19 committed players in the tournament with the top ranked teams in the nation, Wisconsin and Ohio State, taking the lions share of the pool. The one unique feature of this tournament is also that one current WCHA player, Minnesota's Chloe Primerano is also playing for Canada.

Wisconsin: Emma Cerruti (USA, 2026-27), Haley Box (USA, 2026-27), Madelyn Kimbrel (USA, 2026-27), Rosalie Tremblay (Canada, 2025-26), Nela Lousanova (Slovakia, 2026-27)

St. Thomas: Kenleigh Fischer (USA, 2026-27)

Minnesota: Sloane Hartmetz (USA, 2026-27), Bella Fanale (USA, 2025-26), Maddie McCullough (Canada, 2026-27), Rachel Piggott (Canada, 2026-27)

St. Cloud State: Sydney Lamb (USA, 2025-26)

Ohio State: Macy Rasmussen (USA, 2025-26), Kate Viel (Canada, 2025-26), Maxine Cimoroni (Canada, 2025-26) , Alida Korte (Canada, 2025-26), Ema Tothova (Slovakia, 2026-27), Hayley McDonald (Canada, 2025-26)

Minnesota-Duluth: Marilou Grenier (Canada, 2025-26)

Hockey East

There's a good balance of players heading to Hockey East with seven programs bringing recruited players, the most of any conference in the nation. Overall the conference is bringing in nine recruits from the tournament to date.

Boston College: Alaina Dunn (USA, 2025-26)

Connecticut: Amelia Wilkinson (Canada, 2025-26) Caileigh Tiller (Canada, 2025-26)

New Hampshire: Alex Therien (Canada, 2025-26)

Boston University: Lexie Bertelsen (Canada, 2025-26)

Northeastern: Stryker Zablocki (Canada, 2025-26), Ivana Wey (Switzerland, 2026-27)

Maine: Julie Jebousková (Czechia, 2026-27)

Holy Cross: Naemi Herzig (Switzerland, 2025-26)

AHA

Atlantic Hockey America had only two teams represented in their recruits, by Penn State had one of the larger single school totals in NCAA hockey with four players heading to the school

Penn State: Morgan Stickney (USA, 2026-27), Kylie Amelkovich (USA, 2026-27), Danica Maynard (Canada, 2025-26), Sofia Ismael (Canada, 2025-26)

Syracuse: Ava Drabyk (Canada, 2025-26)