This list includes USHL alumni who are playing in the NHL or currently under NHL contract.
| Player (Active players in bold) | USHL Team | Professional Team (League) |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Palushaj | Des Moines Buccaneers | Montreal (NHL) |
| Adam Berkhoel | Twin Cities Vulcans | Atlanta (NHL) |
| Adam Burish | Green Bay Gamblers | Dallas (NHL) |
| Alec Martinez | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Alec Richards | Indiana Ice | Chicago (NHL) |
| Alex Brooks | Green Bay Gamblers | New Jersey (NHL) |
| Alex Foster | Danville Wings | Toronto (NHL) |
| Alex Goligoski | Sioux Falls Stampede | Pittsburgh (NHL) |
| Alex Stalock | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | San Jose (NHL) |
| Andreas Nodl | Sioux Falls Stampede | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Andrew Alberts | Waterloo Black Hawks | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Andrew Conboy | Omaha Lancers | Montreal (NHL) |
| Andy Roach | Waterloo Black Hawks | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Andy Wozniewski | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Boston (NHL) |
| Ben Clymer | Rochester Mustangs | Washington (NHL) |
| Ben Holmstrom | Sioux Falls Stampede | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Bill Thomas | Tri-City Storm | Florida (NHL) |
| Billy Tibbetts | Sioux City Musketeers | New York Rangers (NHL) |
| Blake Wheeler | Green Bay Gamblers | Boston (NHL) |
| Bob Mason | Green Bay Bobcats | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Brandon Bochenski | Lincoln Stars | Tampa Bay (NHL) |
| Brandon Bollig | Lincoln Stars | Chicago (NHL) |
| Brent Peterson | Thunder Bay Flyers | Tampa Bay (NHL) |
| Brett Skinner | Des Moines Buccaneers | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Brian Connelly | Tri-City Storm | Chicago (NHL) |
| Brian Lee | Lincoln Stars | Ottawa (NHL) |
| Brian Rafalski | Madison Capitols | Detroit (NHL) |
| Brian Swanson | Omaha Lancers | Atlanta (NHL) |
| Brock Trotter | Lincoln Stars | Montreal (NHL) |
| Bryce Lampman | Omaha Lancers | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Carl Sneep | Lincoln Stars | Pittsburgh (NHL) |
| Casey Wellman | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Minnesota (NHL) |
| Chad LaRose | Sioux Falls Stampede | Carolina (NHL) |
| Chad Rau | Des Moines Buccaneers | Minnesota (NHL) |
| Chris Butler | Sioux City Musketeers | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Chris Ferraro | Waterloo Black Hawks | Washington (NHL) |
| Chris Kenady | St. Paul Vulcans | New York Rangers (NHL) |
| Chris Porter | Lincoln Stars | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Chris Vande Velde | Lincoln Stars | Edmonton (NHL) |
| Christian Hanson | Tri-City Storm | Toronto (NHL) |
| Colby Cohen | Lincoln Stars | Colorado (NHL) |
| Colin Stuart | Lincoln Stars | Boston (NHL) |
| Corey Elkins | Sioux City Musketeers | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Corey Tropp | Sioux Falls Stampede | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Dan Dorian | Austin Mavericks | New Jersey (NHL) |
| Dan Ellis | Omaha Lancers | Tampa Bay (NHL) |
| Dan Sexton | Sioux Falls Stampede | Anaheim (NHL) |
| Danny Irmen | Lincoln Stars | Minnesota (NHL) |
| Danny Richmond | Chicago Steel | Toronto (NHL) |
| Dave Snuggerud | Bloomington Jr. Stars | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| David Backes | Lincoln Stars | St. Louis (NHL) |
| David Hale | Sioux City Musketeers | Ottawa (NHL) |
| David Moss | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Calgary (NHL) |
| David Wilkie | Omaha Lancers | New York Rangers (NHL) |
| Davis Drewiske | Des Moines Buccaneers | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Dennis McCauley | Sioux City Musketeers | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Derek Peltier | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Colorado (NHL) |
| Derek Plante | Madison Capitols | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Derek Whitmore | Lincoln Stars | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Dieter Kochan | Sioux City Musketeers | Minnesota (NHL) |
| Drew Miller | Omaha Lancers | Detroit (NHL) |
| Duvie Westcott | Omaha Lancers | Columbus (NHL) |
| Eric Gryba | Green Bay Gamblers | Ottawa (NHL) |
| Eric Walsky | River City Lancers | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Erik Cole | Des Moines Buccaneers | Carolina (NHL) |
| Fred Knipscheer | Omaha Lancers | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Garrett Stafford | Des Moines Buccaneers | Phoenix (NHL) |
| Gary Suter | Dubuque Fighting Saints | San Jose (NHL) |
| Greg Johnson | Thunder Bay Flyers | Nashville (NHL) |
| Hunter Bishop | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Montreal (NHL) |
| Jack Hillen | Tri-City Storm | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Jake Hauswirth | Omaha Lancers | Washington (NHL) |
| Jake Newton | Lincoln Stars | Anaheim (NHL) |
| James Marcou | Waterloo Black Hawks | San Jose (NHL) |
| Jared Boll | Lincoln Stars | Columbus (NHL) |
| Jarod Palmer | Tri-City Storm | Minnesota (NHL) |
| Jason Blake | Waterloo Black Hawks | Anaheim (NHL) |
| Jean-Philippe Lamoureux | Lincoln Stars | Calgary (NHL) |
| Jed Ortmeyer | Omaha Lancers | San Jose (NHL) |
| Jeff Finger | Green Bay Gamblers | Toronto (NHL) |
| Jeff LoVecchio | Omaha Lancers | Boston (NHL) |
| Jeff Petry | Des Moines Buccaneers | Edmonton (NHL) |
| Jeff Taffe | Rochester Mustangs | Chicago (NHL) |
| Jim Johnson | St. Paul Vulcans | Phoenix (NHL) |
| Joe Corvo | Omaha Lancers | Washington (NHL) |
| Joe Dziedzic | St. Paul Vulcans | Phoenix (NHL) |
| Joe Finley | Sioux Falls Stampede | Washington (NHL) |
| Joe Jensen | Sioux Falls Stampede | Carolina (NHL) |
| Joe Loprieno | Chicago Steel | San Jose (NHL) |
| Joe Motzko | Omaha Lancers | Atlanta (NHL) |
| Joe Pavelski | Waterloo Black Hawks | San Jose (NHL) |
| Joe Piskula | Des Moines Buccaneers | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Joel Rechlicz | Des Moines Buccaneers | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Joey Crabb | Green Bay Gamblers | Atlanta (NHL) |
| John Blue | Des Moines Buccaneers | Buffalo (NHL) |
| John Byce | Madison Capitols | Boston (NHL) |
| John Carlson | Indiana Ice | Washington (NHL) |
| John Grahame | Sioux City Musketeers | Colorado (NHL) |
| John Gruden | Waterloo Black Hawks | Washington (NHL) |
| John McCarthy | Des Moines Buccaneers | San Jose (NHL) |
| John Pohl | Twin Cities Vulcans | Toronto (NHL) |
| John Zeiler | Sioux City Musketeers | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Jon Rohloff | St. Paul Vulcans | Boston (NHL) |
| Josh Langfeld | Lincoln Stars | Nashville (NHL) |
| Josh Olson | Omaha Lancers | Florida (NHL) |
| Jozef Balej | Rochester Mustangs | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Justin Abdelkader | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Detroit (NHL) |
| Justin Braun | Green Bay Gamblers | San Jose (NHL) |
| Justin Fletcher | Sioux City Musketeers | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Justin Mercier | St. Louis Heartland Eagles | Colorado (NHL) |
| Keith Aldridge | Rochester Mustangs | Dallas (NHL) |
| Keith Ballard | Omaha Lancers | Florida (NHL) |
| Kurt Sauer | North Iowa Huskies | Phoenix (NHL) |
| Kyle Lawson | Tri-City Storm | Carolina (NHL) |
| Kyle Okposo | Des Moines Buccaneers | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Landon Wilson | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Dallas (NHL) |
| Lee Sweatt | Chicago Steel | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Louis Leblanc | Omaha Lancers | Montreal (NHL) |
| Mark Cullen | Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks | Chicago (NHL) |
| Mark Eaton | Waterloo Black Hawks | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Mark Mowers | Dubuque Fighting Saints | Anaheim (NHL) |
| Mark Olver | Omaha Lancers | Colorado (NHL) |
| Mark Stuart | Rochester Mustangs | Boston (NHL) |
| Matin Hanzal | Omaha Lancers | Phoenix (NHL) |
| Matt Carle | Omaha Lancers | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Matt Clackson | Chicago Steel | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Matt Dalton | Des Moines Buccaneers | Boston (NHL) |
| Matt Greene | Green Bay Gamblers | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Matt Henderson | St. Paul Vulcans | Chicago (NHL) |
| Matt Jones | Green Bay Gamblers | Phoenix (NHL) |
| Matt Koalaska | Twin Cities Vulcans | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Max Pacioretty | Sioux City Musketeers | Montreal (NHL) |
| Michael Forney | Green Bay Gamblers | Atlanta (NHL) |
| Mike Peluso | Omaha Lancers | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Mike Stuart | Rochester Mustangs | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Mike Testwuide | Waterloo Black Hawks | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Nate Guenin | Green Bay Gamblers | Columbus (NHL) |
| Nate Prosser | Sioux Falls Stampede | Minnesota (NHL) |
| Nate Raduns | Omaha Lancers | Philadelphia (NHL) |
| Nathan Gerbe | Omaha Lancers | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Nick Petrecki | Omaha Lancers | San Jose (NHL) |
| Nick Schaus | Omaha Lancers | San Jose (NHL) |
| Noah Clarke | Des Moines Buccaneers | New Jersey (NHL) |
| Patrick Davis | Sioux City Musketeers | New Jersey (NHL) |
| Patrick Mullen | Sioux Falls Stampede | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Patrick Sharp | Thunder Bay Flyers | Chicago (NHL) |
| Patrick Wiercioch | Omaha Lancers | Ottawa (NHL) |
| Paul Stastny | Omaha Lancers | Colorado (NHL) |
| Peter Ferraro | Waterloo Black Hawks | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Peter Mannino | Tri-City Storm | Atlanta (NHL) |
| Peter Sejna | Des Moines Buccaneers | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Peter Smrek | Des Moines Buccaneers | New York Rangers (NHL) |
| Phil Housley | St. Paul Vulcans | Toronto (NHL) |
| Ralph Barahona | Rochester Mustangs | Boston (NHL) |
| Ray Kaunisto | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Ray Staszak | Austin Mavericks | Detroit (NHL) |
| Richard Bachman | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Dallas (NHL) |
| Richard Shulmistra | Thunder Bay Flyers | Florida (NHL) |
| Rick Zombo | Austin Mavericks | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Rob Bordson | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Anaheim (NHL) |
| Rostislav Klesla | Sioux City Musketeers | Columbus (NHL) |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | Sioux City Musketeers | Pittsburgh (NHL) |
| Ryan Caldwell | Thunder Bay Flyers | Phoenix (NHL) |
| Ryan Carter | Green Bay Gamblers | Anaheim (NHL) |
| Ryan Johnson | Thunder Bay Flyers | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Ryan Malone | Omaha Lancers | Tampa Bay (NHL) |
| Ryan Potulny | Lincoln Stars | Edmonton (NHL) |
| Ryan Thang | Omaha Lancers | Nashville (NHL) |
| Sam Gagner | Sioux City Musketeers | Edmonton (NHL) |
| Scott Clemmensen | Des Moines Buccaneers | Florida (NHL) |
| Scott Parse | Tri-City Storm | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Sean Backman | Green Bay Gamblers | Dallas (NHL) |
| Sean Collins | Sioux City Musketeers | Washington (NHL) |
| Sean Pronger | Thunder Bay Flyers | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Shjon Podein | Rochester Mustangs | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Steve Wagner | Tri-City Storm | Pittsburgh (NHL) |
| Steven Kampfer | Sioux City Musketeers | Boston (NHL) |
| Stu Bickel | Sioux Falls Stampede | Anaheim (NHL) |
| T.J. Oshie | Sioux Falls Stampede | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Teddy Purcell | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Tampa Bay (NHL) |
| Thomas Vanek | Sioux Falls Stampede | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Tim Conboy | Topeka ScareCrows | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Tim Jackman | Twin Cities Vulcans | Calgary (NHL) |
| Tim Kennedy | Sioux City Musketeers | New York Rangers (NHL) |
| Tim Stapleton | Green Bay Gamblers | Atlanta (NHL) |
| Toby Petersen | Fargo-Moorhead Bears | Dallas (NHL) |
| Todd Rohloff | St. Paul Vulcans | Washington (NHL) |
| Tom Bissett | Waterloo Black Hawks | Detroit (NHL) |
| Tom Gilbert | Chicago Steel | Edmonton (NHL) |
| Tom Preissing | Green Bay Gamblers | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Tommy Wingels | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | San Jose (NHL) |
| Tony Lucia | Omaha Lancers | San Jose (NHL) |
| Travis Morin | Chicago Steel | Dallas (NHL) |
| Travis Turnbull | Sioux City Musketeers | Buffalo (NHL) |
| Trent Klatt | St. Paul Vulcans | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Trevor Bruess | Lincoln Stars | Washington (NHL) |
| Trevor Frischmon | Lincoln Stars | Columbus (NHL) |
| Trevor Lewis | Des Moines Buccaneers | Los Angeles (NHL) |
| Trevor Smith | Omaha Lancers | New York Islanders (NHL) |
| Ty Conklin | Green Bay Gamblers | St. Louis (NHL) |
| Tyler Arnason | Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks | Colorado (NHL) |
| Victor Oreskovich | Green Bay Gamblers | Florida (NHL) |
| Wes O'Neill | Green Bay Gamblers | Colorado (NHL) |
| Yan Stastny | Omaha Lancers | Vancouver (NHL) |
| Zach Cohen | Tri-City Storm | Colorado (NHL) |
| Zach Miskovic | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders | Washington (NHL) |
