NHL goalie prospect Jack Ivankovic commits to University of Michigan

One of Canada’s most sensible junior goaltenders plans to proceed his building within the NCAA.

Jack Ivankovic, the backup for Canada’s 2025 global junior staff and a member of the OHL’s Brampton Steelheads the previous two seasons, has dedicated to the University of Michigan, according to College Hockey Inc. Ivankovic’s get started date is indexed because the 2026-27 season, although the ones can trade.

The five-foot-11 Ivankovic, 18, is indexed because the fourth-ranked North American goaltender for the NHL Draft later this month.

Along with enjoying one sport for Canada on the global juniors, Ivankovic starred for the rustic on the global under-18 championship final month in Texas, posting a 1.05 goals-against reasonable and .961 save proportion in seven video games for the gold medal-winning staff.

The local of Mississauga, Ont., is the newest giant identify to decide to an NCAA program sooner than junior eligibility finishes up following a rule trade permitting CHL gamers to play U.S. faculty hockey beginning subsequent season.

Erie Otters ahead Malcolm Spence and Sudbury Wolves defenceman Henry Mews are two different outstanding OHL gamers to decide to Michigan with junior eligibility closing. Spence is a first-round prospect for this 12 months’s NHL Draft, whilst Mews was once a third-round select of the Calgary Flames final 12 months.