NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Five additional names have been added to the United State Collegiate Select hockey team roster set to participate at the 2025 Spengler Cup, featuring a pair of familiar names to South Bend locals in junior forwards Danny Nelson and Cole Knuble.
Both forwards are coming off career years during their sophomore campaign and were each named to Notre Dame hockey’s leadership team prior to the start of the 2025-26 season. Nelson was named co-captain at the beginning of October while Knuble will serve as an alternate for the Irish this season.
Last year, Knuble led the team in scoring, boasting a career-high 39 points off 12 goals and a team-best 27 assists. The now-junior has appeared in 72 career games for the Gold and Blue ices, amassing 60 points throughout his time in Indiana and owns six game-winning goals. At the conclusion of the season he was named Second Team All-Big Ten.
Nelson, has spent the past two Christmas breaks competing for Team USA at the World Junior Championships and will don the Red, White, and Blue again this holiday season as a member of the Selects Team. As a sophomore, Nelson tallied 13 goals and 13 assists and ranked among the top scorers in the Irish program for 2024-25. In addition to his scoring prowess, Nelson was among the nation’s best at the face-off dot, registering a success rate of 57.2-percent from the circle which was fourth in the country.
Knuble, Nelson, and the rest of the United State Collegiate Select team are set to compete at the Spengler Cup in late December. The full team will be comprised of 25 student-athletes from across the NCAA.
For more information on the Spengler Cup, visit www.spenglercup.ch/en.