DANBURY, CONN. – Quinnipiac men's hockey junior forward Chris Pelosi has been added to the roster of the the U.S. Collegiate Selects Team that will compete in the 2026 Spengler Cup in Switzerland, the organization announced on November 12th.

The New Jersey native joins teammate and fellow junior Elliott Groenewold on the roster, as the defenseman was announced as an addition to the roster on October 15th. In total, Pelosi is the sixth member of ECAC Hockey to be named to the 2026 squad. Dartmouth junior forward Hayden Stavroff and Union senior defenseman Tyler Dunbar, who were announced among the first six on the United States roster on October 1st. Cornell sophomore defenseman Xavier Veilleux was named to the team on October 22nd, and his teammate, senior forward and captain Ryan Walsh, joined the team on November 5th.

Walsh, Veilleux and the rest of the ECAC Hockey representatives join forces with Cornell head coach Casey Jones, who is one of two assistant coaches for the USCS team. The full roster will feature 25 student-athletes from all six NCAA DI conferences and will be announced in the coming months. The U.S. Collegiate Selects open play at the 2026 Spengler Cup on Saturday, Dec. 26, against Sweden's Frölunda HC before facing host HC Davos on either December 27 or 28.

So far this season, Pelosi has scored six goals for the Bobcats, tied for the team lead. His 11 points rank second on this year's squad, and he's one of two Quinnipiac skaters to record a hat trick this year. He did so this past Friday, November 6th, scoring three of the Bobcats' four goals in a road win over Cornell. Pelosi played in 35 games last year, finishing tied for fourth on the roster in scoring with 34 points. He recorded points in 15 of 18 games in the first half of that season.

Before arriving in Hamden, Pelosi played 99 games with USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede, totaling 74 points over two seasons. He added a medal to his trophy case as well, winning bronze at the World Junior A Challenge with Team USA, totaling four points in six games. Pelosi was selected in the third round of the 2023 NHL Draft, 92nd overall, by the Boston Bruins.

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