(KFGO/KNFL/USHL) Fargo Force forward Mac Swanson is one of six players chosen to the All-USHL Rookie First Team. The award is voted on by general managers of each team in the league.
Swanson scores 12 goals and added 43 assists in 57 games for the Force in the regular season. The Anchorage, Alaska, native led all rookies in assists and ranked fifth overall in the league in assists.
Swanson is a college commit to UND.
Other players on the first team include:
Mack Celebrini of Chicago registered 46 goals and 40 assists for 86 points in his first year in the league. The Vancouver, B.C., native led the USHL in goals and points and topped the league with 21 power play goals and eight game-winning goals. Including a five-goal game vs. USA Hockey NTDP on Feb. 18, the Boston University commit recorded four hat tricks during the 2022-23 campaign.
Ryan Conmy, a University of New Hampshire commit who was ranked #112 in the NHL Central Scouting Final List, led Sioux City in scoring and ranked 14th in the league with 33-29—62 in 60 games. The rookie forward from Alexandria, Va., ranked fourth in the league in goals.
Artyom Levshunov had 13-29—42 and played in all 62 games as a rookie defenseman for Green Bay this year. A native of Zhlobin, Belarus, Levshunov ranked third amongst all USHL defensemen in goals, was second in power play goals with seven and third in shots on goal with 142.
Will Felicio of Madison had 4-24—28 in 55 games played in his first year in the USHL. The Holden, Mass., native ranked second amongst rookie defensemen in scoring and his 28 points this year are the most-ever by a 16-year-old defenseman in the history of the USHL.
Omaha’s Michael Hrabal, a UMass commit who saw action in 31 games, completed the 2022-23 regular season with a 9-14-4-3 overall record, 2.86 goals against average and a .908 save percentage. The Prague, Czech Republic native was named USHL Goaltender of the Week once during the season.
