With their fifth pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected centerman Chase Yoder in the sixth round.
The Penguins select American forward Chase Yoder with their sixth-round pick (170th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft.
— Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) October 7, 2020
Yoder comes to the Penguins organization from Fairview, Texas. The 18-year-old has been playing for the U.S. National Team Development Program and has committed to Providence College for 2020-21.
Current head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men’s ice hockey team and former Penguins assistant coach, Tony Granato, actually compares Yoder’s game to current Penguins player Brandon Tanev.