The 2024 version of our Pensburgh Top 25 Under 25 countdown list continues on with a 2024 draftee that found his third time eligible for the NHL draft to be the charm.
Graduates and departed players from last year’s list
The best of the rest
#25: Raivis Ansons
#24: Kirill Tankov
#21: Chase Pietila, RHD
2023 Ranking: unranked
Age: 20 (Mar 3, 2004)
Acquired Via: 2024 NHL Draft (Round 4- No. 111 overall)
Height/Weight: 6-foot-2, 187 pounds
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A late-bloomer, Pietila went undrafted to the NHL in 2022 and 2023 as he came up through the ranks of the USHL.