Steve Martins ‘95: Harvard’s last All-American before Dominic Moore and Noah Welch last season, Martins has eight seasons of NHL experience and will likely stretch that to nine this year with St. Louis. He’s currently playing with the Blues’ AHL affiliate, the Worcester Ice Cats.

Jeremiah McCarthy ‘98: A veteran of eight minor league teams, McCarthy is now skating with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL.

Steve Moore ‘01: He’s had two call-ups to the Avalanche (eight games in 2001-2002, four last year). With the new NHL season just under way, the Avalanche called up Moore this week. Success this season is crucial to his development.

Brett Nowak ‘03: Expect Nowak’s stay with the Providence Bruins to be somewhat longer than Moore’s with the Wolf Pack. The reason? Consider the case of Andy Hilbert, who left the University of Michigan in the 2001 after two seasons, after reportedly being told he was “penciled in” to the Big B’s roster for the 2001-2002 season. He’s had only a 20-game cup of coffee during his first two pro seasons, proving the ranks of Boston’s centermen – which include Joe Thornton and Brian Rolston – are quite difficult to crack.

Don Sweeney ‘88: Sweeney played his 10,000th career game with the Bruins last season. The backliner had spent every one of his first 15 seasons on Causeway Street – a rarity in today’s NHL – but signed with the Dallas Stars in the off-season after Boston opted to bring University of Michigan product Jeff Jillson up from the Baby B’s to start the year.

—Staff writer Jon Paul Morosi can be reached morosi@fas.harvard.edu.