(UW ATHLETICS) LOS ANGELES – Incoming freshman forward Bruno Idžan was chosen by the Ottawa Senators in the sixth round at No. 181 overall on the second day of the 2025 NHL Draft on Saturday at L.A. Live’s Peacock Arena. With this, he becomes the first Croatian-born player to be drafted to the NHL.
Idžan split the 2024-25 season between the AlpsHL’s KHL Sisak in Croatia and the USHL’s Lincoln Stars, tallying 21 goals and 30 points in 19 games played for KHL Sisak before joining the Stars in mid-December. He then notched 22 goals and 434 points in 36 games played for Lincoln, ranking fifth on the team in points despite playing 20 fewer games than those above him.
The Zagreb, Croatia, native finished the season ranking second in the USHL with 1.22 points per game (among skaters who played at least two games) before tallying three goals in six playoff games to help the Stars to the Western Conference finals.
