Charlie Morrison selected in third round of 2026 NHL Draft by New York Rangers

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In the third round of the 2026 NHL Draft, the New York Rangers selected UConn freshman defenseman Charlie Morrison with the 77th overall pick. He ended up being the only Husky taken over the weekend.

Most projections expected Morrison to go somewhere in the second or third round. He is UConn’s highest draft pick since Matthew Wood (15th overall in 2023), the third Husky taken in the third round and the ninth-highest draft pick in program history.

Morrison clearly fit the right profile for the Rangers, who used five of their nine picks on left-handed defenseman. Listed at 6-3, 198 pounds out of Miramichi, New Brunswick, he spent the last two seasons in the QMJHL with the Quebec Remparts.

As a prospect, Morrison is viewed as a shutdown defenseman who still needs to improve the offensive side of his game. He only put up 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in 41 games with the Remparts last year but is big, strong and mean on the back end. Morrison was one of seven blue liners on the CHL Prospects Team — an all-star squad of players from the QMJHL, OHL and WHL — for the CHL-USA Prospects Challenge in November.

He has the potential to be UConn’s best defenseman and should be an impact player from day one.

While the Huskies had four other commitments included on NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings — Alexei Vlasov (102), Andrei Molgachev (147), Nathan Amidovski (148) and Jack Torr (204) — none of them were ultimately drafted.

Elsewhere, Ethan Belchetz — younger brother of UConn women’s hockey goaltender Taylor Belchetz — went 17th overall to the Utah Mammoth.

The Huskies’ 2026-27 roster now includes nine draft picks — four of whom are defenseman. The others include Anthony Allain-Samaké (Anaheim Ducks), Brendan Dunphy (Florida Panthers) and Will McIsaac (St. Louis Blues) on defense, Joey Muldowney (San Jose Sharks), Alexandre Blais (Anaheim Ducks), Jeremy Loranger (Columbus Blue Jackets) and Lirim Amidovski (Minnesota Wild) at forward, along with Veeti Louhivaara (New Jersey Devils) in goal.

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