"He's truly developed his play in his past few seasons of NCAA hockey, going from a relative unknown that went undrafted in his first year of eligibility to a fifth-round draftee in 2023. While Pohlkamp played his first season of post-draft hockey at Bemidji State, his play was so impressive that University of Denver Head Coach David Carle brought the defenseman onto Team USA for the World Junior Championship that winter and then picked him up out of the transfer portal that spring."
"Pohlkamp was used as Denver's No. 2 D during this stretch run, even though he technically played on a separate pair from Buium, and played almost 40 minutes himself in the semi. I thought he was excellent. He's always decisive with his shot but I thought he was decisive in other ways. He was physical and on time defensively. He forechecked when in a couple of sequences for his team. He attacked. He side-stepped pressure and skated pucks."
Eric Pohlkamp progressed from an undrafted college player to the San Jose Sharks' 2023 fifth-round pick after notable NCAA development. He demonstrated a powerful slapshot and scored a hat trick at the rookie showcase at Tech CU Arena. Bemidji State featured his first post-draft season before University of Denver coach David Carle added him to Team USA for the World Junior Championship and recruited him via the transfer portal. At Denver he often paired with 2024 first-round pick Zeev Buium but also excelled when separated in the Frozen Four, showing decisiveness, physicality, strong defensive timing, active forechecking, and effective puck-skating.
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