Northern Cyclones‘ 3rd year USPHL Premier (sometime NCDC) captain, defenseman Trevor Belak(14) selected Wilkes University Ice Colonels as his commit for 2025/2026.
The 6’2″ 205 lbs. blue liner already has a tidy 5 goals and 11 assists in 15 games this season.
He was loaned up last season for 14 games, scoring 4 assists.
From Pittsburgh, PA, the 20-year old will definitely help his new college team win games.
University Of New Hampshire Wildcats‘ senior assistant captain, now graduate defenseman Ryan Verrier(5) signed on with Worcester Railers as soon as their Hockey East season had wrapped.
The 6′ 185 lbs. blue liner has one assist in 8 ECHL games.
He only spent one season in the USHL with Green Bay Gamblers before heading off to school.
The 23-year old from Reading, MA plays a pretty solid game and should be able to find a solid playing spot in this league.
In maybe not a really surprising move, he decides to leave for the EIHL, signing with Dundee Stars for 2022/2023 and should find some good room to move his game.
He maybe didn’t have the frame he was hoping for out of his rookie season with 5 goals and 15 assists in 54 games, but a bit of a woeful -20 rating.
He will return to sign with the “home team” Railers for a full look 2023/2024 and we think it will heed better results.
From last season, he walks away scoring 4 goals and 12 assists through 58 games with a +9 rating on a non-playoff team.
Well, he’s happy where he is and re-signs once again to stay a Railers for 2024/2025.
After 10 games, scoring 1 goal with a -5 rating, the local kid gets himself shipped to Orlando Solar Bears, where he should do pretty well.
UMass-Lowell Riverhawks‘ senior center Brian Chambers(21) will extend another year and go to Arizona State University Sun Devils to start a graduate program.
He scored by a bit of a mile new best 8 goals and 11 assists last season.
The 6’1″ 181 lbs. forward from Weymouth, MA played some of his junior hockey close to home for Northeast Generals, but for his last frame before college, played 60 USHL games, scoring 17 goals and 24 assists with a +19 rating before heading to the playoffs and adding another 5 points to a 2019 Clark Cup Championship.
At 24-years old, he may find a bit more space to score playing the independent schedule his new college team plays.
He finishes up at his new school with a college high 16 assists and 20 points to take it to a 1st pro contract with Kalamazoo Wings, where he should do well in the ECHL.
In 10 games, he records 2 assists, but signs for his official rookie season, 2024/2025 with Idaho Steelheads.
He’s actually acquired by Orlando Solar Bears just as the season is to get started for future considerations.
After 12 games, he scores 1 goal and 1 assist with a -4 rating, but gets himself traded to Allen Americans, who would like to put him to good use.
Keene State College Owls‘ freshman left wing Peter Unger(7) is coming off a sole year of EHL juniors, scoring a massive 26 goals and 32 assists in 45 games for New York Applecore.
In 6 games, he has his 1st D3 collegiate goal, an assist and is a +1 rating.
From Stamford, CT, the 20-year old played at the local Frederick Gunn School USHS-Prep for high.
10th year defenseman Luke Witkowski(4) returns to Springfield Thunderbirds, where he played 16 regular season games, then 17 in the playoffs after a trade from Detroit Red Wings sent him to St. Louis Blues‘ system.
The sizable 6’2″ 209 lbs. blue liner doesn’t exactly score a lot of points in his 324 AHL games, but does have a nice +38 rating for accountability.
In 132 NHL games, the former Tampa Bay Lightning 6th round pick in the 2008 draft (#160 overall) has 2 goals and 11 assists.
He was a senior captain at Western Michigan University Broncos and 3-time lead guy for Syracuse Crunch.
The 32-year old from Holland, MI is likely smiling with each big contracts he still gets.
For 2023/2024, he has made the decision to try something completely new and heads to Finland to join Tappara and will play his games in Liiga.
Switzerland was good enough fun for the now 34-year old, but will elevate his game a little by signing in the SHL with Skelleftea AIK for 2024/2025.
Undrafted left wing Sam Sternschein(25) played his year of eligibility for Boston College Eagles, but was only able to connect for 3 assists in 24 NCAA Division 1 games.
Maybe Hockey East style shut down the 6’2″ 205 lbs. forward, who once had 12 tallies as a junior at Penn State University Nittany Lions.
As soon as his school was ousted from tournament played he quickly signed a 1st pro contract with Jacksonville Icemen.
In 8 ECHL games, he has 3 goals and 4 assists with a +2 rating on a team headed to the Kelly Cup Playoffs.
The 23-year old from Syosset, NY can definitely light things up and it would be little surprise to see him score a look at a higher level for 2022/2023 play.
He bounced around, playing minimal games with a couple team, but wasn’t able to connect so well, yet Toledo Walleye see something in his big frame that they can maybe use and teach how to use and connect for points in 2023/2024.
After only 1 game with his contract team, he is waived and claimed by Idaho Steelheads.
He appears in only 14 games, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists with a +3 rating, but it’s enough to earn him a full season look for 2024/2025 in a Steelheads‘ sweater.
For his 2nd season, he signs with his last team, but is traded to the new Bloomington Bison before he gets started.
2nd year USNTDP goaltender Patrick Quinlan(29) makes his commitment to University Of Notre Dame Fighting Irish for 2025/2026.
The 6′ 175 lbs. net minder isn’t exactly having a spectacular 2nd frame, but the school easily sees something.
From Kennett Square, PA, the 17-year old will be draft eligible this June.
Undrafted rookie right wing Chase Zieky(25) didn’t play last season, but decided to jump in 2021/2022 and signed with Idaho Steelheads.
He managed to put up 12 goals and 5 assists in 38 ECHL games, but was surrendered as compensation for an earlier trade and sent to Greenville Swamp Rabbits.
The 5’10” 187 lbs. forward seems to like his new team, as he grabbed an assist in his 2nd appearance, then a pair of goals in the follow-up.
After finishing up high school locally, the Avon, CT native went north for his only session of juniors lighting it up for Salmon Arms Silverbacks with 28 goals and 24 assists in 49 BCHL games.
He followed it up by heading to Providence College Friars, but in 2 seasons only figured in a handful of contests, so entered the transfer portal and arrived as a junior at RPI Engineers.
Arriving at his new school, he figured in the mix with his new club and as a senior posted a college career best 16 assists and 23 points with a +4 rating.
The 26-year old really seems to be just getting it started.
He would finish his rookie session with 3 goals and an assist in 6 games and only appeared in a single playoff game, but left with a +1, so he will stay in North Carolina to see if he can help ignite this club to the next level.
In a full season with his 3rd team in the league, Maine Mariners, he posts a much better 2nd frame with 17 goals and 20 assists in 50 games with a +5 rating, but he’s maybe a little anxious for more, so signs for 1-year with Rapaces de Gap of Ligue Magnus for 2024/2025.
He lasts all of 3 games in France and wants to return to his home-away-from-home, Maine.
Rockford Icehogs‘ rookie left wing Mitchell Fossier(49) currently has a three-game scoring streak going pushing his totals for 2021 to 4 goals and 3 assists in 17 AHL games.
The former University Of Maine Black Bears‘ captain put up huge numbers as a senior notching 32 assists and 42 points with a +16 rating in 34 games with no playoffs possible.
Undrafted, the sturdy 6′ 188 lbs. forward had pretty big stats through 4 years of college, grabbing 38 goals and 90 assists in 134 NCAA Hockey East games.
He had similar success through a pair of campaigns at juniors, first in the NAHL with Janesville Jets, then moving up to the USHL to play for Sioux City Musketeers.
The 24-year old is finding his footing at exactly the right time.
Hello Chicago Blackhawks!
He finished his rookie run with 8 points in 19 games with a bit of a sad -9 rating to conclude 2020/2021.
The Alpharetta, GA native has decided to try his game in Slovak Extraliga for 2021/2022, signing a one-year deal with HC Banska Bystrica, and we’re thinking he could strike some gold in Slovakia’s top hockey.
He heads back from a season overseas to sign with the pro team in the same state as his college team, Maine Mariners for 2022/2023 after a decent 15 goal, 12 assist in 38 game showing in Slovakia.
It will be his debut ECHL season and he should do well.
He puts up more than point-per-game numbers: 21 goals and 36 assists in 47 games, but finds himself caught in a trade that sends him to Atlanta Gladiators, where he has signed for 2023/2024 and will likely continue to do just as well as he did in his last frame.
His numbers are point-per-game to earn him a loan up to San Jose Barracuda for 4 games with 1 assist and a +1 rating.
He will take last season over to the EIHL for 2024/2025, signing with Nottingham Panthers, which should keep him on the scoresheet.
South New Hampshire University Penmen freshman defenseman Ryan Kayser(4) comes over from Highlands Ranch, CO and it looks like the transition is flawless.
The 6′ 176 lbs. blue liner already has 2 goals and 2 assists in 6 games to start his college career.
He played high school hockey locally, but left for SIJHL hockey with 2 years for Wisconsin Lumberjacks.
The 20-year old has to have a little smile on his face.
