University Of Notre Dame Fighting Irish senior left wing Tyler Carpenter(28) scored only 1 goal and 1 assist last season in 38 games with a -14 rating.
The 5’11” 185 lbs. forward had his best college scoring year as a junior with 5 goals and 4 assists.
He did 3 campaigns of USHL juniors before schools.
From Palatine, IL, the 24-year old started in the Chicago Mission program.
For his rookie season, he signs with Yetis du Mont-Blanc of France2.
Merrimack College Warriors‘ Swedish-born, senior defenseman Ivan Zivlak(26) is heading home to start his pro career and signs with IF Troja Ljungby of HockeyAllsvenskan for his rookie season, 2025/2026.
The 6’2″ 190 lbs. blue liner had a college best 3 goals and 6 assists in 32 games last season.
He did all his youth and junior hockey back home before coming over for school.
New York Rangers signed undrafted, unrestricted free agent center Justin Richards(14) to a two-year entry level deal after he completed his third season at University Of Minnesota-Duluth, where he helped the team win consecutive NCAA Championships in 2018 and 2019.
He scored a career high 14 goals in 24 games in 2020/2021.
The 5’10” 188 lbs. forward was originally reassigned to affiliate Hartford Wolf Pack.
In his AHL debut, he introduced himself to his new club with a pair of assists and went on to grab 4 goals and 7 assists in 24 appearances with a +3 rating before his recall.
He was little different in his first game up posting a 1st NHL point, an assist after winning a face-off, through 18 shifts for 10:11 total ice time in a 5-4 win to close out the season with no playoff push.
For his rookie season, he would spent it entirely in the minors.
Left without a qualifying offer, he next signs with Cleveland Monsters on a minor league deal that gets boosted by agreeing to terms with parent club, Columbus Blue Jackets.
He appears in a pair of games and grabs a 2nd assist.
Next up, he would head to Rochester Americans for 2023/2024.
For 2024/2025, he’s made probably one of his best decisions, moving forward, signing a 1-year deal with Dusseldorfer EG of DEL.
He’s maybe a little light on the scoresheet through 44 games, but has a terrible minus rating that has him looking elsewhere for his next pro hockey and he signs Fehervar AV19 of IceHL, which is a great landing spot.
Niagara University Purple Eagles‘ Norwegian-born senior left wing Lars Rodne(10) signed with Adirondack Thunder, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist in 4 games, but is released as they have no playoffs.
The 6′ 181 lbs. forward gets signed to an ato with Wheeling Nailers to help their playoff push.
He did most of his youth hockey and some juniors back home, but came across for 2 NAHL sessions, scoring well.
We look for the 24-year old to do decently.
In 2 regular season games, he records 1 assist, but has no points in 2 playoff matchups.
For his rookie season 2025/2026, he actually returns to Stavenger Oilers, a team he played 19 games for before coming over for juniors.
American International College Yellowjackets‘ Swedish-born, senior defenseman Evan Stella(7) signed with Bloomington Bison for 4 ECHL games, no points to end 2024/2025.
For his official rookie season he decides to head to Czech Extraliga, inking with HC Olomouc for 2025/2026.
He did his youth hockey back home and started junior before transferring to the USHL for 2 frames with Dubuque Fighting Saints.
We think the 24-year old does well in this tough to play in league.
Mercyhurst University Lakers‘ junior center Carson Briere(16) leaves a year on the table to turn pro, signing a 1-year deal with HC 19 Humenne of Slovak Extraliga.
He twice had 14 assists and as a sophomore scored 13 goals for 27 points in 31 games.
The 5’9″ 165 lbs. forward blew up the score sheet in his 2nd NAHL session for Johnstown Tomahawks, scoring 44 goals and 45 assists in 59 games.
From Haddonfield, NJ, the 25-year old son of NHL great Daniel Briere, should do well in this tough to play overseas league.
He’s already switching teams overseas before he gets started, which isn’t quite surprising considering and now will skate for Neuilley-sur-Marne Les Bisons of France2 in 2023/2024.
As we thought, he has a very good frame, scoring 14 goals and 19 assists in 25 games and will next head to AlpsHL, signing with KHL Sisak for 2024/2025.
In 36 games, he scores 23 goals and 26 assists with a +8 rating and scores a little in 2 playoff games as well before he is loaned to the Croatian team of similar name and goes on to put up even more points.
For 2025/2026, he decides to move on for another opportunity, signing with EC Peiting, where he should do exceedingly well in Germany3.
Fitchburg State University Falcons‘ Czech-born, freshman defenseman Adam Nedelka(14) has 2 goals and 2 assists in 9 games to start 2023/2024.
The pretty big 6’3″ 216 lbs. blue liner switched up not really playing much in the NAHL to signing on with Boston Jr. Rangers, playing out the regular season, then 9 games with a goal in the playoffs to claim the 2023 EHL Championship.
At 21-years old, he is likely to settle nicely into his college career, and then might head back to play in the Czech Extraliga.
After just 1 college season, he is turning pro back home, just as we thought, signing with HC Dynamo Pardubice B of Czech2.
Looks like he will turn his attention to his 3rd league team, signing with HC Banik Sokolov for 2025/2026.
Seahawks Hockey Club 2nd year left wing Alexis Detcheverry(8) had a junior best EHL appearances with 39 and goals 2 and assists 8.
The 6’2″ 198 lbs. forward of French and Canadian heritage also did 2 years of juniors in France and played pro a little.
From St. John’s, NL, the 20-year old commits to Framingham State University Rams.
12th year center Sean Collins(61) has been league jumping for the past couple seasons, going through the KHL, DEL, Liiga and the SL to finally arrived at Steinbach Black Wings Linz of IceHL for 2023/2024 .
Originally a Columbus Blue Jackets‘ 7th round pick in 2008 (#168 overall), he was able to get in a few games with the big club, recording a few assists, but no goals.
The solid 6’3″ 190 lbs. forward has played 278 AHL games, scoring 71 goals and 91 assists with a +23 rating.
From Saskatoon, AB, the 33-year old 4-year Cornell University Big Red senior, assistant captain scorer has to be happy with the way things are going, having come off a season, scoring a best 27 goals and 30 assists.
He is playing good hockey, scoring points, helping his team win, where he is at, so is staying put for a 3rd season in a Wings‘ jersey.
7th year defenseman Michael Kapla(3) signs on for a 2nd season with Rogle BK and is off to a nice start with 2 goals and 9 assists in 12 SHL games.
He scored 7 goals and 21 assists with a +12 rating in 44 games last season.
After his junior and senior year as captain of UMass-Lowell Riverhawks, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with New Jersey Devils.
He played 5 NHL games upon signing.
The 6′ 201 lbs. blue liner from Eau Claire, WI is 29-years old and has to be pretty happy about his hockey career has worked out.
After 3 seasons in Sweden, he switches things up to head to Switzerland next, signing with HC Fribourg-Gotteron of the NL.
