Niagara University Purple Eagles‘ senior defenseman Alex Murray(26) played a college best 36 games last season, scoring a new best 3 goals and 14 assists.
The 5’11” 185 lbs. blue liner transferred from little use in 2 years at Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks.
He did 3 NAHL seasons before college.
From Glenview, IL, the 25-year old signs a 1st pro deal with Vimmerby HC of HockeyAllsvenskan for 2025/2026.
13th year center Andy Miele(51) finishes up another decently successful run through the SHL, this time as assistant captain for HV-71.
For 2023/2024, he decides to head off on a new adventure, signing a 1-year deal with Grizzlys Wolfsburg and he will skate his 1st season in Germany’s top league, DEL.
The small 5’9″ 170 lbs. forward started overseas in Sweden after 15 NHL games (2 assists, +2 rating) and 478 AHL and won himself a 2018 Championship with Vaxjo Lakers.
His biggest success was likely the 3 seasons he spent in the KHL with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.
The 35-year old, former Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks is likely to continue to do well.
Scoring 44 assists 3 straight seasons in the league below the show indicates he can score and as he’s getting older he shows little signs of slowing, grabbing 14 goals and 32 assists in 52 games to earn the now 36-year old another look in Germany with the Grizzlys.
He grabs 16 goals and 16 assists in 52 games as a now 37-year old and continues to want to skate and signs with rivals, Fischtown Pinguins for 2025/2026.
11th year right wing Tyler Gron(77) decided to take a step back and do a year with Hannover Scorpions, but ended up scoring a career high 37 goals and 61 points in 48 Germany3 games, so will return to his 5th team in DEL2, joining Eispiraten Crimmitschau for 2022/2023.
It’s his 7th year in Germany tier 2 hockey league.
The 5’11” 201 lbs. forward actually left in his 1st season for Esbjerg Energy, where he won a 2016 Metal Ligaen Championship.
He also had one very successful season in Italy with Milano Rossoblu after coming over from mostly running up the scoresheet in the ECHL, but also did 14 AHL games on loan.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcats‘ graduate twice scored 17 goals and had 30+ points as a junior and senior.
At 32-years old, the Spruce Grove, AL native is likely just happy to still be playing at a very high level.
He has a bit of a trying season up last frame, so decides to return to 3 and signs for 2023/2024 with EC Hannover Indians and should pull his scoring right back up again.
After 2 decent years, especially in the playoffs, he decides to switch up teams and signs for 2025/2026 with rivals Hochstadter EC Alligators.
RPI Engineers‘ French-born, senior graduate transfer from Robert Morris University Colonials, right wing Justin Addamo(26) takes a college career high 14 assists and tied for best 19 points to a 1st year pro ECHL deal with Wheeling Nailers for 2022/2023.
An absolute tower of a player at 6’6″ 249 lbs., he will definitely find some space in front of nets in this league.
He did some of his earlier junior hockey back home with Rouen U18 and U22, but came over for a pair of NAHL seasons with Lone Star Brahmas and just so happened to win the 2017 Robertson Cup in his 1st year and was a +24 rated player with 21 assists in 52 games in his 2nd.
The 24-year old will be one to watch.
As a rookie he lights it up with 21 goals and 12 assists with loans up to the AHL, where he has 5 goals in 14 appearances.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins like what they are seeing an sign him up for next season 2023/2024.
He splits time with ECHL affiliate Wheeling Nailers and is a point-per-game guy for them and does decently enough through 21 games as a rookie with his contract club, but is looking to really challenge his game next and signs for 2024/2025 in Czech Extraliga with HC Ocelari Trinec.
Doing decently enough, in just 27 games with 4 goals and 5 assists, he will look for another adventure, heading to Finland, signing with Jukurit for Liiga in 2025/2026.
Undrafted 4th year center Brady Ferguson(12) re-ups for another two seasons with Rogle BK after putting up 2 goals and 9 assists in 24 SHL games with a +4 rating, as 2021/2022 rolls.
The 6′ 194 lbs. forward had a bit of an odd start and maybe a little bit of an odd contract experience with Toronto Marlies that saw him mostly reassigned to affiliate Newfoundland Growlers.
Following an awesome college career at Robert Morris University Colonials, scoring 66 goals and 101 assists with a mind-blowing +41 before signing an ato and grabbing 4 assists in 5 AHL games to start his pro career.
Oddly, although signed, he wasn’t able to stick at that higher level and was one of the more than point-per-game providers driving the ECHL team to a 2019 Kelly Cup Championship.
The 27-year old has definitely found a nice hockey home in Sweden and would be no surprise to see him stay.
He has shown point increases with each session, arriving at 25 last run in 52 games.
In 2023/2024, he already has 2 goals and 3 assists in 8 games, so we believe we are looking at Swedish career point bests in his 4th year there, and he was re-upped for 2024/2025 already.
He had a career best 10 goals last season, but has decided to look around and signs for 2025/2026 with EHC Red Bull Munchen.
2nd/3rd year center Tyler Boland(10) is heading over to skate in DEL next season, joining Iserlohn Roosters for 2023/2024.
The 6′ 194 lbs. forward played 44 AHL games with contract club, Manitoba Moose, good for 9 goals and 10 assists, and was only loaned down for 11 in the ECHL with Newfoundland Growlers, where he once again rung the bell a bit too loud for the lower league maybe.
He played 4 years of QMJHL for Rimouski Oceanic, blowing the lid off scoring in his final year with 48 goals and 55 assists in 68 games with a +5 rating.
Instead of turning pro immediately following that hockey experience, he decided to go to University Of New Brunswick Reds and won 3 of 4 USports Championships and would have maybe won a 4th, if they had playoffs in 2020 and they didn’t play 2020/2021.
The 26-year old from St. John’s, NL should light up Germany’s top league pretty nicely.
He is scoring nicely, but could improve his +/-, although he may be approaching fan favorite status, so he is wanted to return for a 3rd run in a Roosters‘ jersey.
Atlanta Gladiators‘ 8th year right wing Eric Neiley(59) looks set to eclipse his best ECHL goals marks in the current frame with already 14 in 23 games.
He’ll need to surpass 27 posted in his 2nd season with the team, but regardless will hit the 20+ goal mark for a fourth time.
The prolific former assistant captain as a senior at Dartmouth College Big Green, he struck for 10+ goals and assists in his last pair of sessions.
He also skated to EIHL frames, but almost oddly didn’t score as well as he does at home.
The 5’11” 185 lbs is originally from Warminster Township, Pa.
Already 30-years old, it seems like he’s still just getting started.
1 more season of running up the point totals, 25 goals, just shy of his best and 19 assists for 44 points with a +10 rating in 50 games and that’s gonna be plenty enough hockey for the now 31-year old.
For 2023/2024, he will take up as Assistant Coach with this same Gladiators‘ club.
And for 2024/2025, he comes back off the bench to sign a 1-year deal to play with the home team, Gladiators once again.
After another good season, helping his team score points with 13 goals and 21 assists in 45 games, he announced his retirement x2, but will likely find himself riding a Glads‘ bench is what we are thinking.
Schwenninger Wild Wings‘ 3rd year defenseman Will Weber(78) will hang around for a 4th frame, as he signs a 1-year extension through 2024/2025.
The big 6’4″ 227 lbs. blue liner doesn’t necessarily put up a lot of points, but is a fairly accountable, very large presence out there.
Originally a Columbus Blue Jackets‘ 2nd round pick in the 2007 draft (#57 overall), he only twice had 10+ assists.
The first time was his sophomore season at Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks and the 2nd was his 1st session of DEL for Fischtown Pinguins.
At 35-years old, he has to be glad he’s still pulling down good contracts to play pro hockey.
Add another season, as he will skate for a 6th frame in a Wild Wings‘ jersey that he is looking mighty comfortable in lately.
Providence Bruins welcome in 2nd year right wing Jimmy Lambert(60) after scoring 11 goals and 13 assists in 27 games with a +6 rating on reassignment with Worcester Railers from contract club, Bridgeport Islanders.
He scored 1 goal and 6 assists in 33 games up with a +1.
The 6′ 176 lbs. former University Of Michigan Wolverines wasn’t a huge scorer at school.
Originally from Newcastle, GBR, the 26-year old could see time playing for rival Maine Mariners.
In 21 ECHL games this season, he’s tied his 13 assists, but will still need to add on tallies to his 4 to get him past those pretty amazing marks of 11 as a rookie.
He does well last season, tying his goals at 11 and 23 assists is a new career league best.
Though he appears in only 10 AHL games, he is wanted to return to continue and work on his game.
Mostly dispatched to Maine, he is scoring on a point-per-game pace and decides to branch out for some more difficult hockey in DEL and agrees to terms with Grizzlys Wolfsburg.
After 14 games with 2 goals and 4 assists, he is liked and asked to return for 2025/2026 as a Grizzlys.
Northeastern University Huskies‘ sophomore right wing Dylan Jackson(15) will join his twin brother Ty on University Of Arizona Sun Devils in 2022/2023, as he enters the transfer portal to host his junior year at the new school.
The small 5’9″ 165 lbs. forward spent most of last season injured on the sidelines, but in 8 games managed 3 assists.
An Oakville, ON native, he did one season of junior hockey in the OJHL, but headed to a pair of USHL frames before heading to school.
The 20-year old has a ton of energy out there and if can stay healthy will contribute.
In 3 years, including a graduate session at his new school, he scores decently with 10+ points, but is a +2 rating to leave college hockey.
He signs his 1st deal with his brother to skate for Deggendorfer SC of Germany3, where we expect them to do very well.
