Category: Juniors

Anna Maria College AMCATS‘ senior right wing Matthew Gilbert(19) leads the maybe surprising 5-3, with wins in their last 4 straight, scoring 5 goals and 1 assist in 7 games.

He’s now surpassed the amount of goals he’s scored through the past 3 years at school.

The 6′ 174 lbs. forward plays like a scorer out there.

After high school locally in Wyandotte, MI, he skated 2 seasons for Toledo Cherokee, being a fairly prolific scorer in the USPHL Premier.

Having surpassed goal scoring, he’s likely just looking to add on at this point.

He does a graduate session and scores a college best 15 goals and 17 assists in 21 games with a +22 rating, which he takes to a 1st pro contract with Penscola Ice Flyers.

In 6 SPHL games, he had 1 assist before they bowed out with no playoff bid.

Edmonton Oilers‘ 6th round pick in the 2019 draft (#188 overall), Quinnipiac University Bobcats‘ senior center Skyler Brind’Amour(76) has a new college career best 12 goals and 24 points, but still needs 5 more helpers to equal the 17 assists he got as a junior.

The 6’2″ 174 lbs. forward played 2 seasons with Chilliwack Chiefs after dipping his toe in with the USNTDP program, running up 44 points (13 goals, 31 assists) in 52 BCHL games in his 2nd frame with the team.

A 23-year old, born in Raleigh, NC, when his dad Rod Brind’Amour(17) was playing for Carolina Hurricanes should produce well once he turns pro, as he’s pretty big and uses that to gain space out there.

He has a season they like in the AHL, a good preseason invite to training camp and looks as though he joins his dad under a 2-way NHL contract from the club he coaches for 2024/2025.

Scoring an easy best 16 goals and 7 assists gets him a 1st NHL look to see what he can do.

At the start of his 2nd season as assistant captain with Lac-St. Louis Lions of the QMAAA, defenseman Dylan Finlay(26) would commit to University Of Vermont for 2021/2022 after scoring a previous session tying 26 assists,

The 6’1″ 170 lbs. blue liner was definitely showing off his abilities to head man the puck for scoring chances.

He would next leave for the BCHL to join Powell River Kings, where he wouldn’t get a goal, but was good for 18 helpers.

The Quebec native decided to head to America for 2020/2021 amid a pandemic that was going to make the campaign tough anyway you put it, but the 19-year old was able to play himself a decent run for Maryland Black Bears, getting a pair of goals and 9 assists with a +1 in 33 NAHL games.

He was even better in the playoffs striking for 2 goals and 2 assists in 8 contests and should be ready for some Hockey East play.

Switching things up, he’s heads to University Of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves, which last him the last 3 seasons.

For 2025/2026, his senior year, he will head to Northeastern University Huskies, where he will finally face some Hockey East action.

Chicago Blackhawks‘ 7th round pick in the 2021 draft, Providence College Friars‘ junior transfer from a pair of years at University Of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, defenseman Connor Kelley(13) is off to a hot start with his new team, having scored 3 assists in his 1st 3 games.

Almost oddly, the 6’1″ 190 lbs. blue liner didn’t put up many points for his old school team.

He actually hasn’t really ever put up points, even through 2 years with the USNTDP, so may be breaking new ground.

At 20-years old, we fully expect the Maple Grove, MN native to finish college before looking at pro possibilities.

Through 5 years of college hockey, he leaves a +34 player.

He doesn’t sign with his draft club, but instead inks a 2-year AHL deal with Colorado Eagles, where he should do well.

UMass Minutemen right wing Ryan Sullivan(8) will do his senior year at Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks for 2023/2024.

He was a decent scorer for 2 years of USHL junior with Sioux Falls Stampede, but hasn’t equaled the task in college.

The 5’11” 190 lbs. forward from Grosse Pointe, MI started his hockey in the Honeybaked system.

He may find NCHC play a bit easier than Hockey East, but we shall see.

As a graduate player, he would become captain and score a college best 6 goals and 4 assists in 34 games.

He takes these marks to a 1st pro contract with Savannah Ghost Pirates, where in 14 games, he has 2 assists.

Boston Bruins‘ sign unrestricted free agent center John Farinacci(32) to a 2-year NHL entry level deal after finishing up his 4th year at Harvard University Crimson as senior captain.

He was originally an Arizona Coyotes‘ 3rd round pick in the 2019 draft (#76 overall), but went oddly unsigned.

The 6’ 190 lbs. forward from Red Bank, NJ came north for his high school hockey, but played little junior hockey before committing to school.

He is the Crimson coach Ted Donato‘s nephew.

In his 2nd season in the minors, he scores 9 goals and a new best 28 assists to earn himself a 1st recall.

He skates 16 shifts for 10:58 ice time with 1 shot that equaled a 1st NHL goal and 3 hits for his debut, a 5-4 overtime loss.

Northeastern University Huskies‘ 2020/2021 commit, goaltender TJ Semptimphelter(60) really seemed to hit stride last season, while playing his only junior campaign in the USPHL/NCDC for Junior Bruins.

The 6’1″ 185 lbs. net minder posted a fairly ridiculous 21-6-3 record in 2020/2021’s weirdo stop & start COVID infected run with a 2.05 GAA and .933 SV% including 4 shutouts.

He mostly posted some good numbers through youth hockey but it was the Marlton, NJ native’s 18U season and as a senior at Lawrenceville School, where it really seemed to come together big.

At just 18 years old he looks like a goalie some big clubs will have their eye on and could even challenge for the top job in his first year at the new school.

He started in 8 games as a rookie and ran totals, except for the record, almost exact to what he did in his last year of juniors.

Looking for more, he enters the transfer portal to tend net for Arizona State University Sun Devils that goes exceedingly well in his 2nd campaign there, posting a 16-5-4 record with a 2.52 GAA and .908 SV%.

For his senior year though, he is off to maybe his greatest college challenge, University Of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, 2024/2025.

He starts 31 games, posting a 18-11-2 record with a 2.64 GAA and .910 SV% and has earned a tryout agreement with Bridgeport Islanders, which will hopefully have him see a couple of games before the season wraps.

College Hockey Players one question interview with Northeastern University Huskies 2021/2022 commit and Junior Bruins stellar 2020/2021 goaltender, TJ Semptimphelter.

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.