Boston Jr. Eagles‘ 1st year left wing Brady O’Connor(27) ran up some decent numbers in his debut EHL frame, scoring a junior best 7 goals and 22 assists in 41 games.
The 6′ 165 lbs. forward moved over from 1 season in the USPHL Premier.
From Woburn, MA, the 21-year old pick Roger Williams University Hawks for his 2025/2026 commit.
Quinnipiac University Bobcats‘ graduate defenseman Brendan Less(23) is definitely glad he added an extra session to his college game after entering the portal transfer from 4 years at Dartmouth College Big Green.
Tying his 2nd most, 31 NCAA Division 1 games played, he has exceedingly good new bests with 2 goals, 14 assists, 16 points and a big +28 rating.
The 5’11” 170 lbs. blue liner committed in his 2nd year at Choate Rosemary Hall without recording a lot of points, so they saw something more in his game they liked.
At 23-years old, it’s tough to say the route he takes after 5 years in the ECAC, but the Kinnelon, NJ native may find some space to grow his game as a pro.
After his team was eliminated from tournament play, the d-man signed an ECHL contract to join Worcester Railers.
He would appear in 6 games, grabbing a first pro point, an assist.
For 2022/2023, he signs with Jacksonville Icemen, a team he should gel well with.
He actually gets released from training camp and quickly inks with Iowa Heartlanders, where he should stick and do nicely.
In 22 games, he notches 4 assists, but Adirondack Thunder see something they can work with and sign him for 2023/2024.
Through a season high 44 games, he scores 2 goals and 11 assists with a +12 rating to easily gain an invite to return to continue wearing a Thunder uniform.
He gets loaned up to Syracuse Crunch for 1 AHL game, while scoring a best 19 assists and 20 points with a +11 rating last season, but gets himself traded to Atlanta Gladiators for 2025/2026 and will need a contract.
University Of Vermont Catamounts‘ graduate left wing Chris Theodore(7) may have not put up best in his 6th college frame, but was still a competent 8 goals and 6 assists in 27 outings.
The 5’6″ 178 lbs. forward came down from his hometown in Beaconsfield, QC for USHS-Prep, which he detonated, then slipped away for a junior year in the CCHL before committing.
He originally committed to 4 years at American International College Yellowjackets, and may have been granted a year of exception due to only 3 games as a sophomore.
From there, he moved onto what must have been his senior year at Union College Dutchmen.
The 26-year old certainly would get a look if he decides to turn pro.
He signs for 2024/2025 as a rookie in Ligue Magnus with Les Jokers Cergy-Pontoise.
After scoring 8 goals and 8 assists in 44 games, he will next head to DEL2, signing with Lausitzer Fuchse for 2025/2026.
UMass-Lowell Riverhawks‘ graduate captain, defenseman Jon McDonald(47) signed an ato with Toledo Walleye after finishing up Hockey East tournament play last season.
The tough as nails, the undrafted 6′ 181 lbs. blue liner scored 3 assists in 10 ECHL games.
He played 2 years of USHL junior hockey with Fargo Force and helped them with the 2018 Clark Cup Championship.
The Livonia, MI native signs for his rookie season, 2023/2024 with South Carolina Stingrays.
We think the 25-year old will have great luck with this club.
In 64 games, he scores 4 goals and 13 assists with a +2 rating to score himself a contract with the parent club, Hershey Bears heading into his 2nd campaign.
He would appear in 31 games, scoring 3 goals and 3 assists with a -5 rating, then appeared in 7 playoff matchups with o points, but was a +2.
For 2025/2026, he re-signs to stay a Bears and will likely be mostly on a 1-way deal.
New York Rangers‘ 1st round pick in the 2018 draft (#22 overall) rookie defenseman K’Andre Miller(79) wastes no time acquainting himself to his new club as he made the 2020/2021 starting roster out of a COVID-delayed camp.
The very big 6’5″ 210 lbs. blue liner left University Of Wisconsin after 2 seasons with the college Badgers.
He signed a three-year entry level deal just as the world was shutting down and has obviously figured in the team’s plans going forward.
The St. Paul, MN 21-year old native is a solid, block the offense-type of d-man and in 28 games has a first NHL goal plus two and 5 assists with a hefty +9 rating, while usually playing some 20+ minutes a night on a squad that’s fighting to make the playoffs.
Nice start, no doubt.
In 5 seasons, he is a solid performer and becomes a fan favorite, but heading into restricted free agency, he becomes maybe a little too expensive to keep and is dished to Carolina Hurricanes for some draft picks and is immediately signed to an 8-year, $7.5M AAV.
He will work unreal in their system and make them more dangerous going forward.
USNTDP 2nd year center LJ Mooney(18) had quite the 2024/2025 season.
The small 5’7″ 157 lbs. forward scored a new junior best 23 assists and 28 points; he had 10 goals as a 1st year player.
From West Mifflin, PA, he did his youth hockey in the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ system.
The 17-year committed to University Of Minnesota Golden Gophers for 2026/2027 and sees himself selected in the 4th round of the NHL draft by Montreal Canadiens (#113 overall).
He had a good year.
Last season rookie defenseman Grant Gabriele(12) scored 6 goals and 16 assists in 67 ECHL games for Maine Mariners with a +5 rating.
He signs a new 1-year deal with Toledo Walleye for 2023/2024, which couldn’t be a better team for him to hook up with.
The 6’2″ 196 lbs. blue liner was a 2-time 10+ assist man in his 5 years at Ohio State University Buckeyes.
He twice played for the USNTDP and for 3 different USHL clubs before heading to school.
The 26-year old from Brighton, MI should have an outstanding season.
He scores 1 goal and 14 assists in 40 games with a tremendous +34 rating to earn himself a 2nd season as a fish in a Walleye jersey.
Loaned up to Cleveland Monsters for 15 AHL games with no points, he gets traded to Utah Grizzlies.
In the offseason, he gets dealt to Fort Wayne Komets in a d-man switch for 2025/2026.
University Of Vermont Catamounts‘ senior left wing William Lemay(8) signs a 1st pro deal fairly quickly after exiting the Hockey East tournament with Trois-Rivieres Lions.
The 5’10” 194 lbs. forward has 2 goals and 2 assists in 7 ECHL games as a pro.
His highest totals through college were 9 assists as a freshman and 5 goals as a junior.
The 24-year old from Marieville, QC could find the room he needs in this league to score more frequently.
4 goals and 4 assists in 14 games on an ato means sign this man up to a rookie T-RLions‘ contract for 2023/2024.
After escaping late last season to Italy2 to blow up scoring, especially in the playoffs to help win the Italian Cup for Pergine.
He will take off to the better known Ligue Magnus for 2024/2025, signing with Diables Rogues de Briancon.
In 44 games, he scores 20 goals and 18 assists with a +10 rating, but is wooed by rivals, Gothiques d’Amiens to sign a contract for 2025/2026, which should go as well as it did in his 1st frame.
Arizona Coyotes‘ rookie center Jack McBain(22) gets a first crack at the NHL after scoring a Boston College Eagles‘ career best by a long shot 19 goals and 14 assists for 33 points with a +13 rating, then signing his entry level contract a couple weeks ago.
In his debut, he skated 24 shifts for 13:45 ice time with one shot block and left a 6-2 loss a -1.
The 6’3″ 201 lbs. Toronto, ON native did a couple of seasons in the OJHL with Toronto Jr. Canadiens, exploding the stat sheet in his 2nd year before school.
He also won an Ivan Hlinka Memorial Gold Medal with 2018 Team Canada.
The 22-year old will have to show up game in and game out with this team, but they are likely counting on that after picking him up from draft club Minnesota Wild (round 3, 2018, #63 overall).
Through 82 NHL games, he picks up 12 goals and 14 assists as a rookie on a non-playoff by a long shot club.
He avoids arbitration, agreeing to a new 2-year Coyotes‘ deal worth $1.599M AAV, which seems pretty accurate.
There’s little doubt now that he has this contract will look to put his team back on the map.
In his 1st full season with new Utah Mammoth hockey club, he scores a new high 14 goals and 13 assists in a full slate of 82 games with a +8 rating.
As a restricted free agent, he is fully rewarded with a 4-year, $4.25M AAV contract.
Undrafted, junior left wing Neil Shea(38) has played most of his hockey relatively close to home (Marshfield, MA), but after two underperforming seasons at Northeastern University Huskies, he’s branching out to leave for well, Connecticut, joining Sacred Heart University Pioneers in 2021/2022.
He was a prolific scorer when he committed to college in his 1st year at Lawrence Academy, then took it up a notch in his senior season with 24 goals and 34 assists in 32 USHS-Prep games before taking up with draft club, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders for 11 USHL games (1 goal, 2 assists).
The 6’1″ 205 lbs. forward was once again selected and skated his only full season of juniors for Chicago Steel, scoring 15 goals and 28 assists.
It’s possible the switch to Atlantic Hockey style play will connect with the 22-year old’s ability to amass points.
The Massachusetts’ native has scored big with his switch of schools, amassing decent scoring with 4 goals and 10 assists, blowing away his previous college marks, in 20 NCAA Division 1 games.
He finishes up a 2nd season at his new school with a new college best 14 goals and signs a 1st contract, an ato with Chicago Wolves to test the waters.
No doubt, he will have to step up his game to score in the AHL.
He gets a 1st goal in the league and adds 1 assist in 6 games with a +3 rating as a newly turned pro.
For 2023/2024, Toronto Marlies are liking what they see and sign him to a 1-year minor league deal as an official rookie.
He actually skates 64 ECHL games for affiliate Newfoundland Growlers, scoring 18 goals and 19 assists, but is moving on and signs with Colorado Eagles for 2024/2025.
In 8 contests, he scores 1 goal and 2 assists, but on reassignment to affiliate Utah Grizzlies popped 19 goals and 20 assists in 36 games to earn another year to wear an Eagles‘ jersey more often than not.
