RPI Engineers‘ graduate captain defenseman Kyle Hallbauer(26) signs a 1st pro contract with Adirondack Thunder after his team is eliminated from ECAC postseason action.
The 5’11” 190 lbs. blue liner put up a college best 11 assists and 13 points last season.
He twice had 20+ assists in the 2 different junior leagues he participated in before college.
In 4 games with his new team, he has a 1st ECHL goal in his 2nd game and is a +3 rating for the 26-year old from Howell, NJ to pin.
He finished up skating 17 games, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists with a +5 rating, then being steady through 4 playoff matchups with a +2.
For 2023/2024, he has decided to fly the coop and signs with Rodovre Mighty Bulls of Metal Ligaen, where he might have too much success.
He takes some ok numbers, but needs more accountability to a new contract with Rapaces de Gap of Ligue Magnus for 2024/2025.
Undrafted, big 6’4″ 215 lbs. left wing Kale Howarth(29) signs a 1-year AHL contract with Rockford Icehogs after spending the last three years at University Of Connecticut Huskies.
He wasn’t a huge scorer in college like he was in three seasons for Trail Smoke Eaters, where he got 66 goals and 80 assists in 148 BCHL games.
The Red Deer, AB native played all his youth hockey close to home.
Originally a Columbus Blue Jackets‘ 5th round pick in the 2017 draft (#148 overall), the 22-year old college graduate will look to play his way back onto another NHL club’s radar.
He scored 2 goals and 1 assist in 12 games in 2021/2022, but suffered a season ending injury to sideline his rookie campaign.
The forward will return for another run at it though, as he re-signs for 2022/2023.
And despite getting only a couple of assists in 31 games and 13 points reassigned to affiliate Indy Fuel, he is welcomed back on another 1-year minor league deal.
After 3 seasons with the same club, playing far too few games last season due to an injury, but is going to move on and signs with Milwaukee Admirals for 2024/2025.
Bridgewater Jr. Bandits‘ 2nd year right wing Sammy Lamphear(2) exploded his scoring to the tune of 6 goals and 24 assists in 45 EHL games.
The 6′ 187 lbs. forward never quite scored like that, but did admirable in 1 NA3HL frame with Northeast Generals, was also a +10 player.
From Columbus, OH, the 20-year old picks Northland College Lumberjacks for his 2024/2025 commit.
4th year defenseman Wayne Letourneau(8) skates maybe his 2nd real pro season, signing with Diables Rouges de Briancon of Ligue Magnus for 2024/2025.
The 6′ 181 lbs. blue liner’s other campaign was 55 ECHL games for Adirondack Thunder, scoring a more than not bad 3 goals and 18 assists with a +4 rating.
He played small stretches of LNAH, except last frame skated mostly with Riviere-du-Loup 3L, scoring quite well with 6 goals and 21 assists in 35 games.
From 3 years at College Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars, potting 34 assists in 35 games in his final year, he has worked hard for every minute.
Undrafted, 3rd year center Brent Beaudoin(12) not surprisingly jumps ship after 2 ECHL seasons with Worcester Railers to a great opportunity in Slovak Extraliga, signing to HK Poprad for 2023/2024.
The 5’11” 181 lbs. forward scored a career best 20 goals and 35 assists with a +5 rating in 71 games.
Where he is going will be tougher hockey for the Brown University Bears‘ senior, assistant captain.
From Londonderry, NH, the 27-year old played mostly tier 3 juniors to earn his way up.
After 7 games in Slovakia with only 1 assist, he has a change of heart and signs up with Dundee Stars to play in the EIHL for the remainder of the frame.
He takes some ok stats, 8 goals and 20 assists in 43 games, but decides to move on and signs with Anglet Hormadi Pays Basque of Ligue Magnus for 2024/2025, where we think he does very well.
Valley Jr. Warriors‘ 2nd year EHL defenseman Paul Terry(23) takes 2 seasons of 9 assists to his 2024/2025 commit, Wesleyan University Cardinals.
The 5’10” 174 lbs. blue liner will likely do well guarding the NESCAC zone for his team.
He’s 21-years old from Arlington, MA did not play in 2023/2024.
RPI Engineers‘ graduate center Ryan Brushett(9) will definitely flirting with college career highs in all categories with 5 goals and 10 assists in 23 games, looking for 8 and 16 with 11 left.
The 6′ 185 lbs. forward has twice transferred, 1st appearing at University Of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks for 2 frames, before heading to UMASS Lowell Riverhawks in 2 more successful sessions.
For juniors, he had 1 unsuccessful outing in the USHL before heading north closer to home to the BCHL, where in his final of 3 years had the most goals at 41 before heading to school.
The 25-year old from Verdun, QC plays super hard out there.
Finishing up, playing a college best 37 games, he signs a 1st pro contract for 2024/2025 with the not so distant from his house club, Trois-Rivieres Lions that should equal all kinds of good hockey things.
Vermont Lumberjacks‘ 2nd year left wing Isaac Grondin(9) elevated his game to the EHL from most of the last season in the EHLP, where he was a goal scorer.
He had 19 goals and 13 assists in the lower league, then put up a tidy 17 tallies and 20 helpers in 46 games last season to a 2024/2025 commit at University Of Southern Maine Huskies.
The 5’9″ 174 lbs. forward will likely find ways to score in the NEHC.
As a great many players last season, defenseman Max Gildon leaves a year at University Of New Hampshire to sign his 3-year entry level deal.
He was selected by Florida Panthers in the 3rd round of the 2017 draft (#66 overall) and had his best college scoring season last session, tallying new best 22 assists and 29 points before all of hockey was shut down by the COVID outbreak.
The fairly large 6’3″ 191 lbs. started his pro journey with Syracuse Crunch but was quickly moved to Bakersfield Condors for possible room considerations by a team with no affiliate in 2020/2021.
He has almost quietly put up some really nice numbers scoring a pair of goals and 10 assists in 24 AHL games with a phenom +16 rating.
The Plano, TX native committed to college after 2 campaigns with USNTDP, where he average 20 helpers.
At almost 22, he’s not likely waiting too long for his chance at the big game.
41 games on loan, he scores 2 goals and 10 assists with a 0 rating and will take his game to DEL, signing a 1-year deal with Adler Mannheim for 2023/2024.
He takes what appears to be a fairly steady frame in Germany, scoring 4 goals and 5 assists in 43 games with a +6 rating, but he wants more and signs in Tipos Extraliga with HC Kosice for 2024/2025, which will give him a look at his game on the next level.
New Hampshire Avalanche 1st year right wing Kyle Gonzalez(47) takes some decently impressive EHL stats, scoring 11 goals and 30 assists in 39 games, then adds another 7 points in 8 playoff matchups to the new D3 program at Keene State College Owls for 2024/2025.
The 5’11” 180 lbs. forward transferred in from 1 USPHL/NCDC season with Boston Advantage, where he played years of his youth hockey, but maybe wasn’t scoring enough, so moved to another league.
From Manhattan, NY, the 20-year old will likely do very well playing the independent schedule of his new school.
