Northeast Generals‘ 1st year NAHL left wing Brandon Spaulding(10) takes his 12 goals and 13 assists in 58 games, split time with New Hampshire Mountain Kings commits to Skidmore College Thoroughbreds for 2024/2025.
The 5’11” 183 lbs. forward scored big as a senior in high school, then went north for his 1st junior experience in the AJHL, where he scored well with Spruce Grove Saints.
From Agawam, MA, the 20-year old should definitely help them take up scoring in the NEHC.
New England Wolves‘ 3rd year left wing A.J. Lackas(13) commits to Albertus Magnus College Falcons for 2024/2025.
The 5’11” 174 lbs. forward had his 2nd point-per-game EHL season bracket, but extended that to 21 goals and 32 assists in 45 games last season.
From Las Vegas, NV, the 20-year old did 1 USPHL Premier session before coming east.
12th year center Nick Shore(23) swaps close to 2 years, scoring good numbers with HV71 for 1 at Linkoping HC 2024/2025.
The 3rd round Los Angeles Kings‘ draft pick in the 2011 draft (#82 overall)
He initially left North American hockey after his 3rd straight year in the NHL and left for 1 year in the KHL.
Wooed back for another spin in the biggest league, taking his total up to 299 games, he didn’t really put up the numbers and next found the net on multiple occasions in Slovakia Extraliga, but swapped that quickly for hockey in Switzerland, signing with EV Zug.
The 6’1″ 198 lbs. forward would help his team win the 2021 NL Championship.
He returned to Russia, but the former 3-year University Of Denver Pioneers went back before switching to Sweden, where he stays.
The 31-year old from Denver, CO has made a neat little journey out of playing pro hockey for himself.
Brown University Bears‘ 2022/2023 commit Ryan Bottrill(7) is putting up junior career highs for assists (35) and points (48) with goal scoring off by 3 at the moment for Maryland Black Bears in 41 NAHL games.
He scored 15 tallies last season with South Shore Kings of the USPHL/NCDC.
The 6’1″ 185 lbs., Scottsdale, AZ native exploded the scoresheet in his 2nd year at T1EHL 16U for close by home Colorado Thunderbirds 16U AAA, scoring 33 goals and 56 assists with a +69 rating.
He plays a big, power forward style that should fit in nicely as an ECAC freshman.
2 years in Rhode Island is enough for him, as he enters the transfer portal to next skate at Clarkson University Golden Knights, starting in his junior year.
We look for his style to continue to gain interest.
Maine Nordiques‘ 2nd NAHL year center Ryan Panico(8) commits to Trinity College Bantams for 2024/2025 after recording a junior career best 22 assists and 25 points.
He also has an overall +12 rating in the league.
The 6’1″ 190 lbs. 20-year old forward from Fairfield, CT is likely ready to get started competing NESCAC play.
Undrafted 4th year center Ryan Schmelzer(26) signs a new 1-year AHL deal with Utica Comets for 2021/2022 after spending the last three seasons skating for Binghamton Devils.
In 133 games he wracked up 23 goals and 32 assists.
The former four-year Canisius College Golden Griffiths standout got 40 goals and 66 assists in 143 NCAA Atlantic Hockey games with a quite massive +43.
Almost oddly, the Buffalo, NY native skated all his junior hockey at home for Buffalo Jr. Sabres in the Canadian OJHL and was a point per game player.
The 6’2″ 187 lbs. forward should be right at home playing his style for a new club, seeing as his team from New York went belly up after 2020/2021.
In 2021/2022, he becomes team captain and posts a new career best 18 goals and 32 points with a +6 rating, then comes away with another 2 points in 5 playoff games gets him a new deal to stay and keep grabbing points.
The word determination is definitely in his vocabulary, as he records a career high 29 assists and 35 points in his 2nd frame with the team and then goes on last season to score another 18 goals, adds new best 34 assists and 52 points with a +14 rating to earn himself a 2-year NHL deal with parent club, New Jersey Devils.
Cortland College Red Dragons‘ senior goaltender Jack Riedell(1) signs an amateur tryout offer with Rapid City Rush after posting a 12-3-0 record with 2.20 GAA and .935 SV% in 2023/2024.
The 6’3″ 191 lbs. backstop came from 3 very strong USPHL Premier seasons with the top-rated Charlotte Rush, earning a league best 1.61 GAA and .940 SV% in his final frame on a 25-5-0 record.
We look for him to do really well in the ECHL, if given the chance.
Maine Nordiques‘ 2nd year NAHL right wing Matthew Lewis(17) put up a junior best 11 assists and 14 points in 37 games to a 2024/2025 commit at Connecticut College Camels.
He had 3 goals this season, but 4 when he was with Philadelphia Rebels last season.
From Pembroke, MA, we think the 20-year old finds the net more often for points in NESCAC play.
Rochester Jr. Americans‘ 1st NAHL year right wing Matteo Disipio(11) commits to Mercyhurst University Lakers for 2024/2025 after scoring a fairly phenomenal 30 goals and 51 assists in 60 games with a +27 rating.
The 5’11” 161 lbs. forward played 2 CCHL junior seasons, tallying up more than point-per-game numbers.
From Nepean, ON, the 20-year old will do well in Atlantic Hockey.
6th year left wing Ryan Scarfo(39) gets mid-season ECHL trade to Worcester Railers from Savannah Ghost Pirates as his plus/minus maybe becomes a bit of a problem, but has a team that wants to bring him in.
The 6′ 190 lbs. forward has 4 assists in 11 games with his new team, fighting for a playoff spot.
He was a three-time assistant captain for Union College Dutchmen, scoring 20 goals and 16 assists in 39 games as a senior.
Just one season ago, he put up 12 goals and 22 assists for South Carolina Stingrays.
The 30-year old from North Chelmsford, MA is playing hockey close to home now and likely just needs a good team to continue his game with, but gets waived, only to be picked up quickly by Jacksonville Icemen, where he gets inserted immediately for a goal in his debut and now has 1 tally and 1 assist in 5 playoff games.
