12 years is plenty enough for undrafted net minder of 235 NHL games, Carter Hutton(40), who announces his retirement.
Considering some of the clubs he’s needed to backstop, his 94-90-27 record with a 2.76 GAA and .908 SV% is fairly impressive.
The 36-year old, former UMass-Lowell Riverhawks‘ goalie will likely become a great game analyst somewhere.
Boston College Eagles‘ score a nice one in local graduate student Cam Burke(10) through the transfer portal from Notre Dame University Fighting Irish.
The 5’9″ 170 lbs. forward scored a college career high 8 goals and 11 assists in 38 NCAA Division 1 games in 2021/2022.
A Boxborough, MA native he played his youth hockey close to home, but left for a pair of USHL seasons before heading to school.
The 23-year old will be a welcome addition to a squad depleted by departing skaters.
Yale University Bulldogs‘ senior right wing Kyle Johnson(15) graduates and decides to look elsewhere to turn pro and selects France2‘s Neuilly-sur-Marne Les Bisons for a 1st 2022/2023 contract.
The 6′ 190 lbs. forward scored a modest new best 2 goals and an assist in 30 NCAA Division 1 games last season.
He was very decent in three campaigns for Prince George Spruce Kings of the BCHL before heading to school.
The 24-year old from Port Moody, BC should excel in this tier 2 league and could even score some Ligue Magnus looks.
5th year defenseman Simon Denis(9) tracks back and signs for a 3rd time with Toledo Walleye for 2022/2023 after spending the last four seasons in the Asia League and being voted MVP and league’s best d-man for Tohoku Free Blades.
The 5’10” 187 lbs. blue liner did 5 years at Ferris State University Bulldogs, averaging 10 assists in 4 sessions.
He has been recalled once to Hartford Wolf Pack and in 7 AHL games came away with 4 assists.
The part Japanese/Canadian 30-year old will likely put up some great stats for a team he’s super comfortable with and likely ready to win another title.
Standing in at 6’8″ 245 lbs., you can’t really say Toronto Marlies are taking a chance on with an AHL contract, as much as opening up room for recent University Of Maine Black Bears‘ graduate student Keenan Suthers(34) in the 2022/2023 season.
He scored a tying college career high 9 goals and 5 assists in his 3rd season at St. Lawrence University Saints, and also connected for 13 points in 2021/2022, which is where he seems to sit in roughly 30 NCAA Division 1 games played.
It’s very likely considering his size, the 24-year old from Tecumseh, ON could easily open up some room for himself in front of the net for more scoring chances than were available to him in college hockey.
3rd year net minder Stefanos Lekkas(40) takes some pretty impressive regular season ECHL stats to a new outlook, signing for 2022/2023 with Odense Bulldogs of Metal Ligaen.
He tended cage for 4 different clubs over 2021/2022, but seems to find his footing, when he arrived in a late trade to Maine Mariners, posting a 7-4 record with 2 shutouts, a 2.55 GAA and .920 SV%.
A University Of Vermont Catamounts‘ graduate, he looked to survive 4 years, keeping the puck out of the net as much as possible, leaving with a 2.62 and .918 marks.
The 26-year old should do very well on a good team in Denmark’s top hockey league.
Undrafted rookie left wing Jonathan Desbiens(21) signs once again with Maine Mariners for 2021/2022, just as he did in 2020, but the team had to opt out of the season due to COVID restrictions.
He was a fairly prolific scorer in 4 years at Bentley University Falcons, averaging 12 goals and 13 assists and twice hit the 30 point mark.
The Rosemere, QC native did come to play his first junior campaign for Lincoln Stars, getting 6 goals and 4 assists in 48 USHL games, but left fairly quickly agreeing to head to the other side of Canada, signing with West Kelowna Warriors and he had much better success, scoring 27 goals and 27 assists in 54 BCHL games.
This is where he was spotted and agreed to his college, then really blew up the scoring bubble with 44 goals and 39 assists.
We do believe the only 5’9″ 181 lbs., 25-year forward is going to become a scorer in the ECHL.
He ended up leaving his team midway through his rookie season for Ligue Magnus, agreeing to terms with Scorpions de Mulhouse, scoring 10 goals and 14 assists in 22 games, but for his encore signs 2022/2023 with rivals Gothiques d’Amiens.
Arizona State University Sun Devils‘ 2022/2023 commit Logan Derryberry(16) comes to them from a bit of an unlikely source, 2021/2022 captain for Seacoast Spartans of the EHL, tier 3 junior hockey.
The 5’11” 175 lbs. forward didn’t even exactly score amazing numbers with 3 goals and 6 assists in 38 games last season.
He does have one big regard in his favor to head to this NCAA Division 1 school in that he is a Phoenix, AZ native.
The 20-year old will definitely need to find his open spots to connect on the scoresheet, but it very well could start happening for him as a freshman.
Providence College Friars‘ senior, graduate center Matt Koopman(14) enters the transfer portal for another go at in a year of eligibility at UMass Minutemen for 2022/2023.
He finished up last season with a college career tying 5 goals and new best 7 assists and 12 points in 35 NCAA Division 1 games.
The 5’10” 174 lbs. forward played a year and a half with Waterloo Blackhawks, running up point-per-game totals in his 2nd frame to be invited to attend school for a 1st year mid-run.
He’d always been a good scorer through high school and the 24-year old should be able to continue to hit the back of the net with his new team.
New York Rangers‘ 6th round pick in the 2018 draft (#163 overall), American-Swedish defenseman Simon Kjellberg(2) has decided to head to Northern Michigan University Wildcats for his senior year entering the transfer portal after a very effective junior season, scoring college bests 8 goals and 19 assists, 27 points for RPI Engineers.
Although born in the US, he spent most of his junior hockey time in Sweden, as his former NHL player dad, Patric Kjellberg likely went home after his playing days were up.
He did spend one USHL campaign after being selected with Dubuque Fighting Saints and chose his 1st school.
The 6’3″ 190 lbs. 22-year old will likely settle into CCHA style quickly.
