Undrafted 3rd year left wing Liam Pecararo(28) signs for a 2nd season but third overall stint with Greenville Swamp Rabbits.
The former 3-year Northeastern University Huskies‘ forward only actually played one season for the school team, just about detonating the stat sheet with 11 goals and 19 assists in 38 Hockey East games as a junior before turning pro with 2 AHL games for Springfield Thunderbirds, getting a 1st assist.
He was re-signed for his rookie campaign, but spent most of his time on reassignment to South Carolina, where he was able to connect for a career high goals (23), assists (21) and points (44).
The 5’11” 185 lbs. pivot was also basically a point-per-game guy with two-year junior team, Waterloo Blackhawks.
After his 2nd USHL season, he agreed to attend University Of Maine Black Bears, but that only lasted one stint before he returned to his junior hockey home in Indiana.
The 25-year old Canton, MA native should have a complete breakout run in 2021/2022, as they play a normal schedule with hopefully zero interruptions.
He does ignite for a career tying 23 goals, new bests 28 assists and 51 points, and will take these to a new opportunity, signing for 2022/2023 in Tipos Extraliga with HC Slovan Bratislava.
It’s likely he’ll do well in Slovakia’s top hockey and very potentially move up the European hockey ladder.
Bentley University Falcons‘ Slovakian-born, graduate student, left wing Phil Knies(38) will head home to start his pro career with HK Nitra.
Coming over from 4 years at Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks, he only played 10 games at the beginning of the season, scoring 2 goals and 6 assists.
The 5’9″ 170 lbs. forward came over early from his hometown, Bratislava, playing 2 USHL seasons with Sioux City Musketeers, putting up 21 goals and 20 assists in his 2nd session.
At 24-years old, he should be ready to be a pro rookie.
After 4 years of junior hockey with Utica Jr. Comets, including a debut season, running up the scoresheet to an almost 2-point per game player (29 goals, 33 assists) in 39 USPHL Premiere games, center John Gutt(93) decides to stay in town and commits to Utica College Pioneers for 2022/2023.
He graduated to NCDC immediately and became a big scorer in the upper league, leaving his 2nd year with a junior career high 18 goals and 36 assists in 49 games.
The 21-year old, only 5’9″ 154 lbs. forward is sure to light NCAA D3 hockey up like crazy is what we’re looking at, even as a freshman.
10th year, Finnish-born goaltender Jussi Olkinuora(45) walks away from the 2022 IIHF World Championships with a bunch of awards for the home team, Finland, including MVP, Best GAA, Best Goaltender and a Gold Medal, his 2nd in two years.
He also won a similar award for winning the 2022 Olympics.
The 6’3″ 201 lbs. net minder was undrafted, but quickly signed by Winnipeg Jets upon complete his 2nd season at University Of Denver Pioneers.
He only stayed with them for a pair of seasons, but signed with their new affiliate Manitoba Moose in the following frame, only to be reassigned to Tulsa Oilers for most of the session.
The Helsinki native split for three campaigns in his homeland before accepting an offer to head to the KHL.
He came to life with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, but has decided to play in Switzerland 2022/2023 for EHC Beil-Bienne.
The 31-year old could return on a one-way NHL deal and hit his payday is what we’re looking at.
Undrafted defenseman Julian Kislin(8) will take his 4-year degree he earned at Northeastern University Huskies, while scoring a new college career high 2 goals and 4 assists in 34 NCAA Division 1 games into the transfer portal to agree to a graduate season for Sacred Heart University Pioneers.
He played his youth hockey close to home from his Manalapan, NJ, but left for a single session of juniors with Youngstown Phantoms, appearing in 31 USHL games with 3 goals and 8 assists.
The 6’1″ 190 lbs., 23-year old blue liner will likely take his game up even more in Atlantic Hockey style of play.
8th year defenseman Logan Roe(47) will switch things up for his 2nd year overseas, joining Black Wings Linz of IceHL, coming off a solid season in Allsvenskan for Vasteras IK, scoring 4 goals and 13 assists with a +15 rating.
The big 6’4″ 206 lbs. has played 359 games for Florida Everblades and in 2017/2018 was the top plus/minus player with a +43.
He’s actually a mind boggling +184 in the ECHL.
The 30-year old Canisius College Golden Griffins‘ graduate from all places, Cape Coral, FL will likely do very well in Austria’s top league.
Wolcot, CT native center Oliver Flynn(21) committed to University Of Connecticut Huskies a couple years ago, when he was skating for Connecticut Chiefs 16U AAA, keeping him in state for his college experience.
Fresh out of high school at Loomis Chaffee School, where he was a point per game player as a senior.
It’s believed his school didn’t play hockey in 2020/2021, so he decided to join Junior Bruins, getting a decent 5 goals and 12 assists in 31 USPHL/NCDC games.
The 18-year old should be a contributor in Hockey East almost immediately.
University Of Vermont Catamounts 2022/2023 commit, Swedish-born defenseman Philip Tornqvist(14) played his youth hockey at home, but did skate all of last season in the NAHL and parts of two others.
The 6′ 181 lbs. blue liner had a breakout campaign, scoring a junior best by a long shot 20 goals (most by a d-man in the league) and 13 assists with a +28 rating, 1st for Maryland Black Bears, then traded to Wichita Falls Warriors, where he agreed to school.
At 20-years old, he looks to get himself right into Hockey East action as a freshman.
St. Lawrence University Saints‘ graduate Kaden Pickering(18) is going to accept a year of eligibility, heads into the transfer portal to arrive at Bemidji State University Beavers for 2022/2023 and the start of his MBA.
The 5’9″ 181 lbs. former senior captain scored a college career best 13 assists and 19 points.
He was quickly scooped for a college commit previous to his sophomore season at Northwood School USHS-Prep.
The Madrid, NY native went on to play a single session up north with Chilliwack Chiefs, getting 13 goals and 14 assists in 57 BCHL games.
We expect him to put up some good numbers with his new team.
10th year defenseman Taylor Fedun(4) probably doesn’t consider if new contract club, Pittsburgh Penguins will recall him for action, but more like when, after he’s recorded a quick 3 assists in 8 AHL games with a +4 rating for affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, where he was named team captain for 2021/2022.
The unrestricted free agent was coming off a 2-year deal with Dallas Stars, which stretched into a third from an early season deal that sent him from Buffalo Sabres and included his most NHL games played for any one team.
He has played 127 games in the big league, scoring 8 goals and 27 assists with a +6, so comes with a level of accountability.
The 33-year old former senior captain, always 10+ assists blue liner at Princeton University Tigers is probably just happy to score good contracts at this point and may even try a season overseas before he retires.
He may have never scored that recall last season, but played very effectively as team captain for the farm club and is rewarded with a new 2-year contract to continue in Pittsburgh.
