Northeast Generals‘ 3rd year left wing, captain Caiden Hess(16) chooses to commit to New England College Pilgrims for 2024/2025.
He scored 13 goals and 17 assists in 40 NA3HL games last frame and did even better in his 1st pair of seasons.
The 5’8″ 170 lbs. forward from Abington, MA will leave the nest for a 1st time at 21-years old.
University Of Connecticut Huskies‘ graduate defenseman Andrew Lucas(6) turns pro and signs an ato with San Diego Gulls.
He scored a new college best 5 goals, but didn’t equal those 22 assists and 24 points he set as a senior.
The very solid 6′ 179 lbs. blue line played only 1 season of junior hockey, bouncing from the BCHL quite successfully to Brooks Bandits, where he won the 2019 AJHL Championship before committing.
He started with 3 seasons at University Of Vermont Catamounts and became team captain for 2 years as a sophomore.
The 25-year old from Alexandria, VA already looks like a pro has 3 assists in 6 AHL games, so just needs a permanent jersey.
It’s an absolute no brainer to have him return for his rookie season for the Gulls, 2024/2025.
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.
Long Island University Lakers‘ graduate portal transfer from 4 years at Bowling Green State University Falcons, defenseman Carson Musser(4) took a college best scoring 4 goals and 11 points in 31 NCAA games to a 1st contract with Norfolk Admirals.
In 7 ECHL games, he had an assist and left with no playoffs a +2 rating.
The 6’1″ 192 lbs. blue liner has never really scored many goals, but did manage 10 assists in his 2nd USHL year with Fargo Force.
From Grand Rapids, MI, it’s seems likely the 25-year old could score a new contract for 2022/2023 in the league, if he wants.
As considered, the d-man decides to go for a full session in Virginia to see what’s possible.
He is able to connect for 4 goals and 9 assists, but needs to clean up a -19 rating and hopefully the team posts a better record, as he re-signs to stay.
Increasing his numbers as he goes is easily the way to keep attention, so he scores a new best 8 goals and 18 assists, while bringing up that horrible +/- to a +13 rating in 57 games, then in 11 playoff matchups adds another 7 points, +5.
He is easy to continue to bring back in an Admirals‘ jersey.
Canisius College Golden Griffins‘ junior center Keaton Mastrodonato(8) is well on a pace to blow out his best numbers with a tying 10 goals and new high 12 assists and 22 points in only 19 NCAA Division 1 games with a +8 rating.
The 6′ 205 lbs. forward twice scored 20 goals, 22 and 32 helpers in juniors for Alberni Valley Bulldogs of the BCHL before committing to school.
He should be in contention for the Hobey Baker after this campaign, as he was from scoring last year.
The 21-year old, undrafted prospect from Powell River, BC is going to be an interesting watch going forward.
As the natural captain in his senior year, helping push the team to the 2023 Atlantic Hockey Championship, he managed a college career best 16 goals and 20 assists.
Upon finishing up, he decides to go pro, signing an ato with Texas Stars, where the sizable pivot could find room to score.
He played 2 games to finish up the frame and impresses the Cedar Park club enough to sign him up for an official rookie run in 2023/2024.
In 48 games with affiliate Idaho Steelheads, he scores 18 goals and 24 assists and gets 4 goals in the AHL through 19 appearances, but for 2024/2025, he heads to Colorado Eagles, where we think he will strike for better.
12th year center Jayson Megna(20) gets maybe the ultimate deal for himself, signing a 1-year, 2-way contract with Boston Bruins for 2023/2024.
The 6’1″ 195 lbs. undrafted forward spent most of last season after being claimed off waivers by Anaheim Ducks , scoring a new best 6 assists, following almost 4 campaigns with Colorado Avalanche, but was being reassigned to affiliate Colorado Eagles, where he played most of his games in the system.
He has twice had 20+ goals, 3 times 10+ and 3 times 20+ assists in the AHL.
We potentially expect the 33-year old, 1-year University Of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks from Fort Lauderdale, FL to hold down 4th line duties for his new club and not be reassigned to the minors.
He actually only has 1 game up in the NHL, but comes away with scoring bests for his new team with 37 assists and 56 points.
At 34 years old, he is heading back, where he is likely most comfortable, signing a 2-year pact with Colorado Eagles.
Colgate University Raiders‘ senior left wing Levi Glasman(20) signs in the newly named CEHL for 2024/2025, agreeing with Golden Sharks Mechelen.
He was never a big scorer through college, his junior year scoring 3 goals and 6 assists was his best.
The 6’2″ 174 lbs. forward will likely score better in this league, as he did and was a 20+ goal and assist scorer in 3 years of the BCHL.
From Minnedosa, MB, the 25-year old is out seeing what kind of pro game he’s got.
Wheeling Nailers‘ rookie defenseman Louie Roehl(4) skates a full slate of 60 ECHL games, scoring 4 goals and 20 assists with a +4 rating, but with no playoffs, he lucks out and gets loaned up to Hartford Wolf Pack, who are chasing their own Calder Cup trophy.
The 5’11” 185 lbs. blue liner did 5 years at University Of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, maybe not connecting as well as he has in his 1st frame.
He had a very solid 30 assists in his 1 NAHL session for Minnesota Wilderness.
The 25-year old from Eden Prairie, MN likely just wants to get some AHL under his belt.
He actually figures into no games in the upper ranks, but is signed for a 2nd season that doesn’t quite go as good as his 1st, but he is still wanted to return for a 3rd frame in a Nailers‘ jersey.
9th year defenseman Josiah Didier(44) was an unrestricted free agent after signing a 2-year AHL deal with 4 season team Providence Bruins, where he served as team captain in his last two.
For 2023/2024, he steps off on a new route and signs a 1-year deal with Grand Rapids Griffins to help them shore up their back end.
The rather big 6’3″ 223 lbs. blue liner played 4 years at University Of Denver Pioneers, leaving the program with a +20 rating before turning pro with the final frame of Hamilton Bulldogs‘ storied career in Burlington, ON.
The former Montreal Canadiens‘ 4th round pick in the 2011 draft (#97 overall) would start his pro career with 2 years skating for St. John’s Ice Caps before trading that in for 2 campaigns including a 2019 Calder Cup Championship with Charlotte Checkers, which definitely brought him some attention.
From Littleton, CO, the 30-year old has worked hard for every inch he’s earned.
In 61 games, he scores 4 goals and 4 assists with a +6 rating serving as the team captain and will return in a Griffins‘ jersey for 2024/2025.
Providence Bruins‘ undrafted rookie Latvian-born forward Eduards Tralmaks(34) scored his first pro goal in the first period of his AHL debut.
He spent 4 years at University Of Maine as a fairly consistent scorer grabbing 39 goals and 43 assists in 119 NCAA games with a solid +22 rating.
Arriving as a 14-year old, he got right to the stat sheet in 3 sessions of youth hockey before starting his 1st campaign for the Boston Bandits (now Bridgewater Jr. Bandits) of the EHL, where once again he ran up scoring totals and was scouted by the college and sent to the USHL Chicago Steel.
There he won the 2017 Clark Cup Championship and was named MVP before arriving at school the following year.
At 6’4″ 209 lbs. he’s a big power forward, great around the net, who may get himself a look from an NHL club to see if he has what it takes to make the next step up.
The 24-year old accomplished 2 goals and 2 assists in 8 games with a +1 rating in his pro debut.
It looks as though he is set to return to Rhode Island for a rookie season, as he is fully in training camp with parent club, Boston Bruins.
After 2 seasons of decent enough scoring, he decides to move on and signs a 1-year deal with Rytiri Kladno and will skate the very decent level of game in Czechia Extraliga.
He scores 21 goals and 11 assists in 52 games, but is a horrible -20 rating, yet is wanted to return to Kladne crew for 2024/2025.
