Northeast Generals‘ Ukranian-born defenseman Bohdan Tuchyn(25) commits to Midland University Warriors for 2025/2026.
The 6’3″ 187 lbs. NA3HL blue liner played only one other frame of juniors after coming over from youth hockey at home.
He’s pretty big, got 2 goals and 9 assists with a +11 rating in 31 games last season, so feel the 20-year old is ready.
6th year right wing Matt Salhany(2) returns on a deal with Jacksonville Icemen for 2022/2023 after scoring big for Sonderjyske in 2 years (one shortened) and 41 games in Metal Ligaen.
He left after running up some good totals for Adirondack Thunder, scoring 25 goals and 26 assists in 62 ECHL games.
The 5’10” 179 lbs. forward has mostly come to life as a pro.
He only ever did 7 goals and 13 points in 34 games for University Of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers as a senior captain.
The 29-year old should find some really good scoring footing with his new club and recently competed in the debut 3Ice Hockey Tournament and came out winners on Team Trottier.
From Warwick, RI, he scores big in a 2nd frame for Aalborg Pirates, where he won the 2023 league championship in his 1st year with the team.
For 2024/2025, he heads to Ligue Magnus, signing with Spartiates de Marseille.
He basically a point-per-game player last season in France and for 2025/2026, he will return home, signing a 1-year deal with Adirondack Thunder.
Colorado College Tigers‘ graduate left wing Tyler Coffey(17) signs for his rookie season, 2025/2026 with Jacksonville Icemen.
The 5’10” 179 lbs. forward had a college best scoring as a sophomore with 10 goals and 4 assists.
From Hamilton, NJ, the 25-year will likely score some in the ECHL.
Johnstown Tomahawks‘ strong scoring forward Jason Ahearn(10) choose Niagara University for his college hockey and further academic development.
He’s struck for 23 goals and 26 assists in 41 NAHL games with a +23 rating on a really good team.
The 5’11” 170 lbs. pivot should have equal success in NCAA Division 1 Atlantic Hockey, when he arrives later this year.
After 3 seasons, twice as captain with new college best numbers, 19 goals and 20 assists in 36 games with a +6 rating as a junior, but he will enter the transfer portal and next looks to skate Hockey East with UMASS-Lowell Riverhawks in 2025/2026.
Cornell University Big Red senior defenseman Hank Kempf(26) is a New York Rangers‘ 7th round pick in the 2021 draft (#208 overall) and could use a contract once the season concludes.
The 6’2″ 201 lbs. blue liner plays with explosive power, consistently breaking up plays down low.
From Wilmette, IL, the 22-year old has come up nicely through the Chicago Mission youth hockey system.
He goes unsigned, but agrees to an ato once tournament play is up with Colorado Eagles that yields a pair of assists in regular season and playoff games to earn him a 1-year AHL deal to skate his rookie season, 2025/2026, which we think will keep eyes of the parent club on him as well.
University Of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves‘ sophomore defenseman Will Gilson(3) will take his college high 12 assists and 15 points into the transfer portal to play as a junior for RPI Engineers.
The 6′ 170 lbs. blue liner was definitely a lot more balanced in his play on a better team last season.
He did 2 sessions with Junior Bruins, getting 10+ assists.
From Old Greenwich, CT, the 22-year old is likely looking for a new start a little closer to home.
After putting up a college best 8 goals and 16 assists in 35 games with a +6 rating, he once again enters the transfer portal and will skate for his senior frame at Quinnipiac University Bobcats, 2025/2026.
Michigan State University Spartans‘ junior defenseman David Gucciardi(48) may not catch his points’ high with 1 goal and 4 assists, but with a best +8 rating, may really be looking at a best college season yet with his top ranked college team.
The 6’1″ 190 lbs. blue liner from Toronto, ON did 3 years of junior hockey, but his 1st in the OJHL was maybe his best as it was the one least interrupted.
It seems the 21-year old has known where he was going to school for awhile, but wasn’t selected by Washington Capitals until the 7th round of the 2022 NHL draft after his freshman year.
After finishing up tournament play, the senior, who scored a best 6 goals and 10 assists in a high 37 games with a +21 rating, signs an ato to join Hershey Bears and comes away with a 1st AHL goal and a +4 rating in 2 games played.
He is also agreed to a 2-year entry level contract by the Capitals to begin 2025/2026.
South Shore Kings‘ 1st year Swedish-born defenseman Gregor Jennersjo(2) put up a mighty 39 assists last season in the USPHL/NCDC after a largely unsuccessful year scoring in another league.
The 6′ 187 lbs. blue liner commits to Gustavus Adolfus College Golden Gusties for 2025/2026.
He came over early to Canada for high school.
Almost oddly, he appeared in 1 Division3 game back home before juniors.
The 20-year old will do well at his school.
Rookie left wing Austin Albrecht(27) did make a quick appearance last year for 1 ECHL game with Wichita Thunder, but everything was pretty much up in the air, especially for newer players in 2020/2021.
For 2021/2022, he branches out entirely, heading to Germany3 on a try-out that easily turned into a 1-year deal with Hochstadter EC, where he’s connected for 3 goals and 6 assists in just 6 games.
The 6′ 196 lbs. forward committed to his first school UMass Minutemen after a 2nd season of point-per-game production numbers for Wichita Wildcats of the NAHL.
He would then be drafted to the USHL by Sioux Falls Stampede and he maybe didn’t have the year he did previous but 10 goals and 35 assists in 57 games was definitely ok.
The Flemington, NJ native had a decent rookie run in Western Mass, but decided he would continue school down the road at American International College Yellow Jackets, where he did slightly better in Atlantic Hockey play.
It would be interesting to see where the 25-year old is able to land next, if he continues to put up big numbers in Germany’s tier 3 pro league.
After 8 games, he is wooed to join Manchester Storm of the EIHL and accepts.
He would return and work his way up from the SPHL to loans up to Maine Mariners, where he connected and was re-signed for a full campaign.
Doing well with a career best 16 assists and 21 points, he finds himself dealt to Tulsa Oilers.
He wouldn’t come away with any points in 7 games, but spies an opportunity and no stranger to hockey overseas, heads off to Australia for part of the summer to play in the AIHL for Melbourne Ice, where he should see his numbers climb.
Blowing up scoring to the tune of 26 goals and 42 assists in 21 games through his 2nd frame over there, he returns to the Oilers for 2025/2026.
Maybe in a somewhat oddball move, he actually agrees with Monroe Mocassins of the FPHL for next frame.
Worcester Railers‘ new signing, Anthony Callin(17) comes in after 5 seasons at Clarkson University Golden Knights, where he scored a college best 11 goals and 19 points as a graduate student and leaves as a +11 player.
The undrafted, 6′ 205 lbs. forward grabbed a 1st assist in his 2nd ECHL game loss, but scored a pair, including the game-winner in his 3rd appearance, a 3-2 win.
We do think the 24-year old from Middleton, WI turns the corner nicely and will do well as a pro wherever he goes to play.
2 goals and 5 assists, playing a power forward role, he is guaranteed a spot to return to the Railers for 2023/2024.
He is a synched to want to return, as he’s a power forward, who scored 14 goals and 35 assists with a +4 rating as a rookie, so a Railers‘ jersey looks good on him.
Another stellar scoring season with 24 goals and 24 assists in 65 games and he is set to return to the Railers for 2025/2026, his third in a team jersey
