MCLA Trailblazers‘ freshman defenseman Kieran Kenny(44) has a 1st college hockey goal and 2 assists in 14 games with a -1 rating on a team that has once again struggled to win games this season.
The 6’1″ 205 lbs. blue liner did 2 EHL years with Philadelphia Hockey Club before heading to school.
From Kalamazoo, MI, the 21-year old looks to be a good space for himself.
St. Lawrence University Skating Saints‘ senior center, assistant captain Frankie Carogioiello(20) came over from 3 years at Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks.
The 5’10” 187 lbs. forward already has a college best 1 goal and 4 assists in 26 games.
From Woodbridge, ON, the 23-year old will likely strike better as a pro if he decides to take that route.
Framingham State University Rams‘ freshman left wing Grig Kaagan(17) committed from 1 EHL season for Bridgewater Bandits, where he scored 8 goals and 11 assists in 42 games.
The 5’10” 165 lbs. forward, sometime defenseman has a 1st college hockey goal and 4 assists in 12 games with a +2 rating.
From Redmond, OR, the 21-year old played some junior close to home before coming east.
5th year center Adam Rockwood(12) takes a career year with 33 assists and 39 points for AIK of HockeyAllsvenskan to a new challenge, joining HC Innsbruck to skate IceHL for 2023/2024.
The 5’11” 185 lbs. had 40 assists as a junior transfer to Northern Michigan University Wildcats, then 28 as a senior.
He won a 2014 BCHL Championship with hometown junior team Coquitlam Express as a 2nd year player before heading to his 1st school, University Of Wisconsin Badgers.
The 27-year old from Coquitlam, BC may continue to play himself up through leagues overseas or could come back and light the ECHL again.
He comes away from his 1st year in Austria, with a career high 33 assists and +25 rating and decides to stay, but signs with rivals, Asiago for 2024/2025.
Slovak Extraliga is calling his name and he is heading there to skate for HC Ducla Michalovce.
He would record 32 assists in 33 games, but decides to sign with the rivals HK Spisska Nova Ves.
In 10 games, he scores 2 goals and 4 assists, but is dished to HC Presov Penguins and has 1 goal and 1 assist in his debut game.
He is taking 2 years decent scoring in Slovakia back to HockeyAllsvenskan, signing with BIK Karlskoga for what remains of 2025/2026.
Fitchburg State University Falcons‘ Russian-born, freshman left wing Alexei Filimonov(17) is on a scoring spree with 10 goals and 22 assists in 17 games with a +21 rating.
He came over pretty quickly, working his way up the junior hockey system and would finish up with Islanders HC, playing 47 USPHL/NCDC games, scoring 14 goals and 13 assists.
The 21-year old is a wicked MASCAC watch.
New England College Pilgrims‘ senior right wing Jesper Tarkiainen(89) signed a deal with Fayettesville Marksmen, but was only with them a single appearance before heading to Quad City Storm for his rookie season, 2025/2026.
The 6′ 192 lbs. forward has done decently with 7 goals and 4 assists in 32 SPHL games.
From Naperville, IL, the 24-year old did all his youth and junior hockey in Finland, where he has roots before heading to school.
Maryland Black Bears‘ 2nd year NAHL center Jaden Sikura(16) has junior best scoring by a mile with 20 goals and 15 assists in 40 games that he takes to a 2026/2027 with Army West Point Black Knights.
The 5’11” 185 lbs. 19-year old forward from Lexington, KY will do well playing an Atlantic Hockey schedule.
Washington Capitals‘ 3rd year undrafted center Joe Snively(7) gets a 1st recall after lighting it up big for affiliate Hershey Bears with 8 goals and a career high 14 assists for 22 points with a +13 rating in 21 AHL games.
Through 4 years at Yale University Bulldogs, he was a more than point-per-game player, scoring 58 goals and 81 assists in 129 NCAA Division 1 games with a +18.
He was similarly good in 2 years of junior hockey for Sioux City Musketeers, getting 132 points in 164 USHL games.
In his NHL debut, he skated 11 shifts for 6:53 ice time with an assist, 2 shots on net, 1 hit and left a 3-2 loss with a +1.
The 25-year old Virginia native will be a 2nd time restricted free agent at the end of the current frame and should be a early shoe in for a couple campaign contract extension.
He must have also had a lot of family and friends in the stands for his first game.
For 2024/2025, coming off a 2-year extension that paid him basically 1-way money and winning a 2nd straight Calder Cup Championship with his team of 3 seasons, he decides to look elsewhere and agrees to a 1-year, 2-way deal with Detroit Red Wings that we are sure he hopes means more playing time up.
He takes a minor league best 21 goals with Grand Rapids Griffins to a new project, signing with Djurgardens IF of SHL for 2025/2026 that looks to be equally great.
In 38 games, he grabs 10 goals and 19 assists to earn a 2-year extension to stay Djurgardens IF through 2028.
University Of Maine Black Bears‘ 2022/2023 commit, defenseman Luke Antonacci(4) looks set to contend for a roster spot once he hits the school next Fall.
After a very good session with Maine Nordiques, scoring 5 goals and 19 assists in 54 NAHL games through a very difficult season, the 5’9″ 168 lbs. blue liner committed to his college and was selected high in the USHL draft and has joined Sioux City Musketeers.
In 21 games he has 3 goals and 3 assists with a solid accountable +8 rating.
The just turned 19-year old will be a welcome addition to Hockey East play.
After 3 years at the same school, he decides to switch things up and the Princeton, NJ native will head to Lake Superior State University Falcons as a senior, 2025/2026.
He seems to wait a little bit to sign a 1st contract with Utah Grizzlies for his rookie year, 2025/2026.
3rd year Macon Mayhem right wing Dan Wislow(16) was set to retire, but instead signs on for another season with a team he has SPHL bests scoring 12 goals and 22 assists in 56 games.
The 5’11” 210 lbs. forward left a graduate year at University Of New England Nor’easters, scoring a college best 17 goals and 30 points.
He came in from three sessions at Quinnipiac University Bobcats, where he struggled to find playing time after his freshman frame.
From Fairfield, CT, the 28-year old played his way up in junior hockey to holding down a big run for New Jersey Titans before college.
