Framingham State University Rams‘ junior defenseman, assistant captain Cameron Craig(12) has 1 assist in 3 games and we think will post college scoring highs this season.
The 5’11” 165 lbs. blue liner plays a hard in-your-face style game that opens up room for points.
From Lakespur, CO, he did his freshman year at Post University Eagles, playing in 26 games, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists, but maybe decided to play closer to where he did junior hockey.
He did 3 USPHL Premier campaigns with Boston Jr. Bruins.
Augsburger Panther‘ left wing TJ Trevelyan(24) signs on for what must be a record for one player, 15th season with the club.
He has 8 seasons of 10+ goals and 8 of 10+ assists and 7 worth 20+ points.
The 5’9″ 172 lbs. forward did 5 years of the AHL, scoring pretty big after graduating St. Lawrence University Skating Saints.
From Mississauga, ON, the 41-year old doesn’t want to quit.
Cornell University Big Red senior defenseman Michael Suda(18) signed a 1st pro contract after tournament play with Savannah Ghost Pirates and scored a 1st ECHL goal in 6 games with a +2 rating to start his pro career.
The 6’1″ 187 lbs. blue liner had a college best 11 assists in his final year.
From Cheektowaga, NY, the 25-year old should do ok for himself in the league.
After 2 games with no points, he gets traded to Worcester Railers, where in 3 more games, he is still pointless.
Franklin Pierce University Ravens‘ senior right wing Austin Pick(8) looks to be setting up some college best scoring with 1 goal and 8 assists in 5 games to start 2025/2026.
He had 10 goals as a sophomore after transferring from Stonehill College Skyhawks.
The 5’8″ 185 lbs. forward scored 20 points in his junior year.
From Troutdale, OR, the 24-year old, former 2-year Seahawks HC looks great on his game out there.
Austin Pick (8)
Arizona State University Sun Devils‘ sophomore defenseman David Hymovitch(10) enters the transfer portal to head to Holy Cross College Crusaders for his junior year, 2025/2026.
He is actually from Phoenix, AZ, so after coming through the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes‘ youth hockey system, he did 3 USHL years with Muskegon Lumberjacks before college.
The 5’11” 176 lbs., 22-year old forward has 1 goal and 1 assist in 10 Atlantic Hockey games and gels well out there.
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.
He scores 2 goals and 6 assists in 58 games with a +10 rating, but is an unrestricted free agent, so signs with Laval Rocket for 2025/2026.
In 6 games, he already has 2 assists with a +2 rating.
3rd year defenseman Bryan Yoon(71) has been loaned up to the AHL twice, last year even playing in 7 playoff games, worth 3 assists and a +2 rating.
For 2025/2026, he is set to start with Savannah Ghost Pirates, but has been signed by his team of 22 regular season games for 5 assists and another +2 rating, Colorado Eagles.
The 6’1″ 187 lbs. blue liner was graduate captain with Colorado College Tigers, where he once scored 20+ points, but was good for 10+ for 3 seasons.
From Parker, CO, the 27-year old looks to be playing himself up on a permanent basis
He split time between his contract club and the ECHL affiliate Utah Grizzlies, but when up was a successful 5 assists in 22 games with a +2 rating, then in 7 from playoffs, scored 3 assists with another +2.
For 2025/2026, he starts in the upper league and through 11 games has 2 assists with a 0 rating to look like he’s staying up with the Eagles for 2025/2026.
Montreal Canadiens‘ 7th round pick in the 2018 draft (#190 overall), 2022 NCAA Division 1 University Of Denver Pioneers’ Champion center Brett Stapley(7) signs a 1-year AHL deal with affiliate Laval Rocket for 2022/2023.
The 5’10” 172 lbs. forward scored a college best 18 goals and tying 25 assists in 41 games with a +22 rating.
He was also a solid scorer in his 2nd and 3rd BCHL seasons with Vernon Vipers.
The 23-year old from Campbell River, BC may be an immediate impact player.
For his rookie season, he was shipped down to Trois-Rivieres Lions and has a tidy 9 goals and 36 assists in 49 ECHL games, playing a real energy role on the team.
He ends with 41 helpers, which gains the notice of Colorado Eagles, who sign him to bring him “home” to an AHL deal for 2023/2024.
For the entire season, he is sent to play for affiliate Utah Grizzlies and blows up scoring as a 2nd year league player with 24 goals and a monster 47 assists in 67 games.
He’s stretching and signs with HK Ducla Trencin of Slovak Extraliga to try his hand at a higher rung of hockey, just overseas.
In maybe a bit of a surprise decision, he decides to head to HockeyAllsvenskan and signs with Sodertalje SK for 2025/2026 after recording very close to point-per-game numbers last season.
After 13 games with 1 goal and 5 assists, he is wooed by Pelicans of Liiga to come skate maybe a little more aggressively.
Islanders HC 2nd year, assistant captain left wing Matthew Babineau(9) takes a junior best 8 goals and 10 assists in 39 USPHL/NCDC games to a 2025/2026 commit at close by home Salem State University Vikings.
In 4 games, the 6’1″ 201 lbs. forward has a 1st college hockey goal.
From Malden, MA, the 21-year old should do well with this MASCAC team.
Canisius College Golden Griffins‘ 2023 Atlantic Hockey Championship senior goaltender Jake Barczewski(30) is heading to University Of Michigan Wolverines for the start of a graduate program and is likely ready for the Big Ten challenge.
The 6’1″ 180 lbs. net minder appeared in his 100th NCAA Division 1 game with his now former club last season.
With a good season where he’s headed, the 24-year old from O’Fallon, MO could easily continue to raise his stake heading into unrestricted free agency.
He starts a college career high 37 games with stats very much in line with what he posted previously, but a 20-14-3 is best in that category, winning record.
Upon graduation, he signs a 1-year AHL deal with Colorado Eagles.
He is dispatched to affiliate Utah Grizzlies, where he starts a phenomenal 40 games.
An unrestricted free agent, he signed with Bloomington Bison for 2025/2026, but as his 1st start doesn’t go maybe as planned and gets swapped back to Utah.
And once again, he moves and will now join Idaho Steelheads.
