Undrafted right wing Chase Gresock(13) will play his year of eligibility at Bowling Green University Falcons for a graduate season after 1-year at Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks and 3, 2 as captain for Merrimack College Warriors.
The 6’1″ 205 lbs. forward is almost a deceptively good scorer.
A Powell, OH native he spent his youth hockey with the Ohio Blue Jackets 14U – 18U AAA before joining close by Youngstown Phantoms for 2 successful USHL frames.
The 24-year old should have a good campaign, but find play in the CCHA tough.
He would finish up an extra year with tying his twice best 11 goals and adding a new high 20 assists and 31 points before signing an ato with San Jose Barracuda to finish out the session.
For his official rookie season, he agrees to terms with “home team” Toledo Walleye, which should be a pretty great 1st stopping spot.
In his 1st year, he strikes for 16 goals and 19 assists with a +7 rating in 69 ECHL games, but he looks around a signs for 2024/2025 with Coventry Blaze, so switches up a letter and will be playing his pro hockey int he EIHL.
Ok, so this is a bit of a surprise maybe, he scores 32 goals and 30 assists in 54 games with a +7 rating, but decides to head over to Ligue Magnus for 2025/2026 and signs with Dragons de Rouen.
Colorado College Tigers‘ senior defenseman Nicklas Andrews(8) will add a year of eligibility and head close to home at Michigan State University Spartans for 2024/2025, a graduate season.
The 5’10” 192 lbs. blue liner has 3 times produced 10+ assists.
In his 2nd USHL campaign, he was captain of Des Moines Buccaneers, scoring 14 helpers.
The 22-year old from Canton, MI should do well for last year’s highly ranked team.
He comes away with a college best 16 assists and 18 points to sign a 1st pro deal with Toledo Walleye, where he plays 2 ECHL regular season games with 1 assist and 20 playoffs matchups, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists.
For 2025/2026, he is noticed by the parent club and signed to a 1-year AHL deal with Grand Rapids Griffins.
University Of North Dakota Fighting Hawks‘ sophomore right wing Jayden Perron(18) had a new college best 9 assists and 19 points that he took into the transfer portal and will next look to score points for University Of Michigan Wolverines.
The 5’9″ 175 lbs. forward twice had 10+ goals.
He played 2 USHL seasons before school, running up some impressive points.
From Winnipeg, MB, the 20-year old edges maybe a tiny bit closer to home.
Mercyhurst University Lakers‘ senior transfer from University Of Maine Black Bears, defenseman Adrien Bisson(8) looks to be heading for a conservative college career best assists with 4 already in 20 games, but has been able to stabilize his game into a +6 player.
The 6’2″ 185 lbs. blue liner hasn’t really put up stats in school, but did have 2 straight 21 assists campaigns in CCHL for Ottawa Jr. Senators.
From Cornwall, ON, we’ll see whether the undrafted d-man does a graduate session.
He does add on another college frame, but as soon as that wraps, he signs a 1st pro contract with Florida Everblades.
In 9 games, he records an assist, then appears in 2 playoff games, as his team captures their 3rd straight Kelly Cup trophy.
He has 4 assists in just 10 games with a +3 in his rookie season, but Adirondack Thunder look to need him more and trade up some future considerations to get him to come north.
Through 23 ECHL games with his new team, he has 6 assists, but is a horrible -12 rating and despite it Tahoe Knight Monsters see room to add him.
Talk about landing spots: he pulls off 1 goal and 2 assists in 11 games with a +10 rating to head into a 1st ever playoffs.
For his sophomore season, he decides to take off and signs in Ligue Magnus with Diables Rogues de Briancon for 2025/2026.
Undrafted right wing, captain center Ture Linden(19) takes a phenomenal senior season at RPI Engineers, scoring college career highs (by a mile) 20 goals and 19 assists in 44 NCAA Division 1 games to a new adventure, likely hoping to continue to gain interest with Penn State University Nittany Lions.
The 6′ 190 lbs. was one to watch 2021/2022 after having to take a year away.
He was a bit inconsistent through school years, but came alive fairly big in a session up north in the OJHL with a pair of clubs, running up 29 goals and 32 assists and was pretty decent in one USHL campaign for Lone Star Brahmas.
The 24-year old from Great Falls, VA should be able to find good success in his year of eligibility playing Big Ten hockey.
He turns pro after finishing up a good season at his new school, signing an pto with Ontario Reign, playing 1 AHL game.
For his rookie season, he signs a 1-year deal with Bakersfield Condors, but skates the full frame with affiliate Fort Wayne Komets.
As a rookie, he scores 27 goals and 33 assists in a full slate of 72 ECHL games, but looks for more, something different and signs with Mora IK of HockeyAllsvenskan for 2024/2025.
He takes a decent frame in Sweden’s 2nd tier and will head to a similar level hockey in DEL2 with Dusseldorfer EG for 2025/2026.
University Of North Dakota Fighting Hawks‘ junior center Owen McLaughlin(22) takes 20 goals and 64 assists in 122 games into the transfer portal and will next skate at Boston University Terriers, as a senior in 2025/2026.
The 6′ 161 lbs. forward did only 1 massive scoring USHL season with Sioux City Musketeers that was worth a 2022 Clark Cup Championship.
From Phoenixville, PA, the 22-year old will fit right in Hockey East style.
Maryland Black Bears‘ undrafted right wing Josh Nixon(16) commits to Lake Superior State University after what has looked like a pretty fun tour through junior hockey starting with Mississauga, ON native’s close by OJHL club Georgetown Raiders for most of two sessions, then heading to America for a stint with Sioux City Musketeers, which went decently for 8 goals and 17 assists in 48 USHL games.
The 5’10” 180 lbs. forward has similar numbers in less outings through the current frame for his new NAHL team.
He plays with loads of energy and will be a great addition to WCHA play.
In 37 games, he scores pretty well, but decides to change things up and heads for Union College Dutchmen to do his sophomore frame.
As a junior he has a college best 18 assists and in his senior year scores a new best 14 goals.
To start his pro career, he signs can ato with a non-playoff team, Maine Mariners.
After 4 ECHL games with 1 assist and a +1 rating, he decides for his rookie season that he is heading over to the EIHL and signs with Guildford Flames to help rebuilding.
Undrafted defenseman Jarrod Gourley(60) takes three good seasons at University Of Arizona Sun Devils to the transfer portal and comes out the other side as a senior with University Of Connecticut Huskies for 2021/2022.
The big 6’2″ 210 lbs. blue liner has played all of his youth hockey and juniors close to home and was selected by his first college in his initial campaign for Brooks Bandits.
He won a pair of AJHL Championships in 2016 and 2018 with Spruce Grove Saints.
In his last year with CBHA Rangers U16 AAA, he put up some of his best numbers, potting 9 goals and 23 assists in 29 AMMHL games before committing.
The 22-year finished up tying his 3 goal college season high and was a +5 player on a team that went all the way to the Hockey East Final before losing in OT.
He finishes up school and signs a 1st pro deal with Adirondack Thunder and should be an impact player in the ECHL right away.
At the end of his 1st little run, he is loaned up to the AHL and scores a goal in his debut through 4 appearances.
For his efforts, Utica Comets extend an offer to bring him up a level, which makes pure sense to us.
He somehow only plays 8 games with 1 goal and 1 assist and a +3 rating but is reassigned down to affiliate the Thunder, where he grabs 4 goals and 9 assists in 38 games with a +9 to scoring a look from the hot Calgary Wranglers for 2023/2024.
Somehow seemed to get under-used through 2 years in North American hockey, so leaves for the EIHL and signs with Cardiff Devils for 2024/2025 and will likely heed a much looser game for him.
In 51 games, he records 3 assists and 9 goals with a 0 rating, but something isn’t adding up over here and he maybe sees something else to go for a retires from the game a Devil.
University Of Maine Black Bears‘ junior left wing Aidan Carney(16) enters the transfer portal and heads to Liberty University Flames for 2025/2026 after only appearing in 5 games last season.
The big 6’4″ 209 lbs. forward appeared in 19 games as a freshman, scoring 2 goals and 1 assist.
He was not a great scorer in juniors, but did come somewhat alive in his last NAHL session before school.
We do expect the 23-year old to score pretty well in D3 hockey.
Bentley University Falcons‘ now senior defenseman Sam Duerr(4) blew up his college scoring in his 1st season of Atlantic Hockey action, as a junior with 6 goals and 7 assists in 35 games after coming over from 2 years at University Of Maine Black Bears.
He had no goals and 7 helpers overall in 32 appearances for that school.
The 6’2″ 190 lbs. blue liner wasn’t the biggest scorer through juniors, as he was for parts of youth hockey and high school.
We expect the 22-year old from Chicago, IL to continue to score as he did.
In his senior year, he records a new best 8 goals and ties his 7 assists, but has a new high 15 points, which he takes to signing a 1st pro deal in Ligue Magnus with Anglet Hormadi Pays Basque for 2025/2026.
