Minnesota Wild 6th round pick in the 2019 draft (#166 overall), transfer, defenseman captain Marshall Warren(77) will head to University Of Michigan Wolverines for a graduate year after completing 4 at Boston College Eagles.
His best season scoring was as a junior, grabbing 6 goals and 15 assists, but getting 11 points and +22 rating in the COVID cut 2019/2020 season that should have been that team hoisting an NCAA D1 Championship was maybe the best of his 1st college team’s runs.
The 5’11” 181 lbs. blue liner spent 2 solid runs with USNTDP before committing to college.
From Laurel Hollow, NY, the 22-year old could definitely use an entry level contract soon.
He plays a college high 41 games in his year of eligibility, but remains unsigned by the team that selected him and get picked up on a 2-year NHL entry level deal by his hometown New York Islanders.
Brown University Bears‘ 2-time captain, senior right wing Tristan Crozier(16) will extend a year of eligibility and head to Merrimack College Crusaders for 2022/2023.
He scored a college career best 6 goals and 9 assists last season in 26 NCAA Division 1 games played.
The 5’11” 183 lbs. forward from North Vancouver, BC spent 4 years in junior hockey, first a pair of seasons in the AJHL, then 2 super good in the BCHL for Nanaimo Clippers before heading to school.
He will definitely be more challenged where he’s headed, but the 24-year old could be ready.
In 38 games, he gets 2 goals and 9 assists on a ride that ends in the Hockey East Finals.
Upon being eliminated, he signs a 1st pro deal with Tulsa Oilers and in 7 ECHL has 1 goal and 3 assists on a non-playoff club.
For his official rookie season, he is setting off to see something different and play elsewhere, signing a 1-year deal with Les Jokers Cergy-Pontoise of Ligue Magnus 2023/2024.
He actually seems to have a decent amount of success in the regular campaign, then through the playoffs, but has decided he won’t want to seek out another contract and retires.
Clarkson University Golden Knights‘ freshman center Daimon Gardner(16) maybe wants to play his college hockey a little closer to home, enters the transfer portal and will skate for St. Cloud State University Huskies as a sophomore 2024/2025.
The big 6’4″ 201 lbs. Eagle Lake, ON native, Vancouver Canucks‘ 4th round pick in the 2022 draft (#112 overall) forward had an odd little travel through 2 years of USHL with Tri-City Storm split by 1-year of blow-up scoring at Warroad High USHS-MN.
He had 1 goal and 5 assists in ECAC play last season.
We think a happier 20-year old will score more.
Providence College 2021/2022 commit, center Blake Humphrey(11) agreed to head to this college after an outstanding season, playing 106 games for Buffalo Jr. Sabres 15U AAA, scoring 42 goals and 54 assists.
The 5’10” 161 lbs. forward looks to have played some of the next year at Lawrence Academy, where he also popped the scoring bubble with 7 goals and 29 assists in 27 USHS-Prep games.
He would be selected in both 2020 drafts and reported to Sioux Falls Stampede but lasted just three USHL games with a goal and 2 assists and head to the other club he was selected by New Jersey Jr. Titans, where he played out the remainder of 2020/2021, getting a very decent 16 goals and 15 assists in 38 NAHL games.
The 19-year old will be an excellent addition to Hockey East action.
He actually recommits to Sacred Heart University Pioneers instead and spends 2 largely unspectacular years there, enters the transfer portal and will do his junior session at Lake Superior State University Lakers.
Harvard University Crimson undrafted junior net minder Derek Mullahy(35) recorded his first collegiate career shutout last weekend, while also posting a 4-1 victory on the previous evening to earn himself ECAC Goaltender Of The Week honors.
The 6′ 174 lbs. goalie has a 4-0 record on the season with a measly 1.00 GAA and .956 SV%.
A close by Scituate, MA native, he played his high school at Dexter Southfield before tending a couple of USHL campaigns before college.
The 21-year old still has plenty to earn a prove his capable of #1 duties.
As a junior, he started a new best 17 games, enters the transfer portal and will do his senior year at Michigan Tech Huskies.
Northern Michigan University Wildcats‘ Danish-born, graduate defenseman Jeppe Urup Mogensten(4) will take his pro game back home and signs with Odense Bulldogs of Metal Ligaen for 2024/2025.
The 6’2″ 196 lbs. blue liner only played 8 games last season, registering no points.
He transferred from 4 seasons at Sacred Heart University Pioneers, playing a diminishing numbers of games as he went.
University Of Wisconsin Badgers‘ 2nd year, senior goaltender Kyle McClennan(31) put up a season every net minder would probably like, posting a 24-12-2 with a 1.94 GAA, .931 SV% and 7 shutouts to win the 2024 Mike Richter Award, as best college backstop and signs a 1st pro AHL contract with close by Iowa Wild for 2024/2025.
The 6’1″ 185 lbs. had 2 very strong NAHL, then USHL junior seasons before school.
It’s a bit surprising the Manchester, MO native, former 2-year Mercyhurst University Lakers didn’t sign higher, but do understand they are already watching.
University Of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves‘ sophomore defenseman Brett Bamber(77) enters the transfer portal and will head to the less snowy American International College Yellowjackets for 2024/2025.
The 5’9″ 174 lbs. blue liner played a full slate of 34 games, scoring 4 goals and new best 9 assists and 13 points with a +8 rating.
From St. Albert, AB, he did 4 AJHL junior seasons with Drayton Valley Thunder, serving as captain in his final frame, scoring all bests 10 goals, 21 assists and 31 points.
The 22-year old may excel nicely playing Atlantic Hockey.
University Of Connecticut Huskies‘ 2022/2023 commit, right wing Jake Black(19) switched up junior leagues to play for Johnstown Tomahawks in 2021/2022 and is pumping the scoring with 18 goals and 15 assists through 26 NAHL games with a +16 rating.
The 5’11” 181 lbs. forward has already surpassed marks he posted last season in the USPHL/NCDC.
Hockey East should welcome the style of the 19-year old.
After 2 seasons and a sophomore high 24 games, 2 goals and 2 assists, he enters the transfer portal and will skate for Bentley University Falcons as a junior 2024/2025.
Princeton University Tigers‘ senior right wing Ian Murphy(12) takes basically 3 seasons of 10+ goals and assists to a new style of hockey at University Of Notre Dame Fighting Irish for 2024/2025, a graduate frame.
The 5’11” 176 lbs. will have to fight for space, but we think he’ll find it for more scoring.
From Scituate, MA, the 25-year old, who played 2 USHL seasons with Tri-City Storm looks to be getting pro ready.
