Boston College Eagles land a good, seasoned goalie through the transfer portal in a year of eligibility for Mitch Benson(1) to go Hockey East for a graduate season after 4 at Colgate University Raiders, putting up an effective 2.48 GAA and .918 SV% in 71 NCAA Division 1 games.
The 6’1″ 185 lbs. net minder really arrived at his game, when he transferred from junior play in the BCHL to Brooks Bandits, where he helped them win the 2017 AJHL Championship going 12-1-0 in the playoffs.
12 years is plenty enough for undrafted net minder of 235 NHL games, Carter Hutton(40), who announces his retirement.
Considering some of the clubs he’s needed to backstop, his 94-90-27 record with a 2.76 GAA and .908 SV% is fairly impressive.
The 36-year old, former UMass-Lowell Riverhawks‘ goalie will likely become a great game analyst somewhere.
Boston College Eagles‘ score a nice one in local graduate student Cam Burke(10) through the transfer portal from Notre Dame University Fighting Irish.
The 5’9″ 170 lbs. forward scored a college career high 8 goals and 11 assists in 38 NCAA Division 1 games in 2021/2022.
A Boxborough, MA native he played his youth hockey close to home, but left for a pair of USHL seasons before heading to school.
The 23-year old will be a welcome addition to a squad depleted by departing skaters.
Standing in at 6’8″ 245 lbs., you can’t really say Toronto Marlies are taking a chance on with an AHL contract, as much as opening up room for recent University Of Maine Black Bears‘ graduate student Keenan Suthers(34) in the 2022/2023 season.
He scored a tying college career high 9 goals and 5 assists in his 3rd season at St. Lawrence University Saints, and also connected for 13 points in 2021/2022, which is where he seems to sit in roughly 30 NCAA Division 1 games played.
It’s very likely considering his size, the 24-year old from Tecumseh, ON could easily open up some room for himself in front of the net for more scoring chances than were available to him in college hockey.
Providence College Friars‘ senior, graduate center Matt Koopman(14) enters the transfer portal for another go at in a year of eligibility at UMass Minutemen for 2022/2023.
He finished up last season with a college career tying 5 goals and new best 7 assists and 12 points in 35 NCAA Division 1 games.
The 5’10” 174 lbs. forward played a year and a half with Waterloo Blackhawks, running up point-per-game totals in his 2nd frame to be invited to attend school for a 1st year mid-run.
He’d always been a good scorer through high school and the 24-year old should be able to continue to hit the back of the net with his new team.
New York Rangers‘ 6th round pick in the 2018 draft (#163 overall), American-Swedish defenseman Simon Kjellberg(2) has decided to head to Northern Michigan University Wildcats for his senior year entering the transfer portal after a very effective junior season, scoring college bests 8 goals and 19 assists, 27 points for RPI Engineers.
Although born in the US, he spent most of his junior hockey time in Sweden, as his former NHL player dad, Patric Kjellberg likely went home after his playing days were up.
He did spend one USHL campaign after being selected with Dubuque Fighting Saints and chose his 1st school.
The 6’3″ 190 lbs. 22-year old will likely settle into CCHA style quickly.
Long Island University Sharks‘ 2022/2023 graduate commit, right wing Anthony Vincent(34) comes in from 4 years at Holy Cross College Crusaders.
The 5’10” 181 lbs. forward played up north for Chilliwack Chiefs and won the 2018 BCHL Championship in his 2nd season with the team, putting up a junior best 9 goals and 17 assists.
He had his best session scoring as a freshman, picking up 5 goals and 16 assists.
The 24-year old should be able to his point totals up a bit with the schedule his new team plays.
Bentley University Falcons‘ Slovakian-born, graduate student, left wing Phil Knies(38) will head home to start his pro career with HK Nitra.
Coming over from 4 years at Miami University (Ohio) Redhawks, he only played 10 games at the beginning of the season, scoring 2 goals and 6 assists.
The 5’9″ 170 lbs. forward came over early from his hometown, Bratislava, playing 2 USHL seasons with Sioux City Musketeers, putting up 21 goals and 20 assists in his 2nd session.
At 24-years old, he should be ready to be a pro rookie.
Undrafted defenseman Julian Kislin(8) will take his 4-year degree he earned at Northeastern University Huskies, while scoring a new college career high 2 goals and 4 assists in 34 NCAA Division 1 games into the transfer portal to agree to a graduate season for Sacred Heart University Pioneers.
He played his youth hockey close to home from his Manalapan, NJ, but left for a single session of juniors with Youngstown Phantoms, appearing in 31 USHL games with 3 goals and 8 assists.
The 6’1″ 190 lbs., 23-year old blue liner will likely take his game up even more in Atlantic Hockey style of play.
St. Lawrence University Saints‘ graduate Kaden Pickering(18) is going to accept a year of eligibility, heads into the transfer portal to arrive at Bemidji State University Beavers for 2022/2023 and the start of his MBA.
The 5’9″ 181 lbs. former senior captain scored a college career best 13 assists and 19 points.
He was quickly scooped for a college commit previous to his sophomore season at Northwood School USHS-Prep.
The Madrid, NY native went on to play a single session up north with Chilliwack Chiefs, getting 13 goals and 14 assists in 57 BCHL games.
We expect him to put up some good numbers with his new team.
