The Sioux Falls Stampede and Chicago Steel will meet in the 2019 USHL Clark Cup Finals that starts Friday night at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. With the United States Hockey League becoming one of the best development paths to the NHL, the Clark Cup Playoffs offer a great … [Read more...]
Northeast Pack announces arrival, notes from recruiting trail
In the always-changing youth hockey landscape, there will be another league to keep track of for the 2019-20 season. On Monday evening, it was announced that the Northeast Pack would be forming with four highly competitive teams and an additional team that is expected to be equally as strong. The … [Read more...]
Projecting the 2020-21 USA Hockey NTDP U17 Roster
USA Hockey has already begun scouting the ‘04s who will make up the 2020-21 U.S. National Team Development Program (NTDP) team. Typically, USA Hockey’s NTDP Assistant Director of Player Personnel, in this case Rod Braceful, keeps close tabs on the age group that is mostly bantam major players. One … [Read more...]
Enactment of early recruiting rule sparks flood of local commitments
It’s been a busy couple of weeks on the college hockey recruiting front in the New England region, as well as the rest of the country. Some schools, prospects, parents, and advisors were in a rush to get a commitment in prior to new legislation going into affect that will prohibit the recruiting of … [Read more...]
Eastern Exposure Hockey Group All-Star Weekend: Top Prospects
Many of the top 2005-born players in North America as well as a few solid 2004-born prospects made their way to the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center over the weekend for the first annual Eastern Exposure Hockey Group All-Star Weekend. The tournament’s founder, Matt Miles, did a good job of getting … [Read more...]
Boston University recruit Ryan Fine is first ’05 to commit
Ryan Fine became the first 2005-born prospect to commit to a college hockey program, verbally pledging to play at Boston University, it was announced Friday. Fine, from Center Moriches, N.Y., plays for Mid-Fairfield. He spent the 2018-19 season on the bantam minor team, coached by former NHL star … [Read more...]