Twenty-eight players from New England will be at the upcoming USA Hockey Select 17 Player Development Camp that begins Thursday at Northtown Center in Amherst, N.Y.
Players born in 2004 from across the country will converge on the outskirts of Buffalo to compete for a chance to represent the red, white and blue at the 2021 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup. It’s a big year for most '04s as they enter their first year of draft eligibility for the NHL.
In addition, 15 other players with ties to the region, whether it be as commits to a New England college or playing for a prep school or Midget program in the area, will be at Select 17s. Six of those 15 players come from Devin Rask’s 16-U team at Mount Saint Charles in Woonsocket, R.I.
After Mount Saint Charles, the program with the most players at Select 17s was Cushing Academy with four and then Dexter Southfield, checking in with three. The Junior Bruins have three players making the trek to western New York, which leads all junior teams in the region.
In terms of which colleges are most well represented, Harvard has four commits heading to Buffalo. Northeastern, Providence and UMass each have two recruits slated to be at Select 17s. Boston College, Cornell, Michigan, Penn State and Princeton each have one commit at the camp.
Editor’s note: Stay tuned to NEHJ for continuing coverage of USA Hockey’s Select 17 Player Development Camp.
New Englanders at USA Hockey Select 17 Festival
Grayson Badger, RW, Hyde Park, Mass./Dexter Southfield
Owen Benoit, D, St. Albans, Vt./Bellows Free Academy
Michael Callow, RW, South Boston, Mass./St. Sebastian’s (Harvard)
Andon Cerbone, C, Stamford, Conn./Chicago Steel (Michigan)
Olivier Chessler, D, Weston, Mass./Rivers School
Chris Delaney, LW, Hopkinton, Mass./Junior Bruins
Lucas DiChiara, D, Fairfield, Conn./Fox Motors 16-U
Jackson Dorrington, D, North Reading, Mass./Cushing/Junior Bruins (Northeastern)
Michael Fisher, D, Westboro, Mass./St. Mark’s (Princeton)
Kurt Gurkan, LW, Darien, Conn./Phillips Exeter
Ryan Healey, D, Hull, Mass./Sioux Falls Stampede (Harvard)
William Hughes, RW, Andover, Mass./Dexter Southfield (Harvard)
Jackson Irving, G, Newbury, Mass./Cushing/Islanders Hockey Club
Mason Kesselring, LW, New Hampton, N.H./Cushing
Peter Lukas Klemm, D, Stamford, Conn./North Jersey Avalanche 16-U
Bobby Landry, C, Hingham, Mass./Dexter Southfield (Harvard)
Beau Lane, G, Pembroke, Mass./Boston Advantage 16-U
Cameron Lund, C, Bridgewater, Mass./Cushing/Junior Bruins (Northeastern)
Ben MacDonald, C, Weston, Mass./Noble & Greenough
Shaun McEwen, D, South Hadley, Mass./Seacoast Performance Academy 16-U (UMass)
Ben Muthersbaugh, LW, Gilford, N.H./Tilton
Ronan O’Donnell, RW, Fairfield, Conn./Belmont Hill
Jordin Palmer, D, Auburn, N.H./Avon Old Farms
Arthur Smith, G, Farmington, Conn./Selects Academy 16-U
Kazimier Sobieski, D, Deerfield, Mass./Shattuck-St. Mary’s 16-U
Michael Stenberg, RW, Needham, Mass./Des Moines Buccaneers (Penn State)
Connor Welsh, C, Greenwich, Conn./Brunswick (Boston College)
Colin Winn, G, Westford, Mass./Bishop Kearney Selects 16-U
Others with ties to New England
Clarence Beltz, RW, Lawrence Academy
Andrew Centrella, D, Omaha Lancers (Providence)
Seth Constance, D, Mount Saint Charles 16-U
Patrick Czarnecki, D, Shattuck-St. Mary’s 16-U (UMass)
Frank D’Ancona, C, St. James, N.Y./Mount Saint Charles 16-U
Harrison Fogel, G, Kent
Jacob Fowler, G, Selects Academy 18-U
Zion Green, C, Maine Nordiques 16-U
Christian Kocsis, LW, Lincoln Stars (Providence)
Austin McNicholas, G, Salisbury
Cameron O’Neill, RW, Mount Saint Charles 16-U
Ben Robertson, D, Mount Saint Charles 16-U (Cornell)
Dylan Shane, D, Mount Saint Charles 16-U
Jason Stefanek, C, Mount Saint Charles 16-U
Peyton Van Buskirk, Yale Junior Bulldogs 16-U
