The 2019 USA Hockey Select 17 Player Development Camp will take June 26-July 1 at the Northtown Center in Amherst, N.Y.
The week-long event showcases the top 2002-born players in the United States, sans those who are playing for USA Hockey’s NTDP. It’s an important year for many ‘02s who are entering their draft season.
The camp is used to select players for the U.S. Under-18Â Select Team that will compete in the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup in August. That event is one of the first major international showcases of talent for the 2020 NHL Draft.
In addition to USA Hockey personnel that will evaluate players and choose the roster for the team that will represent the United States at the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, many college coaches, NHL scouts, junior scouts, and NHLPA agents will be on hand to watch the proceedings.
New England Hockey Journal will be on hand in Amherst, N.Y. to report on the top prospects from the entire tournament as well as provide coverage of the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup roster projections and selections.
Here’s a list of the New England players, those playing prep or junior hockey in the region, and those committed to New England colleges who will be participating at the 2019 USA Hockey Select 17 Player Development Camp:
New England Natives
Nate Benoit, D, Bow, N.H./Northern Cyclones
Aidan Cobb, F, Ridgefield, Conn./Kent (Cornell)
Victor Czerneckianair, F, Southington, Conn./Selects Academy 16U (Quinnipiac)
Riley Duran, F, Woburn, Mass./Lawrence (Providence)
Gavin Fitzpatrick, G, Norwell, Mass./Thayer
Owen Fowler, F, Tewksbury, Mass./Governor’s (UMass Lowell)
Alex Gagne, D, Bedford, N.H./NH Avalanche 16U (New Hampshire)
Brendan Gibbons, F, South Kingston, R.I./St. Mark’s
D.J. Hart, D, Stamford, Conn./Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U (Ohio State)
Tucker Hartmann, D, Southborough, Mass./St. Mark’s
Nolan Hayes, D, Milton, Mass./Thayer
Brennan Horn, F, West Hartford, Conn./Northwest Catholic
Jonathan Horn, F, Southbury, Conn./Elite Hockey Academy 16U
Peter Kramer, F, Bridgewater, Mass./BC High (Providence)
Timothy Lovell, D, Hingham, Mass./Boston Advantage 16U (Ohio State)
Ryan MacDermott, D, Norwell, Mass./St. Sebastian’s
Matthew MacDonald, F, Kingston, Mass./Boston Advantage 16U (Merrimack)
Jason Marsella, D, Greenwich, Conn./North Jersey Avalanche 16U (Yale)
Thomas Messineo, D, Westwood, Mass./St. Sebastian’s
Ian Moore, D, Concord, Mass./St. Mark’s (Princeton)
Scott Morrow, D, Darien, Conn./Shattuck St. Mary’s
Brendan Murphy, F, Arlington, Mass./Arlington HS
David Sacco, F, Middleton, Mass./Lawrence Academy (New Hampshire)
Mackie Samoskevich, F, Newtown, Conn./Shattuck St. Mary’s (Michigan)
Sasha Teleguine, F, Attleboro, Mass./Thayer (Northeastern)
Philip Tresca, F, Wellesley, Mass./Rivers (Yale)
Ronan Walsh, F, Andover, Andover, N.H./Proctor (Vermont)
Jack Williams, F, Biddeford, Maine/Selects Academy (Northeastern)
Players with ties to New England
Michael Cameron, F, Salisbury (UMass)
Brandon Chabrier, D, North Jersey Avalanche 16U (Northeastern)
Michael Citara, F, Mount Saint Charles 18U (Providence)
Anthony Cipollone, F, Loomis Chaffee (Vermont)
Matthew Coronato, F, Salisbury (Harvard)
Jarod Crespo, D, Salisbury (Penn State)
Matt DeBoer, F, Salisbury
Nick DeSantis, F, Selects Academy 16U (Miami)
Dane Dowiak, F, Kent (Penn State)
Alex Gaffney, F, Muskegon Lumberjacks (Harvard)
Bayard Hall, D, Salisbury (Brown)
Nate Hanley, F, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (Northeastern)
Blake Humphrey, F, Lawrence (RIT)
Christian Jimenez, D, Taft (Harvard)
Bennett Jung, G, Selects Academy 16U
Bryce Montgomery, D, Cushing
Cole Oravitz, D, Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 16U (UMass)
Pierce Patterson, D, Deerfield
Artem Shaline, F, Shattuck St. Mary’s (Boston University)
Aidan Thompson, F, Berkshire (Denver)
Cole Vallese, F, Salisbury (Providence)
