Teddy Mutryn and Nic Whitehead are the region's representatives for Team USA at the 2023 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament. The tournament will take place in Chomutov, Czechia, from Aug. 4-8 at Rocknet Arena Chomutov where the United States will take on teams from Czechia, Germany, Slovakia and Switzerland. Players selected for the team competed at...
Teddy Mutryn and Nic Whitehead are the region's representatives for Team USA at the 2023 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament.
The tournament will take place in Chomutov, Czechia, from Aug. 4-8 at Rocknet Arena Chomutov where the United States will take on teams from Czechia, Germany, Slovakia and Switzerland.
Players selected for the team competed at Select 16 Camp in Amherst, N.Y., last week.
Mutryn (Norwell, Mass.) posted two goals and four points at the camp, earning a spot at Five Nations.
Earlier this year, Mutryn was invited to try out for the 2023-24 U17 United States National Team Development Program. Despite not making it, he was selected 22nd overall by the Chicago Steel in the USHL Futures Draft.
Mutryn's plan is to go back to St. Sebastian's in the fall. Through two seasons, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound has 55 points in 51 games, averaging 1.31 points per game in 2022-23.
On the other hand, Whitehead finished Select 16 Camp with two goals and five points in six games.
Whitehead posted a sensational season for Mount St. Charles' 15U squad in 2022-23, scoring 41 goals and adding 42 assists in 55 games. The Stamford, Conn., native notched similar numbers with the 14U team the year before, posting 88 points in 58 games.
Like Mutryn, Whitehead was invited to the USNTDP Evaluation Camp but didn't make it. He is slated to play for the Ottawa 67's in the Ontario Hockey League in 2023-24.
Whitehead wasn't the only Mount St. Charles player selected for Five Nations.
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Mount Saint Charles defenseman Matthew Grimes was picked. The 6-foot, 176-pound defenseman registered five assists in six games at Select 16 Camp. He had 61 points in 67 games this past winter for Mount Saint Charles' 15U squad.
Editor's Note: In a previous version of this story, we mistakenly omitted Nic Whitehead as a New Englander who made the Five Nations team roster.
