The 2018 USA Hockey Select 17 Player Development Camp, taking place June 26-July 2 at the Northtown Center in Amherst, N.Y., is the first major scouting showcase for the 2019 NHL Draft.
Players from all districts across the United States, including the Massachusetts and New England ones, were selected for the event. There are also at-large bids given to some players who didn’t make it or were injured during district tryouts.
The event brings together all of the top 2001-born players in the United States, except for players competing for USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program (NTDP). The field is broken into 10 teams that compete over the course of several days. An All-Star game takes place on the final day of camp. From there, the roster for the U.S. entry into the Hlinka-Gretzky Cup is selected.
New England Hockey Journal will on hand for the camp in Amherst, N.Y., with analysis to follow suit.
Below are the New England natives who will showcase their abilities in front of college coaches, NHL and junior scouts, and NHLPA agents over the next week.
Massachusetts
• Michael Brown, defense, Belmont, Mass./Belmont Hill
• Matt Cormier, forward, Waltham, Mass./Rivers School
• Aidan Curran, forward, Dracut, Mass./NH Jr. Monarchs 16U (New Hampshire)
• Sam Colangelo, forward, Stoneham, Mass./Lawrence Academy (Northeastern)
• Liam Devlin, forward, Needham, Mass./St. Sebastian’s
• Braden Doyle, defense, Lynnfield, Mass./Lawrence Academy (Boston University)
• Robert Griffin, forward, Burlington, Mass./Junior Bruins NCDC (Northeastern)
• Chase McInnis, forward, Hingham, Mass./Dexter School (Northeastern)
• Derek Mullahy, goaltender, Scituate, Mass./Dexter School (Harvard)
• Kennedy O’Connor, defense, Springfield, Mass./Loomis Chaffee
• Joseph Sharib, goaltender, Natick, Mass./Cushing Academy (Union)
• Cade Webber, defense, Milford, Mass./Rivers School (Boston University)
• Tyler Young, forward, Lancaster, Mass./Lawrence Academy (Providence)
Connecticut
• Nick Capone, forward, East Haven, Conn./Salisbury School (Maine)
• Mark D’Agostino, forward, North Branford, Conn./Gunnery (UConn)
• Briggs Gammill, forward, New Canaan, Conn./Berkshire School (Yale)
• Cody Hoban, forward, Guilford, Conn./Loomis Chaffee (Dartmouth)
• Cooper Moore, defense, Cos Cob, Conn./Brunswick School
New Hampshire
• Kyle Chauvette, goaltender, Goffstown, N.H./NH Jr. Monarchs 16U
• Jake Dunlap, forward, Windham, N.H./New Hampton School
Other
• Jayden Struble, defense, Cumberland, R.I./St. Sebastian’s (Northeastern)
• Jack Clarner, defense, Burke, Vt./Kimball Union
The below attendees have ties to New England via a prep school or college commitment, but are from outside the region.
New York
• Moe Acee, defense, Ballston Spa, N.Y./Avon Old Farms (St. Lawrence)
• Brandon Cimino, defense, New York, N.Y./North Jersey Avs 16U (Bentley)
• Matt Crasa, forward, New York, N.Y./Selects Academy 16U
• Stephen Kyrkostas, forward, New York, N.Y./Selects Academy 16U
• Trevor Kuntar, forward, Williamsville, N.Y./Youngstown Phantoms (Harvard)
• John Lundy, forward, Brooklyn, N.Y./North Jersey Avs 16U (UMass)
• Robert Mastrosimone, forward, Islip, N.Y./Chicago Steel (Boston University)
• Ian Pierce, defense, New York, N.Y./Kent School (Dartmouth)
• Jack Robilotti, defense, New York, N.Y./Selects Academy 16U (Holy Cross)
• Casey Severo, forward, Pittsford, N.Y./Noble & Greenough
New Jersey
• Alex Aslanidis, goaltender, Moorestown, N.J./Avon Old Farms (Providence)
• Danny Colon, forward, Mendham, N.J./Phillips Exeter
• John Farinacci, forward, Chatham, N.J./Dexter School (Harvard)
• Kyle Mandleur, forward, East Brunswick, N.J./Mercer Chiefs 16U (Vermont)
• Gavin Puskar, forward, Westfield, N.J./Hotchkiss School
Other
• Steve Ardagna, defense, Roswell, Ga./New Hampton School
• Josh Langford, goaltender, Frisco, Texas/Dallas Stars 16U (Maine)
• William Margel, forward, Potomac, Md./Selects Academy 16U
• Connor Tait, forward, Boyds, Md./Jersey Hitmen NCDC (Quinnipiac)
