By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    When Jake Stella arrived in North America in 2017-18 to begin a new chapter in his hockey career, he knew little of what he was getting into.  After all, not only was he new to the way the game is played outside of Europe, but he was joining the […]

Photos Courtesy of Union College Athletics Department   By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com   Former Jersey Hitmen goaltender Connor Murphy has gone country. Canadian country to be exact. Come this fall, he’ll be in the heart of one of the world’s rodeo capitals, in Calgary, Alberta, as he works to land a spot with the […]

NCAA 2022-23 Season Also Saw Alumni Honored With 80 Captaincy Positions;172 Alumni Win Championships By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The National Collegiate Development Conference and the United States Premier Hockey League as a whole is looking forward to another huge NCAA hockey season in 2023-24, especially after research has shown that it is truly […]

By Pittsburgh Penguins Staff / Re-published With Permission The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Drew O’Connor to a two-year contract, it was announced Thursday, Aug. 2, by President of Hockey Operations Kyle Dubas. The deal runs through the 2024-25 campaign and carries an average annual value of $925,000. O’Connor played in the inaugural 2017-18 NCDC […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com    A full survey of NHL teams’ Development Camp rosters showed that 47 former United States Premier Hockey League players competed at the camps, held to introduce prospects to the teams that have newly drafted them and re-evaluate past draft picks as well as newly invited free agents. Despite a […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL Staff The Ottawa Senators, on June 29, drafted former Rockets Hockey Club USPHL 16U player Nicholas VanTassell. He was selected in the seventh round, 215th overall, of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. A 2004-born native of Basking Ridge, N.J., VanTassell played his youth hockey for the Rockets and, as a […]

Longtime NCAA Referee Will Begin New Atlantic Hockey Position July 1 Below is the Atlantic Hockey Association’s press release about Eugene Binda Jr. being hired by AHA as their Supervisor of Officiating. Binda was most recently the USPHL’s Director of Officiating Development.   The United States Premier Hockey League is proud to be a launching pad […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com    There’s an easy answer to “how much better can it get than winning a Dineen Cup Championship?” That answer is, making your NCAA Division I commitment not very long afterwards.  P.A.L. Jr. Islanders two-year NCDC defenseman Zach Hahn announced his commitment to the University of New Hampshire on May […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com    After the celebrations of a Dineen Cup Championship were over, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders forward Luca Leighton had to clear his stuff one last time from the Jr. Islanders locker room. It’s a door he’ll pass very frequently, however, as his NCAA Division I future will keep him at the […]

Former Junior Bruin Graf’s Tying Goal Forces OT; Former Rocket Lipkin Assists On OT Title-Winner The United States Premier Hockey League and its Tuition-Free Tier II National Collegiate Development Conference congratulate the Quinnipiac University Bobcats for winning the 2023 NCAA Division I National Men’s Ice Hockey Championship. No less than five NCDC alumni were members […]