Hitmen Alum McLinskey Named Hobey Baker Top 10 Finalist And Atlantic Hockey Player Of The Year

Reprinted and edited with permission of Holy Cross Athletics.  Vote #LiamforHobey Senior forward Liam McLinskey of the Holy Cross men’s ice hockey team was named one of 10 finalists for the 2025 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, the committee announced Wednesday afternoon. McLinskey became the first student-athlete in program history to be named a Hobey Baker […]

Three NCDC Alumni With Holy Cross Named To All-Atlantic Hockey America Teams

Photos Courtesy Holy Cross Athletics. Republished and edited to include NCDC information by permission of Holy Cross Athletics.   Five Holy Cross men’s hockey student-athletes earned spots on the All-Atlantic Hockey postseason teams. Three of the five players are NCDC Alumni. Senior forward Liam McLinskey (formerly of the Jersey Hitmen) and senior goaltender Thomas Gale (formerly […]

NCDC Alumni: Holy Cross Goalie Gale Named Semifinalist For Mike Richter Award

Photo by Mark Seliger / Holy Cross Athletics By Atlantic Hockey America Staff and NCDC Staff Holy Cross goaltender and NCDC alum Thomas Gale has been named a semifinalist for the Hockey Commissioners Association (HCA) Mike Richter Award for 2025, announced Thursday afternoon. Since 2014, the Richter Award is given annually to the top goalie […]

NCDC Roundup: Jan. 24, 2025

Thunder Hockey Club 6, Boston Jr. Rangers 3  The Thunder won their second game in a row as they defeated the Jr. Rangers on Friday afternoon. The team got three-point performances from each of Gaber Sorn ( ’06, Jesenice, Slovenia) and Southern New Hampshire University recruit Jory Veenstra (’04/Kansas City, Mo.) NCDC All-Star selection Roman […]

NCDC Alumni: Four Former NCDC Goalies Named To Mike Richter Award Watch List

Photos Courtesy of College Of The Holy Cross, U.S. Military Academy, Long Island University, and Ohio State University.    By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The United States Premier Hockey League and its top-tier National Collegiate Development Conference are excited to congratulate the four former NCDC goalies who are on the NCAA Division I Mike Richter […]

NCDC, Rockets Hockey Club Alum Allain-Samake Ranked 75th Among North American Skaters For 2025 NHL Draft

Former NCDC Rockets Hockey Club defenseman Anthony Allain-Samake has been ranked 75th among North American Skaters in the NHL Central Scouting Mid-Term rankings, released on Jan. 14. The United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) proudly celebrates this achievement as another testament to its player development success. Allain-Samake, a 2007-born native of Gatineau, Que., played in […]

NCDC Alumni: Former Hitmen Champ McLinskey Named AHA Forward Of The Month

Republished with permission of Holy Cross Athletics. Liam McLinskey played for the Jersey Hitmen from the USPHL 15U through the NCDC levels from 2016 through 2021, ending with a Dineen Cup Championship and NCDC Player Of The Year honors in 2021.  Holy Cross men’s ice hockey senior Liam McLinskey has been named the Atlantic Hockey America […]

USPHL Announces Schedule, Matchups For 2025 NCDC/USPHL All-Star Event In Foxboro, Mass.

The United States Premier Hockey League is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2025 NCDC/USPHL All-Star Event, which will be held at the Foxboro Sports Center, in Foxboro, Mass., over January 27-28, 2025. The event will feature both the NCDC and the USPHL Premier conferences for the first time since 2021. The All-Star event […]

NCDC Alumni Update: Former Hitmen Goalie Cataldo Named Atlantic Hockey Rookie Of The Week

Re-published with permission from Army Athletics. Army West Point hockey sophomore defenseman Mac Gadowsky and freshman goaltender JJ Cataldo each received weekly honors from Atlantic Hockey America, as announced today by the league. The duo helped Army collect all six points at RIT this past weekend with road victories of 5-1 and 4-2, which marked Army’s first road conference […]