By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The Islanders Hockey Club continue to tear through their 2023-24 schedule, winning 10 straight (including two recently against their local rivals the Northern Cyclones). They sit atop the overall standings with 22 points, just ahead of the defending Dineen Cup Champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders at 20 points and on […]
Games of Oct. 21, 2023 P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 4, Mercer Chiefs 1 Captain Ty Broad and Heikki Virtanen, both key members of the 2023 Dineen Cup National Championship team, each scored a goal and two assists, and fellow champ Carter Hanrahan posted a 1-1-2 line in the win. Nick Bevilacqua stopped 29 of 30 in […]
Games of Oct. 20, 2023 Islanders Hockey Club 3, Northern Cyclones 2 (OT) The Islanders improved to 10-0-2-0 on the season and are on a 10-game winning streak after defeating the Cyclones in overtime, with Braxton Powers’ game-winner scored at 0:46 of OT. Samuel Larsson posted a goal and assist and Joseph Samango had two […]
Week of Oct. 18, 2023 Games of Oct. 10-16, 2023 Forward: Sam Blanton, Rockets Hockey Club Blanton was a big part of the Rockets’ three-point weekend, as the ‘04 from Carrollton, Texas, scored a goal and an assist in Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Mercer and then was in on three of the five […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Week of Oct. 10-16 The first string of seven non-showcase days since the start of the season revealed much as the eastern division teams went back into divisional play. The Islanders Hockey Club are able to hang on to their best start since their 2017-18 Dineen Cup championship […]
Saturday, Oct. 14, was the first day in NCDC league history that 18 teams all played on the same day. Boston Junior Bruins 3, Northern Cyclones 2 (SO) Shane Baker scored the first goal of the game and also the last, in the shootout, to capture a victory for the Junior Bruins. Garrett Simpson […]
South Shore Kings 6, Utica Jr. Comets 2 The Kings moved to within one win of their all-time best points streak by improving to 7-0-0-1 on the season so far. Tyler Maxner had two goals, Nate Stachowiak had a goal and an assist, and Culin Wilson, Kotaro Murase and Jason Zuccari each had two assists […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The rich got richer down in New Jersey over the past week, as the South Shore Kings and Islanders Hockey Club entered the Jersey Hitmen Classic as part of a four-way tie for the league points lead. They exited 1-2, just a point apart at 14 and 13, respectively. […]
Week of Sept. 25-Oct. 2, 2023 Forward: Justin Ryan, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Ryan (‘03/Endwell, N.Y.) as been with the Knights since Day 1 of their USPHL existence, first playing with the USPHL Premier team in 2021-22 and becoming an All-Star forward at that level last year with a 73-point season. He was huge for the […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com One of four NCDC showcase events for the season is in the books, and some of the big winners from that event are, not surprisingly, among the overall standings leaders as we enter showcase number two, which will be the Hitmen Classic, starting Thursday and running through Sunday. Three […]
