NCDC Die-Hards: Ogden Mustangs’ Grant Hineman

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    Grant Hineman found a fantastic new home when he settled in Ogden, Utah, last year.  The 2004-born native of West Chester, Pa., quickly absorbed all there was to like about the city on the edge of the Wasatch Range. Most especially, he loved the city’s dedication to its USPHL […]

NCDC Die-Hards: Connecticut Jr. Rangers’ Mason Moore

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    Mason Moore can’t wait to lace up the skates and hit the ice once again for the Connecticut Jr. Rangers, especially after how much improvement he saw in his game in one NCDC season with the team in Stamford, Conn. “I’d say the 2023-2024 season was the best developmental […]

NCDC Die-Hards: South Shore Kings’ Hunter Bruce

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The South Shore Kings’ 2023-24 season was like the best movie that Hunter Bruce ever saw. The 2005-born forward out of Dartmouth, N.S., enjoyed the ride from Day 1 until the final day, when he was holding the Dineen Cup along with all of his teammates.  “My season as […]

NCDC Die-Hards: Utah Outliers’ Magzhan Sagadiev

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    Utah is a long way from Almaty, Kazakhstan, but Almaty’s own Magzhan Sagadiev has been a long way from his hometown for several years already. When he pulls on the Utah Outliers’ jersey for 2024-25, that will be his fifth season playing in North America at a 15U or […]

NCDC Die-Hards: Ogden Mustangs’ Brody Simko

NCDC Die-Hards is a series of articles profiling signed and returning NCDC veterans preparing for the 2024-25 season.    By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com   Last year, the Ogden Mustangs showed the junior hockey world just what kind of a team they were, when they came into Foxboro, Mass., and defeated the Dineen Cup Finals […]

NCDC Die-Hards: South Shore Kings’ Jason Zaccari

NCDC Die-Hards is a series of articles profiling signed and returning NCDC veterans preparing for the 2024-25 season.    By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    It was the rookie junior hockey season that just could not have gone better for the 2005-born South Shore Kings defenseman Jason Zaccari. Along with proving himself as a top […]

NCDC Die-Hards: Jersey Hitmen’s Tyler Fogu

NCDC Die-Hards is a series of articles profiling signed and returning NCDC veterans preparing for the 2024-25 season.    By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    Tyler Fogu is a New Jersey hockey player through and through, playing nearly his entire career in his home state. The most recent Garden State team to benefit from the […]

NCDC Die-Hards: Utah Outliers’ Michael Schwartz

NCDC Die-Hards is a series of articles profiling signed and returning NCDC veterans preparing for the 2024-25 season.    By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The Utah Outliers are coming back with a veteran-laden lineup for the 2024-25, in hopes of making that next step towards being a Dineen Cup Champion. They fell just shy […]

NCDC Die-Hards: Jersey Hitmen’s Lucas Di Chiara

NCDC Die-Hards is a series of articles profiling signed and returning NCDC veterans preparing for the 2024-25 season.    By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The Jersey Hitmen are gearing up for what they hope will be a huge campaign and potentially one that can take them back to Dineen Cup glory, after they became […]

NCDC Die-Hards: Ogden Mustangs’ Ethan Hall

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The Ogden Mustangs are headed back to the hockey season full of confidence and with a noticeable chip on their shoulder. The Mustangs had a fantastic first season in the NCDC in 2023-24, winning the Mountain Division playoff championship and earning the division’s first win against an Eastern U.S. […]