By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The National Collegiate Development Conference is proud to announce that four of its esteemed alumni have been named as nominees for the 2024 Hobey Baker Award, and are eligible for fans to vote for them at www.HobeyBaker.com/Vote. Three players are also incidentally alumni of the Boston Junior Bruins, one of […]

National Hockey League Central Scouting released its annual Mid-Term rankings for the upcoming 2024 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in June in Las Vegas, Nev., June 28-29, 2024. The National Collegiate Development Conference congratulates current Ogden Mustangs goaltender Vlad Bryzgalov for being ranked 31st among North American Goaltenders. Bryzgalov was born Feb. 3, 2006, […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    You certainly won’t hear Cameron Lund complaining about anything hockey-wise. It’s been going really well for the ‘04 out of Bridgewater, Mass., for many years now.  He is coming off a fantastic freshman year for Northeastern University, with whom he was named to the Hockey East Association All-Rookie Team. […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The first year of NCAA hockey for Rockets Hockey Club alum Sam Lipkin could not have gone any better. He was named the ECAC Rookie Of The Year and to the All-Rookie Team, and he helped Quinnipiac first win the ECAC Hockey Championship and then later, the ultimate prize, […]

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 […]