NCDC Commitment Profile: P.A.L. Jr. Islanders English Commits To SUNY-Plattsburgh

By Alexis Demopoulos A three-year veteran of the P.A.L.  Jr. Islanders, defenseman Michael English is pleased to have announced his NCAA Division III commitment to SUNY-Plattsburgh for the 2025-26 season. English, a Smithtown, N.Y., native, is in his third season with the P.A.L.  Jr. Islanders organization. He played 16 games during the 2022-23 season, 47 […]

P.A.L. Jr. Islanders, Mercer Chiefs To Play For Atlantic Division Championship

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The P.A.L. Jr. Islanders and the Mercer Chiefs will face each other for the Atlantic Division Championship in a series set to begin on Tuesday, April 8. This series and the New England Division Championship series both hold a lot of bearing for each of the four teams involved, as […]

NCDC Commitment Profiles: P.A.L. All-Star Nickulas Committed To Endicott College

By Alexis Demopoulos P.A.L. Jr. Islanders defenseman Carson Nickulas cannot thank the organization enough for how much they helped him and he is thrilled to announce his NCAA Division III commitment to Endicott College for the 2025-26 season. Nickulas, a Barnstable, Mass., native, signed with the Islanders this season and he has really found his […]

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 Atlantic Division Players Of The Week: March 9, 2025

Week of March 9 Games of Feb. 25-March 3   Forward: Ryan Kearney, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders  Kearney (‘04/Kings Park, N.Y.) scored the game-winning goal on March 2, and he scored two goals and added one assist on March 3. He recently bypassed his 2023-24 point total, which earned him the Atlantic Division Rookie Of The […]

NCDC Commitments: P.A.L. All-Star Forward Kearney Commits To Williams College

By Alexis Demopoulos It has been a great two-year career for forward Ryan Kearney with the P.A.L. Islanders. He has found so much success with the club – including All-Star honors and the Atlantic Division Rookie Of The Year Award in 2023-24 – and now he has earned himself an NCAA Division III commitment to […]

NCDC Atlantic Division Players Of The Week: Feb. 25, 2025

Week of Feb. 25, 2025 Games of Feb. 18-24, 2025 Forward: Robert Lachance, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders An NCDC All-Stars selection, Lachance (‘04/West Hartford, Conn.) scored two goals and added two assists for four points during the Jr. Isles’ two wins against Connecticut. This included the only goal in a 1-0 win against the Connecticut Jr. […]

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 Atlantic Division Players Of The Week: Feb. 11, 2025

Week of Feb. 11, 2025 Games of Feb. 4-10, 2025   Forward: Gregory Diamond, Mercer Chiefs  The third-year NCDC veteran Diamond (‘04/West Chester, Pa.) put up a pair of goals and added two assists for four points, including the GWG against the WBS Knights. He has a career high 38 points in 39 games and […]