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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Alexis Demopoulos Forward Ryan McKenna has been a core part of the P.A.L Islanders success this season and with the help of his team and a lot of hard work has earned himself an NCAA Division III commitment to Connecticut College for the 2025-26 season. McKenna, a Garden City, NY native started his junior […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
