By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    When Jake Stella arrived in North America in 2017-18 to begin a new chapter in his hockey career, he knew little of what he was getting into.  After all, not only was he new to the way the game is played outside of Europe, but he was joining the […]

NCAA 2022-23 Season Also Saw Alumni Honored With 80 Captaincy Positions;172 Alumni Win Championships By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The National Collegiate Development Conference and the United States Premier Hockey League as a whole is looking forward to another huge NCAA hockey season in 2023-24, especially after research has shown that it is truly […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com    There’s an easy answer to “how much better can it get than winning a Dineen Cup Championship?” That answer is, making your NCAA Division I commitment not very long afterwards.  P.A.L. Jr. Islanders two-year NCDC defenseman Zach Hahn announced his commitment to the University of New Hampshire on May […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com    After the celebrations of a Dineen Cup Championship were over, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders forward Luca Leighton had to clear his stuff one last time from the Jr. Islanders locker room. It’s a door he’ll pass very frequently, however, as his NCAA Division I future will keep him at the […]

Former Junior Bruin Graf’s Tying Goal Forces OT; Former Rocket Lipkin Assists On OT Title-Winner The United States Premier Hockey League and its Tuition-Free Tier II National Collegiate Development Conference congratulate the Quinnipiac University Bobcats for winning the 2023 NCAA Division I National Men’s Ice Hockey Championship. No less than five NCDC alumni were members […]

By Quinnipiac University Staff See Also: https://www.ncdchockey.com/eight-ncdc-alumni-on-quinnipiac-boston-university-rosters-at-frozen-four-in-tampa Quinnipiac and Minnesota are set for a national championship battle, as the Bobcats and Golden Gophers match up on Saturday night in Tampa., Fla. The Bobcats defeated Michigan in the late semifinal by a 5-2 final, while Minnesota knocked off Boston University 6-2. Quinnipiac is in its third […]

The United States Premier Hockey League and its Tuition-Free Tier II National Collegiate Development Conference wish the best of luck to all of our alumni on the rosters of teams competing in the Frozen Four NCAA Hockey Championship in Tampa, Fla., which begins Thursday with the semifinal round.   Quinnipiac University Collin Graf (RW/C) – […]

By Jim den Hollander / USPHLNCDC.com  Using the past two seasons as examples of how much he can achieve in a season, the future is looking bright for Caden Cranston (‘04/Rochester, N.Y.). After making the jump from the 16U AAA level hockey to junior with the Buffalo Stampede in the USPHL Premier League last season, […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com    So much has come together the right way for the South Shore Kings’ Jack Hillier. He has been a key cog in the engine that has driven the Kings to this coming weekend’s Dineen Cup Finals series. And to top it off, he knows exactly where he’ll continue his […]

By Quinnipiac University Athletics Dept. Adding to their historic 2022-23 resumes, sophomores Collin Graf and Yaniv Perets were named to the Hobey Baker Top 10 as two of 10 finalists for the most prestigious award on college hockey. Both Graf and Perets are alumni of the NCDC Boston Junior Bruins. Perets played from 2017-19 and […]