By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    New month, new storylines – in some places – but also one great thread that stretches all the way back to Columbus Day Weekend in Wayne, N.J. The Hitmen Classic on Oct. 7 saw the last P.A.L. Jr. Islanders loss, and they will be able to stretch their winning […]

NCDC This Week: Ogden Mustangs Improve Hold Upon Mountain Division Standings   By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    It was a somewhat light week approaching and bypassing Thanksgiving, with only the Atlantic and Mountain Divisions in action. However, that doesn’t mean there was a limit to the excitement of NCDC Hockey. The wild chess match […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    There was no change in the top five from last week, but the P.A.L. Jr. Islanders keep increasing their lead, as they won another two games to extend their team record winning streak to 12 in a row. P.A.L. was one of five teams to earn weekend sweeps in […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The NCDC is pretty much anyone’s game from week to week, as the league has seen different teams moving in and out of its top five overall on just about a weekly basis. Sure, the defending Dineen Cup Champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders are continuing to hold onto the top […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The top two teams from a week ago are the same top two teams today – and they are the same top two teams that were last seen in 2022-23 playing for the Dineen Cup. The P.A.L. Jr. Islanders sit at the top of the NCDC with 28 points […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The standings in the Atlantic Division are not very close, but overall across the NCDC, the reigning champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders hold a very slim one-point lead. After the South Shore Kings had jumped ahead by one point ahead of the former leaders the Islanders Hockey Club on Friday […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The Islanders Hockey Club continue to tear through their 2023-24 schedule, winning 10 straight (including two recently against their local rivals the Northern Cyclones). They sit atop the overall standings with 22 points, just ahead of the defending Dineen Cup Champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders at 20 points and on […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    Week of Oct. 10-16   The first string of seven non-showcase days since the start of the season revealed much as the eastern division teams went back into divisional play. The Islanders Hockey Club are able to hang on to their best start since their 2017-18 Dineen Cup championship […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The rich got richer down in New Jersey over the past week, as the South Shore Kings and Islanders Hockey Club entered the Jersey Hitmen Classic as part of a four-way tie for the league points lead. They exited 1-2, just a point apart at 14 and 13, respectively. […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    One of four NCDC showcase events for the season is in the books, and some of the big winners from that event are, not surprisingly, among the overall standings leaders as we enter showcase number two, which will be the Hitmen Classic, starting Thursday and running through Sunday. Three […]