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Former P.A.L. Jr. Islanders netminder Brandon Bussi made a memorable first impression in his NHL debut, earning his first career NHL win with the Carolina Hurricanes. Bussi turned aside 16 shots to help the Hurricanes secure a 5-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Bussi, a Sound Beach, N.Y., native, developed in the USPHL’s National Collegiate…
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The United States Premier Hockey League is proud of all of its former players, as well as additional alumni of its member organizations, who participated in this summer’s NHL Development Camps. There were 55 players in total who have ties to the USPHL and/or its member organizations who took part in the Camps, held by…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com Ray Sylvester knows that his new coaching position in the NHL will be a Wild ride, and he can’t wait to get started. Sylvester, a former Charlotte Rush video coach, was recently hired by the Minnesota Wild as a video coach. Players in the USPHL receive top-notch coaching, as shown…
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The National Collegiate Development Conference congratulates former Rockets Hockey Club defenseman Anthony Allain-Samake, who has been selected in the sixth round, 168th overall, by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 28. Allain-Samake played with the Rockets in the 2023-24 NCDC season, registering seven assists in 47…
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Tage Thompson first joined the USPHL in 2013-14, playing for the P.A.L. Jr. Islanders in the USPHL 16U Division (now the Tier 1 Hockey Federation 16U Division). In 16 games that year, he scored 17 goals and added 31 assists. The next year found him in the USHL playing for the U.S. National Team Development…
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O’Connor became the first player in the brief five-year history of the National Collegiate Development Conference to reach the NHL. A star player for the Boston Junior Bruins in the inaugural NCDC season of 2017-18, he scored 39 points in 49 games before moving on to a two-year career with the Dartmouth College Big Green.…
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Photos In This Post Courtesy Of San Jose Sharks By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Former Boston Junior Bruins NCDC standout Collin Graf has already made his mark in the NHL. After making his pro and NHL debut with the San Jose Sharks on April 6, skating in 13:36 of ice time of a 3-2 overtime…
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Photo Courtesy San Jose Sharks Congratulations to former Boston Junior Bruins NCDC standout Cameron Lund as he made his NHL debut on Thursday, March 27, with the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks played the Toronto Maple Leafs in San Jose. He skated for 11:03 of ice time in an eventual 6-5 shootout win for the…
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Photo Courtesy San Jose Sharks Congratulations to former Boston Junior Bruins NCDC standout Cameron Lund as he made his NHL debut on Thursday, March 27, with the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks played the Toronto Maple Leafs in San Jose. He skated for 11:03 of ice time in an eventual 6-5 shootout win for the…
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Springfield Pics 9, Minnesota Squatch 4 The first final score of the 2025 Nationals is in the books, as the Springfield Pics have defeated the Minnesota Squatch by a 9-4 score. Maverick Labonte scored two goals and one assist, including the GWG. He was one of four Pics with three points, also including Travis Raisanen…
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