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The United States Premier Hockey League and National Collegiate Development Conference are proud to recognize 20 alumni attending 2026 NHL Development Camps. USPHL/NCDC alumni are represented at camps for 15 NHL organizations, including the Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, San…
Former P.A.L. Jr. Islanders goaltender Brandon Bussi has reached the pinnacle of hockey, helping the Carolina Hurricanes capture the 2026 Stanley Cup championship.
Former P.A.L. Jr. Islanders goaltender Brandon Bussi has added his name to the NHL record books.
Former P.A.L. Junior Islanders goaltender Brandon Bussi is set to achieve one of the rarest milestones in hockey, earning his first NHL playoff start in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final for the Carolina Hurricanes against the Vegas Golden Knights in Las Vegas. For Bussi, the opportunity marks the latest chapter in a development…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…