Notable missing players: Jackman, Santa Maria, Dicunzolo, Yakub, Berard, Tracy.
Surprised to see Barch and Tang. Two guys who seemed dead set on CHL.
Surprised to see Barch and Tang. Two guys who seemed dead set on CHL.
2025-26 NTDP U17 Team Selection
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Some high-profile Minnesota kids not there as well...Ryland Rooney, Max Dessner, Caden Zasada.
Also no Thad McMahon out of Chicago, saw him pretty high on a couple of prediction lists.
I was surprised by that as well. I wonder if they don't want to invite too many kids from the same team.
Caiden Pellegrino not getting an invite is surprising. Had 41 points in 29 games in his first year in Prep. Very, very good player. Joe Covelluzzi of Cushing not getting an invite is another one that has me scratching my head, although he was injured late in the season so perhaps that has something to do with it.
I've seen Covelluzi with Sears and Meyer. I thought he was better than Pandolfo - although that was last year.
We won't find out until about halfway through next year whether some of these snubs people are mentioning were actually looking to go elsewhere or they aren't as good as the fans on this website think.
There's no real way to know until then. Of course these players not at the camp will go other routes, but whether that's because they were forced due to not being invited or they wanted to go elsewhere and told the NTDP to shove it, none of us are going to know that.
The only way to really have any type of clue (and it's never going to be complete information on what happened) is to look how they do once they hit junior, and then we'll get an idea of who is good and who isn't.
There's no real way to know until then. Of course these players not at the camp will go other routes, but whether that's because they were forced due to not being invited or they wanted to go elsewhere and told the NTDP to shove it, none of us are going to know that.
The only way to really have any type of clue (and it's never going to be complete information on what happened) is to look how they do once they hit junior, and then we'll get an idea of who is good and who isn't.
Nope, moorhead is way up north on the border with north dakota, but he is a monster at 6'3. Moorhead youth program has been ridiculous at all levels the past like 5 years. This year the bantam team beat shattuck st marys top bantam team 3 times, which is something.
Surprised him and Yakub didn't get invited, but neither were locks. Semetsis went into this season as the #3 D on that Mount team and by year end he was #1. USA Hockey likes to see progression and he showed it. I would be surprised if he is left off this team as he seems like a prototypical USA dman. Great both ways and very good on his feet.
Daley's side kick in Florida.
Agreed on both. I said it before but Pellegrino has so much Johnny Gaudreau in his game. Tiny player but finds a way to score at every level he plays at. Tough to see him in any other role than top 6 on this team, which will be an extremely hard top 6 to crack.
I think Pelosi, Scuderi, Sears, Meyer, Fitzhenry, Schneider, Daley, Milojevic, McKinney are locks at F. The D is far more up in the air but again I have a hard time seeing Semetsis, Gutierrez and Roscoe left off this team. Goalies are too tough to evaluate but Chizik seems to be the #1 at this age group.
