Those three words transport Zach Werenski, Matthew Tkachuk, and 20 other 1997-born American hockey players back ... spend two seasons at the NTDP - Year 1 on the U17 team, and Year 2 on the ...

USA Hockey would build two teams — an under-18 team and an under-17 one — out of the best players ... Matthews in 2016 and Jack Hughes in 2019. In all, 99 NTDP alums have gone on to become ...

Seven of the top 15 picks were from the NTDP squad. They had the first overall pick and a run of four straight picks from 12th overall to 15. It was a banner night for USA Hockey and the ...

Many of this year's and last year's gold medalists had played for the USA Hockey NTDP in the United States Hockey League before heading off to college. That gives them a sense of familiarity with ...

The U.S. U18s bounce back from a loss to Sweden, while the Swedes hand the U17s a defeat in respective Five Nations competitions.

The U.S. improved to 1-0-0-1 with a win over Finland and will face Switzerland on Friday. The U.S. National U17 team downed host Finland 6-3 Thursday evening at the 2025 February Under-17 Five Nations ...