In a major development as far as 2026 NHL Draft watchers are concerned, Tynan Lawrence is leaving the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks to join Boston University for the second half of the NCAA season. Lawrence is one of the top prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft and likely the No. 1 center that will be chosen next June. The move was first reported by TSN's Darren Dreger and independently confirmed by FloSports.

ST. PAUL – Some of the classic games in World Juniors history haven’t happened with a medal on the line. Many of them happen before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve.

ST. PAUL – The first day of the World Junior Championship provided some uneasiness for the top teams. Sweden needed a late goal to beat Slovakia, USA kept letting Germany hang around and Canada went back and forth with Czechia. Finland had no trouble with Denmark, but as is the case on opening day, there’s plenty that can be learned from it.

The 2026 World Junior Championship is particularly loaded with high end prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft. You might be seeing close to half of the first round on display in this tournament including a wide variety of players that have at one point or another been viewed as challengers for the No. 1 spot in June.

The U.S. National Junior Team is set. USA Hockey announced the 25 players that will be charged with attempting to go for an unprecedented American three-peat while also winning gold on home ice, which the U.S. has never done in the 50 years of the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Ryan Rucinski brought plenty of USHL experience into this season. The Ohio native played 53 games during the 2023-24 campaign, followed by 49 last winter, along with 10 career playoff games – all for his home state Youngstown Phantoms.

The U.S. National Junior Team is beginning to take shape for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, which opens Dec. 26 in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. Team USA will be going for its unprecedented third-straight gold medal on home ice and now we have an idea of who will take on that challenge.

Stephen Halliday is slated to make his NHL debut Thursday night for the Ottawa Senators, according to a report from the Ottawa Sun's Bruce Garrioch. Halliday's is a story about the value of patience, sticking with it and how development is not always linear.

The World Junior Championship is now just six weeks away. This is the time when decision makers are narrowing down their list for who will get an invite to camp and who is ultimately going to be on the final roster.

Cooper Simpson was a bit surprised as his phone rang in early August. The Shakopee, Minn. native was on the lake fishing with friends when he received the news — He had been traded.

The 2026 NHL Draft is a long ways away, but it's never too early to start doing your homework.

Boston College made its biggest splash yet for its future in landing a verbal commitment from Rocco Pelosi, one of the best 2009-born forwards in the United States. The National Team Development Program-bound center announced his collegiate plans on his Instagram Sunday.

The Hlinka Gretzky Cup starts Monday in Trenčín, Slovakia and Brno Czech Republic. Canada, which has won the tournament each of the last three years, will enter the event as the very heavy favorite in the eight-team tournament that will also include Czechia, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.

The Boston University Terriers have made their latest major splash in recruiting by landing a commitment from one of the top U.S. 2009-born forwards Carter Meyer, he announced via social media. The Winchester, Mass., native is slated to play up to the next two years at USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program before joining BU for the 2027-28 season.

MINNEAPOLIS – Following the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase, there appears to be plenty of work to be done when it comes to building the U.S. roster for the 2026 World Junior Championship in St. Paul and Minneapolis.