Maple Grove leads list with three members, Hermantown has two

Twenty-three players, including 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders, have been selected to join USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, it was announced today. The players, all from the 2008 birth year, will compete as the U.S. National Under-17 Team for the 2024-25 season.

“We had an incredibly strong March evaluation camp,” said Rod Braceful, the NTDP’s director of player personnel. “The talent pool continues to grow and that’s a huge credit to our youth coaches and grassroots volunteers all across the country. We are excited to bring this group together to form our next class at the NTDP.”

The NTDP is a two-year residency program for high-performance hockey players in Plymouth, Michigan. The Under-17 Team plays in the United States Hockey League, the only Tier I junior hockey league in the United States, as well as against select competition in the North American Hockey League and Minnesota Elite League. Each season, the U17 Team also competes in three international tournaments.

The 23 players come from 12 different states; Minnesota (8), Illinois (4), California (2), Iowa (1), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (1), New Hampshire (1), North Carolina (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (1), Texas (1) and Wisconsin (1).

To view the full team roster, click here.

ABOUT THE NTDP: USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program is in its 27th season of competition and is based at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. The goal of the full-time development program is to prepare student-athletes under the age of 18 for participation on U.S. National Teams and success in their future hockey careers. Its efforts focus not only on high-caliber participation on the ice, but creating well-rounded individuals off the ice.

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