NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TEAM USA 2020-21 PROGRAM NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | 2020-21 HOME SCHEDULE NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TEAM USA TABLE OF CONTENTS Scan the QR Code for our most up-to-date 2020-21 Home Schedule! Alex Turcotte K’Andre Miller st th st nd 2019 1 Round, 5 Overall 2018 1 Round, 22 Overall LA Kings New York Rangers Welcome to USA Hockey Arena from Jim Smith ........... 3 USA Hockey Executives .................................................... 4 New NTDP Coaches 2020................................................. 8 Hockey Operations Under-18 ......................................... 14 Dates and times are subject to change 2020-21 Under-18 Team ................................................. 15 NTDP Team Staff ............................................................. 20 Hockey Operations Under-17 ......................................... 22 @USAHOCKEYNTDP 2020-21 Under-17 Team .................................................. 23 NHL Draft .......................................................................... 28 Summer Drive-In .............................................................. 33 International Competition ............................................. 37 Clayton Keller 2016 1st Round, 7th Overall NTDP in the NHL ............................................................... 38 Arizona Coyotes Brady Tkachuk 2018 1st Round, 4th Overall Path to the USHL .............................................................. 42 Ottawa Senators College Hockey Prospects ............................................. 46 NTDP in the NCAA ........................................................... 47 USA Hockey Alphabet: A – Z .......................................... 48 Joel Farabee 2018 1st Round, 14th Overall Philadelphia Flyers All-Time Record Book – Career ...................................... 51 U.S. Women’s National Team The Road to Gold .......... 52 All-Time Record Book – Single Season .......................... 55 14900 Beck Road l Plymouth, MI 48170 usahockeyntdp.com l usahockeyarena.com 734.453.8400 Photos: Rena Laverty, Tom Sorensen, Getty Images, AMERICA’S NHL STARS OF TOMORROW Hockey Hall of Fame, International Ice Hockey Federation Layout & Design by KPetty 734.453.8400 | USAHOCKEYNTDP.COM/TICKETS Printer Dearborn Offset tcfbank.com Copyright 2020-21 USA Hockey Arena All rights reserved WELCOME TO USA HOCKEY ARENA HOME OF THE NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM We’re honored to have you as our guest and we know you’ll enjoy the opportunity to watch the great young players that compete here throughout the season. As you probably know, this facility is home to our National Team Development Program, a world-renowned elite- level training program for the best 16- and 17-year-old men’s players in our country. You have the unique opportunity to watch them before they become leading players on college campuses and eventually in the NHL or other professional leagues. Graduates of the NTDP include current NHL stars like Auston Matthews, Clayton Keller, Jack Eichel, Dylan Larkin and Quinn Hughes, to name just a few. The teams the NTDP competes against are from the United States Hockey League (USHL), the top junior league in our country. We also have the great opportunity to welcome college hockey teams from both the Division I and Division III levels. We’re particularly excited this season to have the chance to host the best players in the world in April for the 2021 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship! We appreciate you being a part of something special here at USA Hockey Arena. Enjoy the season and go Team USA! Yours in hockey, Jim Smith 2020-21 NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 3 AMERICA’S NHL STARS OF TOMORROW EXECUTIVES JIM SMITH SCOTT MONAGHAN PRESIDENT SENIOR DIRECTOR, NTDP OPERATIONS Jim Smith was named the fifth president of USA Hockey on June 6, 2015. He has a long history in the sport, including Scott Monaghan, an original member nearly 45 years as a player, coach, referee and administrator. of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, currently serves His first involvement with USA Hockey came in 1985 as a as its senior director of operations and member of the Player Development Committee, where is responsible for all aspects of the he has served for 30 years, including his last nine as chair NTDP. (2006-2015). He has served on the staff of 20 U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Smith was elected to the USA Hockey Board of Directors in 1987 and that year became Teams, including the gold medal-winning squads at the 2002, 2005, the organization’s first-ever high school section director. He then became the youngest 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017 International Ice member of USA Hockey’s executive committee in 1995 when he was elected secretary Hockey Federation Men’s Under-18 World Championships. of the organization. His ascension continued in 2003, when he became treasurer of USA Hockey, a position he held for 12 years before being named president. Monaghan also has been on the staff of six U.S. National Junior Teams, last serving as team leader for the gold medal-winning A native of Park Ridge, Illinois, Smith played defense and forward at the University of squad at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship in Regina and Illinois at Chicago from 1973-76. Over the past five decades, he has coached at many Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was honored at the USA Hockey levels, from learn-to-skate through high school. He is also widely engaged in disabled Annual Congress in 2009 with the President’s Award, recognizing hockey and today serves as coach for the Hornets youth sled hockey team in Chicago his outstanding contributions to the organization. and also the Chicago Blackhawks Warriors sled hockey team for injured veterans. Monaghan works closely with the NTDP coaching staff to Smith, who resides in Mount Prospect, Illinois, has been a registered official with USA develop the challenging schedule the teams play, including the Hockey since 1983 and has worked some 2,500 games, from youth hockey to the growth of an NCAA Division I/III schedule for the U18s and the collegiate level. program’s transition to a full-time member of the United States Hockey League. PAT KELLEHER Prior to joining the NTDP, Monaghan spent eight years with the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lake Superior State University Athletic Department. He served as Pat Kelleher took over as executive director of USA Hockey the Lakers’ sports information director for four seasons (1989-93), and The USA Hockey Foundation on June 10, 2017. before being appointed assistant athletic director in 1993. While with the Lakers, Monaghan coordinated fundraising and Kelleher previously served as assistant executive director of construction for the $5.9 million Gem of the North, as well as development at USA Hockey since 2008 and prior to that was marketing and ticket sales. recruited to launch what is today known as the U.S. Ice Rink Association. GAVIN REGAN VICE PRESIDENT, The Belmont, Massachusetts, native helped start a new department at USA Hockey in 2008 focused on increasing participation across the country, particularly at the entry INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL level. As assistant executive director for membership development, he established and CHAIR led implementation of several new initiatives, including national Try Hockey for Free Days; Gavin Regan, a native of Potsdam, New Welcome Back Week; and the 2 and 2 Challenge. Those programs not only resulted in York, has played a significant role at increased retention, but also advanced the number of players at the 8U level by some both the district and national levels of 20% in the nine seasons under his leadership, inclusive of a then record 116,694 8U USA Hockey as a valuable member of players in 2016-17. the organization’s volunteer leadership for parts of the last three decades. In In 2011, Kelleher was given additional responsibilities overseeing The USA Hockey June 2013, he was elected a vice president of USA Hockey and Foundation and has championed efforts that have resulted in donations to the chair of the organization’s international council. Regan, who has Foundation’s Circle of Champions increasing five-fold over the last five years. been a member of USA Hockey’s Board of Directors since 1995, Prior to coming to USA Hockey, Kelleher helped launch Serving the American Rinks (STAR) was tabbed in 2004 to serve on the executive committee of USA in April 2000 and served as its chief operating officer through June 2008. Hockey as a director representative. Kelleher has been involved in hockey during his entire professional career and is a USA He has been involved with USA Hockey’s New York state affiliate as Hockey Level 5 certified coach and has been a youth hockey coach for most of the last a district director since 1991; has been on the player development 25 seasons. committee for the state for more than 20 years; and has served as team leader for several boys’ New York Select Teams at USA Hockey National Festivals. 2020-21 NATIONAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 4 AMERICA’S NHL STARS OF TOMORROW Thank You Partners USA Hockey gratefully acknowledges the support of its corporate partners and suppliers. SHOP Partner Page 2021.indd 1 10/6/20 1:00 PM NEW2019 WORLD JUNIOR NTDP SUMMER SHOWCASE COACHES 2020 Dan Muse (Canton, Mass.) and Adam Nightingale (Chey- ABOUT NIGHTINGALE boygan, Mich.) have been named the 14th and 15th head Nightingale joins the NTDP after serving as an assistant coaches in USA Hockey National Team Development coach for the Red Wings last