USA Hockey National Team Development Program
| USA Hockey National Team Development Program |
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| founding | 1996 |
| Stadion | USA Hockey Arena |
| Location | Plymouth , Michigan |
| Team colors | red, white, blue |
| league | United States Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern Conference |
| Head coach |
John Wroblewski (U17) Seth Appert (U18) |
| owner | USA hockey |
The National Team Development Program ( NTDP ; in part also USNTDP ) of the US Ice Hockey Association USA Hockey is a program to promote talented young players from the United States . It was founded in 1996 and has been based in Plymouth since 2015 .
concept
The National Team Development Program was set up to centrally support talented ice hockey players under the age of 18. The members, who generally spend two years in the program, attend Ann Arbor Pioneer High School and stay with host families. In the sporting area, the players are assigned to either the U17 or U18 team. The U17s play in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL), while the U18s do not belong to any regular league games and instead pit themselves against teams from the USHL and from the NCAA conferences . Until 2010, however, the teams played in the North American Hockey League . In addition, the squads of both teams function essentially as the country's junior national teams, representing the United States at junior world championships and other international tournaments.
The teams are coached by John Wroblewski (U17) and Seth Appert (U18). Its home games wearing the team 2015 in Ann Arbor Ice Cube from Ann Arbor out, however, the organization moved to the beginning of the season 2015/16 Plymouth to. There, the teams will play in the USA Hockey Arena , which the association had previously acquired and named after itself and which primarily offers more space for tournaments and similar events.
Alumni
In the NHL Entry Draft , including the 2019 draft , over 300 former members have been selected so far, 80 of them in the first draft round and Jack Hughes , Auston Matthews , Patrick Kane , Erik Johnson and Rick DiPietro as first overall draft pick . With personal NHL Awards have been Phil Kessel ( Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy ), Ryan Kesler ( Frank J. Selke Trophy ), John Gibson ( William M. Jennings Trophy ), Patrick Kane (including Calder , Conn Smythe , Hart Memorial and Art Ross Trophy ), Nick Foligno ( King Clancy Memorial Trophy and Mark Messier Leadership Award ), Auston Matthews (Calder Memorial Trophy) and Jason Zucker (King Clancy Memorial Trophy). In addition to Matt Greene , Brandon Saad , Brett Lebda , Andrew Hutchinson , Ian Cole , Bryan Rust and Ron Hainsey , Kane and Kessel are also among the players who won the Stanley Cup .
Other well-known players who were represented in the NHL All-Star Team or NHL All-Star Game are Ryan Suter , Kevin Shattenkirk , Justin Faulk , Cam Fowler , Jimmy Howard , Mike Komisarek , Jamie McBain , Dylan Larkin , Seth Jones , Jack Eichel , Zach Werenski , Noah Hanifin , Clayton Keller and Kyle Palmieri .
Web links
- Official website
- NTPD Media Guide 2015/16 (English, PDF, 45 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ nhl.com: "NTDP's move to USHL has worked perfectly" (English, March 31, 2010, accessed on October 31, 2014)
- ^ Mike G. Morreale: USA Hockey's NTDP to play in Plymouth in 2015-2016. nhl.com, September 3, 2015, accessed October 12, 2015 .
- ↑ usantdp.com: NHL Draft (accessed October 9, 2015)