It’s been a busy time for UMass’ most recent commit.  Just a week after Niko Hildenbrand announced his intentions to play in Amherst he was traded from the Waterloo Blackhawks to the Fargo Force.  He was traded with a draft pick for North Dakota commit Zach Yon.

Shane Bear – D – Brooks Bandits (AJHL) – 2016 (NLI Signed)
32 GP / 6 G / 20 A / 26 Pts / 46 PIM
Bear had a couple assists in his last two games.

Troy Conzo – RW – Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) – 2016 or 2017
44 GP/ 10 G/ 15 A / 25 Pts /  10 PIM
Conzo hasn’t played since January 23rd.

Kyler Nachtigall – LW – Brooks Bandits (AJHL) – 2016 (NLI Signed)
46 GP / 12 G / 20 A / 32 Pts / 62 PIM
Nachtigall broke a scoreless streak with assists in each of his last two games.

Jake Massie – D – Omaha Lancers (USHL) – 2016 (NLI Signed)
24 GP / 0 G / 4 A / 4 Pts / 10 PIM / -8
Massie stands at 4 points on the season.

Jake McCarthy – D – South Shore Kings (USPHL) – 2016
19 GP / 0 G / 2 A / 2 Pts / 24 PIM
McCarthy did not play this past week.

Ty Pelton-Byce – C – Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) – 2016 (NLI Signed)
37 GP / 8 G / 15 A / 23 pts / 10 PIM / +6
Pelton-Byce had an assist in two games this week.

Brian Williams – C – Omaha Lancers (USHL) – 2016
36 GP / 9 G / 9 A / 18 pts / 12 PIM / +6
Williams had an assist in his last four games.

Niko Hildenbrand – RW – Fargo Force (USHL) – 2016
22 GP / 5 G / 4 A / 9 pts / 20 PIM / +4
Hildenbrand was traded from Waterloo to Fargo yesterday.

Justin Dixson – LW – Tri-City Storm (USHL) – 2017 (NLI Signed)
28 GP / 0 G / 5 A / 5 Pts / 8 PIM / -7
Dixson was scoreless in his most recent two games.

Colin Felix – D – St George’s (NE-Prep) – 2017
16 GP / 7 G / 15 A / 22 Pts
Felix was scoreless in his most recent game.

Nick Jenny – D – Omaha Lancers (USHL) – 2017
36 GP / 1 G / 8 A / 9 Pts / 26 PIM / -1
Jenny was scoreless this past week.

John Leonard – LW – Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) – 2017
32 GP / 3 G / 3 A / 6 Pts / 6 PIM / -5
Leonard was scoreless in his last four games.

Cale Makar– D – Brooks Bandits (BCHL) – 2018 (NLI Signed)
41 GP / 6 G / 31 A / 37 Pts / 22 PIM
Makar had two assists in this week’s action.  Here’s one of them:

Brian Scoville – D – Winchendon (NE Prep) – 2018
19 GP / 3 G / 6 A / 9 Pts
Scoville had a goal in his last three games.

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Senior Shane Walsh was named a nominee for the Walter Brown Award, which goes to the best American born player in New England.  Walsh has 15 goals and 8 assists in 27 games this season.

Some good news ahead of this weekend’s game against Boston University:

Though Gienieczko goes on to say that it’s still to be determined if Lagesson or Fryer dress Friday.

Breaking: UMass is having a tough time, per USCHO.

After his two goal weekend Ivan Chukarov was featured on the Buffalo Sabres’ website as part of their prospect report.

Hockey’s Future had this story on AHL All-Star Brandon Montour.  Former Minuteman Mike Kostka was also part of the AHL All-Star game, which took place yesterday.