Update on 14 New UNH Players for 2025-26 Season
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14 New Players for 2025-26 UNH Season
As of today the official websites of four Hockey East schools include their 2025-26 men's hockey roster - UNH, Maine, UMass and Providence. The 14 new UNH players identified in "UNH Hockey Reloads 2025-26 Roster With Seasoned Talent" and their jersey numbers are now on the Wildcats' website. Barring unforeseen circumstances these 14 players will play for UNH this season.
The Stats Sheet shown below lists the 14 new players who are on track to join the 2025-26 roster. They come from three different sources: ~ North American Junior Hockey Leagues: 10 players ~ Canadian U Sports: 2 players ~ NCAA Transfer Portal: 2 players
The 10 players who played junior hockey last season form UNH's incoming freshman class. The 2 players transferring from U Sports were freshmen at a Canadian university last season. They will be sophomores at UNH this season. One player transferring to UNH through the NCAA Transfer Portal will be a senior (Kyle Chauvette) and the other a graduate student (Jack Cronin).
The Stats Sheet identifies the 2024-25 team and league for each new UNH player and their production statistics. Total games played, scoring production, penalty minutes and +/- rating are shown for forwards and defensemen. Goalie stats include games played, wins/losses/ties, Goals Against Average and Save Percentage.
The two top scorers in UNH's incoming class are forwards Sam Oliver (70 Games, 54 Goals, 30 Assists, 84 Points) and Jacob Newcombe (69 GP, 38 G, 38 A, 76 Pts). Oliver's 50 regular season goals earned him the Mario-Lemieux Trophy as the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's top goal scorer. He also lead the QMJHL in regular season power play goals with 18. Oliver's 78 regular season points was 10th highest in the QMJHL. Jacob Newcombe was close behind tied for 12th most points with 73.
The two top scoring defensemen in UNH's incoming class are Alex Carr (75 Games, 9 Goals, 43 Assists, 52 Points) and Nicholas De Angelis (70 GP, 6 G, 33 A, 39 Pts). Carr's 45 regular season points tied for 6th highest among QMJHL defensemen. De Angelis's 32 regular season assists tied for 17th most among Ontario Hockey League defensemen.
Alex Carr also had one of the best +/- ratings among QMJHL defensemen. His +29 differential in the regular season was tied for 6th best. In the 2023-24 QMJHL season Carr was one of three finalists for the Kevin-Lowe Trophy, awarded to the best defensive defender. He had the second best +/- rating in the QMJHL with a differential of +55.
Links To Eliteprospects.com To view each player's historic statistics, click on his name. That links to the player's page on eliteprospects.com. It includes the teams played for each season going back to the age of 14 or 15. Data for skaters include games played, scoring and PIM (+/- rating where available). Goalie stats are win/loss record, GAA and Save%.
Neutral Zone Player Ratings Neutral Zone provides detailed scouting reports for college hockey prospects up until their final year of junior hockey, the season immediately before they enter college. NZ developed a 1-5 star scale for rating NCAA and Canadian Interuniversity Sport (U Sports) prospects. The star rating reflects how the prospect compares to other players in his birth year.
The Stats Sheet (shown below) also includes the Neutral Zone star rating for each new UNH player. Clicking the numerical rating for any player connects to all their evaluations and game reports performed by NZ's scouts. NZ is a paid subscription service.
The incoming UNH freshman class includes 8 players born in 2004 and 2 from 2005. Sam Oliver 4.25★ (Alternate Captain, Drummondville Voltigeurs, QMJHL) and Jacob Newcombe 4★ (Captain, Cape Breton Eagles, QMJHL) are UNH's highest rated 2004-born forwards. For comparison purposes, Angus Crookshank and Charlie Kelleher were the last UNH freshmen forwards with a rating as high as 4.25★. Recent UNH forwards with a 4★ as an incoming freshman include Ryan Conmy, Robert Cronin, Stiven Sardarian, and Ryan MacPherson.
Nicholas De Angelis 4★ (Alternate Captain, Sudbury Wolves, OHL) is the highest rated incoming defenseman. Recent UNH freshman defensemen with a 4★ include Brendan Fitzgerald, Colton Huard, and Damien Carfagna.
The highest rated transfers to UNH are forward Cam MacDonald 3.75★ (Acadia University, Canada U Sports) and defenseman Oscar Plandowski 3.75★ (University of New Brunswick, Canada U Sports). In their final Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League season MacDonald was a 4.5★ prospect and Plandowski was a 4★.
UNH will bring in 2 new goalies for 2025-26. Incoming freshman Kristian Coombs 3.75★ (Melfort Mustangs, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League) lead Melfort to the 2025 SJHL Championship.
Transfer Kyle Chauvette 3.25★ (Union College, Eastern College Athletic Conference)
, who'll be a senior at UNH, was the starting goalie for Union College over the last two seasons. In his final season in junior hockey with the Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) Chauvette held a 3.5★ rating.
2024-25 Stats Sheet for 14 Players Added to 2025-26 UNH Roster
| Player | NZ Stars★ | Team | League | GP | Goals | Asst | Pts | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incoming Freshmen | |||||||||
| Sam Oliver (F) 7/4/04 | 4.25★ | Drummondville Voltigeurs | QMJHL | 63 | 50 | 28 | 78 | 57 | +19 |
| Playoffs | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | +1 | |||
| Jacob Newcombe (C/LW) 4/27/04 | 4.0★ | Cape Breton Eagles | QMJHL | 63 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 40 | +27 |
| Playoffs | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | |||
| Nicholas De Angelis (D) 5/22/04 | 4.0★ | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 66 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 44 | +10 |
| Playoffs | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | |||
| Alex Carr (D) 3/30/04 | 3.75★ | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL | 62 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 55 | +29 |
| Playoffs | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | +10 | |||
| Reid Conn (D) 2/2/04 | 3.75★ | Chicago Steel | USHL | 43 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 90 | +5 |
| Kristian Coombs (G) 6/28/05 | 3.75★ | Melfort Mustangs | SJHL | 34 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2.01 | .926 |
| Playoffs | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1.33 | .942 | |||
| Conner de Haro (D) 10/17/05 | 3.75★ | Youngstown Phantoms | USHL | 56 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 20 | +7 |
| Playoffs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | |||
| Connor DeTurris (F) 10/8/04 | 3.75★ | Nanaimo Clipper | BCHL | 44 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 10 | - |
| Playoffs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Félix Gagnon (C) 6/10/04 | 3.75★ | Chicoutimi, Saguenay | QMJHL | 61 | 24 | 30 | 54 | 46 | +15 |
| Playoffs | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Philbrick (D) 6/20/04 | 3.5★ | Salmon Arms Silverbacks | BCHL | 28 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | - |
| Playoffs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | |||
| Transfer from Canadian U Sports | |||||||||
| Cam MacDonald (C/LW) 5/4/03 | 3.75★(4.5) | Acadia University | USports | 29 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 46 | -3 |
| Oscar Plandowski (D) 5/18/03 | 3.75★(4.0) | University of New Brunswick | USports | 30 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | +22 |
| 2025 NCAA Transfer Portal | |||||||||
| Kyle Chauvette (G) 10/5/01 | 3.25★(3.5) | Union College | ECAC | 35 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2.80 | .896 |
| Jack Cronin (F) 3/31/01 | 3.5★(3.5) | Princeton University | ECAC 2023-24 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 8 | -11 |
| ★ = Neutral Zone 5-Star Rating | |||||||||
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