EISERMANIA: U17 forward Cole Eiserman (Newburyport, Mass.) continued his historic season with five goals in two games in Chicago last weekend.

The Shattuck-St. Mary's product scored the team's first two goals Saturday night and then followed with his fourth hat-trick of the season in Sunday's 8-5 USA victory.

Three of Eiserman's five scores came on the man advantage to bring his total to 17 on the season, the only NTDP skater to be in double digits.

The University of Minnesota commit has now netted 45 times on the season to put him in sole possession of 10th all-time in an NTDP single season. The U17 record of 54 goals, set by Cole Caufield in 2017-18, is well within reach for Eiserman, who still has likely 15 or more games to play this season.

HENNY'S HEATER:  U17 defenseman Logan Hensler (Woodbury, Minn.) put himself on the scoreboard as he collected a goal in each of the U17s' games last weekend, his first two markers of the season.

Hensler gave Team USA a 3-2 lead midway through the game in Saturday's eventual loss and then started the comeback in Sunday's matinee, earning the Under-17 Team's first goal of the game halfway through the opening frame.

The 6-foot-2 defenseman added a pair of helpers in Sunday's win for his first career three-point game at the NTDP. The defenseman's big weekend brings him to third amongst NTDP U17 blueliners in points as he's accumulated 14 (2g-12a) on the campaign.

APPLE PICKING: U17 forward James Hagens (Hauppauge, N.Y.) had a huge weekend on the scoresheet as he racked up seven points (1g-6a) in Chicago.

The 2025 draft-eligible collected a trio of assists on Friday and then matched that again, while adding a goal, in Sunday's rematch.

The seven points tied Hagens' best mark in a two-game stretch this year, a feat he has completed four times on the year.

The Long Island native leads the U17s with 40 helpers and sits second with 26 goals scored and 66 total points.

RESTART YOUR ENGINES: The Under-18 Team returns to the ice after a 12-day layoff of game competition, matching their longest stretch of the season of days between games.

The team will look to right the ship and get their legs under them early as both previous instances ended in defeat. The U18s hosted the Chicago Steel at USA Hockey Arena on December 9 after a 12-day layoff, earning a point but falling 5-4 in a shootout. In the other situation which included the December holiday break, the U18s traveled to Minnesota and could not complete the comeback in an eventual 3-2 loss to the Golden Gophers.

The only longer break in the schedule will come between their final USHL game in Chicago on April 2 and the beginning of the IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship later that month in Switzerland.