FEELING AT HOME: The Under-18 Team carries three Boston University commits who had the opportunity to play at their future home last weekend. All three produced multi-point games at Agganis Arena.

Forward Cole Eiserman (Newburyport, Mass.) led the way with a three-goal, two-assist night against the Terriers. He netted twice in the opening period and then completed the hat-trick with Team USA's final goal of the third, his third three-plus goal performance in his first eight games of the season.

Fellow forward Kamil Bednarik (Chicago, Ill.) added a trio of assists on the night, including on Team USA's opening two goals. The 6-foot, 186-pound center added a goal Sunday against Dartmouth and enters this weekend riding a five-game point streak (3g-7a--10pts), including multiple points in three of those five.

Defenseman Cole Hutson (Chicago, Ill.) made his presence felt against older brothers, Lane and Quinn, and the rest of the Terriers as he collected his first career multi-goal game at the NTDP. Hutson kicked off the scoring with a breakaway finish less than five minutes into the game and added his second on the power play early in the middle frame. Hutson's 73 career points (12g-61a) already ranks 12th for defensemen all-time at the NTDP as he looks to keep ascending the list this season.

STONE COLD KEMPF: U18 netminder Nick Kempf (Chicago, Ill.) turned in the best performance of his NTDP career in the team's 8-2 win over Boston University.

The University of Notre Dame commit turned aside a career-high 47 shots, including a few spectacular saves on multiple Terriers odd-man rushes, en route to his third win of the season. Prior to Saturday's game, Kempf's highmark was 34 saves back on December 3, 2022 against Madison. 

The goaltender improved his seasonal numbers to a 3.13 GAA and .919 SV% in five games, both tops among all NTDP netminders.

ON THE BOARD: The Under-17 Team fell in a close 6-5 battle on home ice last Friday night, but four skaters will remember their first career NTDP goal.

Andrew O'Neill (Fargo, N.D.) put Team USA on the board halfway through the opening period with a tremendous hustle play to the puck, deke and backhand finish.

Will Moore (Ithaca, N.Y.) followed to put his name in the goal column for the first time less than a minute later. Moore stationed himself in the crease and redirected a Drew Schock IV (Green Bay, Wis.) attempt from the point.

Next up it was LJ Mooney's (West Mifflin, Pa.) turn as he tied the score at 3-3. He took a Jack Murtagh (East Greenbush, N.Y.) pass and rifled his shot short-side top corner for his first of the season.

Schock closed out the first-time scorers late in the second period with a perfectly placed wrister from the top of the left circle.

YOU'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR FIRST: A pair of NTDP alums lit the lamp for the first time in their NHL careers over the past week. Brock Faber (NTDP 2018-20 / Minneosta Wild) scored in front of his hometown fans in a 2-0 win over Florida while Thomas Bordeleau (NTDP 2018-20 / San Jose Sharks) used a perfect redirection to sneak one by Colorado's Alexander Georgiev for the Sharks' lone goal of the night two days later.