NAPHL T1ER League Announces All-T1ER Teams and Coaches of the Year for 2024-25
The North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) T1ER League is proud to announce the All-T1ER Teams and Coaches of the Year from the 2024-2025 regular season. The All-T1ER 1st and 2nd Teams were selected from the 16U and 18U divisions based on their outstanding performances during the regular season and the 2025 Dixon Cup Playoffs.
The T1ER season featured six regular-season events held across the United States, spanning from New Hampshire to New Mexico, with multiple stops in between. With NAHL & NA3HL scouts in attendance at every event, players received invaluable exposure to the North American Hockey League and family of leagues. Thanks to this visibility and the league's strong affiliation with the NAHL, nearly 50 players have already signed tenders for the 2025-26 season.
Dennis Vickers, Director of Player Personnel for the NAHL, shared his thoughts on the selections:
"This has been another great season of T1ER Hockey! Our coaches and players continue to do an outstanding job representing the T1ER League, and our teams have been instrumental in advancing players to the NAHL. With 75 players tendered last year and nearly 50 already this season, we are on track for another record-breaking year—something we take great pride in."
The NAPHL T1ER congratulates all players and coaches recognized and looks forward to another successful season of development, advancement, and exposure.
18U T1ER Coach of the Year
- Kyle O'Kane (CarShield AAA)
18U All-T1ER First Team
- Forward: Filippas Pliastos (Indiana Elite)
- Forward: Salvatore Viviano (Biggby Coffee)
- Forward: Wyatt Ezman (Madison Capitols)
- Defense: Braden Franck (Maine Nordiques)
- Defense: Matyas Krogler (Danbury Hat Tricks)
- Goalie: Caden Lentz (Lincoln Stars)
18U All-T1ER Second Team
- Forward: Trevor Young (Indiana Elite)
- Forward: Trevor O'Donohue (Biggby Coffee)
- Forward: Alex DeGroat (CarShield AAA)
- Defense: Ethan Bombalski (Pittsburgh Stars)
- Defense: Isaiah Castro (Lincoln Stars)
- Goalie: Andrew Bely (CarShield AAA)
18U All-Dixon Cup Playoff Team
- Forward: Alex DeGroat (CarShield AAA)
- Forward: Eli Shulman (Lincoln Stars)
- Forward: Wyatt Ezman (Madison Capitols)
- Defense: Ethan Bombalski (Pittsburgh Stars)
- Defense: Isaiah Castro (Lincoln Stars)
- Goaltender: Andrew Bely (CarShield AAA)
16U T1ER Coach of the Year
- Greg Anderson (CarShield AAA)
16U All-T1ER First Team
- Forward: Casen Youngman (Wasatch Renegades)
- Forward: Joseph Crimboli (Pittsburgh Stars)
- Forward: Joc Bukovec (Vegas Jr. Golden Knights)
- Defense: Henry Hlinka (Seattle Jr. Kraken)
- Defense: Charlie Rutz (Indiana Elite)
- Goalie: Nikita Oleksiienko (Pittsburgh Stars)
16U All-T1ER Second Team
- Forward: Carmine Laspata (Philadelphia Hockey Club)
- Forward: Mason Majewski (Madison Capitols)
- Forward: Jake McIntosh (Indiana Elite)
- Defense: Alexander Wainio (Biggby Coffee)
- Defense: Greyson Larose (CarShield AAA)
- Goalie: Nathan Arnold (CarShield AAA)
16U All-Dixon Cup Playoff Team
- Forward: Mason Majewski (Madison Capitols)
- Forward: Alex Patsilevas (Pittsburgh Stars)
- Forward: Michael Buckowitz (CarShield AAA)
- Defense: Greyson Larose (CarShield AAA)
- Defense: Reid Parker (CarShield AAA)
- Goaltender: Nikita Oleksiienko (Pittsburgh Stars)
