MERCER CHIEFS NCDC COACHING STAFF

GM + Head Coach – Rob Broderick
Assistant Coach – JT Tarantino
Goalie Coach – Terry Jarkowsky
Head Scout – Jason Deskins
Head Scout – Ryan Kosecki
East Coast Scout – Chris Barcless
East Coast Scout – Sean Provost
Scout – Rob Colton
Scout – Caleb Fitzpatrick
Skills Coach – Oktay Armagan
Skills Coach – Tim Chase

Hotel link for NCDC Main Camp at Ice Land: Holiday Inn Princeton Room Reservations.

Please make room reservations here if you are already registered for main camp.

USPHL Combine

2024 USPHL NCDC Combine Series!

The United States Premier Hockey League, and its tuition-free National Collegiate Development Conference, are proud to announce their 2024 USPHL NCDC Combine Series, set to take place in Detroit, Mich. (April 12-13) and in Chicago, Ill. (May 11-12). A third and new event will be held in Boston (May 18-19).

Between the NCDC, the USPHL Premier and the USPHL Elite, the USPHL as a League has had more than 6,000 alumni in college hockey, with more than 3,500 playing per year. No other league at the Tier II and Tier III levels together sends more players to college hockey than the USPHL and NCDC.

Registering for these Combines will put you as a player in front of coaches at all levels of USPHL Junior Hockey, allowing you to set your own Path To College Hockey!

Players born between Jan. 1, 2004, and Dec. 31, 2008, will be eligible.

Non-refundable* registration is $325 for each Combine. The USPHL provides a great value to prospective players to show their skills in front of NCDC and USPHL Premier coaches and begin new relationships that will lead you on your path to college.

Players will be guaranteed a minimum of three scrimmage games, and there will also be an informational seminar at each Combine about the United States Premier Hockey League and its unparalleled USPHL Development Model. —USPHL Staff

Combine Registrations

Coach Tarantino joins the Mercer Chiefs NCDC coaching staff after leading Saint Joseph’s University to its best season in the past 20 years. He took over as Head Coach of the program last March, and in year one led a group which had missed playoffs in 2022 to become 2023 ACCHL Regular Season Champions. He was also the Head Coach of the Philadelphia Little Flyers 2009 team, who moved up a division in the AYHL and made a run to the Bantam Minor championship game.

JT played for the NJ Titans and NJ Rockets Tier 1 and Junior Programs, acting as a captain of several of his teams. Following a successful youth/junior playing career, JT played for Saint Joseph’s University where he was a two-year captain and ACCHL All First Team, posting 135 points in 94 career games.