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This summer\u2019s Development Camp just became a lot more interesting.<\/p>\n
Mayor\u2019s Manor has learned that Hayden Stavroff of Dartmouth \u2014 this season\u2019s ECAC Player of the Year \u2014 is expected to join the Kings in El Segundo this summer for the team\u2019s annual gathering of top prospects and potential NHLers.<\/p>\n
The 5-foot-11 sophomore led all of NCAA Division I hockey with 29 goals this season \u2014 nearly tripling his output of 10 from his freshman year. Stavroff was also named Ivy League Player of the Year, won the Walter Brown Award, and was a Hobey Baker Top 10 finalist. He played on one of the most dangerous lines in college hockey alongside Hank Cleaves, a 6-foot-5 center we featured in our original college free agent piece<\/a> (they totaled 88 points between the two of them). Their season came to an end on March 26 when Dartmouth fell 5-1 to Wisconsin at the NCAA regional semifinal in Worcester. He attended Washington\u2019s Development Camp last summer as a free agent invitee. Now LA gets its turn.<\/p>\n As for what makes him dangerous, Dartmouth head coach Reid Cashman put it best:<\/p>\n \u201cI haven\u2019t seen anybody else in college hockey have the puck come off their stick the way it does for Hayden.\u201d<\/p>\n After the season ended, Cashman went further, adding:<\/p>\n \u201cHe is the best college goal scorer I have ever seen. On top of his goal scoring, Hayden competes at a high level and plays a selfless form of hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n For a brief visual of just how good his shot is, look no further:<\/p>\n Yea\u2026..good luck stopping that<\/p>\n Hayden Stavroff goes bar south for his 16TH of the year!<\/p>\n Gameday Central \u27a1\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/bpPL1SgtzY<\/a>#GoBigGreen<\/a> | #TheWoods<\/a>\ud83c\udf32 pic.twitter.com\/J3OA23Zqo4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dartmouth Men\u2019s Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) January 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n That release \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n Hayden Stavroff gets his 20TH OF THE YEAR!<\/p>\n Gameday Central \u27a1\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/pr1khOmIVS<\/a>#GoBigGreen<\/a> | #TheWoods<\/a>\ud83c\udf32 pic.twitter.com\/Ph6ZQr3FNC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dartmouth Men\u2019s Hockey (@Dartmouth_MIH) January 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Having just completed his sophomore season, a return to Dartmouth remains very possible. Yet, having the nation\u2019s top goal scorer at camp is a significant advancement in conversations with the young forward and his advisors.<\/p>\n Also expected at Kings camp this summer is Isaiah Norlin \u2014 one of the right-shot defensemen we profiled in our original free agent article<\/a>. Ironically enough, his season at Colgate came to an end when Dartmouth eliminated them in the ECAC quarterfinals. Checking in at 6-foot-6 and 205 lbs., with 28 points (8 G, 20 A) in 37 GP, Norlin finished second on the Raiders in scoring despite playing on the blue line, led all ECAC defensemen with five power-play goals, and earned Second Team All-ECAC honors. In October, he was named ECAC Defender of the Month after putting up seven points in seven games. Norlin knows who he is and excels in the role, finishing 12th in all of college hockey with .757 points-per-game among defensemen.<\/p>\n His path to Colgate is worth knowing. Norlin was named BCHL Defenseman of the Year in 2023-24 with the West Kelowna Warriors \u2014 one of several players helping raise that league\u2019s profile as a legitimate stepping stone to high-end college programs. He spent one year at Nebraska-Omaha before transferring to Colgate, where he broke out this season. The Blues liked him enough to bring him to their Dev Camp in 2024. Now LA will get a turn at further impressing the big defender.<\/p>\n TAKE A BOW ISAIAH NORLIN\ud83d\udea8#GoGate<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5aSrTPKuGt<\/a><\/p>\n — Colgate Men's Hockey (@ColgateMIH) February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n