Defenseman Beau Schmitz and Forward Zach Golembieski, members of last season's Belle Tire U-16 team which won both the Michigan State Championship and the USA National Championship have been selected for the USA Hockey National Development Team Program's U-17 team (US NTDP U-17).
What makes the selection of Golembieski most noteworthy is that he was not selected to attend the USA National Select Festival from the Michigan District as a Select 15 player last summer, and he was not invited to attend the "Final Forty" selection camp for the U-17 team in Ann Arbor at the conclusion of this past fall season.