His standout youth hockey profession on Lengthy Island led him to the USA Hockey Nationwide Crew Improvement Program in Michigan, the place he performed two seasons. In 2018-19 he had 34 factors (eight targets, 26 assists) in 58 video games with the NTDP Below-18 staff and was No. 61 amongst North American skaters in NHL Central Scouting’s remaining rating for the 2019 NHL Draft. However he did not hear his identify known as till the sixth spherical (No. 166) by the Minnesota Wild.
Seventeen gamers had been chosen from that NTDP U-18 staff. Warren was the seventeenth.
The message that night time from NTDP director of participant personnel Rod Braceful?
“I simply informed him, ‘Hey, do not be disenchanted in your self. It is best to absorb the second and never be disenchanted.’ He will go a good distance and he can play within the NHL.”
Warren went from the draft to a four-season profession at Boston Faculty. However the Wild opted to not signal him, making him an unrestricted free agent after the 2022-23 season. He took benefit of a fifth season of NCAA eligibility to play on the College of Michigan in 2023-24 and had 18 factors (4 targets, 14 assists) in 41 video games.
When his season ended, Warren obtained the decision he all the time needed. The Islanders signed him to a two-year, entry-level contract on April 16, 2024.
He performed all of final season with Bridgeport of the American Hockey League and had 17 factors (4 targets, 13 assists) in 53 video games. That have gave him a sure consolation stage when he arrived for coaching camp this season.
“Your first 12 months you are studying all the things, after which your second 12 months all the things slows down a little bit bit,” he stated.
Warren was a standout throughout camp and was one of many remaining gamers despatched to the AHL earlier than New York’s season opener on Oct. 9. However he left an impression on Islanders coach Patrick Roy, as did his 5 factors (two targets, three assists) in his first 4 AHL video games this season.
With New York putting defenseman Alexander Romanov (higher physique) on injured reserve Thursday, the primary cellphone name to take his spot went to Warren.
“He was actually good within the coaching camp,” Roy stated Friday. “Thought he performed rather well. He was [AHL] Participant of the Week in Bridgeport. … It was good to see him be rewarded for what he was doing.”
That reward got here simply earlier than midday Saturday, when he received his highlight skate with family and friends watching.
He then made the many of the alternative, getting two assists in 11:20 of ice time. Warren handed by way of the crease for an Anthony Duclair tap-in aim at 6:15 of the second interval, then fired a puck on the web from the blue line that Maxim Tsyplakov tipped in at 4:21 of the third interval.
