Philadelphia HC 18U defenseman Capecci signs NAHL Tender

The NAPHL’s T1ER League is pleased to announce that Philadelphia Hockey Club 18U defenseman Kalib Capecci has signed a NAHL tender agreement for the 2024-25 season with the Philadelphia Rebels of the NAHL’s East Division.

Capecci,17, spent the 2022-2023 season with Philadelphia Hockey Club’s 16U NAPHL team. In 16 regular season games, the Sewell, NJ native registered 17 points (3 goals, 14 assists) before making a run for the Dixon Cup. During the 4 Dixon Cup Playoff games, the defenseman tallied one goal and one assist. 

While with the 18U team, Capecci led PHC’s defensemen in points with a total of 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 16 games. As the top defenseman for his club, Capecci was selected to participate in the 2024 Top Prospects Tournament where he was able to score the game winning goal for the 18U Blue team. 

As a player who continues to find success, Capecci’s future team, the Rebels, called the defenseman up to play in the NAHL three times this season. 

Capecci is one of three skaters from the Philadelphia 18U team who has signed a NAHL tender agreement for the upcoming season. 

Click here to see a list of T1ER tenders for the 2023-24 season

A tender is a contract, of sorts, a player signs announcing his intentions to play for that particular NAHL team and that NAHL team only. Once a player signs a tender with an NAHL team, his playing rights belong to that team within the NAHL and he may not be recruited by any other NAHL team. Each team is granted ten (10) tenders, which include two (2) tenders exclusively used on players from the T1ER - plus or minus any trades - which became active on November 1st. Tendered players are not eligible for the 2024 NAHL Draft.