Carter Meyer released from USNTDP, expected to join Quebec Remparts

Carter Meyer is out at the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and expected to join the Quebec Remparts in August. The Winchester, Massachusetts, forward already had his CHL rights with Québec after the club took him 17th overall in the 2025 QMJHL Draft, and his path still points to Boston University for 2027-28.

The release matters because Meyer did not leave as an ordinary junior prospect. He was one of the NTDP’s most productive forwards in 2025-26, scoring 18 goals and 45 points in 41 games with the U-17 team while also jumping up and producing 25 points in 29 games with the U-18 group. That kind of usage tells the story: Meyer was good enough to move up, score at both levels, and still keep his draft stock on the rise.

His international numbers backed that up. Meyer put up 10 points in four games at the U-17 World Hockey Challenge and added five points at the U-18 World Championship in April 2026. For a 2027 NHL Draft prospect, that is the kind of résumé that creates leverage, because it shows production against peers and older competition without needing a long runway to prove he can handle pace.

The move also lands in the middle of the bigger development argument USHL readers know well: whether elite American players are still best served by the standard USA Hockey track, or whether the CHL is increasingly the better accelerator. Meyer’s case is especially sharp because he remains an NCAA commit, so the usual false choice does not really apply. He can spend a season in Québec, keep building against major junior competition, and still arrive at Boston University with his college route intact.

Family ties only sharpen the fit. Meyer is the son of former NHL defenseman Freddy Meyer, and his brother Freddy already plays for the Remparts, which gives Québec a built-in familiarity with the player and the player a clean landing spot. Simon Gagné, the Remparts’ general manager, had already signaled confidence that Meyer would eventually report, and the club now gets a top-end American forward who has been producing at every stop. An early exit from the NTDP can also carry a $50,000 USA Hockey fee unless waived, a reminder that this is not just a roster move but a decision that can shape the rest of a prospect’s development map.