Jersey Hitmen 16U
Annunziato merits junior consideration after a substantial assignment against older youth competition. His movement and puck-management background gives the staff a technical direction for assessing how that responsibility might carry forward.
The available opinion connects crease mobility with rebound control. Its team benefit would be managing the first save so that a continuing possession does not force an unnecessarily difficult second response.
His ranking values the breadth and setting of his completed season. Those are useful reasons to evaluate him seriously, with the timing and recovery demands of junior attacks still needing a direct test.
The next assessment should examine contact after late changes of lane. Staying balanced enough to direct the puck and reconnect promptly to the follow-up would make his older-youth experience more relevant to a junior role.
His 2025–26 record with Jersey Hitmen 16U lists 42 appearances, with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .942 save percentage.