Littler's dad coaches major juniors in Wenatchee. He should wait another year, and see if MJ-NCAA eligibility starts this fall. If so he can be the hometown hero for last year of eligibility. They are smart enough to know it'd be better to come in ready to contribute rather than fight for extra skater minutes.
There are probably a good amount of grads living well that can chip in (I plan to), but NIL is really driven by aristocrats that can't afford the $1 billion+ price tags for pro teams these days, so they "buy" their favorite college team.
Came out firing but didn't get the goals when we had the momentum. Didn't see goals 2 and 3 by them, but 4 was due to Michigan having a scouting report provided by our beat writer regarding zone entries by our star player.