Everywhere you looked outside, there were all the signs of the "snowpocalypse" that hit New England over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. 

Piles of snow, white roads and treacherous travel, however, couldn't combine to keep the USPHL's best NCDC, 18U and 16U players away from the annual All-Star Game at Merrimack College in North Andover. 

The NCDC All-Star Game was won by the National All-Stars, 7-5. The National team was coached by (and selected by) Boston Junior Bruins head coach Mike Anderson and Connecticut Jr. Rangers head coach Jim Henkel. 

The American team was the first on the board, just 3:41 in. After an initial stop by Yaniv Perets (Junior Bruins), Antoine Belisle (Hitmen) sent a pass from behind the net out front to Jacob Laurin (N.H. Jr. Monarchs) for a 1-0 lead. Team American was coached by Ryan Frew (Monarchs) and selected by Frew and Toby Harris (Hitmen). 

Noah Strawn (Rangers) turned on the physicality about five minutes later making a big hit and stealing the puck in Team American's defensive zone, and went high glove side for a tie score. 

Less than two minutes later, it was the connection of Junior Bruins teammates Robby Griffin (Northeastern commit) to Jonny Mulera (Providence commit) for a fantastic breakaway goal by Mulera. 

The All-New Jersey unit of Dartmouth commit Ryan Sorkin (Rockets) and the Hitmen's Mickey Burns and Philip Elgstam were next to cash in, at 15:03 elapsed in the first period. Sorkin sent the puck from behind the net to Burns in the high slot, who smashed a wrister into the net for a 2-2 tie. 

Billy Grant scored on a second effort assisted by his Boston Bandits teammate to end the first period, at 3-2. 

The second period started with goals by both teams from Team American's Sasha Peresunko and Team National's Zach Mazur. 

A lot of back-and-forth play dominated the second period. About 12:30 after Mazur's goal, Colin Slyne put in a funny bounce off the glass to make it 5-3 National. 

Slyne's Connecticut teammate Brad Ong sent a hard wrister in to end the second, with just 21 seconds remaining in that stanza. 

It was actually three goals in a row by Rangers players, as the third period started with Strawn's second goal, from teammates/linemates Ong and Takato Cox. 

Mickey Burns' second goal saw him jump on a loose puck just outside the crease, assisted by Elgstam and Sorkin yet again. 

The NCDC game even had a penalty shot! Zachary Mazur (Rochester) was hauled down and given the free chance against the Bandits' Connor McAnanama. The Bandit was just that, robbing Mazur of a goal with his right pad. 

The Hitmen's Tanner Palocsik kept the comeback attempt alive with a goal with just over 5 minutes left, but it just wasn't enough. Team National is your 2019 winners, 7-5.

Watch for photos from the All-Star Game, starting on Tuesday, on the All-Star Game page.