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Tampa Bay Juniors 3, Bold City Battalion 2 (2OT) It’s all over in Wesley Chapel, Fla.! The Tampa Bay Juniors won in double overtime to advance to the USPHL Nationals. This instant classic saw Aki Jokela score the Double-OT winner at the 5:25 mark of the second extra session. Along with Jokela, Jason Johnson and Dawson…
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Elmira Impact 3, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 2 The Elmira Impact won 3-2 to even their series against the P.A.L. Jr. Islanders, forcing a Game 3 on Monday at 2:30 p.m. EST. Andrew Wapass scored twice for the Impact, and Gunnar MacLellan had two assists. Andrew Coston stopped 38 of 40 shots for Elmira, and Dominik…
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Islanders Hockey Club 6, South Shore Kings 0 The Jr. Islanders scored a 6-0 victory against the South Shore Kings. IHC goaltender Jake Henry made 21 saves in his shutout win. Edijs Freimanis and Parker Stepien each had a goal and an assist for the Islanders. The Islanders move on to the New England Division…
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Palm Beach Typhoon 4, Florida Jr. Blades 3 Our first final for the day is in, and the Palm Beach Typhoon will keep their season going after winning 4-3 against the Florida Jr. Blades to stand at 1-1 in the USPHL Elite Florida Division double elimination tournament. Aydin Canbek scored twice and added one assis, and…
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Forward: Jason Gongol, Chicago Crush Gongol (‘05/Carol Stream, Ill.) finished as the leading scorer for the Crush, coming in with 64 points in 36 games. He put up 19 of those points in 12 games in February, scoring five goals and adding 14 assists. Rocco Romita, Chicago Cougars Romita (‘04/Naperville, ,Ill.) scored eight…
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 3, Mercer Chiefs 1 The Great 8’s are going to the Atlantic Division Final. The Atlantic’s No. 8 seed WBS Knights have finished their second straight 2-0 series win after defeating the Mercer Chiefs by a 3-1 score on Saturday. Ilya Baldin scored the GWG and added an assist, and in net, Gusts…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com The Vernal Oilers will make their third straight trip to the #USPHLNationals as Northwest Division Champions. The Oilers closed out their series against the Seattle Totems with a 6-1 victory for the game and 2-0 for the series. Gergo Schwartz scored twice, Filip Lezzani had a goal and two assists,…
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Week of March 9 Games of Feb. 25-March 3 Forward: Niko Benjamin, Utica Jr. Comets Benjamin (‘04/Surprise, Ariz.) scored two goals and three assists for five points, which helped him pass the 100-point mark on March 1. The all-time NCDC games played leader has played in 188 games since first joining the Jr. Comets…
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Tampa Bay Juniors 3, Palm Beach Typhoon 2 The USPHL Elite regular season champion Juniors were 3-2 winners against the No. 4 seed Palm Beach Typhoon to start the Florida Division double elimination tournament. Tampa’s Paul Johnson scored twice, and Kelan Jamison and Max Ratliff each had two assists. TBJ goaltender Shane Passaro stopped 31…
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Forwards Kasper Pohjala, Vernal Oilers Pohjala (‘05/Helsinki, Finland) closed out an immense season with the league’s only fully undefeated team at 44-0 by scoring five goals and dishing out 18 assists for 23 points in just five February regular season games. He finished fifth in regular season scoring with 97 points in 28 games. …
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