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#USPHLPlayoffs Series Preview: Northern Cyclones vs. Springfield Pics

By iclarke / March 3, 2023 / Comments Off on #USPHLPlayoffs Series Preview: Northern Cyclones vs. Springfield Pics

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com    North Division All Games At Cyclones Arena  Friday, March 3, 4 p.m. EST Saturday, March 4, 4 p.m. EST Sunday, March 5, 4 p.m. EST (if necessary)  There exists the possibility that, by Saturday evening, we may know our first USPHL Nationals participant. The Springfield Pics will travel to…

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USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: North Region

By iclarke / February 25, 2023 / Comments Off on USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: North Region

Games of Feb. 15-21   North Division Submitted By Joshua Boyd Forward: Loik LeClerc, Springfield Pics LeClerc (‘03/Mont-Tremblant, Que.) put together four goals and one assist during his three games at the South Shore Kings Presidents Day Showcase. This included a hat trick against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights, the Mid-Atlantic Division champions. In 14 Elite games,…

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South Shore Kings Presidents Day Showcase Kicks Off Thursday In Foxboro

By iclarke / February 13, 2023 / Comments Off on South Shore Kings Presidents Day Showcase Kicks Off Thursday In Foxboro

Final USPHL Showcase Series Event To Feature NCDC, Premier, Elite Conferences In Action NCDC All-Star Game Event To Follow Showcase On Tuesday, Feb. 21 By USPHL Staff  The 2022-23 USPHL Showcase Series will wrap up this coming weekend with the final event of the calendar, before the USPHL Playoffs kick off in March. Many of…

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USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: North Region

By iclarke / January 27, 2023 / Comments Off on USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: North Region

Games of Jan. 17-23   North Division  Summaries By Joshua Boyd  Forward: Danil Nikiforov, Boston Junior Bruins Nikiforov (‘05/Moskva, Russia) scored the final two goals of a five-game, six-goal streak, including a goal that helped push the Junior Bruins to overtime against the first-place Northern Cyclones on Jan. 22. He has 14 goals and 11…

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USPHL Elite Players Of The Month – December 2022: Southeast Division

By iclarke / January 5, 2023 / Comments Off on USPHL Elite Players Of The Month – December 2022: Southeast Division

Forwards Brayden Strong, Carolina Jr. Hurricanes You have to love the story of the local boy done good. That is Strong to his core. The ‘04 from Wake Forest, N.C., came up through the Jr. Hurricanes youth system. After a season with their 16U AAA squad, it was on to junior hockey in 2021-22. This…

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USPHL Elite Players Of The Month – December 2022: North Division

By iclarke / January 5, 2023 / Comments Off on USPHL Elite Players Of The Month – December 2022: North Division

(Summaries By Joshua Boyd)   Forwards Sean Lajeunesse, Northern Cyclones From the Elite team with the best winning percentage (.935, off a 21-1-1-0 record) and best current winning streak – 9-0 – comes this ‘04 from Littleton, Colo. Lajeunesse was gigantic in December, posting five goals and seven assists for 12 points in just eight…

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USPHL Elite Players Of The Month – December 2022: Florida Division

By iclarke / January 5, 2023 / Comments Off on USPHL Elite Players Of The Month – December 2022: Florida Division

(Summaries by Joshua Boyd)   Forwards Alexander Clingerman, Florida Eels  Five multi-point games in a row, including a five-point effort against the Columbia Infantry, certainly helped bring Clingerman to our notice in December. All told, Clingerman (‘03/Marriottsville, Md.) wound up with four goals and nine assists for 13 points in eight December games for the…

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Rockets Hockey Club’s Dobnig Named WJC’s Fastest Skater In Preliminary Round For Austria

By iclarke / January 2, 2023 / Comments Off on Rockets Hockey Club’s Dobnig Named WJC’s Fastest Skater In Preliminary Round For Austria

On Sunday, Jan. 1, the IIHF released its findings on the fastest skaters at the World Junior Championships through state-of-the-art camera technology placed around the arenas at Halifax, N.S., and Moncton, N.B. Rockets Hockey Club NCDC skater Jonas Dobnig, competing for Austria, was found to be the fastest in the tournament at 38.19 kilometers per…

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Former Florida Eels Elite Goalie Suiting Up For Latvia At World Juniors, Committed to UMass-Lowell

By iclarke / December 31, 2022 / Comments Off on Former Florida Eels Elite Goalie Suiting Up For Latvia At World Juniors, Committed to UMass-Lowell

The Florida Eels are extremely excited to announce goaltender Karlis Mezsargs, a Florida Eels alum, is rostered on the Latvian World Junior Championships team, and has committed to NCAA Division I University of Massachusetts at Lowell (UMass-Lowell). Karlis currently plays for the USHL’s Tri-City Storm. He is 6-feet-3-inches and 185 pounds, and catches left. He…

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USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: North Region

By iclarke / December 23, 2022 / Comments Off on USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: North Region

Week of Dec. 13-19   North Division (Submitted by Joshua Boyd) Forward: Quirino DoCanto, Bridgewater Bandits DoCanto pushed himself into fourth place in USPHL Elite scoring with a recent run of five goals and two assists for seven points in his last three games to close the 2022 portion of the season.  He had a…

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