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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com Two years into their existence, and they’re into Nationals. The Minnesota Squatch are excited to make their debut after two very strong seasons since joining the league in 2022. At .736 over two seasons, the Squatch are seventh among non-original 2017-18 teams in winning percentage. “We are very excited…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com The Metro Jets’ first-year USPHL Elite program had quite the blueprint to work off of. They were borne of an organization that has been one of the most successful in the USPHL Premier. In fact, the Jets’ Premier team has the all-time best winning percentage in regular season play…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com Welcome to the Nationals, Potomac Patriots. A legacy member of the USPHL Elite (and USPHL Premier) in 2017-18, the Patriots have had a long and winding road to get to Utica not just this year, but over their seven years in the league. For the first five years in…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com They’re batting a thousand! Since the 2021 inception of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights USPHL junior organization, both their USPHL Premier and USPHL Elite teams have been able to qualify for the National Championships at each level. “It’s a great feeling, and we hope that it keeps going for many more…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com The Tampa Bay Juniors are geared up and excited to fly north to Utica, N.Y., where they’ll be part of a very tough field of 10 teams. The Juniors, however, have a lot of experience with Nationals. This is the Elite program’s fourth straight trip and sixth overall. The…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com The Ontario Jr. Reign became the third Pacific Division team to qualify for Nationals after the division and its teams made their USPHL debut in 2020-21. After the Fresno Monsters took the first two division titles and the attached Nationals berths, the Las Vegas Thunderbirds broke that monopoly and…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com The Islanders Hockey Club have become a Nationals regular, qualifying for their fifth year in a row after playing all or parts of 15 periods of hockey to get there. They played in just four games, but their series victory against the South Shore Kings came after a double-overtime…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com Year 1 at the Nationals was a good start for the Fort Wayne Spacemen. Head Coach Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock hopes that last year’s success – in reaching the quarterfinals in their first Nationals run – is only the hint of better things to come here in 2024. They certainly…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com The Atlanta MadHatters are ready to come into the 2024 Nationals with nothing but positive energy. This will be the MadHatters first time playing in the Nationals (they had previously qualified for the ultimately canceled 2020 Nationals), so they’re ready to take full advantage of the experience after defeating…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com The Rockets Hockey Club have themselves a few gems in terms of offense, and a team defense that can play the shutdown game. So they certainly come into Utica feeling good about their chances in the 2024 field. Returning Rockets forwards John Crowdell and Jace Lombardo put themselves in…
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