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P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 5, Elmira Impact 2 The No. 7 seed P.A.L. pulled off the 7v2 upset win against the higher-seeded host Elmira Impact. They will advance to face the No. 6 Rockets Hockey Club in the Atlantic semifinal round as all four advancing Atlantic teams were the 5-8 seeds. Brett LoGelfo, a veteran of…
Dells Ducks 3, Minnesota Mullets 2 The Dells Ducks defeated the host Minnesota Mullets 3-2 to force a Game 3 on Monday at 7 p.m. CST. Derrand Wilcox scored the game-winning goal in the second period, and Maximilian Pierce came up huge in net with 46 saves on 48 shots. P.A.L. Jr. Islanders 4,…
Northern Cyclones 4, Worcester Railers JHC 0 Ethan Jourden made 24 saves for the shutout, and Taylor Casey and Justin Scarbrough each had a goal and an assist. Julius Andrekus stood tall as well in the Worcester net with 49 saves on 51 shots. Columbus Mavericks 7, Battle Creek Kernels 1 Giovanni Valentine scored…
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 4, Connecticut Jr. Rangers 2 Knights Win Series 2-0 Ryan Wead scored the Knights’ GWG in the first period and he also added an assist, and Abraham Palma also registered up a 1-1-2 line. Gusts Valantis was huge in net with 40 saves on 42 shots. Connecticut’s Teddy Ecker logged another strong goaltending…
Islanders Hockey Club 6, Boston Jr. Rangers 3 Islanders Lead Series 1-0 Six different goal-scorers scored for the IHC, including Ethan Brochu, Dylan Reynolds and Nico Rooney each with a goal and an assist. Thomas Cafarelli stopped 24 of 27 shots in net for the Islanders South Shore Kings 3, Utica Jr. Comets 1…
Event Runs March 20-24 At The Ice Vault Arena In Wayne, N.J. The United States Premier Hockey League is pleased to announce the game schedules for the 2024-25 USPHL National Championships for the Premier and Elite conferences, to be held March 20-24, 2025, at the Ice Vault Arena in Wayne, N.J. The format is…
Event Runs March 20-24 At The Ice Vault Arena In Wayne, N.J. The United States Premier Hockey League is pleased to announce the game schedules for the 2024-25 USPHL National Championships for the Premier and Elite conferences, to be held March 20-24, 2025, at the Ice Vault Arena in Wayne, N.J. The format is…
Read About How The United States Premier Hockey League Utilizes Ken’s Ratings For American College Hockey (“KRACH”) to determine its Power Rankings. These rankings are used by the USPHL only to determine Divisional seeding for Premier Nationals; for selecting the Elite wild card team to fill out the 6-team Elite Nationals field; and for seeding…
KRACH Explained What is it? – KRACH is “Ken’s Rating for American College Hockey.” Ken is statistician Ken Butler and the mathematical model he used is known as the Bradley-Terry Rating System. KRACH combines the performance of each team with the strength of the opposition against which that performance was achieved and produces a value (“rating”)…
The Connecticut Jr. Rangers and the Islanders Hockey Club will play at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday in the 2024 USPHL Premier National Championship game at the Utica University Nexus Center. In the first semifinal of the day, the Connecticut Jr. Rangers defeated the Metro Jets Development Program (MJDP) by a 5-2 score. Alexander Bexelius…