Premier Friday Final Scores | Feb. 20, 2026

Hawkesbury Knights 2, Universel Sherbrooke 1

Justin Hadjian scored twice in the opening period to lift the Hawkesbury Knights to a 2–1 win at Arena de Bromont. Louca Tumminello scored Sherbrooke’s lone goal late in the first, but the Knights locked it down the rest of the way.

MJDP 4, Fresh Coast Freeze 3 (SO)

MJDP completed the comeback and took the extra point in a shootout at Mount Clemens. Cameron Shaffer, William Smith, and Gianluca Virelli scored in regulation, while Emersen Lippert, Hayden Blik, and Charles Huntoon supplied the Freeze’s goals.

West Chester Wolves 7, Mercer Chiefs 6

In a high-scoring battle at PNY Sports Arena, the Wolves edged Mercer 7–6 behind multi-goal efforts from Marcus Lunski and Cooper Rodgers. Mercer saw tallies from Rhett Winger, James Mirigliano, Shawn Haynes (two), Tommy Auger, and Jakub Hanzak, but WCS pulled away in the third.

Tampa Bay Juniors 7, Florida Junior Blades 2

TBJ erupted for five goals in the third to skate away with a 7–2 win. Melvin Nilsson and Kelan Jamison scored early, with a strong push from Jakub Miroslav Kurka, Eetu Heinonen, Owen Vachon, Benjamin Kelly, and Jackson Henningsgaard sealing it. Ryan Bisel and Payne Vanderheid scored for Florida.

Somang Hockey 5, Ottawa Valley Centennials 2

Somang rolled to a 5–2 victory behind goals from Loick Samuel-Vachon, Janis Labanovskis, and a three-point showing from Jeremy Deschambault-Perron. Michael Donovan and Jake Anderson scored for OVC.

Metro Jets 7, Cincinnati Cyclones 0

The Jets dominated start to finish, shutting out Cincinnati behind goals from Noah Bodurka, Ryder Novock, Alessandro Evangelista, Jaxon Stone, Sutton Majeske, A.J. Zaccagni, and Jake Taylor. Metro controlled the pace and out-shot CIN heavily.

Toledo Cherokee 4, Columbus Mavericks 2

Toledo used a three-goal third period to secure a 4–2 win. Joshua Granowicz scored twice, with Charlie Nolette and Robert Leis adding insurance. Carter Holbrook and Alexander Brown scored for Columbus.

Red River Spartans 5, Battle Creek Kernels 0

The Spartans posted a shutout at The Rink in Battle Creek, powered by first-period strikes from Sander Korell, Jake Hayward, and Ethan Smith before Bryson Walz added two more. Battle Creek couldn’t break through despite 35 shots.

New York Dynamo 5, Universel Collège Gatineau 3

NYD earned a 5–3 win behind goals from Maddox Heise, Elkhan Abibekov, and a strong offensive push led by Tanner Hamilton and Brock Spaulding. Gatineau saw goals from Nicolas Barnes, Hugo Berube, and Luca Goodwin.

Northwest Express 5, Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings 3

Northwest jumped out early and held on late for a 5–3 win. Evan Scholl, Bryce Millington (two), Mason Rappel, and Alexander Musyakeych scored for the Express. Wisconsin answered with goals from Marcus Andersson, Sebastian Redfern, and Jonathan Jakshoej.

Minnesota Blue Ox 5, Steele County Blades 1

Minnesota controlled throughout behind goals from Will Anderson, Nicholas Bierschbach, Charlie Lorbiecki, John LeMieux, and Cooper Nielsen. Maxime Vernier scored SCB’s lone goal.

Chicago Cougars 3, Chicago T-Rex 1

The Cougars earned a 3–1 victory with goals from William Minarik, Ryan Luchsinger, and Logan Fernandes. Samuel Harper scored for T-Rex, who kept it close until the third.

Minnesota Squatch 10, Hudson Havoc 0

The Squatch routed Hudson 10–0 behind dominant scoring from Spencer Thompson (two), Grant O’Connor (two), Cole Perkins, Weston Schenkelberg, Jeb Gould, Jackson Heichert, and Tyler Green. Minnesota controlled every zone and out-shot the Havoc 62–23.

Rockets Hockey Club 4, New Jersey Renegades 0

Rockets HC shut out the Renegades 4–0 at SportsCare Arena, powered by Noga Naburg’s opener and two goals from Leonard Velkin. Evan Jacob added the fourth, while the Rockets allowed just 21 shots.

Vernal Oilers 18, Colorado Fighting Elk 0

Vernal delivered a historic offensive outburst, scoring 18 times with multi-goal efforts from Jack Treacy, Logan Powers, Jack Tidsbury, Sam Bailey, Patrik Durak, Samuel Hagelov, Brayden Boucher, Zach Baumann, and others. The Oilers held Colorado to seven shots.

Rogue Valley Royals 1, Bremerton Sockeyes 6

Bremerton cruised to a 6–1 win behind a hat trick from Juuso Kuisma and goals from Dominic DeMaggio and Wyatt Halasz. Vitaliy Zagorodni scored the lone goal for Rogue Valley.

Fresno Monsters 4, Henderson Force 2

Fresno earned a 4–2 win behind goals from Nils Tunbratt, Josef Nystrom, Adrian Gomez, and Tyson Baumbach. Karl Lindberg and Jan Teeterja scored for Henderson.

Seattle Totems 7, McCall Smokejumpers 0

Seattle rolled with a 7–0 shutout, led by a hat trick from Aatu Suontakanen and multi-point efforts from Roman Wolynce and Marius Arnesen. Seattle controlled from puck drop onward.

Long Beach Bombers 3, Iron County Yeti 2 (OT)

Long Beach took a 3–2 OT win with goals from Dominick Ibarra (two) and Oscar Thurn. The Yeti got goals from Dominick Ybarra and Riley Richards but fell in the extra frame.

Ventura Vikings 6, Lake Tahoe Lakers 0

Ventura shut out Lake Tahoe 6–0 behind a pair of goals from Dominick Ibarra and strikes from Oscar Thurn, Riley Richards, and Ethan Yang. Ventura allowed just 32 shots in the win.