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Photo By Heather O’Connell / Mercer Chiefs By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com Francis Rose was a heart-and-soul player for the Mercer Chiefs’ inaugural USPHL Premier team, bringing in key NCDC experience and becoming Chiefs’ first-ever leading scorer. One first-year team experience is in the books, and another is on tap, as Rose will become a…
Read MoreBy Alexis Demopoulos A two-year veteran of the NCDC Mercer Chiefs, defenseman Jack Terhaar is happy to announce his NCAA Division III commitment to Alvernia University for the 2025-26 season. Terhaar, a native of Cranbury, N.J., has been with the Mercer Chiefs organization for a majority of his life and they have helped immensely shape…
Read MoreBy Alexis Demopoulos A three-year veteran of the Mercer Chiefs, forward David Van Iterson is thrilled to announce his NCAA Division III commitment to UMass-Boston for the 2025-26 season after putting in years of hard work with the Chiefs organization. Van Iterson, a native of Bethesda, Md., signed with the Chiefs back in 2022 in…
Read MorePhoto by Heather O’Connell By Alexis Demopoulos Mercer Chiefs defenseman Artyom Barashkin, who hails from Belarus, is a great example of USPHL Advancement In Action. He played with the Carolina Jr. Hurricanes in the USPHL Premier during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. At the end of the 23-24 season, Barashkin went to the Mercer Chiefs and…
Read MoreBy Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com The National Collegiate Development Conference congratulates the Mercer Chiefs’ Justin Thibault for being named the 2024-25 Atlantic Division Rookie Of The Year. The 2008-born native of Levis, Que., is coming off a huge season of 22 goals and 27 assists for 49 points in 44 games in his junior debut…
Read MoreBy Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com The National Collegiate Development Conference congratulates Jake Stevens of the Mercer Chiefs for being named the 2024-25 Atlantic Division Defenseman Of The Year. “It is such an honor and privilege to receive this award and to think I am now a part of the incredible players to win this…
Read MoreBy Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com The National Collegiate Development Conference congratulates the Mercer Chiefs on being named the 2024-25 Atlantic Division Organization Of The Year. The Chiefs went 38-15-1-0 this past season, and defeated the Atlantic regular season champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders in a winner-take-all Game 5 to earn a spot in the Dineen Cup…
Read MoreBy Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Justin Thibault scored the game-winning overtime goal at 13:52, lifting the Chiefs over the Northern Cyclones, assisted by Jack Gricus. The game was back-and-forth essentially from the point where the scoring started in the second. Ryan Stratton started it all at 5:28 of the second period, a 1-0 lead that…
Read MoreBy Joshua Boyd Being part of the final four teams in the running for the Dineen Cup is not new for the Chiefs, as they were in the Atlantic Division Championship series in 2023, eventually falling to that year’s Dineen Cup Champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders. They also fell in 2024 in the Atlantic Division…
Read MoreThe South Shore Kings, defending Dineen Cup Champions for at least the next roughly 24 hours, will get a chance to win the Cup again. After defeating the Mercer Chiefs in the final non-championship elimination game on Sunday by a 4-0 score, the Kings will now have to defeat the Idaho Falls Spud Kings twice…
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