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USPHL Elite 2024-25 Midwest All-Division Team

By usphl / May 5, 2025 / Comments Off on USPHL Elite 2024-25 Midwest All-Division Team

  Forward: Dylan Davis, Fort Wayne Spacemen  Davis (‘06/Fort Wayne, Ind.) more than doubled his year over year point total as a second-year Elite player. He scored 23 goals and added 28 assists for 51 points in just 30 games, giving him a 1.70 points per game average, which ranked third in the Elite this…

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NCDC Commitment Profiles: Cyclones’ Lizotte Advancing To SUNY-Plattsburgh

By usphl / May 5, 2025 / Comments Off on NCDC Commitment Profiles: Cyclones’ Lizotte Advancing To SUNY-Plattsburgh

By Alexis Demopoulos With two full years of playing for the Northern Cyclones under his belt, defenseman Thierry Lizotte is excited to advance to the NCAA Division III phase of his career at SUNY-Plattsburgh for the 2025-26 season. Lizotte, a St. Francois, Que., native, has played two exceptional seasons on the blue line for the…

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NCDC Commitment Profiles: Islanders Hockey Club’s Bondarev Moving On To MSOE

By usphl / May 5, 2025 / Comments Off on NCDC Commitment Profiles: Islanders Hockey Club’s Bondarev Moving On To MSOE

By Alexis Demopoulos Islanders Hockey Club defenseman Andrei Bondarev is thrilled to announce his NCAA Division III commitment to the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) for the 2025-26 season. Bondarev, a Stockholm, SWE native, signed with the Islanders for the 2024-25 season and had a great season with them. In 45 regular season games, Bondarev…

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Photos: Idaho Falls Celebrates With 2024-25 Dineen Cup Champion Spud Kings

By usphl / May 3, 2025 / Comments Off on Photos: Idaho Falls Celebrates With 2024-25 Dineen Cup Champion Spud Kings

Idaho Falls came out to support and salute their 2024-25 Dineen Cup Champion Idaho Falls Spud Kings on Thursday, May 1. The Spud Kings defeated the prior Dineen Cup Champion South Shore Kings by a 2-1 score on Monday. Below are photos of the May 1 celebration from team photographer Steve Thayer.

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Dineen Cup Championships Team Preview: Mercer Chiefs

By usphl / April 29, 2025 / Comments Off on Dineen Cup Championships Team Preview: Mercer Chiefs

By 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…

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South Shore Kings Name Tyler Holske As New NCDC Head Coach

By iclarke / April 29, 2025 / Comments Off on South Shore Kings Name Tyler Holske As New NCDC Head Coach

Holske Will Be Youngest NCDC Head Coach This Season The United States Hockey League, and its Tier II Tuition-Free National Collegiate Development Conference, congratulates the South Shore Kings’ Tyler Holske on his promotion to NCDC Head Coach for the Kings. Holske was, until this past weekend, the Associate Coach and Assistant General Manager for the…

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Q&A: Former Jersey Hitmen Goalie Chase Clark Wows At Washington Capitals Camp

By iclarke / April 29, 2025 / Comments Off on Q&A: Former Jersey Hitmen Goalie Chase Clark Wows At Washington Capitals Camp

Earlier this month, former NCDC Jersey Hitmen goaltender and Dineen Cup Champion Chase Clark made the trip to the Washington Capitals (NHL) Development Camp to give his professional rights-holders a glimpse of the future.   And what a glimpse it was. The 2002-born Williamsville, N.Y., native earned applause from several corners by making highlight saves…

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NCDC Die-Hards: Hitmen’s Two-Time Dineen Cup Champ DiPietra Excited For Year 4 In League

By iclarke / April 29, 2025 / Comments Off on NCDC Die-Hards: Hitmen’s Two-Time Dineen Cup Champ DiPietra Excited For Year 4 In League

DiPietra Is Already No. 10 All-Time In NCDC Regular Season Games Played Growing up and developing his game around Chicagoland, Michael DiPietra could not begin to predict he’d someday be making his biggest mark in hockey in New Jersey. However, after three seasons in the Garden State, he is the proud owner of two championship rings…

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#USPHLAlumni Success Abounds In The NHL And Pro Hockey Around The World

By iclarke / April 29, 2025 / Comments Off on #USPHLAlumni Success Abounds In The NHL And Pro Hockey Around The World

The USPHL has seen 14 of its alumni play in the National Hockey League to date, not several more organization alumni from prior to the 2013 inaugural season of the league. Additionally, there have been 38 NHL Entry Draft selections of USPHL regulars, including six USPHL alumni (four from the NCDC) selected in the 2022…

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Rockets NCDC Coach Jason Kersner Hired By Sioux City, Rockets Name Brother Jared Kersner New Coach

By iclarke / April 29, 2025 / Comments Off on Rockets NCDC Coach Jason Kersner Hired By Sioux City, Rockets Name Brother Jared Kersner New Coach

USPHL Advancement To Tier I Hockey Extends Beyond Players It was no problem for the Rockets Hockey Club to find their newest NCDC Head Coach. Once former coach Jason Kersner was hired as the new Head Coach and General Manager by the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers, they only had to look at the same family…

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