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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com It’s a big responsibility to bear the “C” on your chest for a team, but in fourth-year NCDC veteran Harrison Kinne, the West Chester Wolves know they truly have a team-first player. He simply loves the team culture of the Wolves, so he didn’t even think twice about returning for…
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The NCDC Die-Hards profile series focuses on NCDC players from the 2024-25 season who have re-signed and registered with the same team for the 2025-26 season. By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com It was a fantastic homecoming for the former Mercer Chiefs youth hockey goaltender Cole Werthman when he joined the NCDC’s Chiefs last season. Werthman…
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The NCDC Die-Hards profile series focuses on NCDC players from the 2024-25 season who have re-signed and registered with the same team for the 2025-26 season. By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com It’s almost time to start Year 4 for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights in the NCDC, and they are certainly gearing up for what they hope…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com The Springfield Pics organization made big news when it was announced during the winter that they would be moving up to the National Collegiate Development Conference for the 2025-26 season. It should come as no surprise then that many veteran Pics players took the opportunity to elevate their own game.…
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The NCDC Die-Hards profile series focuses on NCDC players from the 2024-25 season who have re-signed and registered with the same team for the 2025-26 season. By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com In a couple weeks, Ezra Zizmor will once again pack his bags – especially his hockey gear bag – and leave his home city…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com Two years of strong play for two teams in the USPHL Premier have yielded exactly what goaltender Chris Giglio was seeking – the key to his future in NCAA hockey. Giglio, a 2005-born goaltender from Merrick, N.Y., made his commitment to Salem State University in Massachusetts, and he is certainly…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com The USPHL’s unparalleled three-tier development model serves the purpose of bringing in players who have the raw skills and toolset to become college hockey players, but may need seasoning in the USPHL Premier or USPHL Elite before they advance to the top-tier National Collegiate Development Conference. Every year, hundreds of…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com It didn’t take long for Russ Decoste to make his presence known in the USPHL as a first-year player. The 2005-born goaltender from Halifax, N.S., was named the USPHL Premier Florida Division Goaltender Of The Month for October – and then again in November – and December. So it comes…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com Red Bank Generals goaltender Braxton Singleton is extremely excited that he has made his commitment this summer to the NCAA’s New England College. “I started speaking with NEC over the summer. They told me they really like my compete level and game sense, which I take a lot of pride…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com A three-year junior veteran, Emmett Dixon knows he made the best decision of his hockey career by playing for the USPHL Premier’s Bellingham Blazers. After a strong season with a winning record and a .916 save percentage, Dixon will be moving on to NCAA hockey with SUNY-Morrisville. “It was a…
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