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By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com North Division All Games At Cyclones Arena Friday, March 3, 4 p.m. EST Saturday, March 4, 4 p.m. EST Sunday, March 5, 4 p.m. EST (if necessary) There exists the possibility that, by Saturday evening, we may know our first USPHL Nationals participant. The Springfield Pics will travel to…
Read MoreGames of Feb. 15-21 North Division Submitted By Joshua Boyd Forward: Loik LeClerc, Springfield Pics LeClerc (‘03/Mont-Tremblant, Que.) put together four goals and one assist during his three games at the South Shore Kings Presidents Day Showcase. This included a hat trick against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights, the Mid-Atlantic Division champions. In 14 Elite games,…
Read MoreGames of Jan. 17-23 North Division Summaries By Joshua Boyd Forward: Danil Nikiforov, Boston Junior Bruins Nikiforov (‘05/Moskva, Russia) scored the final two goals of a five-game, six-goal streak, including a goal that helped push the Junior Bruins to overtime against the first-place Northern Cyclones on Jan. 22. He has 14 goals and 11…
Read MoreForwards Brayden Strong, Carolina Jr. Hurricanes You have to love the story of the local boy done good. That is Strong to his core. The ‘04 from Wake Forest, N.C., came up through the Jr. Hurricanes youth system. After a season with their 16U AAA squad, it was on to junior hockey in 2021-22. This…
Read More(Summaries By Joshua Boyd) Forwards Sean Lajeunesse, Northern Cyclones From the Elite team with the best winning percentage (.935, off a 21-1-1-0 record) and best current winning streak – 9-0 – comes this ‘04 from Littleton, Colo. Lajeunesse was gigantic in December, posting five goals and seven assists for 12 points in just eight…
Read More(Summaries by Joshua Boyd) Forwards Alexander Clingerman, Florida Eels Five multi-point games in a row, including a five-point effort against the Columbia Infantry, certainly helped bring Clingerman to our notice in December. All told, Clingerman (‘03/Marriottsville, Md.) wound up with four goals and nine assists for 13 points in eight December games for the…
Read MoreThe Florida Eels are extremely excited to announce goaltender Karlis Mezsargs, a Florida Eels alum, is rostered on the Latvian World Junior Championships team, and has committed to NCAA Division I University of Massachusetts at Lowell (UMass-Lowell). Karlis currently plays for the USHL’s Tri-City Storm. He is 6-feet-3-inches and 185 pounds, and catches left. He…
Read MoreWeek of Dec. 13-19 North Division (Submitted by Joshua Boyd) Forward: Quirino DoCanto, Bridgewater Bandits DoCanto pushed himself into fourth place in USPHL Elite scoring with a recent run of five goals and two assists for seven points in his last three games to close the 2022 portion of the season. He had a…
Read MoreGames of Dec. 13-19 (Summaries by Joshua Boyd) Florida Division Forward: Alexander Clingerman, Florida Eels Clingerman (‘03/Marriottsville, Md.) got his mojo working at the USPHL Florida College Showcase, racking up three goals and four assists, including a 2-3-5 performance against the Columbia Infantry to start the event. Clingerman now has 28 points in 22 games…
Read MoreBy Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com Charlotte Rush (4-0-0-0) The Rush extended their winning streak to seven games with a 4-0 run in Estero, Fla., matching the success of their Premier team win for win. Not only did the Rush win all three games, they managed to shut out three opponents – the Tampa Bay…
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