USPHL Premier Final Buzzer: Coral Springs Claims Florida Cup As Perfect Starts Keep Rolling | Oct. 16-18, 2026
Coral Springs captured the USPHL Premier Florida Cup, Long Beach reached 10-0 and P.A.L. extended its perfect opening to nine games during a weekend that also produced movement in several conference races.
Eleven of the weekend’s 47 games were decided by one goal, five required overtime or a shootout and six ended in shutouts. Coral Springs and Deux-Montagnes moved into first place in their respective conferences, while Chicago, Fresh Coast and Chestermere made meaningful positive climbs.
Florida Cup: Coral Springs Leaves No Doubt
The Coral Springs Jr. Cats captured the USPHL Premier Florida Cup with a 9-2 victory over the Florida Jr. Blades in Sunday’s championship game.
Coral Springs carried a 3-1 lead into the third period before scoring six times to put the title away. Michael Rozenblat completed a hat trick, Chase Isrel scored twice and Kenny Carpenter, Zachary Lorbach, Brandon Jones and Chase Shoats also found the net.
Rozenblat scored twice in Saturday’s 5-1 semifinal victory over Typhoon Hockey Club. Darius Bilotta, Jones and Isrel joined him on the scoresheet as the Jr. Cats earned their place in the final.
The Jr. Blades advanced by beating the Florida Eels 4-3 in a shootout. Florida trailed 2-1 after two periods before Nicholas McLeod scored twice in the third to help force the game beyond regulation.
Typhoon defeated the Eels 5-2 in Sunday’s consolation game.
Coral Springs finished the tournament with 14 goals in two games, extended its winning streak to two and moved into a tie with Tampa Bay atop the Florida Conference with 10 points.
Atlantic Conference: P.A.L. Reaches 9-0
The P.A.L. Jr. Islanders remained perfect with two decisive victories.
P.A.L. beat third-place Mercer 8-3 on Saturday before defeating CJR 9-4 on Sunday. Justin Marino, Ciaran Pollard and Alessandro Fontana Ros each scored twice in Sunday’s win as the Islanders produced four goals in both the second and third periods.
P.A.L. is now 9-0-0-0 with 18 points and a 56-21 goal differential.
The Rockets remained close behind by edging Red Bank 5-4 on Friday. The victory extended the Rockets’ winning streak to five and moved them to 16 points.
Mercer opened the weekend with a 10-4 win over the Connecticut Jr. Rangers before falling to P.A.L. The Chiefs remain third with 14 points.
West Chester beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4-2, while Jersey defeated CJR 6-1 and the Knights closed the weekend with a 5-1 win over Utica.
Great Lakes Conference: Metro Extends Its Streak
Metro defeated previously unbeaten Toledo 4-2 on Friday, extending its winning streak to eight and moving to 17 points atop the Great Lakes.
Chicago and Columbus then produced the conference’s wildest game of the weekend. The Crush scored four times in the opening period but needed overtime to hold off the Mavericks 8-7.
Columbus answered Saturday with a 5-1 win in the rematch. Chicago completed a five-point weekend by defeating Fort Wayne 4-2 on Sunday.
The Crush climbed from fourth to third with 13 points. Columbus collected three of four available points and moved to 14, three behind Metro.
Midwest Conference: Cincinnati Scores 20
Cincinnati continued its early-season run with consecutive double-digit performances.
The Cyclones defeated Flint 10-2 on Friday and 10-3 on Saturday, extending their winning streak to eight. Cincinnati has scored 56 goals through nine games and leads the Midwest Conference with 16 points.
Fresh Coast created another important conference story. The Freeze entered the weekend without a victory before shutting out Danville 6-0 on Friday and beating the Iron 4-2 on Saturday.
Fresh Coast’s two-win weekend moved the club into third place with five points. MJDP defeated the Freeze 5-2 on Sunday and remains second with 12.
New England Conference: The Race Compresses
Utica remains first with nine points, but seven teams now sit within five points of the conference lead.
Syracuse defeated the Jr. Comets 4-2 on Saturday, moving the Lightning to four points through four games. Utica then fell 5-1 to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday.
Worcester opened the weekend with an 8-3 win over the Boston Jr. Terriers. The Railers remain part of a three-team group sitting one point behind Utica.
New England earned its first regulation victory with a 7-0 shutout of the Terriers before falling 9-0 to Islanders Hockey Club on Sunday.
The Islanders’ win moved them to six points, joining the Terriers and Cyclones Academy in the middle of a tightly packed table.
North Conference: Kinni Remains Perfect
Kinni Spirit improved to 3-0 by defeating conference-leading Dells 4-3 on Sunday.
The Ducks carried a 3-3 tie into the third before Jacob Schubert scored his second goal of the game to put Kinni ahead. The Spirit have scored 25 goals through their first three contests.
Dells still added to its conference lead by beating Northwest 4-3 in a shootout Friday. The Ducks finished with three of four available points and now hold 12.
The Minnesota Mullets defeated Hudson 5-2 on Sunday. Will Bitenc scored three times as the Mullets improved to 2-1 and moved into third place.
Pacific Conference: Long Beach Reaches 10-0
Long Beach’s perfect start continued with two more convincing victories over San Diego.
Seven different Bombers scored in Friday’s 7-1 win. Long Beach followed with another 7-2 victory Saturday, reaching 10-0-0-0 and extending its lead atop the Pacific Conference to three points.
The Bombers have scored 79 goals while allowing only 17.
Santa Clarita kept the pressure on by beating San Diego 8-3 on Sunday. The Lakers improved to 8-1-1-0 and moved to 17 points, but Long Beach remains the only unbeaten team in the conference.
Southeast Conference: Two Series, Two Splits
Charleston and Charlotte remain tied atop the Southeast with 17 points after both split their weekend series.
The Colonials beat Potomac 4-3 on Saturday, but the Patriots answered Sunday with a 1-0 shutout. Potomac’s victory ended Charleston’s seven-game winning streak.
Charlotte defeated Hampton Roads 3-2 on Saturday. The Whalers responded Sunday by erasing deficits of 2-1 and 3-2 before Michael Marzitello scored 1:20 into overtime for a 5-4 win.
Cooper Lewis scored twice for Hampton Roads, which collected three points from the series and moved to 12.
Charleston and Charlotte remain level at the top, with Yorktown four points behind after an idle weekend.
St. Lawrence Conference: The Ravens Move Into First
Deux-Montagnes won twice and climbed from second to first in the St. Lawrence Conference.
The Ravens beat New York Dynamo 5-3 on Friday and Somang 6-4 on Saturday, extending their winning streak to six. Deux-Montagnes now leads with 16 points, one ahead of Universel Sherbrooke.
Sherbrooke kept pace with a 3-2 overtime victory over Ottawa Valley. Roman Khoroshilov tied the game in the third and scored again just 50.4 seconds into overtime.
Montreal defeated Universel Collège Gatineau 4-2 and moved to 12 points, while Somang rebounded from Saturday’s loss with a 6-1 victory over Kingston on Sunday.
Alberta Conference: OLCN Holds The Lead
OLCN protected first place with a 5-0 shutout of Claresholm on Saturday. The Scouts extended their winning streak to three and moved to 11 points.
Hanna split its weekend, falling 3-2 to Three Hills before responding with a 5-1 win over Bassano. The Havoc remain one point behind OLCN.
Chestermere made the conference’s biggest positive move. The Mustangs beat Bassano 2-1 and Three Hills 4-2, climbing from fifth into a tie for third with eight points.
Claresholm opened the weekend with a 10-4 win over Calgary before its loss to OLCN.
By The Numbers
- 47 games were played from Friday through Sunday.
- 11 were decided by one goal.
- 5 required overtime or a shootout.
- 6 ended in shutouts.
- 14-3 was Coral Springs’ combined Florida Cup score.
- 10-0 is Long Beach’s record after its two-game sweep.
- 9-0 is P.A.L.’s record after two weekend victories.
- 20 goals were scored by Cincinnati in two games.
- Eight straight for both Cincinnati and Metro.
- Second to first: Deux-Montagnes’ move in the St. Lawrence standings.
- Fifth to tied for third: Chestermere’s move in Alberta.
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