USPHL Premier Final Buzzer: Long Beach Reaches 13-0 And 100 Goals As Division Races Shift | Oct. 23-25, 2026
The USPHL Premier closed another eventful weekend with perfection preserved, new division leaders emerging and several clubs making significant moves up the standings.
Fifty-three games were completed from Friday through Sunday. Eighteen were decided by one goal, eight required overtime or a shootout and five ended in shutouts.
The Long Beach Bombers reached 13-0 while becoming the first Premier team to hit 100 goals this season. The P.A.L. Jr. Islanders and Metro Jets also kept their perfect regulation records intact, while Worcester, Tampa Bay, Claresholm and Hanna strengthened or claimed important positions at the top of their respective divisions.
Bombers Reach 13-0 And The Century Mark
Long Beach’s historic start continued with victories of 6-2 and 9-1 over the Salt Lake Ghost Riders. The two wins moved the Bombers to 13-0 with a league-leading 26 points.
Long Beach has now scored exactly 100 goals while allowing only 20, a remarkable average of 7.69 goals per game.
The Bombers have scored at least six goals in 11 of their 13 victories and own the longest active winning streak in the Premier.
Perfect Records Continue For P.A.L. And Metro
The P.A.L. Jr. Islanders made their only appearance of the weekend count, defeating the Connecticut Jr. Rangers 15-5 on Saturday. P.A.L. improved to 11-0 with 74 goals scored and moved to 22 points atop the Atlantic Division.
The Metro Jets extended their winning streak to 11 games with Friday’s 9-3 victory over the Fort Wayne Spacemen. Metro remains without a regulation loss at 11-0-0-1 and leads the Great Lakes Division with 23 points.
The three clubs currently leading the league in points are all carrying lengthy winning streaks:
- Long Beach: 13 consecutive wins
- P.A.L.: 11 consecutive wins
- Metro: 11 consecutive wins
Cincinnati Answers With 14-Goal Sunday
The Cincinnati Cyclones experienced every side of a close game before producing the weekend’s largest victory.
Cincinnati dropped a 3-2 decision to Columbus on Friday and earned a point in Saturday’s 4-3 shootout loss to MJDP. The Cyclones then responded Sunday with a 14-0 victory over Danville.
Cincinnati generated an extraordinary 97 shots in the win. Hudson Klause recorded a hat trick, while Zachary Lehman, Nathan Bossola and Marko Zielinski each scored twice. Ilya Lutes, Aaron Roche, Casey Schumacher, Brock Beaulieu and Liam Slaga also found the net.
The victory moved Cincinnati to 9-2-0-1 and kept the Cyclones in first place in the Midwest Division with 19 points.
Alberta Race Reshaped By Claresholm And Hanna
No division changed more dramatically over the weekend than Alberta.
The Claresholm Cowboys entered the weekend in fourth place and emerged on top after collecting three regulation victories. Claresholm defeated Chestermere 5-4, Three Hills 5-2 and Bassano 3-0 to improve to 7-2.
The Hanna Havoc also completed a perfect weekend, beating Bassano 6-2 and Chestermere 7-3. Hanna is now 7-1 and tied with Claresholm at 14 points.
Claresholm holds the listed top position, with Hanna directly behind and the OLCN Scouts three points back at 11.
Worcester Sweeps Into First Place
The Worcester Railers JHC entered the weekend in a three-team race near the top of the New England Division and left it alone in first.
Worcester defeated the defending Dineen Cup champion South Shore Kings 6-1 on Friday and followed with a 6-3 win over the New England Wolves on Saturday. The Railers have won five consecutive games and now stand at 7-2 with 14 points.
The Northern Cyclones also produced a four-point weekend. They defeated the Connecticut Jr. Rangers 4-3 and the Jersey Hitmen 10-0 before earning an overtime point in Sunday’s 5-4 loss to West Chester. Northern sits one point behind Worcester.
Carolina Sweep Tightens Southeast Race
The Carolina Jr. Hurricanes earned four important points by sweeping a pair from Charlotte.
Carolina took Saturday’s opener 4-3 in overtime and completed the sweep with a 5-4 regulation victory Sunday. Jacob Kuhn, Michael Sawatzky, Lucas Koprivnansky, Sam Silvestri and Colter Elam scored in the Sunday win.
Charleston emerged from the weekend alone in first place after splitting with Yorktown. The Admirals opened the series with a 4-0 shutout, but the Colonials answered Sunday with a 4-2 victory behind goals from Trent Krecker, Quinn Casey, Finnegan Pasko and Brandon Bernard.
Charleston leads the Southeast with 19 points, followed by Charlotte with 18, Yorktown with 15 and Hampton Roads with 14. Carolina collected four points and improved to 5-3-1-1.
Tampa Bay Takes Control In Florida
The Tampa Bay Juniors moved into sole possession of first place in the Florida Division with two regulation victories.
Tampa Bay defeated the Florida Surge 5-1 on Friday before scoring six times in the third period of Sunday’s 7-4 win over Typhoon Hockey Club. The Juniors improved to 7-3 and lead the division with 14 points.
The Florida Eels climbed into second place after scoring all four of their goals in the third period of Sunday’s 4-1 victory over Coral Springs. Noah Harvey scored twice, with Made Jollimore and Logan Cameron adding the other two goals.
Division-by-Division
Atlantic Division
P.A.L. remained perfect with its 15-goal performance against Connecticut and holds the division lead at 11-0.
West Chester produced a four-point weekend, defeating the Connecticut Jr. Rangers 10-1 before winning a 5-4 overtime thriller against Northern on Sunday. The Wolves moved from fourth to third and are tied with the Rockets Hockey Club at 17 points.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights extended their winning streak to three games with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Connecticut Jr. Rangers. WBS is now tied with Red Bank at 14 points.
Florida Division
Tampa Bay’s two victories moved the Juniors into sole possession of first place.
The Eels climbed into second with Sunday’s win over Coral Springs, while Typhoon’s eight-goal Saturday performance highlighted its split weekend. Florida Surge and Typhoon combined for 13 goals in Saturday’s 8-1 Typhoon victory.
Great Lakes Division
Metro’s 11-game winning streak keeps the Jets seven points clear at the top.
Columbus earned a valuable 3-2 victory over Midwest leader Cincinnati and improved to 7-1-1-1. Toledo swept Red River by scores of 8-2 and 6-1, moving from fourth to third with 14 points.
Midwest Division
Cincinnati retained first place after its 14-goal Sunday response.
MJDP earned three points from two overtime games, falling 7-6 to Flint on Friday before defeating Cincinnati in Saturday’s shootout.
Flint recorded victories of 7-6 over MJDP and 8-1 over Fresh Coast. Logan Eshelman registered a hat trick Sunday, while Logan Swiercz and Connor Wilcox each scored twice. The Icelanders moved from fifth to third in the division.
New England Division
Worcester’s two victories and five-game winning streak carried the Railers into first place.
Northern collected five of a possible six points and sits second. Utica split its weekend against Red Bank, while the Boston Jr. Terriers earned a 4-3 overtime victory over Cyclones Academy.
The New England Wolves closed their weekend with a 5-4 victory over the Boston Jr. Rangers. Anrijs Krumins, Rock Londer, Adam Richard Micka, Shuyi Chen and CJ Garcia scored for the Wolves.
North Division
Hudson Havoc swept its two-game set against the division-leading Dells Ducks, winning 4-1 Friday and 3-1 Saturday.
The four-point weekend moved Hudson from fourth to second place. The Havoc are now 3-5-1 and trail Dells by seven points with four games in hand.
The Minnesota Mullets added a 6-4 win over Northwest Express and improved to 3-2.
Pacific Division
Long Beach remains the league’s only 13-0 team following its sweep of Salt Lake.
Bremerton took two of three games from Rogue Valley, winning 6-5 in overtime and 9-4 before the Royals responded with a 6-2 victory Sunday. Jordan Murray and Wyatt Earnhardt each scored twice in Rogue Valley’s win.
Iron County swept San Diego 5-1 and 4-3 to extend its winning streak to four games. Alexei Rayzman, Marcelo Armstrong, Guy Morgan and Benjamin Jones scored in Sunday’s victory. The Yeti moved from sixth to fifth in the division.
Southeast Division
Charleston holds the division lead after splitting with Yorktown, while Carolina’s sweep of Charlotte added another contender to an already crowded race.
Hampton Roads split with Potomac, dropping Saturday’s opener 2-1 before answering with an 8-2 victory Sunday. Janis Kolosovskis scored twice in the win, with Ivan Protsenko, Ronaldo Nordlander, Carson Bloom, Zane Price, Ethan Finlay and Niklas Haas also contributing goals.
St. Lawrence Division
The weekend opened with a meeting between the division’s top two teams, and Universel Sherbrooke earned a 6-3 victory over Deux-Montagnes.
The Ravens responded Saturday with a 3-2 overtime win over Somang and retained first place by one point over Sherbrooke.
Somang moved from fourth to third after earning an overtime point Saturday and defeating St-Lazare 5-1 Sunday. New York Dynamo climbed from seventh to fifth after its 6-5 win over Montreal extended its winning streak to three games.
Universel Collège Gatineau closed the weekend with a 13-0 victory over Kingston.
Alberta Division
Claresholm’s three-win weekend carried the Cowboys from fourth place to the top of the division.
Hanna’s two victories moved the Havoc into a tie for first at 14 points, while the OLCN Scouts remain close behind with 11.
By The Numbers
- 53: Games completed from Friday through Sunday
- 18: Games decided by one goal
- 8: Games requiring overtime or a shootout
- 5: Shutouts recorded
- 100: Goals scored this season by Long Beach
- 97: Shots by Cincinnati in Sunday’s 14-0 victory
- 13: Consecutive victories by Long Beach
- 11: Consecutive victories by both P.A.L. and Metro
- 15: Goals scored by P.A.L. against Connecticut on Saturday
- Fourth to first: Claresholm’s move in the Alberta standings