NCAA 2022-23 Season Also Saw Alumni Honored With 80 Captaincy Positions;172 Alumni Win Championships By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The National Collegiate Development Conference and the United States Premier Hockey League as a whole is looking forward to another huge NCAA hockey season in 2023-24, especially after research has shown that it is truly […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com From a young age, Pearl River, N.Y., native Liam McLinskey found himself drawn to the Jersey Hitmen and their multi-tiered development program. The Hitmen brought McLinskey in as a 15-year-old and brought him along slowly, giving him a chance to be a leader at each of the 15, 16U […]
By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com A full survey of NHL teams’ Development Camp rosters showed that 47 former United States Premier Hockey League players competed at the camps, held to introduce prospects to the teams that have newly drafted them and re-evaluate past draft picks as well as newly invited free agents. Despite a […]
By Joshua Boyd / USPHL Staff The Ottawa Senators, on June 29, drafted former Rockets Hockey Club USPHL 16U player Nicholas VanTassell. He was selected in the seventh round, 215th overall, of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. A 2004-born native of Basking Ridge, N.J., VanTassell played his youth hockey for the Rockets and, as a […]
Pictured: Picard’s commitment graphic from 2021-22, when the former USPHL Elite goalie committed to Air Force Academy’s ACHA team. Courtesy of the Springfield Pics. By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com It was a dream come true on Friday the 13th of January when former Springfield Pics officially became an NCAA athlete when the Air Force Academy […]
(Summaries by Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com) Forwards Dominykas Jurjevas, Potomac Patriots The Lithuanian import scored at a rate of a goal per game, with five goals in five contests in addition to two assists for seven points. He actually did score those five goals in five straight games, keeping up one of the Elite’s best […]
(Summaries By Marlee Bulman) Forwards Edward Kienzle, New York Aviators In his third year with the Aviators, left wing Edward Kienzle (‘05/Brooklyn, N.Y.) played seven games last month, bringing his all for every shift. His percentage for faceoffs in November was 66 percent, going 42 for 64. Kienzle also racked up 13 points for […]
(Summaries by Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com) Forwards Sean Boltin, Palm Beach Typhoon He has really started to make it look easy, especially after posting back-to-back hat tricks during the month of November. The ‘05 out of Chicago tore through five November games putting up a points total that would’ve been impressive even if it had […]
(Summaries By Joshua Boyd/USPHL.com) Forwards Nick Therrien, Islanders Hockey Club A goal and five assists on Nov. 13 against the Bridgewater Bandits was Game No. 1 of what has become an active six-game scoring streak for the ‘04 rookie from Plymouth, N.H. Jumping from the EHL Premier, Therrien has found fantastic success in racking up […]
Watch below to learn all you need to know about how teams will qualify for the 2023 USPHL National Championships and then how teams can make it to the championship game. The Nationals will be held March 23-28 at the Nexus Center in Utica, N.Y., and hosted by the Utica Jr. Comets. The Dan K […]
