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 […]
Ottawa Senators center Shane Pinto, who led all rookies with six goals in eight games (6-1—7) and topped the entire League with a 42.9 shooting percentage (6 G/14 S), has been named the NHL’s “Rookie of the Month” for October. Pinto played in the USPHL 16U and 18U leagues for the South Kent Selects Academy between 2016-18, winning […]
After a topsy-turvy 2020-21 season, in which some college hockey teams didn’t get to play a single game, it was largely back to normal for the 2021-22 season with all teams nationwide at the NCAA level playing full seasons. And with that, for the first time since 2019-20, all conferences gave out awards to the […]
