Connecticut Jr. Rangers Win 2023-24 USPHL Premier National Championship In OT

The Connecticut Jr. Rangers added the 2023-24 National Championship to their Regular Season Championship clinched in late February, after they defeated the Islanders Hockey Club by a 5-4 score in overtime on March 26 at the Utica University Nexus Center in Utica, N.Y. The first goal of the game followed a trend of early goals […]

#USPHLNationals Premier Team Preview: Nashville Spartans

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The “Class Of 2022” is chock full of amazing achievements. In fact, four of the organizations that joined the USPHL in 2022-23 are making either their debut at, or second trip to, the USPHL Nationals.  The Nashville Spartans are joining the Minnesota Squatch, Vernal Oilers and the USPHL Elite’s […]

#USPHLNationals Premier Team Preview: Connecticut Jr. Rangers

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com   The Connecticut Jr. Rangers are part of the USPHL Nationals field for the first time in the organization’s seven years in the league. However, their head coach Mike Stanaway is no stranger to the event.  A former New York Aviators head coach, he has qualified teams for the Nationals […]

#USPHLNationals Premier Team Preview: Minnesota Squatch 

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Two years into their existence, and they’re into Nationals. The Minnesota Squatch are excited to make their debut after two very strong seasons since joining the league in 2022.  At .736 over two seasons, the Squatch are seventh among non-original 2017-18 teams in winning percentage. “We are very excited […]

#USPHLNationals Premier Team Preview: Florida Eels

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Florida Eels are in the “Seven-Timer Club” with the Charlotte Rush, as both teams have made the USPHL Premier National Championships every year since the Premier’s inaugural 2017-18 season. They always find their way to put together fantastic regular seasons and are able to cash in on those […]

#USPHLNationals Premier Team Preview: Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Nationals are quite a bit different than when the Riverkings last made the trip in the inaugural USPHL Premier season of 2017-18. Yes, it’s true that some things haven’t changed – the Florida Eels and Charlotte Rush have been there all along – but the league has expanded […]

#USPHLNationals Premier Team Preview: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    They’re batting a thousand! Since the 2021 inception of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights USPHL junior organization, both their USPHL Premier and USPHL Elite teams have been able to qualify for the National Championships at each level.  “It’s a great feeling, and we hope that it keeps going for many more […]

#USPHLNationals Team Preview Series: Metro Jets

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Six years as a member of the USPHL Premier Conference have yielded USPHL Nationals trips, but they are still looking for the highest glory. They’ve made the National Championship game twice, but have fallen just short in each of 2019 and 2023.  The Jets, within the time they’ve been […]