Longtime NCAA Referee Will Begin New Atlantic Hockey Position July 1 Below is the Atlantic Hockey Association’s press release about Eugene Binda Jr. being hired by AHA as their Supervisor of Officiating. Binda was most recently the USPHL’s Director of Officiating Development.   The United States Premier Hockey League is proud to be a launching pad […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com  Making the jump to a relatively new team in your final season of junior hockey carries with it a share of challenges and new territory to conquer. Vernal Oilers goaltender Antonio Tarantino, a second-year USPHL Premier goaltender, certainly conquered a whole lot. First of all, he was the only Northwest […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com Former Boston Junior Bruins player Jack Eichel has won the Stanley Cup for the first time in his eight-year career. The Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 4-1 in the series and 9-3 in Game 5 to win the Stanley Cup at home on June 13. In his second season […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Filip Tjarnhell became a big fan of the North American style of hockey these past two seasons, so much so that he’s coming back this side of the Atlantic Ocean to start up his NCAA hockey career.  Tjarnhell, an ‘02 from Sweden, will be joining the NCAA team of […]

The Bakersfield Roughnecks’ 2007-born forward Robin Benoit, born in St-Felicien, Que., was selected this past weekend in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) Draft. Benoit was selected 56th overall, in the third round, by the Sherbrooke Phoenix. Benoit, a USPHL Premier Pacific Division All-Star after scoring 52 points in 43 games this past season, […]

Two years with the Tampa Bay Juniors certainly delivered the dividends for Champlin, Minn.’s own Jonah Mortenson.  Mortenson closed a second season with the Juniors by reaching the USPHL National Championships and, not long thereafter, committing to NCAA Division III Hamline University.  “I started talking to Hamline about a week or two after being home […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Welcome to June 12, 2023. It’s an exciting time for hockey in Las Vegas.  The hometown Vegas Golden Knights hold a 3-1 lead in their second Stanley Cup Final in their sixth year of existence, and right in their home practice rink, the local USPHL Premier team – the […]

By Matt Mackinder / MetroJetsHockey.com Bryce O’Rourke came to the Metro Jets last summer already with USPHL experience under his belt. Over the course of the 2022-23 season, the Royal Oak, Mich., native developed his game to be attractive to college scouts, making his recent commitment to NCAA Division III Westfield State University a dream […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com   It always helps, as a junior hockey player, to play at a National Championship tournament when it comes to attracting the attention of college coaches. Harout Torosian, an All-Star forward for the USPHL Premier’s Hudson Havoc, recalls having conversations with Johnson and Wales University Head Coach Eric Graham.  “I […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Carabelli family is all about the UMass-Boston Beacons. Goaltender Sal Carabelli, a driving force for the Florida Jr. Blades over the last two of his three-year USPHL Premier career, will be joining his brother Gino at UMB, after committing to the NCAA Division III institution in late May.  […]