Metro Jets Survive Close Three-Game Series, Earn Seventh Straight Nationals Berth

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com The Metro Jets have qualified for the USPHL Nationals for the seventh straight time, tying the record for consecutive qualifications in the current USPHL Premier with the Charlotte Rush and Florida Eels (2018-24). The Jets have now qualified every year from 2019 to 2025. It was a back-and-forth track meet on […]

USPHL Premier Great Lakes Division Players Of The Month: February 2025

  Forwards Giovanni Valentine, Columbus Mavericks Valentine kept up his scoring prowess right to the final buzzer of the regular season (and helped his team in the playoffs as well). He scored six goals and added seven assists for 13 points in just seven games. He completed the season with a line of 29-28-57 in […]

USPHL Premier Players Of The Week: Midwestern Region

Week of Feb. 28, 2025 Games of Feb. 18-24, 2025   Great Lakes Division Forward: Pierce Ashcroft, Metro Jets Ashcroft (‘04/Milford, Mich.) sent out five assists to teammates to close his 127-game Premier career of regular season games. He scored a career-best 62 points to help him close with 107 career points.    Defense: Jack […]

USPHL Premier Playoffs Day 2: Feb. 27, 2025

Islanders Hockey Club 6, Boston Jr. Rangers 3 Islanders Lead Series 1-0  Six different goal-scorers scored for the IHC, including Ethan Brochu, Dylan Reynolds and Nico Rooney each with a goal and an assist. Thomas Cafarelli stopped 24 of 27 shots in net for the Islanders   South Shore Kings 3, Utica Jr. Comets 1 […]

USPHL Premier Players Of The Week: Midwestern Region

Week of Feb. 19, 2025 Games of Feb. 11-17, 2025   Forward: Rocco Romita, Chicago Cougars Romita (‘04/Naperville, Ill.) joined the Cougars midseason after two seasons in the NA3HL. Over a busy stretch of four games between Feb. 14 and 16, he registered five goals and added four assists, as part of a seven-game assist […]

USPHL Premier Players Of The Week: Midwestern Region

Week of Feb. 12, 2025 Games of Feb. 4-10, 2025 Midwest Division  Forward: Caden Day, Chicago Crush Day (‘05/Batavia, Ill.) had a huge stretch of 10 points in three games recently, passing the career 100-point mark in the process. He put up a total of 1-6-7 against the Decatur Blaze on either side of a […]

USPHL Premier Players Of The Week: Midwest Region

Midwest Division    Forward: Caden Day, Chicago Crush  Second-year Premier veteran Day (‘05/Batavia, Ill.) was good for three goals and added two assists for five points in two games Jan. 31-Feb. 1. He has since passed the 100 career point mark and now has 105 points. At 30 games, he is close to passing his […]

USPHL Premier Great Lakes Division Players Of The Month: January 2025 

Forwards Aidan Gonzalez, Toledo Cherokee Gonzalez (‘05/Dearborn, Mich.) was very busy with not just 11 games played by Toledo last month, but also two productive All-Star Games. In his regular season contests, he put up five goals and added 13 assists for 18 points in 11 games for 1.64 points per game. In Foxboro, Mass., […]

USPHL Premier Players Of The Week: Midwestern Region

Week of Feb. 1, 2025 Games of Jan. 21-27, 2025 Midwest Division  Forward: Ivan Khyrsa, Fort Wayne Spacemen  Khyrsa (‘04/Dnipro City, Ukraine) added 10 points to his scorecard, averaging five points per game with the Fort Wayne Spacemen. In two seasons with the franchise, he has 33 career points across 41 career games played.    […]

USPHL Premier Players of the Week: Midwest Region

Week of Jan. 22, 2025 Games played Jan. 14-21, 2025 Midwest Forward: Jason Gongol, Chicago Crush Gongol (’04/Carol Stream, Ill.) is on an outstanding 11-game points streak that he began on Dec. 6. This week, he averaged four points per game over three games, adding seven goals and five assists to his scorecard. The Chicago […]