By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The USPHL Wisconsin Midwest Showcase is in the books, having wrapped up its four-day run on Oct. 24, and some North Division teams definitely gained some good ground from the event. The Minnesota Mullets and Northwest Express both swept their games at the event and are fittingly 1-2 in […]

Week of Oct. 24, 2024 Games of Oct. 15-21   North Division  Forward: Jace Lombardo, Minnesota Blue Ox  Lombardo (‘04/Staten Island, N.Y.) put up four goals and four assists for eight points in just two games for the Blue Ox. Lombardo is the reigning USPHL Elite Fans Choice MVP winner, and he has improved to […]

Oct. 21-24, 2024 Hudson Civic and Sports Center, Hudson, WI The USPHL Midwest Wisconsin Showcase, played amidst the hockey-rich Wisconsin-Minnesota region, is a great take for scouts nationwide, but especially for the 15 schools of the nearby Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC), as well as several ACHA colleges in […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Everybody’s beating everybody in the North Division, but what’s new? The Wisconsin-Minnesota circuit has always been a grindstone for teams. Recently, the Minnesota Squatch and the surging Dells Ducks picked up enough points for a tie for first place in the North. In the Great Lakes Division, the Metro […]

Week of Oct. 16, 2024 Games of Oct. 8-14, 2024   Midwest Division  Forward: Alexander Musyakevych, Chicago Cougars  Second-year Cougar Musyakevych (‘05/Wilmett, Ill.) scored a goal in each of three games against Decatur, the Chicago Crush and the MJDP and also added an assist for four points. He has scored in each game so far […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Out west, we have some great storylines, including the sudden success of the first-year Iron County Yeti, down in Enoch, Utah. After the 3-0 run this past weekend, the Yeti have improved to 4-4-0-0 overall. That was a great boost for the first-year Yeti, while elsewhere in Utah, the […]

Week of Oct. 9, 2024 Games of Oct. 1-7, 2024   North Division  Forward: Bryce Laager, Hudson Havoc  After scoring five goals in his first game of the season, Laager (‘04/Blaine, Minn.) registered four goals and two assists for six points during the Havoc’s split weekend with the Northwest Express. The Premier and NCDC veteran […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com   While many of the Eastern USPHL teams took part in two showcases last weekend, it was head-to-head business as usual across the west. The Red River Spartans were part of the USPHL Southeast Showcase, and used that opportunity to improve their standing to first in the Great Lakes Division. […]

Week of Oct. 2, 2024 Games of Sept. 24-30   Midwest Division Forward: Jackson Cothron, Fort Wayne Spacemen  The Spacemen won a single Thursday game against MJDP, with whom the Spacemen have represented the division at Nationals the past two seasons. Returning Spaceman Jackson Cothron (‘04/Indianapolis, Ind.) scored two goals for a hot start to […]

Games of Sept. 17-23, 2024   Midwest Division Forward: Collin Harrington, Chicago Cougars  Harrington (‘04/Sauk Prairie, Wis.) put up a 2-2-4 line for the Cougars in their 2024-25 season opening weekend, which saw them come out with a split against the Fort Wayne Spacemen. In the Cougars’ five-goal comeback win on Saturday, Harrington scored two […]