By Lexi Obrycki / USPHLPremier.com    Great Lakes Division  Toledo Cherokee (1) vs. Cincinnati Jr. Cyclones (4)  Game 1: Friday, March 10, 7 p.m. EST at Team Toledo Ice House Game 2: Saturday, March 11, 3:30 p.m. EST at Team Toledo Ice House Game 3: Sunday, March 12, time TBA, at Heritage Bank Center (if […]

Summaries by Lexi Obrycki    Forwards Alex Schaumburger, Metro Jets The Metro Jets’ season – and all-time – points leader, Alex Schaumburger (’02/Canton, Mich.), had a strong month of February, putting up 2.18 points per game with six goals and 18 assists, including a hat trick against the Bridgewater Jr. Bandits in a 5-1 win and a […]

Games of Feb. 15-21, 2023   Great Lakes Division Summaries by Lexi Obrycki Forward: Alex Schaumburger, Metro Jets A fourth-year forward for the Jets, Schaumburger had a great weekend on the ice, with a total of three goals and five assists over the four games Metro played in at the South Shore Kings Presidents Day […]

Games of Feb. 8-14, 2023   Midwest East Division Summaries by Miles Regan Forward: Evan Burkle, Battle Creek Kernels Battle Creek picked up two big divisional wins over the Decatur Blaze thanks to a huge weekend from homegrown Kernel Evan Burkle. The ‘02 winger recorded eight (5-3–8) points across two games in Decatur, including a […]

USPHL Premier Through The Numbers: Midwest Region    Games of Jan. 20-Feb. 6   Great Lakes Division  (By Lexi Obrycki)    Toledo Cherokee (6-1)  The Cherokee were the hottest team in the Great Lakes Division. After defeating two against the Buffalo Stampede, they posted wins No. 6 in a row on Jan. 26 with a […]

Games of Feb. 1-7, 2023   Midwest East Division  Forward: R.J. Rollman, Fort Wayne Spacemen Two multi-point games this weekend for the USPHL rookie. Rollman, an ‘03 winger out of Knoxville, Tenn., scored a pair of goals in Fort Wayne’s Saturday win versus Cincinnati before adding a goal and an assist in Sunday’s 5-4 loss […]

Games of Jan. 16-23, 2023   Midwest East Division  Summaries by Miles Regan Forward: Lucas Millmine, Metro Jets Development Program A bit of a breakout weekend was had by Lucas Millmine during MJDP’s homestand against the Chicago Crush. The ‘03 centerman from Waterford, Mich., scored a goal and added two assists to help lead MJDP […]

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – After the annual IIHF World Junior Championship ends each year the first week of January, smaller versions of the event take place in the weeks after. This year, Metro Jets forward Yarne Vaerewyck is playing for his native Belgium in the Division II, Group B segment of the tournament being held […]

Games of Jan. 10-16, 2023   Great Lakes Division  (Summaries by Lexi Obrycki)  Forward: Jacob Slater, Toledo Cherokee Slater (’02/Pewaukee, Wis.) has been a huge factor in Toledo’s success since joining the team in November getting almost two points a game. In the two games played over this past weekend he recorded three goals and […]

Games of Jan. 1-9   Midwest West Division  By Jim Den Hollander  Four Midwest West Division teams finished even or better this weekend. Many of the teams faced a tough showcase schedule at the USPHL Tampa Showcase in Wesley Chapel, Jan. 6-9. Of the ones that stayed back, the division frontrunners – Hudson Havoc and […]