Week of Sept. 28, 2023    (Games of Sept. 8-24) Great Lakes Division  Forward: Gus Immken, Nashville Spartans Tied for the USPHL Premier’s scoring lead, Immken (‘04/St. Louis, Mo.) is also leading the league in goals with 10 so far. He’s added five assists for 15 points total, tied with Potomac’s Siamion Marshchanok. Immken played […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    In Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Midwest West Division is always an exciting circuit to watch. Every team continues to be able to beat everyone else, and the gap is very swiftly closing from top to bottom.  This is considerable, in terms of the Dells Ducks seeing the biggest year-over-year […]

All Minnesota Mullets players are looking to make a big impression on NCAA, ACHA and AAU coaches while playing in the USPHL Premier. It certainly helps that they are right there playing on NCAA ice when they start their home games at Augsburg University. Non-local players are also housed at the University of Minnesota, an […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    When Shane Buckley took the head coaching job with the NCAA’s Northland College this summer, John Leppert was more than happy to follow one of his favorite coaches. The two had many conversations and connected to the point where Leppert was previously heading to a different school to there […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com On March 11, the Minnesota Moose were in the third period of Game 2 in their Midwest West Division Final series against the Minnesota Squatch. Down 4-3 in the third period and facing elimination, Logan Lake scored the game-tying goal with an assist by Ryan Mulrenin. The Moose went on […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Noel Rahn was instrumental in the Minnesota Moose’s return to the USPHL National Championships after one year out in 2022 – their only year out since 2018 – and his contributions throughout the season did not go unnoticed at the collegiate level.  It’s no surprise then, that the 2002-born […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Call him Mr. Undefeated. Nicholas Pineo came out of the 2022-23 USPHL Premier season as the goaltender with the most wins without losing a single game during the regular season.  Pineo put up a 12-0-0-0 record for the Hudson Havoc. The New York Aviators’ Blake Hazelton was the only […]

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    A long courtship between college and player culminated in Cooper Knott’s commitment to St. John’s University in May.  The two-year Minnesota Moose forward and alternate captain made more than one visit to the aptly-named Collegeville, Minn., campus before making the commitment official just prior to Memorial Day. “Throughout the […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Ben Tarlton is perfectly fine with being a pioneer. He’ll be moving south on the Mississippi River to help build the foundations of a new NCAA Division III program at the University of Dubuque, being part of their inaugural team in 2023-24.  “I think it would be awesome to […]