Congratulations to our Northwest Division All-Stars, who were selected from votes made by the coaches with support from the League Media Director. Forwards Alex Rene Bartakovics, Vernal Oilers How is this guy an All-Star? Well, let’s perhaps start with the best regular season points total in USPHL Premier history, with 121. Is that all? Oh, […]

By Jonathan West / USPHLPremier.com   Vernal Oilers Seed: Northwest #1 Seeding Round Schedule All games at Utica University Nexus Center, Utica, N.Y. Game 1: Thursday, March 23, vs. New York Aviators, 5:30 p.m. EST Game 2: Friday, March 24, vs. Toledo Cherokee, 12:30 p.m. EST Remainder of schedule to be determined by seeding round […]

By Jonathan West / USPHLPremier.com    Northwest Division  Vernal Oilers (1) vs. Seattle Totems (2)  All Games At Western Park Arena  Game 1: Friday, March 10, 8:30 p.m. MST Game 2: Saturday, March 11, 8:30 p.m. MST Game 3: Sunday, March 12, 1 p.m. MST (if necessary)  The town of Vernal, Utah, tucked between the […]

Summaries by Joshua Boyd   Forwards Raine Hodge, Seattle Totems Hodge (‘02/Waterloo, Ont.) put together another month of more than one goal per game worth of production. Although he joined about halfway through in December, he had six hat tricks or better, finishing in a tie for second to Fresno’s Christopher Miraldo (seven). In February, […]

By Jonathan West Northwest Division  All games at Olympicview Arena Seattle Totems (2) vs. .Rock Springs Prospectors (3)  Friday, March 3, 7:30 p.m. PST Saturday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. PST Sunday, March 5, 12:30 p.m. PST (if necessary)  The Totems are thrilled to be representing the Emerald City in the 2023 playoffs, after a two-year […]

By Jonathan West / USPHL.com  Northwest Division  Vernal Oilers (1) vs. Rogue Valley Royals (4)  All games at Western Park Arena Friday, March 3, 8:30 p.m. MST Saturday, March 4, 8:30 p.m. MST Sunday, March 5, 1 p.m. MST (if necessary)   Finishing the regular season with 73 points and ranking eighth in the USPHL, […]

Games of Feb. 15-21, 2023   Northwest Division Submitted by Jonathan West Forward: Alex Rene Bartakovics, Vernal Oilers The ’04 from Slovakia notches another POTW honor near the end of the season. Following up three assists on Friday night at home, the Oil centerman recorded nine points (2-7-9) on Saturday night. The Provo NCDC tender […]

This article is updated from an earlier post, due to a further change in the schedule made Friday.  By USPHL Staff With the Lake Tahoe Lakers unable to make the trek to Rogue Valley to face the Royals due to inclement weather, the USPHL has made the following scheduling adjustments for the following weekend of […]

Week of Feb. 9-15, 2023    Northwest Division (Summaries by Joshua Boyd) Forward: Ethan Christian, Vernal Oilers Christian (‘03/Red Deer, Alb.) put up his first Premier hat trick, with his three goals against Rock Springs on Feb. 12. He had two additional goals on Feb. 4-5 for five of his nine tallies this year being […]

Games of Feb. 1-7, 2023   Northwest Division (Summaries By Joshua Boyd) Forward: Filip Molnar, Vernal Oilers Molnar (‘03/Bratislava, Slovakia) put up an outstanding 3-5-8 line in their trip to Washington State over which they went 2-1. Molnar, a Provo Predators NCDC Tender for 2023-24, has improved to 69 points in 28 games this season […]