By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Year 1 at the Nationals was a good start for the Fort Wayne Spacemen. Head Coach Lincoln Kaleigh Schrock hopes that last year’s success – in reaching the quarterfinals in their first Nationals run – is only the hint of better things to come here in 2024.  They certainly […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Islanders Hockey Club have become a Nationals regular, qualifying for their fifth year in a row after playing all or parts of 15 periods of hockey to get there.  They played in just four games, but their series victory against the South Shore Kings came after a double-overtime […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Metro Jets Development Program saw just how much fun their organizational brethren the Metro Jets had in making the Nationals and the National Championship Game in 2019, they just had to join them.  Since 2021, a year after the Jets also qualified for the eventually canceled 2020 Nationals, […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com   The Ontario Jr. Reign became the third Pacific Division team to qualify for Nationals after the division and its teams made their USPHL debut in 2020-21.  After the Fresno Monsters took the first two division titles and the attached Nationals berths, the Las Vegas Thunderbirds broke that monopoly and […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Charlotte Rush are making their seventh straight trip to the USPHL Premier National Championship tournament. They would like to make it two titles, especially after coming so close in 2023 as well as 2018. They came through to close out a “double dip” title alongside their USPHL Elite […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    For only the second time in the seven-year history of the USPHL Premier Conference, a team will be able to play their Nationals games on their home ice.  The Islanders Hockey Club qualified and were hosts for the ultimately canceled 2020 event. The Northern Cyclones had both their Premier […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com   The Vernal Oilers were able to maintain their Northwest Division crown a second straight year and remain the only Northwest Division participants at the USPHL Nationals. The Northwest Division and its teams were welcomed to the league ahead of the 2022-23 season.  “We are thrilled to be returning to […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The USPHL has a long and glorious history of first-year organizations making the National Championships.  Aside from the obvious inaugural season class of qualifiers, you can look back over the years at such teams as the Metro Jets and Pittsburgh Vengeance (2019); the Elmira Impact, Utah Outliers and Fresno […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The United States Premier Hockey League is excited and proud to announce the addition of the Ventura Vikings to the USPHL Premier’s Pacific Division for the 2024-25 season. The Vikings are the brainchild of three individuals with different backgrounds but a common goal of helping players from southern California […]

The Dan K Show hosted its inaugural #USPHLNationals Selection Show on Wednesday, March 13, and randomly drew the match-ups for the Seeding Round, which will be held March 21-22. All teams will be seeded from the results of these games for the March 23 Round of 16. The USPHL thanks @The_DanKShow for their Selection Show!   […]