By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com From Victor, N.Y., just on the outskirts of Rochester, Jack McCandless first got his introduction to USPHL hockey in 2018 with the former Rochester Monarchs 16U AAA squad. After one more season with the Monarchs at the 18U level – and his first four career Premier games – he decided […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    It’s the upstate New York connection that just keeps paying dividends for the Richmond Generals. Both of the Premier team’s goaltenders came out of the region, as did forward Jack McCandless.  And all three are bound for NCAA ice hockey careers. Jadon Lee, a 2002-born native of Fulton, N.Y., […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Bring on the future. Aidan Flynn is ready for it all.  The two-year Charlotte Rush forward has put in the time with high-level hockey from the Tennessee-based high-level TPH Thunder through Tier II hockey and over these last two years with the Rush in the USPHL Premier. Now, the […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    When you score more than 27 percent of your team’s total goals for a season, you’re going to attract some attention. And boy, could Niko Schoner score goals? He popped in 48 of them to rank third league-wide for the USPHL Premier.  He put the first-year Nashville Spartans right […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com  A Rochester, N.Y., native, Lenny Perno first began his time in the United States Premier Hockey League five years ago. Originally a member of the former Rochester Monarchs’ 16U team, Perno started early in paving his Path To College Hockey.  This path eventually swung south to Richmond, where he was […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com    Owen Swanbon never minded packing bags if it meant finding the best place for his hockey development and recruiting potential for NCAA college hockey. For him, it meant heading out of Massachusetts to play the 2022-23 season with the USPHL Premier’s Hampton Roads Whalers in Virginia.  Swanbon, a native […]

By Hampton Roads Whalers Staff The Hampton Roads Junior Whalers are proud to announce that 1998 alumni forward Brandon Osmundson has signed a contract with the Knoxville Ice Bears of the SPHL and will turn Pro. Osmundson, 24, joins the Ice Bears after completing his fourth season of collegiate hockey at Utica College (NCAA-III). This season, the Chesapeake, […]

The Charlotte Rush will advance to the USPHL Premier National Championship game for the second time in three years, following their 2-0 win over Southeast Division rival the Richmond Generals. The Rush rode a 21-save shutout performance by Nick Anderson and a stifling team defensive effort to propel them to the final where, as of […]

The Hampton Roads Junior Whalers are proud to announce that two of our alumni, and teammates at Utica University will turn Pro. 1997 Forward Regen Cavanagh has signed an ATO with the Norfolk Admirals of the ECHL and 1998 forward John Moncovichhas signed with the Fayetteville Marksman of the SPHL. Cavanagh, 26, joins the Admirals after completing his […]

By Patrick Ramsdale / USPHLPremier.com Charlotte Rush Seed: Southeast Division #1 Seeding Round Schedule All games at Utica University Nexus Center, Utica, N.Y. Day 1: Thursday, March 23, vs. Minnesota Moose, 12 p.m. EST Day 2: Friday, March 25, vs. TBA, 3 p.m. EST Remaining schedule determined by results of seeding round The 2021 USPHL […]