NCDC, Rockets Hockey Club Alum Allain-Samake Ranked 75th Among North American Skaters For 2025 NHL Draft

Former NCDC Rockets Hockey Club defenseman Anthony Allain-Samake has been ranked 75th among North American Skaters in the NHL Central Scouting Mid-Term rankings, released on Jan. 14. The United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) proudly celebrates this achievement as another testament to its player development success. Allain-Samake, a 2007-born native of Gatineau, Que., played in […]

USPHL Alumni Update: Former Maverick Hamilton Commits To D-1 Miami University

The United States Premier Hockey League congratulates former Columbus Mavericks (USPHL Premier) defenseman Jack Hamilton on making his NCAA Division I hockey commitment to Miami University, of Ohio. Hamilton is a 2006-born native of Powell, Ohio. A former Culver Military Academy and Ohio Jr. Blue Jackets player, he joined the Mavericks in 2023-24 and put […]

Former Rockets HC NCDC Defenseman Allain-Samake On NHL Central Scouting Players To Watch List

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Oct. 24, 2024 The United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) is excited to announce that former Rockets Hockey Club NCDC defenseman Anthony Allain-Samake was listed on the NHL Central Scouting Preliminary Players To Watch List released on Oct. 23. Allain-Samake, a 2007-born native of Gatineau, Que., played in 47 games with […]

USPHL Features 192 Alumni On 2024-25 NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Rosters


Pictured: Liam McLinskey of the College of the Holy Cross is a former Jersey Hitmen player who won the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year award last year, was selected as the Preseason Player Of the Year Award winner for 2024-25, and is a returning All-American. Photo Courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE […]

USPHL Alumni Profile: Former Pic Radina To Coach At Western New England University

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    This past spring and the current summer has led to a total change in position for former Springfield Pics forward Lukas Radina. Not just from forward to defense or any such on-ice transition – but rather he’s going from an NCAA Division III player to becoming an NCAA Division […]

NCDC Alumni Profiles: San Jose Sharks’ Collin Graf

Action Photos Courtesy of The San Jose Sharks    By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com   The summer is upon us, and former NCDC standout, two-time Hobey Baker Top 10 finalist and two-time All-American Collin Graf is working towards what he hopes is a long 2024-25 season in the National Hockey League.  Graf played in 191 […]

2024 NHL Development Camps Feature More Than 50 Players with USPHL Ties

BOSTON, MA – July 9, 2024 – The United States Premier Hockey League has had another fantastic summer, both in terms of success at the NHL Entry Draft and the traditional NHL Development Camps that are held in late June and early July each season. This year, with 56 alumni of the USPHL itself and […]

Eight Players With USPHL Ties Selected In 2024 NHL Entry Draft

The United States Premier Hockey League is pleased to announce that eight players with USPHL ties were selected in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, held June 28-29, 2024, at The Sphere in Las Vegas, Nev. This includes alumni of the league itself plus alumni of its member organizations.  The USPHL, with two junior alumni selected, […]

Commitment Profile: Eels’ Phillips To Rivier University

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Mark Phillips can’t wait to get his NCAA career going when he gets to Rivier University in Nashua, N.H., this fall. After wrapping up a four-year career in the USPHL Premier, including three years with the Florida Eels, the Premier game has certainly prepared him to make the step […]

Buffalo Sabres Draft Former Las Vegas Defenseman Brunet

The United States Premier Hockey League congratulates former Las Vegas Thunderbirds (now Henderson Force) defenseman Simon-Pier Brunet for being drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. Brunet was selected in the fourth round, 123rd overall. The USPHL Premier is the only Tier III junior hockey league in the United States with […]