By Charlotte Rush Staff Charlotte, N.C. – The Charlotte Rush are proud to announce the 2023-24 Premier and Elite Coaching Staff. The Rush are proud to announce the return of Trevor Jewell. He will be returning as the Assistant General Manager and Premier Head Coach. Coach Trevor Kleckner also returns, in an elevated role as […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    It’s a bit more than a Hopp skip and jump between Edmonton, Alberta, and Salem, Massachusetts for forward Ethyn Hopp. It’s still, however, shorter than the “commute” he’s been making the past few seasons between Edmonton and the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.  Travel certainly doesn’t bother him, […]

Photo/Graphic: Iowa Wild By Seamore Sports Staff When you think of the Charlotte Rush you think of consistency in their work. Everyone in the organization believes in setting the standard every day. That phrase, “Set the standard” – and its variants – often can be overused in this sport. Not with the Charlotte Rush. Ray […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Zachary Gmerek certainly has good memories of his time in the state of Florida.  After all, he and his Charlotte Rush teammates went there in December and swept the USPHL Florida Showcase with a 4-0 record. Just a few weeks later and on the other side of New Year’s […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Three years worth of incredible memories, including a National Championship, are what C.J. Bachman will be bringing with him when he packs up for college. He’ll be headed towards an NCAA career this fall with Arcadia University.  Bachman just finished his third Premier season with the Charlotte Rush, which […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Shane Adler is excited to be joining two other Charlotte Rush teammates as they make their way to an NCAA hockey career with Henniker, N.H.’s New England College.  He’ll be joined at the Division III institution by teammates Cam Perez and Matthew Esquerre. Adler and Esquerre were additionally teammates […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Bring on Boston – that’s what Carter Schram is saying now.  The ‘02 native of East Lansing, Mich., is moving from one state capital to another, as he’ll move to the Massachusetts capital to attend Suffolk University and play hockey for the Rams in the NCAA’s New England Hockey […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Talk about a roller coaster of emotions – first, you’re in the National Championship game, but then your opponent comes away with the win, but then you’re talking to your future NCAA college hockey home – all in the space of a few hours.  This was the reality for […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com  From Chase Sechrist’s home in Santa Rosa, Calif., it’s about a 40-minute drive to put your toe in the Pacific Division. It may be a brisk walk for him this fall to put the same toe in the Atlantic Ocean. Sechrist, a two-year leading light for the Lake Tahoe Lakers […]

By Oliver Francies / SeamoreSports.com If you want to know how an expansion team does in the USPHL, look at where its players go. For the USPHL Premier’s Columbia Infantry, this means seeing where their players are going for their next season of Junior Hockey. This team played fast all year and started to develop […]