By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    In Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Midwest West Division is always an exciting circuit to watch. Every team continues to be able to beat everyone else, and the gap is very swiftly closing from top to bottom.  This is considerable, in terms of the Dells Ducks seeing the biggest year-over-year […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Atlantic Division has been kind of the offensive monster of the East Coast divisions, always providing the Premier with some big-score fireworks. We are looking forward to seeing the same – though at this point, no one’s quite sure what they’ll see in the Atlantic.  Why? Partially because […]

The Northwest Division was brand new to the USPHL Premier last year and the division definitely caught folks’ attention, especially as they finished with the league’s leading scorer in Vernal’s Alex Rene Bartakovics (121 points in 40 games). In Seattle, Raine Hodge’s 40 goals in 24 games gave him the best goals per game average […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com     The USPHL Pacific Division has settled in very well to the Premier Conference, and will now enter its fourth campaign. For the first time last year, the Las Vegas Thunderbirds powered their way into the USPHL Nationals following two prior trips by division representatives the Fresno Monsters.  There’s every […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Fort Wayne Spacemen made quite the statement in their first season of winning the division title. Their title was followed up by their first trip to the USPHL Nationals, where the Spacemen made their way to the Round of 8. It’s not expected to be a standalone chapter […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Florida Division is one week away from getting back into regular season action, and all six teams are definitely excited for their chances to make some noise in a very competitive division. Among the teams hitting the ice are the Florida Eels, who have qualified for every single […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Charlotte Rush Season Opener: Sept. 15 at Columbia Infantry The Rush stand as one of the most successful franchises in USPHL Premier history. Since 2018, the team has the second most points of any Premier team, with 369, second only to the Metro Jets’ 397. Being second to anyone […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    We’re back and just days away from the start of the 2023-24 USPHL Premier season! The Great Lakes and Southeast Divisions both kick off play on Friday, Sept. 8 and then we’re off and running until the final puck is dropped at the USPHL Nationals in March! Below, we […]

All Minnesota Mullets players are looking to make a big impression on NCAA, ACHA and AAU coaches while playing in the USPHL Premier. It certainly helps that they are right there playing on NCAA ice when they start their home games at Augsburg University. Non-local players are also housed at the University of Minnesota, an […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    When Shane Buckley took the head coaching job with the NCAA’s Northland College this summer, John Leppert was more than happy to follow one of his favorite coaches. The two had many conversations and connected to the point where Leppert was previously heading to a different school to there […]