#USPHLAlumni: Former Whalers Champion Osmundson Earns Call-Up To Hometown ECHL Norfolk Admirals

By Hampton Roads Whalers Staff The Norfolk Admirals, proud ECHL affiliates of the Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose, announced today they have signed forward Brandon Osmundson to a standard player contract. Osmundson, 25, is currently in the midst of his first full season as a professional. At the time of his promotion to the ECHL, he led […]

#CommittedLeaders: More Than 200 NCDC, USPHL Alumni Pull In NCAA College Hockey Awards

NCAA 2022-23 Season Also Saw Alumni Honored With 80 Captaincy Positions;172 Alumni Win Championships By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com    The National Collegiate Development Conference and the United States Premier Hockey League as a whole is looking forward to another huge NCAA hockey season in 2023-24, especially after research has shown that it is truly […]

Vernal Oilers Forward, Single Season Point Record-Setter Bartakovics Signs With HK Nitra Pro Team In Slovakia

By Vernal Oilers Staff  The Vernal Oilers are thrilled to announce that USPHL record-setting forward Alex Rene Bartakovics has signed a professional contract with HK Nitra in the Slovakian Extraliga for the 2023-24 season! The 2004-born forward recorded a jaw-dropping 121 points in 40 games played during the 2022-23 season, setting the single season point […]

#USPHLAlumni: Former Springfield Pic Foster Commits To Norwich University

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Nick Foster is excited to become part of a strong tradition of excellence at Norwich University, as the former Springfield Pic (2020-22) is headed to that NCAA Division III institution in the 2023-24 season.  The 2002-born defenseman from Amherst, Mass., put up 31 points in 74 games in two […]

Former USPHL 16U Rockets Hockey Player Nicholas VanTassell Drafted By Ottawa

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL Staff The Ottawa Senators, on June 29, drafted former Rockets Hockey Club USPHL 16U player Nicholas VanTassell. He was selected in the seventh round, 215th overall, of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. A 2004-born native of Basking Ridge, N.J., VanTassell played his youth hockey for the Rockets and, as a […]

Former Hampton Roads Whaler Brandon Osmundson Signs Pro Contract

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, […]

Hampton Roads Whalers Alumni Cavanagh, Moncovich Turn Pro

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 […]