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 […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com Three years saw former Islanders Hockey Club forward Jason Seefeldt experience lots of success by his IHC teams, including his three years on the USPHL Premier squad. All three seasons saw the IHC make trips to the USPHL National Championships, and his 2019-20 16U Islanders team competed hard in the […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com All it took was one year of junior hockey for 2007-born Robin Benoit to prove he could play with anyone, at any age. That one year of junior hockey took place in Bakersfield, Calif., as Benoit signed on with the 2022-23 USPHL Premier expansion team the Bakersfield Roughnecks. The youngest […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com It’s never too early to start into your college hockey dreams. The Boston Junior Bruins’ two-year USPHL Premier goaltender Dominik Bovan had the opportunity to go one more year, but a whole different and new opportunity pulled in front to reroute him to Plattsburgh, N.Y. “I first reached out to […]

By Matt Mackinder / Metro Jets Staff MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Over Andreas Fleutot’s two seasons skating for the Metro Jets, his game showed marked improvement on a constant basis, leading to numerous NCAA college hockey offers. Earlier this month, the Megeve, France native decided on Westfield State University, a Division III school located in […]

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, […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com Buffalo native Kevin Martin’s hockey journey has taken him over a few stops, but it’s the next one he’s the most excited about – he’ll be joining the King’s College NCAA hockey team this fall.  The Ogden Mustangs center posted a 9-12-21 line in 31 games after joining during the […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Michael Marino is getting ready for some culture shock. He’s going from one of the five boroughs of New York City – Staten Island, to be precise, to the small town of Paxton, Mass., with a year-round population of 5,000.  He’ll be one of the roughly 1,400 undergraduate and […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com On March 11, the Minnesota Moose were in the third period of Game 2 in their Midwest West Division Final series against the Minnesota Squatch. Down 4-3 in the third period and facing elimination, Logan Lake scored the game-tying goal with an assist by Ryan Mulrenin. The Moose went on […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    After an entire hockey career up to 2022 spent in his native Canada, 2002-born Prevost, Que., native Johnny Ramoundos made the decision to move south of the border to keep his hockey dream going – way south of the border. All the way to Estero, Florida.  “I had originally […]