By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The Idaho Falls Spud Kings defeated the South Shore Kings by a 2-1 score on Monday, April 28, to win their first Dineen Cup and the first Cup championship for the two-year-old Mountain Division of the NCDC. The Spud Kings wasted little time in getting on the board early, as […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Idaho Falls was powered by a huge goaltending performance from Charlie Durkin, as well as the opening goal by Leo Mantenuto. He scored at 4:24 of the second period on the power play, picking up assists from D.J. MacLeish and William O’Donovan. Durkin came away with 33 saves on 33 […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com For the first time in their three-year history, the Idaho Falls Spud Kings are Mountain Division Champions and they are bound for the first four-team Dineen Cup Championship Series to be held since 2021. The Spud Kings enjoy a massive fan following in their eastern Idaho city – and many […]
Here is how our Dineen Cup Championships bracket looks with the four qualifiers all set. The double-elimination tournament all begins on Friday, April 25. #1 Idaho Falls Spud Kings vs. #4 South Shore Kings, 3:30 p.m. EDT #2 Northern Cyclones vs. #3 Mercer Chiefs, 7:30 p.m. EDT The winning teams from those games will play at […]
Leo Mantenuto made no mistake about where to put that puck. Mantenuto scored the OT game-winner also the series-winning goal to send the Idaho Falls Spud Kings to the Dineen Cup Championships in Wayne, N.J. This will be the Spud Kings’ first trip into the field of four teams with one goal – the Cup! […]
Ogden Mustangs 2, Idaho Falls Spud Kings 0 The Mustangs got a huge 39-save shutout performance from Dilans Birkans on Monday night to take a 1-0 lead in the Mountain Division Championship series. They defeated the host Idaho Falls Spud Kings 2-0. Along with Birkans’ goaltending heroics, Roman Cherniak and Cayden Effertz scored second […]
Idaho Falls Spud Kings 2, Pueblo Bulls 1 The Spud Kings held on to get the 2-1 win to push them into the Mountain Division Championship Series against the Ogden Mustangs, which starts on Monday in Idaho Falls. Spud Kings veteran D.J. MacLeish scored the game-winner in the second period, after Max Von Klinggraeff evened […]
Mercer Chiefs 5, Jersey Hitmen 4 The Mercer Chiefs evened up their series with the Jersey Hitmen with a 5-4 win at the Ice Vault in Wayne, N.J., also site of the Dineen Cup Championship Series (April 25-29). Samuel Ciappa scored twice, Gregory Diamond and Justin Thibault each had a goal and an assist, and […]
Northern Cyclones 4, Utica Jr. Comets 3 (OT) It couldn’t be solved in 60 minutes, but the Northern Cyclones eventually put the last piece of the puzzle in when Carson Strapon scored at 16:47 of overtime to help the Cyclones come all the way back from a 3-1 deficit to win 4-3 against the visiting […]
Week of March 9 Games of Feb. 25-March 3 Forward: Easton Edwards, Idaho Falls Spud Kings Edwards (‘05/Anchorage, Alaska) scored a goal and added four assists for five points. He has improved to 62 points, a huge improvement on his 16 points of 2023-24. Defense: Cannon Lentz, Casper Warbirds Lentz (‘04/Nashville, Tenn.) scored […]
