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 […]
The South Shore Kings, defending Dineen Cup Champions for at least the next roughly 24 hours, will get a chance to win the Cup again. After defeating the Mercer Chiefs in the final non-championship elimination game on Sunday by a 4-0 score, the Kings will now have to defeat the Idaho Falls Spud Kings twice […]
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 JoJo Dable’s high slot wristshot was the difference in a triple-overtime South Shore King 3-2 win against the Northern Cyclones in a win-or-go-home situation for both teams in the double elimination tournament. The goal was scored at 101:58 of the game, making it the second longest in NCDC history after […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Justin Thibault scored the game-winning overtime goal at 13:52, lifting the Chiefs over the Northern Cyclones, assisted by Jack Gricus. The game was back-and-forth essentially from the point where the scoring started in the second. Ryan Stratton started it all at 5:28 of the second period, a 1-0 lead that […]
By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com It was a battle of goaltenders for more than 70 minutes on Friday, as the Idaho Falls Spud Kings just barely outlasted the defending Dineen Cup Champion South Shore Kings by a score of 1-0 off a Ronald Wade goal at the 16:00 mark of overtime. He was assisted on […]
By Joshua Boyd Being part of the final four teams in the running for the Dineen Cup is not new for the Chiefs, as they were in the Atlantic Division Championship series in 2023, eventually falling to that year’s Dineen Cup Champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders. They also fell in 2024 in the Atlantic Division […]
By Joshua Boyd The Northern Cyclones won the New England Division Championship on April 12, propelling them into the Dineen Cup Championship series for the first time. The Cyclones have been among the final four teams standing, as they were semifinalists in 2019, and they’re excited to be among the same number of teams all […]
By Alexis Demopoulos South Shore Kings defenseman Gregor Jennersjo had an outstanding regular season and is now excited to announce his NCAA Division III commitment to Gustavus Adolphus College for the 2025-26 season. Jennersjo, who hails from Sweden, joined the Kings organization for the 2024-25 season and quickly felt right at home. In 51 regular […]
By Joshua Boyd The South Shore Kings have their mission, and it’s become their main hashtag right now: #DefendTheDineen. Last year’s Cup champion were also the No. 1 team in the 2024-25 NCDC regular season, earning them their first Founders Cup title with a 44-7-3-0 record. Once the Kings made the New England Championships, […]
