By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com The Rock Springs Grizzlies of the NCDC have called up the Vernal Oilers’ goaltender Nikolas Charles not once, but twice, during this season. and on Dec. 2, he made his debut. He stopped 36 of 40 Pueblo Bulls shots, but had to take a 4-1 loss in the end. For […]

The Twin City Thunder have announced that they have called up two-year USPHL Premier veteran Matteo Pero from the Atlanta MadHatters. Pero, an ’04 from Anmore, B.C., has produced 14 points in 13 games for the MadHatters this season, after putting up 61 points in 33 games with the Ontario Jr. Reign last year. “Matteo […]

Week of Nov. 22   Games of Nov. 14-20, 2023   Summaries by Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com  Forward: Charlie Zetterqvist, Northern Cyclones Zetterqvist (‘06/Salem, Sweden) put up three goals and added one assist to post four points as the Northern Cyclones wrapped up a weekend sweep of the Boston Junior Bruins. In a game where […]

Week of Nov. 22   Games of Nov. 14-20, 2023   Forward: Casper Conradsson-Kelvgard, Ogden Mustangs Conradsson-Kelvgard (‘03/Lomma, Sweden) scored his first three NCDC goals as a hat trick in the Mustangs’ 6-0 victory against the Rock Springs Grizzlies on Nov. 16. He scored three on 11 shots for a shooting percentage of 27 percent. […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com   The USPHL and the Idaho Falls Spud Kings (currently of the National Collegiate Development Conference) congratulate former Spud Kings forward Landon Wright for recently making his NCAA Division I commitment to the University of Maine, which competes in the Hockey East. His commitment marks the first for a current […]

By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Wilkes-Barre/Scranton NCDC and other junior players will have a much easier time getting integrated into the WBS region, thanks to a brand new massive sports academy opened by the organization by the name of Revo Ice Academy. The Revo Ice Academy Sports is a full-service residential facility with post-sport recovery […]

By WBS Knights Staff The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights, of the United States Premier Hockey League, are proud to announce that Eric Brule has been named Head Coach of the Premier team and Assistant Coach of the NCDC team for this upcoming 2023-24 season. Coach Brule has had a remarkable career playing pro hockey for 10 years, […]

Jason McCrimmon of Detroit, Michigan, is the recipient of the 2023 Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award™, given to an individual who – through the sport of hockey – has positively impacted their community, culture or society in the United States.   This season, the NHL presented the 2023 Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award to one winner in […]

By Gene Binda / Referee’s Crease   The goal of Referee’s Crease is to recruit, train, and advance officials to higher levels of officiating through our comprehensive officiating program. It is our long-term mission to create a pool of officials who implement rules and call the game in similar fashion at all levels of hockey. […]

Longtime NCAA Referee Will Begin New Atlantic Hockey Position July 1 Below is the Atlantic Hockey Association’s press release about Eugene Binda Jr. being hired by AHA as their Supervisor of Officiating. Binda was most recently the USPHL’s Director of Officiating Development.   The United States Premier Hockey League is proud to be a launching pad […]