By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com  The National Collegiate Development Conference congratulates its selections for the 2023 NCDC All-Star “Best of the Best” Game, set to kick off at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Foxboro Sports Center in Foxboro, Mass. We are announcing each team this week in two sets – forwards in one […]

South Division  Forwards Luca Leighton, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders Leighton started the league’s longest current point streak with Game 1 of 2023, and he has put up eight goals in eight games so far this year, with all eight coming in his last six games. That is tied for the league’s longest overall goal streak for […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com    For what felt, in the grand scheme of a season, like about 10 minutes out of a 24-hour day, the Jersey Hitmen were not in first place. That’s already ancient history. With a 5-1 run in two three-game sets over seven days, the Hitmen launched back to the top […]

Week of Jan. 17-23, 2023   Summaries By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com   North Division Forward: Max Breon, New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs Recently acquired out of the OJHL, Breon – an ‘02 out of Texas – has put together three straight two-point efforts as the Monarchs went 3-0 since Jan. 17. Breon scored two goals […]

Games of Jan. 13-19, 2023   By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com    When we were last here on Friday the 13th, little did we know just how unlucky that day and the weekend overall would be for what was then a party at first place in both divisions. The North saw three teams sharing the […]

Games of Jan. 10-16, 2023   Summaries by Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com    South Division Forwards: Cade Baker, Rockets Hockey Club Baker (‘03/York Springs, Pa.) was instrumental in the Rockets picking up a key victory against the second-place P.A.L. Jr. Islanders on Friday, posting a 1-2-3 line. He also added a goal – which tied […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com    First place is trending in the NCDC. Five teams are in first place in their respective divisions – three tied for the top of the North Division, and two tied for No. 1 in the South Division (and overall). What does this all mean in mid-January for the playoffs? […]

(Games of Jan. 1-8, 2023) Summaries by Joshua Boyd / USPHL   North Division  Forward: Edvin Robertsson, Twin City Thunder The Thunder picked up a win against the Islanders Hockey Club and took a shootout loss to the Boston Advantage, and those three points helped them continue to put pressure on the fourth-place South Shore […]

Jan. 6, 2023 By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com    With a pair of games in the midweek, the NCDC is back in business, playing its first games since Dec. 19 way back in last year, you remember – 2022? It may be a new year, but the same season that kicked off in September has […]

(Summaries by Joshua Boyd)    Forwards Luca Leighton, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders Leighton was a driving force behind the Jr. Islanders’ 6-1 run in December, which included wins over the top two teams in the South Division, the Jersey Hitmen and Mercer Chiefs. He scored a league and division-best 12 points over the course of December, […]