Category Archives: Junior
2024 USPHL NCDC Combine dates announced for Detroit, Chicago, Boston
December 31st, 2023The United States Premier Hockey League, and its tuition-free National Collegiate Development Conference, are proud to announce their 2024 USPHL NCDC Combine Series, set to take place in Detroit, Mich. (April 12-13) and in Chicago, Ill. (May 11-12). A third and new event will be held in Boston (May 18-19). Between the NCDC, the USPHL Premier and the USPHL…
Colorado natives Mitchell, Rakosky honored with weekly NCDC awards
December 26th, 2023The USPHL has announced its latest players of the week, with two standouts from Colorado being honored. Pueblo Bulls goalie Ryan Mitchell is the NCDC Mountain Division Goaltender of the Week, while Connecticut Jr. Rangers blueliner Seth Rakosky is the NCDC Atlantic Division Defenseman of the Week. A somewhat locally-bred player, Mitchell, a 2006-born Colorado…
NCDC releases 2024 All-Star Game rosters For Jan. 15 main event in Boston
December 23rd, 2023The nominations came in, the league’s coaches voted and the All-Star team coaches have selected their rosters for the 2024 NCDC All-Star Game event to be held at 2:40 p.m. at Boston University’s Agganis Arena, on Jan. 15, 2024 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day). Below is a listing of each player, with their current NCDC…
Hard work leads to NCAA D-I Alaska commitment for Denver native, Krivo, RoughRiders alum Fleet
December 21st, 2023As a second-year player this season with the NAHL’s Shreveport Mudbugs, Liam Fleet has been improving his overall game on a daily basis. For the 2025-26 season, the Denver native and Mudbugs captain will start his NCAA Division I career with the Alaska Nanooks. “It’s something that just happened over time as they had been…
Castle Pines native, Grit goalie Lacroix making jump to NCAA D-I Boston University at ’23-24 semester break
December 20th, 2023Max Lacroix spent the first half of the 2023-24 season playing for the NAHL’s Colorado Grit. Last offseason, the Castle Pines native committed to play for NCAA powerhouse Boston University once his junior career ends. Turns out that is sooner than later as Lacroix will join the Terriers for the second semester of the 2023-24…
Colorado natives Gatewood, Hasse collect weekly awards from USPHL
December 17th, 2023The USPHL has announced that Colorado natives Payne Gatewood and Connor Hasse have earned weekly player awards. Gatewood is the NCDC New England Division Forward of the Week with the Utica Jr. Comets, while Hasse is the Midwest East Premier Division Forward of the Week with the Battle Creek Kernels. Gatewood, an ’03 from Bouler,…
Cimarron Hills’ Goble shooting for daily improvement, college looks with USPHL’s Rush
December 12th, 2023Ashton Goble is enjoying his second season in the USPHL, playing the 2023-24 season for the Charlotte Rush after spending last year with the New York Aviators. All it took to get the Cimarron Hills native to North Carolina was a simple communication from the Rush staff. “(Rush associate head coach) Trevor Kleckner reached out…
Cimarron Hills native, Catamounts, Doherty High alum Goble takes weekly USPHL accolades
December 11th, 2023The USPHL has announced that Charlotte Rush goalie Ashton Goble is the Southeast Elite Division Goaltender of the Week. Goble, a 2004-born Cimarron Hills native, put up 34 saves on 35 shots to defeat the Hampton Roads Whalers on Dec. 2, part of a two-game sweep lsat weekend. He currently stands at 2-2-0 on the…
Castle Rock native, Colorado youth hockey product Lane bags monthly USPHL honors
December 8th, 2023The USPHL has announced that Hampton Road Whalers goalie Liam Lane is the Southeast Premier Division Goaltender of the Month. Like many teams in the Southeast Division, the Whalers took a lighter November schedule after being busy in September and October. They were still fully locked in and went 2-1-0-1 during the month, with Lane,…
USPHL’s Oilers proving to be ‘great experience’ for Fort Collins native Stringer
November 30th, 2023Even though Evan Stringer hadn’t planned on playing for the USPHL’s Vernal Oilers this season, he’s definitely glad it all worked out that way. Now in his second season in the USPHL after playing the 2022-23 season for the Northern Colorado Eagles, the Fort Collins native is fitting in nicely with the Utah-based Oilers. “I…