Category Archives: Junior
Westminster native, Colorado youth hockey grad Maisells earns weekly USPHL honors
December 27th, 2022The USPHL has announced that Chicago Cougars forward Kevin Maisells is the Midwest East Division Forward of the Week. Maisells registered an impressive five points at the USPHL Chicago Showcase, bringing his team-leading total to 27 on 12 goals and 15 assists. The 2002-born Westminster native had the second assist on T.J. Haas’ eventual game-winning…
Colorado natives Edstrom, Jacober rewarded with weekly USPHL accolades
December 26th, 2022The USPHL has announced that a pair of Colorado natives have picked up player of the week awards. Rogue Valley Royals netminder Kaeden Edstrom is the Northwest Division Goaltender of the Week, while Provo Predators forward Wilder Jacober is the Mountain Division Forward of the Week. Edstrom, a 2004 birth year out of Fairplay, put…
Aspen native Mbereko to tend goal for 2023 U.S. National Junior Team
December 20th, 2022Colorado College freshman goaltender Kaidan Mbereko has been selected to the 25-player Team USA roster that will travel to Moncton, N.B., and Halifax, N.S., for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship. Mbereko was one of 32 players that participated in an evaluation camp at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich., last week. Mbereko is making…
Greenwood Village’s Gudridge moving forward on development, improvement levels with USHL’s Capitols
December 16th, 2022Jordan Gudridge is just 17, but the Greenwood Village native has a bright future ahead, on and off the ice. Playing this season as the second-youngest player with the USHL’s Madison Capitols, Gudridge has seen action in 16 games, tallying one assist from the back end. Originally selected by Madison in the fourth round (59th…
Colorado natives German, Dolan pin down weekly honors from USPHL
December 16th, 2022The USPHL has announced its players of the week, with a pair of Colorado products taking home the honors. Northern Cyclones blueliner Alex German is the NCDC North Division Defenseman of the Week, while Motor City Gamblers netminder Larkin Dolan is the Midwest East Premier Goaltender of the Week. German, a 2004 birth year out…
Broomfield native, RoughRiders, Tigers alum Junkin garners weekly honors from EHL
December 13th, 2022The EHL has announced that Connecticut RoughRiders goaltender Nicholas Junkin is one of the league’s Top Performers of the week. Junkin and the RoughRiders split their two-game home series with Team Maryland this past Thursday and Friday. As for the 2002 native of Broomfield, Junkin got the nod in the victory on Thursday, turning aside…
RoughRiders, Thunderbirds alum, Broomfield product Hargraves makes NCAA D-I commitment to Augustana
December 9th, 2022Fairbanks Ice Dogs goalie and NA3HL and NAPHL alum Kayden Hargraves has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey for Augustana University, a school that will field its first team next season in the CCHA. Hargraves, 20, is in his fourth and final season of playing junior hockey, which has primarily been spent in the NAHL…
Thornton native, Jaguars graduate Takitani excelling in USPHL, taking game to next level with high-end Spacemen
December 8th, 2022Noah Takitani was born in Alaska, but once he moved to Colorado when he was eight years old, his hockey career started to blossom. Now more than 10 years later and residing in Thornton, Takitani is enjoying his third season of junior hockey and second with the USPHL’s Fort Wayne Spacemen. He played the 2020-21…
Erie native, Bison, RoughRiders product Norwell taking advantage of NCDC opportunity with Twin City
November 30th, 2022Trace Norwell grew up in Colorado and after playing his formative years for the Rocky Mountain RoughRiders, has found his groove in the USPHL with the NCDC’s Twin City Thunder, a team based in Maine. This season, the Erie native is averaging a point per game for the Thunder and said the league has been…
Larkspur native, LHA alum Craig picks up monthly USPHL honors
November 30th, 2022The USPHL has announced that Boston Jr. Bruins blueliner Cameron Craig is the New England Premier Division Defenseman of the Month. The Post University recruit continues to impress, helping to be a key to the Jr. Bruins’ undefeated November and streak of 11 games that went from Oct. 11 through Dec. 1, and encompassed all…