USPHL Elite Midwest Division Players Of The Month: January 2025

Midwest Division  Forwards Landon Graham, Metro Jets Graham (‘05/Lake Orion, Mich.) enjoyed a productive 5-7-12 month in the Jets’ seven games, over which they posted a 6-1-0-0 record. A product of Lake Orion High School, he has put up 42 points this season, and 69 points in his 78-game USPHL career, which includes three games […]

USPHL Elite Midwest Division Players Of The Month: December 2024

Forwards: Keith Watkins, Chicago Crush  Watkins (‘06/Antioch, Ill.) pushed the Crush with his goal and nine assists for 10 points in a six-game month for the Crush, giving him an average of 1.67 points per game. He now has 11 points in 12 games for this season.    Jeffrey Schroeder, Chicago Cougars  Schroeder (‘07/Hoffman Estates, […]

USPHL Elite Midwest Division Players Of The Month: November 2024

Summaries by Taylor Dean Forwards Robert Gross, Fort Wayne Spacemen Gross (‘05/Fort Wayne Ind.) was a key player in helping the Fort Wayne Spacemen finish at the top of the Midwest leaderboard at the end of November. He scored six goals and had two assists over last month adding to his season tally for 13 […]

USPHL Elite Midwest Division Players Of The Month: October 2024

Note: September Statistics are also included in October Players Of The Month   Forwards Griffin Delfosse, Chicago Cougars Delfosse (‘06/Chicago, Ill.) was the leader in the voting among Midwest forwards, putting up five goals and seven assists for 12 points in seven games, giving him a 1.71 points per game average. After Oct. 11, the […]

#USPHLNationals Elite Team Preview: Chicago Crush 

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    The Chicago Crush as an organization were founded in 2022 as a USPHLPremier program, and their USPHL Elite team was founded just in 2023. One year into the Elite team’s existence, they are on their way to the USPHL Nationals as one of two first-year Midwest Division Elite teams.  […]

#USPHLPlayoffs: Chicago Crush vs. Fort Wayne Spacemen

Midwest Division  Fort Wayne Spacemen (4) at Chicago Crush (2)  All Games At Addison Ice Arena, Addison, IL Friday, March 8, 7:10 p.m. CST Saturday, March 9, 6:40 p.m. CST Sunday, March 10, 7:10 p.m. CST (If Necessary)    By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com   Either the Chicago Crush or the Fort Wayne Spacemen will […]

USPHL Elite 2023-24 Midwest Division Players Of The Month: February 2024

Summaries By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    Selection Process: The league media office sends top candidates to divisional coaches for review and coaches either approve or challenge the nominations.   Forward: Rocco Bifano, Chicago Cougars  Bifano (‘03/Chicago, Ill.) came in as a second-year junior player and had a fantastic output in terms of registering 52 […]

#USPHLPlayoffs: Chicago Crush vs. Battle Creek Kernels 

Midwest East Division  Battle Creek Kernels (6) vs. Chicago Crush (3)  All Games At Addison Ice Arena Olympic Rink  Friday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. CST Saturday, March 2, 4:10 p.m. CST Sunday, March 3, 8:05 p.m. CST (If Necessary)    By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com    The Chicago Crush have progressed quickly in two seasons, […]

USPHL Elite 2023-24 Midwest Division Players Of The Month: January 2024

Selection Process: The league media office sends top statistical candidates to divisional coaches for review and coaches either approve or challenge the nominations.    Summaries by Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    Forward: Trevor Touchton, Motor City Gamblers  Touchton (‘04/Utica, Mich.) is a local player who has absolutely been on a tear throughout this season, to […]

USPHL Elite 2023-24 Midwest Division Players Of The Week 

Week of Jan. 19, 2024 Games of Jan. 10-17, 2024   Forward: Lukas Kurowski, Chicago Cougars  Kurowski (‘05/Elk Grove Village, Ill.) put up a pair of goals and assists for a four-point outing against Decatur, his second such game in a row and he currently has 15 points over each of his last five games. […]