#USPHLNationals Elite Team Preview: Rockets Hockey Club

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    The Rockets Hockey Club have themselves a few gems in terms of offense, and a team defense that can play the shutdown game. So they certainly come into Utica feeling good about their chances in the 2024 field.  Returning Rockets forwards John Crowdell and Jace Lombardo put themselves in […]

#USPHLPlayoffs: P.A.L. Jr. Islanders vs. Rockets Hockey Club 

Atlantic Division  P.A.L. Jr. Islanders (2) vs. Rockets Hockey Club (3)  All Games At The Rinx, Hauppauge, NY  Saturday, March 9, 7:10 p.m. EST Sunday, March 10, 11:40 a.m. EST Monday, March 11, 10:40 a.m. EST (If Necessary)    By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    The Rockets Hockey Club were getting to that point where […]

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

Summaries By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    Selection Process: The league media office sends statistical leaders to divisional coaches for review and coaches either approve or challenge the nominations.    Forward: Jace Lombardo, Rockets Hockey Club  One of two Rockets players to put their stamp on the USPHL Elite for future seasons, Lombardo (‘04/Staten Island, […]

USPHL Elite 2023-24 Atlantic Division Players Of The Month: November 2023

Summaries by Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    Forward: Justin Morrissey, P.A.L. Jr. Islanders  Morrissey (‘06/Patchogue, N.Y.) was just everywhere at once for the P.A.L. Jr. Islanders, as they went 5-2-0-0 during the month of November. He had one of the league’s best points per game averages, putting up a 3.43 from his eight goals and […]

NCDC To USHL Advancement: Rockets Hockey Club’s Blanton Joins Sioux City, Will Make Game Debut Tuesday

The National Collegiate Development Conference and the Rockets Hockey Club join together in congratulating Rockets NCDC forward Sam Blanton on earning a call-up to the United States Hockey League’s Sioux City Musketeers. Blanton is confirmed to be in the lineup for the Dec. 5 Musketeers game against the Sioux Falls Stampede. Blanton, an ’04 native […]

#USPHLPlayoffs Series Preview: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights vs. Rockets Hockey Club

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com   Mid-Atlantic Division  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights (1) vs. Rockets Hockey Club (4) All games played at Revolution Ice Centre Game 1: Friday, March 10, 12 p.m. EST Game 2: Saturday, March 11, 1 p.m. EST Game 3: Sunday, March 12, 4:30 p.m. EST (if necessary)  The USPHL Elite’s top dog, the […]

Rockets Hockey Club’s Dobnig Named WJC’s Fastest Skater In Preliminary Round For Austria

On Sunday, Jan. 1, the IIHF released its findings on the fastest skaters at the World Junior Championships through state-of-the-art camera technology placed around the arenas at Halifax, N.S., and Moncton, N.B. Rockets Hockey Club NCDC skater Jonas Dobnig, competing for Austria, was found to be the fastest in the tournament at 38.19 kilometers per […]

Rockets Hockey Club’s Dobnig Returns To World Juniors To Compete For Austria

By USPHL Staff   For the second straight year, Rockets Hockey Club veteran left winger Jonas Dobnig is playing for Team Austria at the World Junior Championships.  Dobnig, who played in all four games at the 2022 tournament a year ago and scored a goal, returned to suiting up for “Ostereich” on the ice in […]

Former Rockets Hockey Club Forward Lipkin Set To Represent Team USA At World Juniors

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com  Former Rockets Hockey Club forward Sam Lipkin has been named to play for Team USA in the World Junior Championships, which begins officially Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, and finishes on Jan. 5, 2023, in Halifax, N.S., and Moncton, N.B. The Philadelphia native posted 12 goals and 13 assists for 25 […]