Tampa Bay Juniors Win Florida Division Championship, Move On To Elite Nationals

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com The Juniors are headed to Wayne, N.J., for the 2025 USPHL Elite National Championships. Today, they defeated the Florida Division runner-up Palm Beach Typhoon by a 3-1 score to advance to Nationals, which will be held March 20-24. The Tampa Bay Juniors Elite team claim Seed #1 at Elite Nationals. […]

USPHL Elite Florida Division Players Of The Month: January 2025

Forwards:  Frankie Murano, Palm Beach Typhoon Murano (‘06/West Palm Beach, Fla.) started January with a pair of three-point games en route to overall posting eight goals and 15 points in eight games. A second-year Typhoon, he has a career-best 30 points in 32 games this year.     Caleb Rae, Florida Jr. Blades Rae (‘07/Stouffville, Ont.) […]

USPHL Elite Florida Division Players Of The Month: December 2024

Forwards  Joshua Mason, Florida Jr. Blades  Mason (‘07/Toronto, Ont.) scored 15 points over eight games in December, averaging 1.88 points per game and more than doubling his season total to 28. In his third Elite season, he has 59 career points over 76 games played with the Florida Jr. Blades.    Rene Krytinar, Tampa Bay […]

USPHL Elite Florida Division Players Of the Month: November 2024

Summaries By Taylor Dean Forwards Caleb Rae, Florida Jr. Blades In his second consecutive Player of the Month distinction, Rae (‘07/Stouffville, Ont.) posted points in all four games he played with the Florida Jr. Blades in November, including the game winning goal on Nov. 15. The rookie leads his franchise in points this season, with […]

Tampa Bay Juniors’ Zeman Earns Hobey Baker High School Character Award

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com  The United States Premier Hockey League joins the Tampa Bay Juniors organization in congratulating two-year Juniors veteran Jan Zeman (’06/Clearwater, Fla.) for being awarded a Hobey Baker High School Character Award, presented by the same foundation that awards the Hobey Baker Award each year to the top NCAA Division I […]

USPHL Elite Florida Division Players Of The Month: October 2024

Note: September statistics are also included in October Players Of The Mont   Forwards Caleb Rae, Florida Jr. Blades  Rae (‘07/Stouffville, Ont.) has been a great newcomer for the Jr. Blades, leading the team out of the gate with five goals and eight assists for 13 points in 11 games. He started out red hot […]

USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: South Region

Games of Sept. 17-23   Southeast Division  Forward: Braylen Cox, Potomac Patriots Braylen Cox (‘05/Nashville, Tenn.) pulled together four goals and added one assist to help the Patriots to a split weekend, including their first win of the season. Cox is a third-year USPHL player 81 games of experience.    Defense: Raymond Johnson, Hampton Roads […]

USPHL Elite 2023-24 Florida Division All-Stars

Summaries by Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    Selection Process: Voting took part in two phases. In the first phase, the division’s coaches voted for three of their own players and three players from other teams in the division. Once these results were compiled, the division’s coaches voted on the final team.    Forwards Dylan Hineman, […]

#USPHLNationals Elite Team Preview: Tampa Bay Juniors

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com    The Tampa Bay Juniors are geared up and excited to fly north to Utica, N.Y., where they’ll be part of a very tough field of 10 teams.  The Juniors, however, have a lot of experience with Nationals. This is the Elite program’s fourth straight trip and sixth overall. The […]

#USPHLPlayoffs: Tampa Bay Juniors vs. Florida Jr. Blades

Tampa Bay Juniors (1) vs. Florida Jr. Blades (4)  All Games At Fort Myers Skatium, Fort Myers, FL Saturday, March 9, 12:30 p.m. EST Sunday, March 10, 9:30 a.m. EST (Jr. Blades are Home Team For Game 2) Monday, March 11, 12:30 p.m. EST (If Necessary)    By Joshua Boyd / USPHLElite.com   The Tampa […]