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Photo by Nicole Scarpaci By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com The season may be over for the Florida Eels, but for many players, they are simply opening a door from one fantastic phase of their hockey career to the next. That certainly holds true for Eels defenseman Owen Blyth, who is moving on to an NCAA…
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Montreal Black Vees 4, Universel Sherbrooke The Black Vees have taken a 1-0 lead in their Canada Division Championship series against Universel Sherbrooke, winning 4-2 on Wednesday in the only playoff game of the day. Elliot Fortin and Zachary Collin each had a goal and an assist, Benjamin Lavallee had two assists, Charles-Emile Clermont scored…
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Tampa Bay Juniors 3, Bold City Battalion 2 (2OT) It’s all over in Wesley Chapel, Fla.! The Tampa Bay Juniors won in double overtime to advance to the USPHL Nationals. This instant classic saw Aki Jokela score the Double-OT winner at the 5:25 mark of the second extra session. Along with Jokela, Jason Johnson and Dawson…
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Islanders Hockey Club 6, South Shore Kings 0 The Jr. Islanders scored a 6-0 victory against the South Shore Kings. IHC goaltender Jake Henry made 21 saves in his shutout win. Edijs Freimanis and Parker Stepien each had a goal and an assist for the Islanders. The Islanders move on to the New England Division…
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Forward: Jason Gongol, Chicago Crush Gongol (‘05/Carol Stream, Ill.) finished as the leading scorer for the Crush, coming in with 64 points in 36 games. He put up 19 of those points in 12 games in February, scoring five goals and adding 14 assists. Rocco Romita, Chicago Cougars Romita (‘04/Naperville, ,Ill.) scored eight…
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 3, Mercer Chiefs 1 The Great 8’s are going to the Atlantic Division Final. The Atlantic’s No. 8 seed WBS Knights have finished their second straight 2-0 series win after defeating the Mercer Chiefs by a 3-1 score on Saturday. Ilya Baldin scored the GWG and added an assist, and in net, Gusts…
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By Joshua Boyd / USPHLPremier.com The Vernal Oilers will make their third straight trip to the #USPHLNationals as Northwest Division Champions. The Oilers closed out their series against the Seattle Totems with a 6-1 victory for the game and 2-0 for the series. Gergo Schwartz scored twice, Filip Lezzani had a goal and two assists,…
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Forwards Kasper Pohjala, Vernal Oilers Pohjala (‘05/Helsinki, Finland) closed out an immense season with the league’s only fully undefeated team at 44-0 by scoring five goals and dishing out 18 assists for 23 points in just five February regular season games. He finished fifth in regular season scoring with 97 points in 28 games. …
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Islanders Hockey Club 2, South Shore Kings 1 (OT) The Islanders evened their semifinal series against the South Shore Kings with a 2-1 overtime win on Friday afternoon. The hero for today was Edijs Freimanis, who scored both goals including the OT winner. Jake Henry stopped 27 of 28 shots for the win. The Kings’…
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South Shore Kings 4, Islanders Hockey Club 2 South Shore earned the upset victory today in North Andover, winning 4-2 against the Premier New England Division’s top seeded Islanders Hockey Club. Payton Kender scored the GWG and added an assist, and Eison Nee also had a goal and an assist. William Palmer had two assists…
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