By Gene Binda / Referee’s Crease   The goal of Referee’s Crease is to recruit, train, and advance officials to higher levels of officiating through our comprehensive officiating program. It is our long-term mission to create a pool of officials who implement rules and call the game in similar fashion at all levels of hockey. […]

Longtime NCAA Referee Will Begin New Atlantic Hockey Position July 1 Below is the Atlantic Hockey Association’s press release about Eugene Binda Jr. being hired by AHA as their Supervisor of Officiating. Binda was most recently the USPHL’s Director of Officiating Development.   The United States Premier Hockey League is proud to be a launching pad […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com Former Boston Junior Bruins player Jack Eichel has won the Stanley Cup for the first time in his eight-year career. The Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 4-1 in the series and 9-3 in Game 5 to win the Stanley Cup at home on June 13. In his second season […]

By Oliver Francies / SeamoreSports.com If you want to know how an expansion team does in the USPHL, look at where its players go. For the USPHL Premier’s Columbia Infantry, this means seeing where their players are going for their next season of Junior Hockey. This team played fast all year and started to develop […]

Dates: Friday, May 5 to Sunday, May 7 Location: Foxboro Sports Center, Foxboro, Mass. (primary facility); with additional games at Boch Arena (Dedham, Mass.) and Rodman Arena (Walpole, Mass.) Conferences: NCDC The NCDC Spring Showcase will feature NCDC North and South Division teams, as well as special guest teams such as the USPHL Premier’s Florida Eels and Springfield […]

By Joshua Boyd / USPHLNCDC.com    The United States Premier Hockey League and its Tuition-Free Tier II National Collegiate Development Conference (NCDC) are proud to welcome the ownership of an NCDC team in Rock Springs, Wyoming, to the NCDC for 2023-24, joining the NCDC West Division.  The NCDC is a step up from Premier division […]

The United States Premier Hockey League joins the Metro Jets and all of those who knew Braydin Lewis in extending our sincerest condolences to his family as well as his Jets family. May He Rest In Peace. #47Forever  By Matt Mackinder / Metro Jets It is with heavy hearts to share the news that our […]

An update to yesterday’s Watch List: New Teams that have clinched playoff berths since yesterday P.A.L. Jr. Islanders (NCDC) P.A.L. Jr. Islanders (Premier) Rockets Hockey Club (Elite) New York Aviators (Elite)   NCDC All three Sunday games are in the South Division and none of them will change the standings Mercer, Connecticut and the Rockets […]

Updating yesterday’s Watch List: Today, we have five NCDC games, 10 Elite and 25 Premier games. In total, we have 39 NCDC, 56 Premier and 23 Elite remaining. A lot should be decided today. A note on playoffs: For Premier Divisions who have multiple rounds, and the New England Elite, playoffs start next weekend. For Divisions […]

We continue to post regular updates on games that will have playoff clinching implications in the NCDC, USPHL Premier and USPHL Elite. NCDC has one team that has clinched a playoff berth: Jersey Hitmen   Premier teams that have clinched playoff berths include: New York Aviators (clinched division title) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights Rockets Hockey Club Connecticut […]