FARGO, ND (Courtesy Fargo Force) – The Fargo Force selected defenseman Matt Kessel in the first round with the eleventh overall pick in Phase 2 of the 2017 USHL Draft conducted on Tuesday, May 2. The coaching staff selected 20 total players, drafting 14 forwards, five defensemen and one goaltender. All players will compete for
With teams either just into the second half or just wrapping up the first half of their 60-game schedules, the pecking order has been set, but far from finalized in America’s top junior hockey league. In the early days of 2016, the Dubuque Fighting Saints have set themselves up as the team to beat with
Jake Kielly, 19, from Eden Prairie, MN stopped all 31 of the shots he faced to help lead the United States Hockey League’s Tri-City Storm to a 2-0 win at Fox Valley Ice Arena in Chicago Saturday (Oct. 3). In other league action on the same day: Youngstown Phantoms doubled the Bloomington Thunder 4-2 on
Three Regional Showcase events wrapped up and another faced off on Saturday (Sept. 19) at four different United States Hockey League locations. Iowa Classic Fighting Saints 5 Musketeers 4 Judging the performance of the Musketeers at the Iowa Classic may depend on whether you are a glass half-full or half-empty type of person. On one
There was no championship games scheduled or anything, but the Cedar Rapids Roughriders and US National Development Program U-18’s both finished with two wins at the seven-team United States Hockey League Subway Shootout held in Green Bay last weeked (Sept. 11-13). Wrapping up the event on Sunday, the U-18 squad wrapped up a perfect weekend
