After a successful first season, eight teams from the United States Premier League Midwest Division graduated to the Elite level in 2016-17 season – a season dominated by the Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings in nearly every way. The Riverkings posted a record of 37-4-3, including wins in its first 17 regular season contests to wrap up
After a season-long audition, the United States Premier Hockey league Midwest teams are officially entering USPHL Divisions for the 2016-17 season. A group of 17 teams from the former Minnesota Junior Hockey League and Midwest Junior Hockey League merged over the summer of 2015 to form the USPHL Midwest which played its own season with
A four-goal and one assist effort for Chase Lewis, 19, from North Carolina went a long way to leading the Steele County Blades to a 7-4 at Blaine against the host Energy in United States Premier Hockey League-Midwest action on Saturday (Oct. 3). In other USPHL-Midwest action league frontrunners kept their fast pace as the
Reed Kaiser, 19, from Wyoming lifted the Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings to a 4-3 United States Premier Hockey League – Midwest Division road win and a series split with the St. Croix Valley Magicians with his goal in the fifth round of a shootout, at the Gornick Arena, Saturday (Sept. 26). Kaiser’s goal gave Riverkings its
The Marquette Royales — halfway through a tough eight-game stretch of road games to open its USPHL-Midwest campaign managed to put up its first ‘W’ of the season in a big way at Farmington, MI on Friday (Sept. 25), downing the host Michigan Wild 11-2. In other USPHL-Midwest games on the same night, Traverse City
The Forest Lake Lakers got a three-goal effort from Caleb Santa Maria, 19, from Georgia on its way to another lopsided win Saturday (Sept. 19). This time, the Lakers rolled past the host St. Croix Valley Magicians at the Hudson Civic Center Ice Arena in Wisconsin. In other USPHL action on the same night, the
