Parker Rutherford, 19, from Fort Wayne, IN faced only seven shots, but stopped all of them helping his Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings open the United States Premier Hockey League (Premier) to a 2-0 shutout win against the Kalkaska Rhinos in its opening game of the league’s Chicago Showcase tournament on Thursday (Oct. 12) at the Leaf
By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info It might be hard to recognize who’s who in the United States Premier Hockey League Midwest Premier Division West without a guide, but the view at the top could be familiar. Meanwhile, the East Division is making an ambitious jump back to a level playing field with their west
x The 2017-18 United States Premier Hockey League season will feature a bit of a reunion for teams in the Midwest. With the start of the NCDC League, which brings free hockey to the USPHL with most of last season’s Premier Division teams involved, the Elite Division teams have graduated to the Premier Division for
The Traverse City North Stars dominated the United States Premier Hockey League’s USP3HL Midwest Division last season and carried its act all the way to the Best of Three Championship at the National tournament in March. The Stars completed a 34-7-2 to finish with 70 points, 11 better than second place Decatur Blaze (26-11-7) who
The host Traverse City North Stars held a 31-11 edge in shots after 40 minutes against the Decatur Blaze in the only United States Premier ‘3’ Hockey League Midwest Division game of the night Friday (Oct. 28) at Center Ice in Traverse City but had not pulled away on the scoreboard for one simple reason.
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
