Category Archives: Junior
Scottsdale native, Jr. Coyotes grad, ASU commit Doan tabbed All-USHL Second Team
June 16th, 2021The United States Hockey League announced Monday its All-USHL First, Second and Third teams for the 2020-21 season. Included on the Second Team is Scottsdale native, Jr. Coyotes alum and Arizona State University commit Josh Doan from the Chicago Steel. Doan, the 87th-ranked North American skater by NHL Central Scouting, finished the 2020-21 season third…
Pair of Arizona natives, Jr. Coyotes graduates chosen during Phase I of 2021 USHL Draft
May 29th, 2021The USHL held its two-part draft this past week – Phase I and Phase II – as teams look to stock their rosters for upcoming seasons. Phase I of the draft is ten rounds of “futures” age players only, which are Under-17 players for next year’s season (2005 birth year players only for the 2021…
Nine USPHL players, four alumni listed in NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings
May 28th, 2021The United States Premier Hockey League saw nine of its players who skated in the 2020-21 season ranked in NHL Central Scouting’s Final Rankings released on Thursday, May 27. Eight of the players listed skated in the USPHL’s Tier II, tuition-free National Collegiate Development Conference during the season. Seven were listed directly as NCDC with…
Phoenix native, junior hockey veteran Bunting decides on NCAA D-I Air Force for next stop in career
May 26th, 2021Sean Bunting is a Phoenix native playing junior hockey in Shreveport, La., with a college commitment in hand to head to Colorado Springs in the fall. Bunting, playing his third season of junior hockey and first with the NAHL’s Shreveport Mudbugs, committed last week to attend and play NCAA Division I hockey at the U.S….
Former Arizona youth hockey standout Shtrom grateful for rookie season in WHL
May 20th, 2021Oren Shtrom grew up in a hockey family and took after his father, Leeor, in playing the game at a high level. A 2004 birth year born in Montreal who grew up in Gilbert playing for the Arizona Bobcats and Jr. Coyotes, Shtrom skated the 2020-21 season with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers….
Phoenix native, AHU grad Gusso moves up hockey ladder with Gustavus Adolphus commitment
May 20th, 2021Team Maryland forward Justin Gusso has committed to NCAA Division III Gustavus Adolphus College for the fall of 2021. The 2000-born native of Phoenix recently finished his third and final season of junior hockey, capping things off by securing a commitment that will take him to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this fall. Gusso’s…
Jr. Coyotes duo of Benjamin, Butler chosen by Utica in 2021 NCDC Entry Draft
May 19th, 2021Back on May 12, the USPHL’s National Collegiate Development Conference held its 2021 Entry Draft, which allowed teams the opportunity to draft 2001- through 2004-born players onto their organizational rosters. A total of 155 players were selected by the 13 NCDC teams in the 12-round draft from countries all over the world, and from dozens…
Jr. Coyotes alum, Scottsdale product Doan garners weekly honors from USHL
April 30th, 2021The USHL announced Tuesday that Chicago Steel forward Josh Doan is the league’s Co-Forward of the Week. Doan only played in a single game last weekend but made his ice time count, registering four goals in Friday night’s game. While the four-goal performance was a first for Doan, it was his third hat trick in…
Gilbert native, Jr. Coyotes graduate Hadley advances up ladder, commits to NCAA D-II Southern New Hampshire
April 14th, 2021The USPHL’s Minnesota Moose have announced that goaltender Tristan Hadley has committed to Southern New Hampshire University, a school playing in the Northeast-10, the nation’s only NCAA Division II hockey conference. Hadley, a 2000-born Gilbert native and Jr. Coyotes alum, finished the season with the Moose with a 5-1-1 record, .922 save percentage and a…
Flagstaff native, Bobcats alum Kuche picks up weekly award from NA3HL
March 31st, 2021The NA3HL announced today that Gillette Wild forward Carson Kuche is the Frontier Division Star of the Week. Kuche, a Flagstaff native, led the Wild to a pair of wins over the Bozeman Icedogs with three goals and eight points in two games last week. The 2001-born forward and Arizona Bobcats graduate put up back-to-back…