By Roy Lang III (Shreveport Times) The Shreveport Mudbugs made an emphatic debut in the North American Hockey League on Wednesday morning in Blaine, Minnesota. Jacob Holmers scored 2:56 into the 2016-17 season — after more than five years, plastic crustaceans again hit the ice in celebration — and the Mudbugs applied pressure throughout a 3-1 victory against the…
Read MoreIn a special to USA Hockey, Elizabeth Boger spoke with University of North Dakota head coach Brad Berry about how NCAA hockey coaches hit the recruiting trail. The coach of the defending NCAA Division I champions offered all sorts of advice to young hockey players looking to earn a spot on a college hockey roster:…
Read MoreBy ECHL.com The Orlando Solar Bears, ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and AHL’s Toronto Marlies, have announced that the club has agreed to terms with rookie goaltender Jay Williams for the 2016-17 season. Williams completed a four-year collegiate career this past season with Miami University, where he went 10-9-1 with a 2.58…
Read MoreThe Shreveport Mudbugs, proud members of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), are pleased to announce that defenseman Croix Evingson, 19, has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, who are members of Hockey East. Evingson (6’5/210) becomes the first player in the Mudbugs brief NAHL history to make an NCAA…
Read MoreTri State Spartans and TPH are extremely proud to announce that one of our family members just verbally committed to play D1 NCAA women’s hockey at one of top hockey programs in the country for both men and women. A huge congrats from your Spartans/TPH family to Cameron Morrissey on her acceptance to play hockey…
Read MoreBy Roy Lang III (Shreveport Times) The Shreveport Mudbugs made an emphatic debut in the North American Hockey League on Wednesday morning in Blaine, Minnesota. Jacob Holmers scored 2:56 into the 2016-17 season — after more than five years, plastic crustaceans again hit the ice in celebration — and the Mudbugs applied pressure throughout a 3-1 victory against the…
Read MoreAUGUST 1, 2016 Editors Note: This story originally ran on June 24th. It has been updated to reflect the final and record-breaking commitment numbers from the 2015-16 season. As the calendar turns to August, the North American Hockey League (NAHL) now resets its NCAA commitments for the upcoming 2016-17 season, which will be the 41st…
Read MoreBy ECHL.com The Orlando Solar Bears, ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and AHL’s Toronto Marlies, have announced that the club has agreed to terms with rookie goaltender Jay Williams for the 2016-17 season. Williams completed a four-year collegiate career this past season with Miami University, where he went 10-9-1 with a 2.58…
Read MoreJULY 28, 2016 OSHAWA, ON – The Oshawa Generals announced today that Latvian forward Renars Krastenbergs has committed to the club. Krastenbergs was selected by the Generals during second round (77th overall) of the 2016 CHL Import Draft. Kratsenbergs represented Latvia last year at the 2016 Under-18 World Championship. He led the team in points during the tournament scoring twice while adding six assists…
Read MoreNINE ARE STUDENT-ATHLETES AT THE TPH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAMS IN CANTON AND HAZEL PARK. The 2017 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection took place on April 8, with a new crop of hockey players hearing their names called by OHL franchises. Eighteen Total Package Hockey-trained players were selected during the 15-round selection process. Of that…
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