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USPHL Premier Announces 2025 All Star Teams

Foxboro, MA – January 6, 2025 – The USPHL Premier is excited to present the players selected for the 2025 All-Star Game teams. Four teams representing the Premier’s 10 divisions will play two games each at the 2025 All-Star Game, which will take place January 27-28, 2025, at the Foxboro Sports Center in Foxboro, Mass.

The event will feature both NCDC and USPHL Premier conferences for the first time since 2021. The All-Star Game has been a focal point of the NCDC calendar since the league’s 2017-18 inception and has featured several players who went on to excel in the NCAA and NHL. NCDC/USPHL All-Star alumni include Drew O’Connor (Pittsburgh Penguins), Collin Graf (San Jose Sharks), and Yaniv Perets (Carolina Hurricanes), as well as NHL Draft Picks Sam Lipkin (Arizona Coyotes), Cameron Lund (San Jose Sharks), Cameron Whitehead (Vegas Golden Knights), Chase Clark (Washington Capitals), Shane Lachance (Edmonton Oilers) and Jackson Dorrington (Vancouver Canucks).

“We are thrilled to announce the selection of these exceptional players for the USPHL All-Star teams,” said USPHL Deputy Commissioner Tony Zasowski. “They represent not only the bright future of the USPHL but the future of hockey itself. We can’t wait to see their talent and passion on full display as they hit the ice at the end of the month.”

 

Team Breakdown

The 80 players selected (through division coaches’ nominations and with final rosters selected by All-Star team coaches) will compete among four teams:

  • Northeast/Atlantic
  • Southeast/Florida
  • North/Midwest/Great Lakes
  • Northwest/Pacific/Canada

 

Statistics in summaries below are as of Jan. 1, 2025

Congratulations to all players! See you in Foxboro!

Northeast/Atlantic Team

Eloi Robert (F) | Elmira Impact

With the promotion of the Impact’s Liam Coutu to Pueblo of the NCDC, Robert (‘06/Granby, Que.) becomes the Impact’s No. 1 offensive force. He is a Top 10 scorer in all of the USPHL, with 19 goals and 54 points in 30 games. He is also ninth in assists with 35.

 

 

Peter Labos (F) | P.A.L. Jr. Islanders

Labos (‘04/Plainview, N.Y.) is a Top 20 scorer in the USPHL Premier with 51 points in 25 games for an average of 2.04 points per game. With 124 points in 69 career games, Labos is far and away the all-time No. 1 for the Islanders Premier team, ahead of No. 2 by more than 30 points.

 

Brett LoGelfo (F) | P.A.L. Junior Islanders

LoGelfo (‘04/Center Moriches, N.Y.) edged his way into the all-time Premier Top 20 with his 152 points in 112 games over the past four seasons. LoGelfo is in his first year with P.A.L. and has 48 points in 26 games and is on pace to bypass the 61 points of last season.

 

 

Jack Roberts (F) | Islanders Hockey Club

Roberts (‘04/Middlefield, Conn.) has elevated himself to No. 2 in the Islanders Premier all-time scoring leaderboard, posting 39 goals and 66 assists for 105 points in 102 regular season games. He’s just eight points off of beating the record of 113 points set by Ryan Barrett (2019-22). This year, Roberts has a new career high of 39 points in 23 games, improving each year from 29 to 37 to 39 points.

 

 

Nicholas Rooney (F) | Islanders Hockey Club

Rooney (‘04/Tampa, Fla.) has produced a strong 59 points in 61 games over two full seasons in the Premier, and he also has significant NCDC experience with 27 games played at that level. He has scored 29 points in 22 games to equal his 29 points scored in 37 games last year.

 

 

Anthony Azzarello (F) | Rockets Hockey Club

Azzarello (‘06/Virginia Beach, Va.) is a great example of the Tier 1 Hockey Federation to USPHL pipeline, coming from the American Hockey Academy’s THF 18U team to the Rockets. This year, he is co-leading the Rockets in scoring with 27 points in 25 games.

 

 

 

Koichiro Matsudaira (F) | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights

The second-year Knight Matsudaira (‘06/Kitsakugun, Japan) led the Knights in scoring at the holiday break, putting up a career-best 27 points in 29 games to improve to 52 points in a 71-game career, giving him a rank of sixth on the all-time Knights Premier scoring leaderboard.

 

 

 

Anthony Vernillo (F) | Connecticut Jr. Rangers

Vernillo (‘04/Smithtown, N.Y.) returned to the USPHL Premier after a year and signed on with the defending National Champion Jr. Rangers. He already brought more than 100 games and almost 100 points to the Rangers lineup since first joining the league in 2020-21. His 35 points in 23 games illustrate his dedication to helping his new team seek a repeat title in 2025.

 

 

Justin Scarbrough (F) | Northern Cyclones

Scarbrough (‘04/Redondo Beach, Calif.) stands as the Cyclones’ active career leader in points with 93 points in 90 games. He’s also passed the career 50-goal mark and stands at 56, making him the all-time Cyclones Premier leader in goals scored. This season, the third-year Cyclone and remaining member of their 2023 National Championship team has 22 goals and 36 points in 26 games.

 

Richard Gaskin (F) | Boston Jr. Rangers

Gaskin (‘04/Somerville, Mass.) has been a key player for the first-year Jr. Rangers, scoring 12 goals and adding six assists for 18 points in 27 games. Gaskin has also been called up to play in two NCDC games with the Jr. Rangers team at that level.

 

 

 

Mathyas Hlavac (F) | Boston Junior Bruins

Hlavac (‘06/Slavkov, Czechia) has been having a huge second season with the Junior Bruins, improving from 10 points last year to 27 points in 23 games already at the holiday break. He saw time in the USPHL Elite Conference with the Junior Bruins in 2023-24, making him a great example of USPHL Advancement In Action.

 

 

Zack Warner-Senee (F) | Worcester Railers JHC

Warner-Senee (‘06/Leominster, Mass.) is a three-year veteran of the Railers program and is enjoying a strong first USPHL Premier campaign, with 23 points in 23 games to tie for the team scoring lead going into his team’s 2025 games. He has also been called up for eight games with the Railers’ NCDC team, registering two assists, another USPHL Advancement In Action success story.

 

 

Brandon Jung (D) | Elmira Impact

Jung (‘04/Ann Arbor, Mich.) has been a key presence for the Elmira Impact and a major part of their Atlantic Division-leading +36 goal differential success. Offensively, he has scored 27 points in 28 games this season, improving on his half-season total of eight points last year.

 

 

Braydon Webster (D) | West Chester Wolves

Webster (‘04/Dartmouth, Mass.) joined the Wolves with a full season already under his belt in the Premier and has significantly improved his offense from a point last year as a mainly defensive blueliner to 23 points in 23 games this year with the first-year Wolves. He saw time in the Elite conference on his pathway up through the USPHL development model as well, making him another USPHL Advancement In Action success story.

 

Patrick Haines (D) | Red Bank Generals

Haines (‘05/Belford, N.J.) has been a huge help in establishing the Generals as a first-year threat in the Atlantic Division. He has put up 20 points in 22 games, in helping the Generals to a 9-0 undefeated streak to end 2024. He is a homegrown product for the Generals, most recently playing with their 18U squad in 2023-24.

 

 

Blaise Lucosky (D) | Mercer Chiefs

Lucosky (‘05/Holmdel, N.J.) is a former Chiefs youth hockey player who jumped at the chance to sign up with Mercer’s first-year Premier team. Lucosky has 20 points in 28 games this season. He was a teammate of Red Bank’s Patrick Haines for three years with the New Jersey Jr. Titans 18U AAA team.

 

 

Nick Zanin (D) | Springfield Pics

Zanin (‘04/Stockbridge, Mass.) is a career Pics player who has been the absolute rock of a Springfield team that has seen significant time at the top of the New England Division standings this year – and is preparing a move up to the NCDC next year. Zanin ranks in a tie for fifth in defenseman points with 34 this year, an improvement on his 22 points of last year. Another former USPHL Elite player, his 65 points in 113 games put him into the Pics’ all-time USPHL Premier Top 10 in scoring. He is second in all-time Premier games played for the team with 113.

Cameron Gardiner (D) | Utica Jr. Comets

Gardiner (‘04/Tilbury, Ont.) is in his third Premier season and second with the Jr. Comets. His 15 points this season already match his point total from last year. He is one of nine Premier defensemen this year with a shootout-winning goal.

 

 

 

Noah Pfab (G) | Hershey Cubs

Pfab (‘07/Nurnberg, Germany) has exploded onto the Premier scene this year, ranking fifth as a first-year North American goaltender. Pfab put up a .941 save percentage to the end of 2024, ranking fifth league-wide in that category. He also has a record of 9-5-1-1.

 

 

Matt Dore (G) | South Shore Kings

Second-year King Dore (‘04/Dartmouth, Mass.) is another Tier 1 Hockey Federation product, joining the Premier Kings in 2023-24 out of their THF 18U squad of 2022-23. He is ranked fifth in Premier wins with 12, and seventh in save percentage at .939.

 

 

 

 

Southeast/Florida Team

Sebastian Elrod (F) | Bold City Battalion

Elrod (‘04/Virginia Beach, Va.) stands as the No. 2 scorer in the Battalion’s brief two-season history, putting up 82 points in two years thus far. He has put up 34 points in 23 games, just past Bold City’s halfway mark.

 

 

 

Augie Ashley (F) | Tampa Bay Juniors

A second-year TBJ standout, Ashley (‘04/Falmouth, N.S.) has scored a career-best 41 points through his first 26 games of the 2024-25 season. At 78 points in 79 career games, he stands just outside the Juniors’ all-time Top 10, and he is likely to lodge himself well up in that elite group before the season ends at his pace.

 

Austin Osborn (F) | Tampa Bay Juniors

Osborn (‘04/Haywards Heath, U.K.) has put up 15 goals and 18 assists for 33 points in his third Premier season, over which he’s accumulated 79 points in 90 career games. He is closing in on his career-best of 36 points posted last season. He has also represented Team Great Britain in multiple IIHF tournaments.

 

Anthony Zebley (F) | Florida Eels

Zebley (‘04/Estero, Fla.) first joined the Eels’ USPHL Elite team in 2020-21 and has been a loyal soldier for the Eels’ cause since then. The Eels 2024-25 Premier Captain ranks eighth in all-time Eels Premier games played at 109, and he has a career total of 80 points, and he has a career-high of 29 points already this season.

 

 

Levente Pakozdi (F) | Charlotte Rush

Pakozdi (‘04/Budapest, Hungary) has provided a great injection of offense, with 37 points in 28 games this season as a second-year junior veteran, joining the Premier from the NA3HL. He’s starting 2025 after a four-game performance at the USPHL Florida College Showcase that saw him post seven points.

 

 

Wyatt Teubert (F) | Hampton Roads Whalers

Teubert (‘04/White Rock, B.C.) is another player like some of those above who holds a lofty place in his organization’s all-time scoring list. He is third all-time for the USPHL Premier Whalers, with a 47-77-124 line in 105 games played. With 49 points in 28 games, he already has a career-best in scoring, and he has enough runway to potentially reach No. 1 all-time for the Whalers this season. He is a USPHL Elite alum and another great example of USPHL Advancement In Action!

 

Sam Pfeiffer (F) | Hampton Roads Whalers

Pfeiffer (‘04/Castle Pines, Colo.) is another USPHL Elite alum who has found great success at the USPHL Premier. He spent the past two years with the Whalers after reaching the 2023 USPHL Elite National Championship game. Since joining Hampton Roads, he has scored 62 points in 70 games, including a career-best 32 points in 28 contests here in 2024-25.

 

 

Billy Loughnane (F) | Carolina Jr. Hurricanes

Loughnane (‘04/Furlong, Pa.) is a third-year Premier veteran who has a career-best 31 points in 31 games to lead the Jr. Canes so far this season. He enters January action on a 15-game, 24-point scoring streak.

 

 

 

Yovanni Flores (F) | Potomac Patriots

Two games from his 100th career Premier contest, Flores (‘04/Los Angeles, Calif.) stands at sixth all-time on the Patriots leaderboard. Another Elite alum, Flores is enjoying a career-best 37-point season in his third Premier campaign, giving him 65 points in 98 games. His 10 power-play goals are tied for first in the Premier this year.

 

 

Matvei Naumov (F) | Potomac Patriots

Naumov (‘04/Ufa, Russia) has seen success at every one of the three USPHL levels, starting with the USPHL Elite in 2021-22, and he also played a full season in the NCDC in 2023-24. With the Patriots this year, Naumov has 42 points in 27 games, just three points shy of his career-best in 2022-23. At the USPHL Florida College Showcase, he scored 10 points in four games just prior to the holiday break.

 

 

Drake Perham (F) | Atlanta MadHatters

Perham (‘05/Hollywood, Md.) put up 22 points in 27 career games so far this season, ranking second on the MadHatters in scoring for 2024-25. Perham joined the MadHatters from last year’s AYHL 18U Champion New Jersey Jr. Titans.

 

 

Easton Hall (F) | Florida Jr. Blades

Hall (‘04/Fort St. John, B.C.) is a fourth-year junior veteran who has been a strong addition for the Jr. Blades in his first USPHL season. He is one of three Jr. Blades leading their team with 20 points apiece and he leads the team with 11 goals.

 

 

 

Marshall Beaker (D) | Charlotte Rush

Beaker (‘04/Brighton, Mich.) is a fourth-year junior veteran, including a stint with the 2022-23 NCDC Dineen Cup Champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders. Beaker joined the Rush in November and has already produced seven points in nine games.

 

 

Oliwer Lundberg (D) | Tampa Bay Juniors

Lundberg (‘04/Slite, Sweden) continues to improve in Year 2 with the Juniors and in North America. He is a point-per-game defenseman for this year with 19 points in 19 games, already an improvement on his 14 games in his first full season last year.

 

 

Thibault Sapelkine (D) | Atlanta MadHatters

Joining Atlanta from his hometown, the City of Lights, Sapelkine (‘04/Paris, France) is in his fourth North American hockey season and has been a crucial player on the MadHatters blue line since Day 1. Sapelkine has six points in 26 games this year and has previously played with Bishop’s College and the Lac St-Louis Lions 18U AAA squad.

 

Emil Grinsvall (D) | Bold City Battalion

A 2023-24 USPHL Premier Florida Division All-Star, Grinsvall makes the All-Star grade again as he’s enjoying a powerful second season with the second-year team. Grinsvall (‘04/Goteborg, Sweden) is on pace for another big campaign after scoring 41 points in 42 games last year and 22 points in 20 games. He has improved to 63 points in 62 games.

 

Ivan Gutierrez (D) | Carolina Jr. Hurricanes

Gutierrez (‘05/Frisco, Texas) is in the midst of a fantastic first season with the Jr. Canes, joining from the Dallas Stars Elite AAA program. He has nine points in 25 games for this season. Gutierrez was a Stars AAA teammate of Cannon Bonifay, a member of the North/Midwest/Great Lakes All-Star team.

Jonas Oesterle (D) | Florida Jr. Blades

Oesterle (‘04/East Syracuse, N.Y.) is in his second season and has been a driving force for the Florida Jr. Blades blue line. He has scored 20 points in 23 games, a big improvement on the three points he earned as a Premier rookie last year. He was a teammate in his first Premier season with New England All-Star Cameron Gardiner.

Russ Decoste (G) | Florida Eels

Decoste (‘04/Enfield, N.S.) has been a massive addition in the Eels net, joining as a second-year junior player who has ranked fifth in goals against average at 1.67 and his .940 save percentage is sixth in the league.

Evan Crawford (G) | Charlotte Rush

Crawford (‘04/Greenwich, Conn.) was a member of the 2022-23 USPHL Elite Southeast Division All-Star team, and now he’s hitting the ice for the USPHL Premier All-Star Event here in 2024-25. How is that for USPHL Advancement In Action? Crawford is tied for second in the USPHL Premier in save percentage at .946 and he is fourth in goals against average.

 

 

North/Midwest/Great Lakes Team

Jakub Kurcab (F) | Battle Creek Kernels

Kurcab (‘05/Krakow, Poland) is the points leader for the Kernels, with 32 points spread across 17 goals and 15 assists. He has played 31 games in his rookie Premier season, and has scored two game-winning goals and three powerplay goals for the Kernels. 

 

 

 

Caden Cavalieri (F) | Columbus Mavericks

Cavalieri (‘04/Amherst, N.Y.) recently surpassed 100 career points, standing at 102 in his third Premier season and first with the Columbus Mavericks. Standing at 94 games played, he is a veteran on the Premier circuit and points leader for this team this season with 46. He’s posted points in all but seven of 28 games played this season. 

 

 

 

Pierce Ashcroft (F) | Metro Jets

Left Wing Ashcroft (‘04/Milford, Mich.) is the Metro Jets’ points leader, registering 15 goals and 23 assists for 38 total points this season. He recently surpassed his 100th game, having played 110 in his career thus far. He has 83 career points over three Premier seasons. 

 

 

 

Brayden Goncalves (F) | Red River Spartans

Goncalves (‘04/Kelowna, Canada) recently surpassed 100 career points, scoring 103 over three Premier seasons with the Red River Spartans. This season, he registered 20 goals and 33 assists for 53 points, topping the Spartan’s leaderboard with most points scored. 

 

 

 

Aidan Gonzalez (F) | Toledo Cherokee

Gonzalez (‘05/Dearborn, Mich.) has 106 career points in the Premier League, with 48 goals and 58 assists over two seasons with the Toledo Cherokee. He has 28 points this season over 23 games. In his two-season career, he scored 11 game-winning goals. 

 

 

 

Alexander Muskyakevych (F) | Chicago Cougars

Muksyakevych (‘05/Wilmette, Ill.) is making big impacts in his second season with the Chicago Cougars. With 15 goals and 18 assists for 28 points across 20 games, he is the leading pointsman for the franchise. 

 

 

 

Alexis Toussaint (F) | Fort Wayne Spacemen

Toussaint (‘04/Varennes, Canada) has been a keystone player for the Fort Wayne Spacemen the past two seasons, garnering 133 career points (60 goals; 73 assists) over 67 games. He is the points leader for the franchise this season, with 20 goals and 29 assists for 49 points over 24 games. He’s scored points in all but four games this season. 

 

 

Spencer Kauke (F) | Chicago Crush

Kauke (‘05/Rockford, Ill.) is a veteran on Chicago Crush’s roster, having played 104 career games and posted 72 points over three seasons with the team. This year, he has 28 points over 21 games, posting 12 goals and 16 assists to be the franchise’s points leader. 

 

 

 

Cyril Valach (F) | Minnesota Mullets

Valach (‘04/Moravske Budejovice, Czechia) is in his second season with the Mullets, registering 41 points (23 goals; 18 assists) to be the team’s points leader this season. He has 74 career points across 40 games and has scored in every game he played this season for an 18-game points streak. 

 

 

 

Cannon Bonifay (F) | Minnesota Squatch

With 59 points across 25 games this season, Bonifay (‘04) is the seventh-highest-scoring player in the Premier League and the leader for the Minnesota Squatch. In his second Premier season, he has an outstanding 147 career points over 64 games and is on a 16-game points streak he began on Oct. 19. He is the all-time leader in points and goals for the franchise. 

 

 

Dylan Wolf (F) | Northwest Express

Wolf (‘04/Farmington, Minn.) has 40 points in his first season with Northwest Express, posting 23 goals and 17 assists. He has 28 games under his belt and has scored one game-winning goal, six powerplay goals, and two short-handed goals. 

 

 

 

Cayden Sweitzer (F) | Wisconsin Rapids Riverkings

Sweitzer (‘04/Elgin, Ill.) has 37 points in his second season with the Riverkings, making him the third-highest-scoring player for the franchise. He has played 68 career games over two seasons with the Riverkings, posting 17 goals and 35 assists for 52 career points. 

 

 

 

Jake Taylor (D) | Metro Jets

Taylor (‘05/Macomb, Mich.) is a veteran blueliner for the Metro Jets, surpassing his centennial game and standing at 103 career games played over three seasons. This season, he has 26 points to his name, making him the leading defenseman in points for the Metro Jets. He has six goals and 20 assists over 27 games.

 

 

 

Maksym Maiuk (D) | Fort Wayne Spacemen

Maiuk (‘05/Lviv, Ukraine) has played 24 games with the Fort Wayne Spacemen, showing himself as a key defenseman for the team as they sit top of the Midwest Division standings. He has two goals and seven assists in his first Premier season. 

 

 

 

Jacob Bodin (D) | Minnesota Squatch

Bodin (’04/Plymouth, Minn.) has 16 points with the Squatch this season, playing 21 games to become the team’s second-highest-scoring defenseman. He is playing in his second Premier season and has 23 points (five goals; 18 assists) over 26 career games.

 

 

 

Connor Corcoran (D) | Northwest Express

Corcoran (‘05/Haverhill, Mass.) is the highest-scoring defenseman and third-highest-scoring player for the Northwest Express this season, registering 10 goals and 32 assists for 42 points. He has played 28 games in his first season with the team.

 

 

 

Jake Knieling (D) | Dells Ducks

Knieling (‘05/Arlington Heights, Ill.) is in his second Premier season and first with Dells Ducks. For 2024-25, he has 21 points across 23 games and is the third-highest-scoring player for the franchise. Knieling has 49 career points and has played 62 games in his two seasons in the Premier League. 

 

 

 

Landon Edwards (D) | Toledo Cherokee

Edwards (‘05/Richfield, Wisc.) has played 69 games in two Premier seasons. In his first with the Toledo Cherokee, the blueliner posted seven goals and 18 assists for 25 points across 26 games to be the highest-scoring defenseman for the franchise this season. 

 

 

 

Andrew Parmentier (G) | Metro Jets

Parmentier (‘04/New Baltimore, Mich.) is 6-3-0-0 in his third Premier season. He’s appeared in 46 games over the course of his career, winning 28 and performing five shutouts over the three years. This season, he has a .925 save percentage and 1.73 goals against average.

 

 

 

Anyon Bennett (G) | Minnesota Squatch

Bennett (‘04/Lino Lakes, Minn.) is the seventh-best goalie in the Premier League this season, with a 1.67 goals against average in his first Premier season. He has a .945 save percentage and is 9-2-0-0. He’s conceded only 18 goals out of 325 shots made against him in 11 games. 

 

Northwest/Pacific/Canada Team

Theo Faucher (F) | Montreal Black Vees

Faucher (‘04/L’Assomption, Canada) has a milestone 107 career points across two Premier seasons. In his first with the Montreal Black Vees, he has 43 points (15 goals; 28 assists) and has played 30 games. He is the scoring leader for the franchise. He’s played 76 career games in the Premier League, establishing himself as a veteran player. 

 

 

Victor Proulx (F) | Universel Sherbrooke

Proulx (’06) has been a standout in his first season with Universel Sherbrooke. He has scored 25 goals and 19 assists in 28 games and has made points in all but five. With 44 total points, he is the scoring leader for his team this season. 

 

 

 

Thomas St. Louis (F) | Universel Collège Gatineau

St. Louis (‘07) is the seventh-highest-scoring rookie in the Premier League, registering 15 goals and 22 assists in 28 games with Universel Collège Gatineau. He is the team’s points leader, with 37 total points, three of which were game-winning goals. He began a seven-game points streak on Nov. 23 that he’ll look to continue into the new year. 

 

 

 

Liam Krupcyznski (F) | San Diego Sabers

Krupcyznski (’04/San Marcos, Calif.) has been a key player for the San Diego Sabers. He has 26 goals and 40 points, for a total of 66, making him the second-highest-scoring player for the Sabers and third-best in the league. He is playing in his first Premier season and has scored in all but two of the 28 games he has played so far. 

 

 

 

Brian Erte (F) | Lake Tahoe Lakers

Erte (‘05/Helsinki, Finland) is playing a standout first season with the Lake Tahoe Lakers, registering 22 goals and 40 assists over 31 games. With 62 total points, he is the franchise’s points leader and sixth-best in the league with points. He is currently on an 11-game points streak that began on Nov. 3. 

 

 

 

Scott McNulty (F) | Lake Tahoe Lakers

McNulty (‘04/Williamstown, N.J.) has 52 points in his first Premier season, registering 25 goals and 27 assists to be the second-best player in points for the Lake Tahoe Lakers. He has scored in all but six of the 29 games he played so far this season. 

 

 

 

Noah Morency (F) | Henderson Force 

Morency (‘05/Terrebonne, Canada) has surpassed a career 100 points, standing at 111 over 66 career games. In his second Premier season and first with the Henderson Force, he scored 20 goals and 17 assists for 37 points, the most of any player in the franchise for 2024-25. 

 

 

 

Denver Craig (F) | Ontario Jr. Reign

With 63 points this season, Craig (‘04/Carp, Canada) is the points leader for the Ontario Jr. Reign and fifth-best in the Premier League. He registered 26 goals and 37 assists so far, putting up points in all but one of 22 games played in his first Premier season. 

 

 

 

Roni Alanko (F) | Vernal Oilers

Recently called up to the NCDC’s Pueblo Bulls, Alanko (‘05/Helsinki, Finland) is a standout player on the Premier and NCDC circuits. With the Vernal Oilers, he scored 52 points (25 goals; 27 assists) over 18 games to be the second-best points leader for hte team. He currently has one goal and three games under his belt with the Bulls. 

 

 

 

Kasper Pohjala (F) | Vernal Oilers

Pohjala (‘05/Helsinki, Finland) also recently moved up to the NCDC’s Pueblo Bulls for his outstanding work with the Vernal Oilers. In the Premier League, he scored 54 points (13 goals; 41 assists) across 19 games be the Oilers’ highest-scoring player. He has one assists to his name and has played three games with the Bulls so far. 

 

 

 

Roman Wolynec (F) | Seattle Totems

Wolynec (‘05/Langley, Canada) has a massive 203 points across three Premier seasons, with 103 career games played. The standout Premier veteran has 88 points with the Seattle Totems this season, making him not only the team’s points leader but the league’s points leader by a long shot. He has 23 goals and 65 assists over 25 games this season and has put up points in every single game played in 2024-25 thus far. 

 

 

Aatu Suontakanen (F) | Seattle Totems

Suontakenen (‘05/Finland) is the second leading scorer for the Seattle Totems, with 21 goals and 44 assists for 65 points. He’s played 23 games in his first Premier season, registering points in every single appearance. 

 

 

 

William Cotton (D) | Hawkesbury Knights

Cotton (‘07/Marieville, Canada) is the leading defenseman in points for the Hawkesbury Knights, with eight goals and 18 assists for 26 points. He has played 31 games in his first season, putting up one game-winning goal and four powerplay goals so far. 

 

 

 

Samuel Cardinal (D) | Universel Sherbrooke

Cardinal (‘06) is a standout player for Universel Sherbrooke, with nine goals and 12 assists for 21 points in his second Premier season. The blueliner has played 70 career games and has 33 career points. 

 

 

 

Gavin Mears (D) | Bakersfield Roughnecks

Mears (‘05/Bakersfield, Calif.) is a key blueliner for the Roughnecks, playing in his second season with the team with 35 career games played. He has 21 points this season, with five goals and 16 assists across 29 games. He’s currently on a four-game points streak that began on Dec. 17. 

 

 

Landen Hindman (D) | Henderson Force

Hindman (‘06/Whitefish, Mont.) has been a critical blueliner for the Henderson Froce. With two goals and two assists, he has six total points and has played 23 games with the team, posting one game-winning goal and one powerplay goal. 

 

 

 

Marek Mraz (D) | Vernal Oilers

Mraz (‘06/Kolin, Czechia) recently moved to the Vernal Oilers from Iron County Yeti, where he posted 24 points across 22 games in his first Premier season. With the Oilers, he has two goals and two assists over four games so far this season. 

 

 

 

Felix Palla (D) | Seattle Totems

Palla (‘06/Gyor, Hungary) has 29 points in his first Premier season, scoring 11 goals and 18 assists for the Seattle Totems to be the fifth-best in points for the franchise. He has 23 games under his belt so far this season. 

 

 

 

Jeremie Barron (G) | Hawkesbury Knights

Barron (‘04/Vaudreuil, Canada) is 9-8-0-2 in his first season with the Hawkesbury Knights. He has a .904 save percentage, and has made 562 saves on 622 shots against him. He has one shutout win to his name, making a 32-save shutout on Oct. 27.

 

 

 

Levente Hegedus (G) | Vernal Oilers

Hegedus (‘04/Szekesfehervar, Hungary) has not conceded one of his 21 games played with the Vernal Oilers this season. He has a 2.00 goals against average, with two shutout wins in 2024-25 and a .934 save percentage, conceded only 40 goals from 608 shots. He is 37-4-0-2 over two seasons with Vernal. 

 

 

Summaries by Taylor Dean and Joshua Boyd

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