Category Archives: Tier 1 – USHL

Des Moines Buccaneers searching for success and coach

Jon Rogger

Jon Rogger rarely found success in his two seasons with the Des Moines Buccaneers, but he believes someone else can.

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Phantoms Sign Defenseman Ty Farmer to USHL Tender

Ty Farmer

Farmer, 16, is a native of O’Fallon, Missouri. He skated last season for the St. Louis AAA Blues U16, where he recorded 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) over 31 games in the Tier 1 League regular season.

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NTDP Announces 11 Commits for 2014-15 Season

Clayton Keller

Keller notched 31 goals and assisted on 36 others in 45 games with Shattuck-St. Mary’s (Minn.), helping his team capture the Toyota-USA Hockey National Championship.

Woll backstopped the St. Louis Blues midget minor program of the Tier I Elite Hockey League with a 13-4-1 record in 2013-14.

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Musketeers Head Coach Jay Varady Talks Playoff Hockey

Jay Varady

Musketeers Head Coach Jay Varady Talks Playoff Hockey

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NTDP Announces First Eight Commits for 2014-15 Season

Trent Frederic

Forwards Joey Anderson (Roseville, Minn.), Trent Frederic (St. Louis, Mo.), Max Jones (Rochester, Mich.), Patrick Khodorenko (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Nick Pastujov (Bradenton, Fla.), along with defensemen Chad Krys (Ridgefield, Conn.), Griffin Luce (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Luke Martin (St. Louis, Mo.). will join USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program for the 2014-15 season it was announced today. The players, all from the 1998 birth year, will compete as members of the U.S. National Under-17 Team.

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Berger Scores Twice as Storm Top Force

Chase Berger

The Tri-City Storm (20-33-3) got two goals from Chase Berger and defeated the Fargo Force (12-39-6) 4-1 at Scheels Arena on Friday night.

Storm netminder Hayden Lavigne made 38 saves in the win, while Jake Wahlin and Ryan McMurphy also scored goals for Tri-City.

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2014 NTDP Evaluation Camp Roster Announced

Logan Brown

Fifty-two of the top American hockey players born in 1998 have been invited to USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program Evaluation Camp it was announced today by team officials. The camp, which will help select the 2014-15 U.S. National Under-17 Team, will take place March 21-25, at the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Ice Cube.

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Varady hopes winning process continues tonight

Jay Varady

Victories on the road take a winning type of process, according to Sioux City Musketeers Coach Jay Varady.

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Henderson Commits to Providence College

Jake Henderson

Omaha Lancers rookie forward Jake Henderson, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, has committed to play NCAA Division 1 college hockey for the Providence Friars of Hockey East beginning in the 2015-16 season, the team announced Thursday.

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Kuster’s buzzer beater helps lift RoughRiders past Sioux City

Clark Kuster

Clark Kuster had a buzzer-beating shot Wednesday night. You see it all the time in basketball, but this is hockey.