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The Eels Premier team defeated the Hudson Havoc in game 3 of the round robin at Nationals. That meant the Eels went 2-1 in the round robin and finished 2nd seed overall in pool B. The Havoc was a pretty strong club out west defeating the first place Wisconsin River-kings to get to Nationals. The Eels brought them down scoring 6 unanswered goals winning 6-0

Today the Eels take on the Charlotte Rush the defending National Champs. Last year at Nationals it was all Eels vs the Rush in the final game. The Rush tipped the Eels and went on to win the crown. This season the Eels wanted so bad to have another bite at the Rush and the Nationals. Well we finished First place in the tough Florida Division, won the playoffs and thus advanced to Nationals. The Eels have a number of guys who were here last year and a number of new comers. Regardless we all know and appreciate the intense rivalry here. It is a good one A healthy one One that brings out the best in both teams.

Last night with the win over the Havoc we earned the right to advance to the Quarter Finals and ironically face our Southeast Rivals the Rush. The drama has been set and the boys are ready as i am sure the Rush are as well. These are two amongst the best in our league. No doubt this will be a great game

Good luck guys Go Eels

Florida Eels Elite Dismantle the Rocket’s Hockey Club in Game One of the Nationals

24 Mar by Frank Scarpaci

 

The Eels Elite team showed why they have gone 22 straight games with out a loss, why they have 14 shutouts on the season and finished tied overall in the USPHL Elite Conference for 1st place overall in the league and won the Florida Division. They pounded over 40 shots on net against the Rockets and blanked the Rockets offensively. The Eels smothered the Rockets offense and suffocated them on defense.
The Eels take an important 3 points in the standings. Friday we play game 2 at 8:00 am vs the Richmond Generals.

The Eels Premier team finishes the season ranked 13th overall by My Hockey Rankings and 3rd in the USPHL under the rankings. No doubt if the Eels played some of those teams outside of the USPHL the Eels would have moved up the latter. But we can only speculate as there is no cross over amongst the leagues. The Eels played some pretty tough opponents and would no doubt put many of those teams to task.

Additionally, the Elite team finished ahead in the rankings than a dozen Premier teams. The Elite team is very strong and would take many of those teams to task as well as top many NA3 and EHL teams

The Florida Eels Gage Dill Commits To NCAA Division 3 Buffalo State College

 

The Florida Eels are thrilled to announce that 2001 forward Gage Dill has committed to NCAA Div. 3 Buffalo State College for the 2022-23 season. Dill’s commitment is the Eels’ 301st player to advance on to college. Gage has been a phenomenal player for the Eels in his junior hockey career. He is an extremely gifted player. He is an excellent skater with stealth like moves. He is slippery and very difficult to play against. A natural goal scorer soft hands with peripheral vision.  In his 4 year 124 game tenure with the Eels he scored 92 goals and 154 assists for 246 points averaging 2 points per game. Equally amazing is he had only 64 minutes in penalties during that time frame. This is quite impressive.

 

Gage had many options available to him. He took a long time to consider the schools who recruited him but, in the end, he felt Buffalo State College was simply the right choice for him. The academics, the campus, and the hockey program. He is very excited about playing for Coach Steve Murphy and his coaching staff. They always made him feel welcome and very interested in Dill. The Eels have had several players who committed to BSC in the past and currently have 2 Eels alumni who are on the BSC roster.

 

BSC is getting a great individual apart from hockey. He is a high character person. Comes from a loving and supportive family. We are all very proud of Gage and his accomplishments and wish him the best on his next journey not only in hockey but as a college student and in life. He is heading to Nationals this week enroute to win a National Championship. Good luck Gage

USPHL Elite National Championships Presented By GMU Sport Team Preview: Florida Eels

By The Dan K Show / USPHL.com , 03/16/22, 8:45PM EDT

 

They say “defense wins championships,” and the Florida Eels Elite side brings plenty of defense with them to the USPHL National Championships Presented by GMU Sport.

This season, the Eels have won via the shutout 13 different times with netminders Jacob Mork and Matthew Shoer leading the way – and boy did they ever, finishing 1-2 in every major goaltending category in the Elite. Not surprisingly, the Eels also finished with the No. 1 overall seed in the entire USPHL Elite postseason.

Owner/GM Frank Scarpaci discussed the youth amongst his Elite roster with the team boasting 18 rookies this season. With this youthful exuberance comes speed, skill and a surprising ability to avoid taking penalties, a problem that plagues many young squads.

“We have a young team, so we preach to the boys all the time about not getting too excited,” said Scarpaci. “We will be working on the penalty kill and power play leading up to Nationals. As we all know, games against good teams are usually decided on special teams.”

You would think leading into the USPHL National Championships that the Eels would be all business, but Frank Scarpaci and his staff believe in keeping the boys loose and having fun even this time of year.

“Team dinners, volleyball, board games, movie nights – whatever we can do to not overly tax our guys leading up to Nationals, we are going to do,” Scarpaci added.

After a dominating season for the Florida Eels Elite which leaves them on the precipice of a Championship run, the organization was sure to remind us of the true victory to be had in Junior Hockey.

“Our DNA is in the 300+ advancements for our players in our existence. That is why we exist, that is why we have our program,” said Frank Scarpaci.  “The Eels are sure to continue that advancement success with both their squads at the Elite and Premier advancing to Nationals.”

As an organization that has seen a multitude of players from Ukraine take the ice in the Eels Green, Black and Yellow, Frank Scarpaci and his entire organization wanted to ensure they made their support for all in Ukraine known.

“The team, the players, the coaches, everyone reaches out to our former players back in the Ukraine at home every chance they get,” said Scarpaci. “This won’t win us hockey games, but there are more important things going on in the world and this team gets it.”

 

Florida Eels

Regular Season: 36-8-0-0, 72 points

Round Robin Schedule

All Games At Cyclones Arena, Hudson, N.H.

All Times EST

Game 1: Thursday, March 24, vs. Rockets Hockey Club, 10:30 a.m.

Game 2: Friday, March 25, vs. Richmond Generals, 8 a.m.

Game 3: Saturday, March 26, vs. Islanders Hockey Club, 10:30 a.m.

 

Team Notes

Regular Season

• The Eels earned 12 more points as the home team than on the road (42-30), though they also played two more home games than road.

• The Eels outscored their opponents by better than a 2:1 ratio overall (200-92) as well as in their first and third period totals.

• Florida was third in goals for (4.65), second in goals against (2.14), and first in shots on goal for (40.14).

• Florida had the wins in games when they were tied after the first period with 13 (they were 13-1-0-0 in that situation). Their 31 wins when outshooting opponents were first outright.

• Florida had the best record in two-goal decisions of any Elite team (9-1-0-0).

 

Playoffs

• The Eels went to the penalty box for only three minors for a league-low 3.00 minutes per game in the pre-Nationals postseason.

• Florida was also the only team to not allow a single goal in the playoffs as of yet. Both Mork and Schoer each have one shutout.

• Florida was tied with the WBS Knights for most goals in any of the three periods, with 12 total in their two playoff games.

• The Eels also out-shot the Atlanta Mad Hatters with a 40-10 total in the second periods of their games.

 

Player Notes

Regular Season

• The Eels’ Jake Dominique takes a five-game assist streak, with seven helpers in that stretch, into the playoffs.

• Florida’s goaltenders were 1-2 in every major category. In goals-against average, Matthew Schoer and Jacob Mork had marks of 1.25 and 1.79. Their .958 and .941 save percentages were also the league’s two best, along with their shutout totals of six and five, respectively. Mork was the leader in wins at 17.

• Braeden Bzovey was third in power play goals with seven. He and Atlanta’s Matthew Whelton are two of only five defensemen in the league with a shootout goal.

 

Playoffs

• Kaleb Harrop has 8-7-15 over his last 10 total regular season and playoff games.

• Noah Trathen, who had six points in two games after posting 15 points in 10 regular season games, leads the Eels in postseason scoring.

• Due to their two shutouts against Atlanta, Mork and Schoer are leading the Elite postseason with 1.000 save percentages and 0.00 goals against average.

The Florida Eels Junior Hockey Premier team swept the Atlanta Madhatters in their best 2 out of 3 weekend series. The Eels won game one 6-3 and game two 7-5. The Eels won the regualr season title finishing in Firts Place in the Florida Division and now captured the title in the USPHL Florida Division playoffs. The Eels now head to Nationals. The Eels are one of the very few organizations who have steadily advance to Nationals for well over a decade. Moreover, the Eels Elite team also won their series also against the Madhatters Elite team This makes the Eels very unique in having both teams capturing First Place in teh Regular season, First Place in the Playoffs and both advancing to the Nationals.

We are very proud of our players for the outstanding job in the playoffs and the regular season play.