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The Florida Eels Elite team brought their best game to Hertz Arena Thursday evening – 9:00 pm. The boys put on a clinic defensively thawing any sustainable attack from the Jr Blades. The Blades fired 30+ shots on Eels ace goaltender Jake Mork. He was flawless in his response turning away 30 of 30 attempts on his net earning the Eels 2nd shutout in as many games. In fact the Eels have not allowed a single goal in 7 periods.

The Eels turned things up a notch on the Blades goalie unleashing 39 shots on the Blades netminder putting 2 behind him.  The Eels Elite team have been Red Hot of late winning 10 straight games. They have taken down the Carolina Hurricanes, Wilkes-Barre Scranton Knights, the Junior Bruins, the Northern Cyclones, the Springfield Pics, the Tampa Juniors and the Jr Blades in this run.

The Eels also overtook the Tampa Juniors for sole possession of 1st place in the Florida Division. The Eels also secured a playoff spot in the standings. The Eels will take on the Jr Blades at home on Sunday 10:30 am  to conclude their home and away games in this weekend set of games.

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Florida Eels Elite team take on the Junior Blades in an unusual midweek game 9:00 pm Hertz arena. The Eels are on a 9 game winning streak Come join us live in person or on HockeyTV @FloridaEels @FloridaJrBlades @USPHL

USPHL Elite Division Playoff Format
2021-22 Season

Each team’s 28-man playoff roster must be declared by February 10, 2022

All Conferences:
Top 4 teams in the standings make the playoffs:

Higher seed maintains home ice advantage.

One Round: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 13, 2022

• No. 1 hosts No. 4
• No. 2 hosts No. 3
• Winners advance to the Finals (Hudson, NH). March 24-28, 2022.

North and Mid-Atlantic Conferences: All games played at host’s arena.

Florida Conference: All games played at AdventHealth Center Ice (Wesley Chapel, Fla.)

South East Conference all games played at Xtreme Ice (Charlotte, N.C.)

ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED 5-on-5 UNTIL A WINNER IS DETERMINED (20-minute Sudden Death Overtime format).

BREAKING TIES in STANDINGS: The following shall be the order considered:

i.     Most Points
ii.    Most points achieved Head to Head
iii.   Most wins
iv.   Goals for minus goals against
v.    Lowest penalty minutes
vi.   Coin Toss

In cases where teams play a different number of League games, winning percentage shall replace Most Points in the hierarchy and iv. and v. shall be averaged.

Elite Nationals (March 24-28, 2022)

Round Robin (March 24-26, Cyclones Arena, Hudson, NH)
8 Team format with 2 round robin pools.
Elite A: Southeast #2, Florida #1, Mid-Atlantic #2, North #1
Elite B: Southeast #1, Florida #2, Mid-Atlantic #1, North #2

Round Robin games cannot end in a tie. There will be a SINGLE 5-Minute 3-on-3 sudden death OT in Round Robin games where teams change ends. At the end of the OT, if the score remains tied, the teams will go into a 3-man shootout like regular season. If the score remains tied, the teams will convert to a sudden death shootout like regular season until a winner is determined.

Round Robin game points will be awarded as follows: 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an overtime win or shootout win, and 1 point for overtime loss.

Standings and Tiebreakers
In round robin and subsequent play, when standings are required to determine placement, the following shall be used in order to determine the ranking:
1. Most Points
2. Most points achieved Head-to-Head, assuming all tied teams played each other.
3. Most regulation wins
4. GF/(GF+GA) with the higher percentage winning the tie breaker.
5. Lowest penalty minutes
6. Coin Toss

Semifinals March 27, 2022 (Cyclones Arena)
Top 2 teams from each pool advance to semi-finals.
A1 hosts B2
B1 hosts A1

Championship March 28, 2022 (Merrimack College)
Winners of the semifinals advance to the Championship

If tied after regulation play, Semifinal and Championship games will have consecutive 20-minute sudden-death overtime periods, with teams changing ends each period, until a winner is declared.

The United States Premier Hockey League is excited to announce that the USPHL Premier and USPHL Elite National Championship tournaments will take place March 24-29, 2022.

Round-robin games take place for all teams March 24-26 at Cyclones Arena in Hudson, N.H. The Quarterfinals for the USPHL Premier and Semifinals for the USPHL Elite will take place March 27 at Cyclones Arena.

The Semifinals and the Championship games for the USPHL Premier and the Championship Game for the USPHL Elite will be held at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass., on March 28 and 29.

The National Championships will see fields of 16 teams for the USPHL Premier and eight teams for the USPHL Elite Division.

Playoffs in the USPHL Premier and USPHL Elite divisions begin the weekend of March 6 and will conclude for all divisions by the weekend of March 20 to determine the 24 total teams that will make the trip to Nationals.

For the Premier Nationals, there will be four pools of four teams apiece, with the top two teams from each group moving on to Quarterfinals, and the winners of the Quarterfinals facing each other in the Semifinals. Winners of those semifinal games will play in the National Championship Game. All of the Quarterfinal, Semifinal and Championship games in both divisions are single elimination, winner-take-all contests.

On the Elite side, two groups of four teams will hit the ice in the round robin, with two top teams emerging from each of those pools to play in the Semifinals. The winners of the Semifinals will also compete in a winner-take-all National Championship Game.

To learn more about the Premier and Elite playoffs, including Nationals, visit:

Full USPHL Premier Playoffs Format 

Full USPHL Elite Playoffs Format  

The USPHL Elite Championship Game will take place on March 28 at Merrimack College, followed one day later by the USPHL Premier Championship Game on March 29.

Watch USPHL.com and The Dan K Show in the run-up to March as we break down who’s making playoffs, who’s hot and much more fun all the way to and through March 29!

2021 – 22 USPHL PREMIER PLAYOFFS

USPHL Premier Division Playoff Format
2021-22 Season

Each team’s 28-man playoff roster must be declared by February 10, 2022

Midwest West and New England Conferences:
Top 8 teams make the playoffs:

Higher seed maintains home ice throughout

Round 1: Best-of-3 Series: Week ending March 6, 2022

• No. 1 hosts No. 8
• No. 2 hosts No. 7
• No. 3 hosts No. 6
• No. 4 hosts No. 5

Round 2: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 13, 2022

• Highest remaining seed hosts Lowest remaining seed
• Second-highest remaining seed hosts Third-highest remaining seed
• Winners advance to the Nationals (Hudson, NH). March 24-29, 2022

 

Midwest East Conference:

Top 7 teams make the playoffs:
Round 1:
No. 1 gets a bye
Higher seed maintains home ice throughout

Best-of-3 Series: Week ending March 6, 2022

• No. 2 hosts No. 7
• No. 3 hosts No. 6
• No. 4 hosts No. 5

Round 2: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 13, 2022

• No. 1 hosts Lowest remaining seed
• Second highest remaining seed hosts third highest remaining seed
• Winners advance to the Nationals (Hudson, NH). March 24-29, 2022

Great Lakes Conference

Top 6 teams make the playoffs:
No. 1 and No. 2 get a First Round bye
Higher seed hosts 1st and 3rd games, Lower seed hosts 2nd game.

Round 1: Best-of-3 Series, Week ending March 6, 2022

• No. 4 plays No. 5
• No. 3 plays No. 6

Round 2: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 13, 2022
No. 1 plays Lowest remaining seed
No. 2 plays third highest remaining seed
Winners advance to the Nationals (Hudson, N.H.), March 24-29, 2022

Florida and Southeast Conferences:

Top 4 teams in each conference make the playoffs:
Higher seed maintains home ice advantage throughout

Round One: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 13, 2022

• No. 1 plays No. 4
• No. 2 plays No. 3

Winners advance to the Nationals (Hudson, N.H.), March 24-29, 2022

Florida Conference: All playoff games played at AdventHealth Center Ice (Wesley Chapel, Fla. )

Southeast Conference: All games played at Xtreme Ice (Charlotte, N.C.)

Atlantic East, Atlantic West and Pacific Conferences:

Top 4 teams make the playoffs:

Higher seed maintains home ice throughout

Round 1: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 6, 2022

• No. 1 hosts No. 4
• No. 2 hosts No. 3

Round 2: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 13, 2022

• Higher remaining seed hosts lower remaining seed
• Winner advances to the Nationals (Hudson, N.H.), March 24-29, 2022

 

Mountain Conference

All 5 teams make the playoffs:
Higher seed maintains home ice throughout
Round 1: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 6, 2022
• No. 4 hosts No. 5

Round 2: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 13, 2022
• No. 1 hosts Winner Round 1
• No. 2 hosts No. 3

Round 3: Best-of-3 Series
Week ending March 19, 2022
• Lower remaining seed hosts higher remaining seed
• Winner advances to the Nationals (Hudson, NH). March 24-29, 2022

 

ALL GAMES IN ALL DIVISIONS WILL BE PLAYED 5-on-5 UNTIL A WINNER IS DETERMINED (20-minute Sudden Death Overtime format).

BREAKING TIES in STANDINGS: The following shall be the order considered:

i.     Most Points

ii.    Most points achieved Head to Head

iii.   Most wins

iv.   Goals for minus goals against

v.    Lowest penalty minutes

vi.   Coin Toss
In cases where teams play a different number of League games, winning percentage shall replace Most Points in the hierarchy and iv. and v. shall be averaged.

USPHL Premier National Championships
(March 24-29, 2022)

Round Robin (March 24-26, Cyclones Arena, Hudson, N.H.)
16-Team format with 4 round robin pools.

Pool A) Great Lakes #1, Florida #2, New England #2, Atlantic West
Pool B) Florida #1, Midwest East # 1, Midwest West #2, Atlantic East
Pool C) New England #1, Southeast #1, Midwest East #2, Mountain
Pool D) Southeast #2, Midwest West #1, Great Lakes #2, Pacific

Round Robin games cannot end in a tie. There will be a SINGLE 5-Minute 3-on-3 sudden death OT in Round Robin games where teams change ends. At the end of the OT if the score remains tied, the teams will go into a 3-man shootout, like the regular season. If the score remains tied, the teams will convert to a sudden death shootout like regular season until a winner is determined.

Round Robin game points will be awarded as follows: 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an overtime win or shootout win, and 1 point for overtime loss.

Standings and Tiebreakers
In round robin and subsequent play, when standings are required to determine placement, the following shall be used in order to determine the ranking:
1. Most Points
2. Most points achieved Head-to-Head assuming all tied teams played each other.
3. Most regulation wins
4. GF/(GF+GA) with the higher percentage winning the tie breaker.
5. Lowest penalty minutes
6. Coin Toss

Quarterfinals March 27, 2022 (Cyclones Arena)
A1 vs D2, Group 1
D1 vs A2, Group 1
B1 vs C2, Group 2
C1 vs B2, Group 2

Semi-finals March 28, 2022 (Merrimack College)
Group 1 Winners play in Semi-Final 1.
Group 2 Winners play in Semi-Final 2.

Championship March 29, 2022 (Merrimack College)
Winners of the semi-finals advance to the Championship

If tied after regulation play, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Championship games will have consecutive 20-minute sudden-death overtime periods, with teams changing ends each period, until a winner is declared.

The Eels Elite team came to play this whole weekend.The defeated Tampa at their rink 3-1 on Friday and shutout Tampa at home 7-0 at home. These were very one sided games. The Eels were determined to show who they were and why they would tale 1st place. These were solid performances . Suffocating  forecheck. Smothering defense. Brick wall performances in net.

They elevated their ranking overall in the Elite Division to 3rd overall.

Great job guys

A tough 2nd game against the Tampa Juniors to top off a rough weekend series. The Eels drop game two 6-1 and look for a week long of practice to regroup and get settled. It happens – sometimes you have a bad game and a bad series. We just did not have it this weekend and that is ok. This is a solid team who has performed quite this entire season and we look forward to this week to review and adjust

Congrats To Florida Eels Forward: Adam Gaudet, Selected Player of the Week 

22 Jan by Frank Scarpaci

USPHL Premier Players Of The Week: South Region

Week of Jan. 20, 2022

Florida Division

Forward: Adam Gaudet, Florida Eels

Gaudet (St. Donat, Que.) scored a pivotal first goal to even up the score at 1-1 in what ended as an eventual 3-2 shootout victory for his team against the rival Florida Jr. Blades. The next day, he also earned an assist on the first goal against the Palm Beach Typhoon. He also co-led his team with a +2 rating on the weekend, posted one hit and blocked one shot. The second-year Eel has 28 points in 29 games.

Defense: Artjoms Kadnikovs, Tampa Bay Juniors

Kadnikovs (‘03/Riga, Latvia) posted a goal as the Juniors were able to defeat the host Atlanta MadHatters 6-2 in what turned out to be a single-game trip due to weather conditions. Three of his four shots in the game were on target, and he was second in ice time in the game at 20:37. Kadnikovs has 11 points in 20 games this season, his first in North America.

Goaltender: Blake Mons, Tampa Bay Juniors

Mons (‘02/Charleston, S.C.) is a third-year Premier goalie enjoying success in his new home in Tampa. Most recently, he put up 24 saves in the defeat of Atlanta. He has given up just three total goals in his first three starts of 2022, which included a 30-save shutout of the Mountain Division-leading Utah Outliers at the USPHL Winter Showcase. Overall, Mons is 12-5-0-0 for the season.

USPHL Elite Players Of The Week: South Region

By USPHL Staff, 01/20/22, 6:30PM EST

 

Week of Jan. 20, 2022

Florida Division

Forward: Kaleb Harrop, Florida Eels

In two games, the third-year Eel, a 2001-born native of Hartford, Ill., put up a pair of goals and assists for four points in wins against the Florida Jr. Blades and the Palm Beach Typhoon. Overall, Harrop has put up 24 points this season in 21 games. He’s also played in seven USPHL Premier games.

 

Defense: Ryder Patten, Florida Jr. Blades

Patten (‘04/Drayten Valley, Alb.) posted a goal to break up what had been a 2-0 Florida Eels lead in their game of Jan. 15, in which he also registered three hits and drew two opponent penalties. He has 11 points in the 10 games he’s played with the Elite program, and he’s added one assist in six games.

 

Goaltender: Charles Garon, Tampa Bay Juniors

Garon (‘04/Ste-Foy, Que.) is standing tall after his 10th victory of the season, stopping all but two of the 31 shots he faced in their Jan. 15 game. This was Garon’s second win in a row and sixth W in his last seven games. He has a 2.84 goals against average and a .914 save percentage on the season along with his 10-5-0-0 record.