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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.

The Eels Premier team simply did not have it on Friday night. When you get scored on with 2 quick goals and a 3rd for good measure in the 1st period , the battle was up hill. That is generally not the case and the Eels always find a way to battle back but tonight they came up empty handed.

The bottom line the Eels scored just 2 and allowed 5

The two teams face off against one another Sunday at home 1:00 pm

The Eels no doubt will be looking to avenge this lost.

The Eels Elite went on an early tear scoring early and often, They smothered the Juniors from garnering a sustainable  offense and come out victorious 3-1 for a solid win. The Eels are now tied with Tampa for 1st place.

The Florida Eels Elite team took on the Blades at Hertz Arena and out skated outgunned and out played the in every inch of the ice. This makes it 6 straight wins for the Eels Elite. And 4 of those games were against top ranked teams in the North
The Eels square off against Palm Beach Sunday morning 10:30 am at home

This team is on a mission. You can see it in their faces in the way they train during the week the way they enter the rink on game day the way they conduct themselves in the lockerrom the way they play and exit the run.

It took 3 periods of regulation, 5 minutes of 3 on 3 OT and a shootout to decide the match between the Jr Blades and the Eels Premier team.

This was a strong game by both squads. Both offensively and defensively The goaltending was solid by both teams. It was a pretty clean game for the two closely contended rivals as well. In the end the Eels had better sharpshooters to put it away. The Eels earn 2 points the Blades one.
The Eels face-off against the Typhoon at 1:00 pm at the Skatium on Sunday

The Eels Elite team struck early and often taking down their East Coast Rivals on Sunday morning. The Eels went on the attack from the drop of the puck scoring 4 quick goals. Palm Beach countered in the 2nd bringing it to within 1 goal with a slight 5-4 deficit. But the Eels opened up for 4 more toppling the Typhoon 9-4 at game end.

The Typhoon players never quit. They are a determined young team and did all they could to thaw the Eels potent offense. But the Eels had too many weapons with multiple players contributing to the attack. The Eels came off an offensive exposition Saturday evening vs the Blades. There is no question all cylinders are firing here and we hope this execution continues next weekend vs the Tampa Juniors.

The Eels Premier team proved a little too potent for their cross state rivals the Palm Beach Typhoon. Palm Beach held things close with solid goaltending throughout the game turning away 36 of 40 shots but in the end could not muster enough offense to put more than one pass Eels netminder Duncan Rolleman The Eels back checking was incredible as they frustrated the Typhoon repeatedly denying zone entry. Moreover, the Eels fore-check proved why they were among the top in the league. The Eels kept rolling out line after line having 4 solid sets and it was way too much of a burden on the Typhoon. There are very few teams who can complete with the Eels heavy offense. Some teams may have one or two solid lines. But hardly can a team replicate our 4 lines. It simply is not sustainable.
Next week the Eels Premier and Elite take on the Tampa Juniors Friday away and Sunday at home.

The Florida Eels Remain at the top in league and National Rankings

The Dan K Show USPHL Ranks the Elite at #4 in the league whereas the the Premier team is ranked #10

In My Hockey Rankings the Premier team is ranked #3 in the league and #10 Nationally. The Elite team is ranked ahead of a many top teams in the league and across the USA

Very impressive guys