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The Florida Eels Coaches are hosting teams at the Pro Am Sr Chowder Cup. This will be our 3rd Decade of hosting teams at the Pro Am Sr Chowder Cup in Boston Mass

The Eels have players form around the USA and Canada. The event is July 23rd -26th in Foxboro Mass. We will have a number of veteran Eels players and many prospects who are trying out for the Eels for next season. This is the grand daddy of them all. It will have over 100 Scouts in attendance from the NHL Minor Pro NCAA Div 1 and 3 colleges and many top Junior programs including the USHL  QMJHL OHL WHL  and the BCHL.

A great forum to showcase your skills. Tremendous exposure

If interested we have a few forward and defensemen spots open.

Contact Florida Eels GM 941-400-9023

GM@Floridaeels.com

The Florida Eels is excited to announce the signing of 2002 Lucas Humble RW from Winnipeg Manitoba Canda. Humble is a smooth skater with explosive speed who has excellent  skill set. He has very good vision and a knack for scoring. Playing for the  Shaftesbury Titans he amassed 24 goals and 33 assists. For his previous team the Winnipeg Monarchs he scored 22 goals and 31 assists. Premier Head Coach Frank Scarpaci echoed, there is no doubt he will be an impact player for the Eels’ offense.

 

Lucas brings leadership skills to the Eels as well. He has served as captain of his team and that speaks volumes towards his character. He plays with intensity and shares the Eels passion to win. He is a very determined and dedicated player, having the unwavering commitment to win.

We are thrilled that he will be joining the Eels this season.

The Florida Eels are excited to announce the signing of  2003 Landen Engels from Sioux Falls, SD

Engels is 5’8 and a solid 185 LBS.  He is physically strong and uses his strength to his advantage wearing down opponents. He played last season in the WSHL and that experience with prove volumes in his player development. He is a very versatile player having experience both as a forward and a defenseman. We know that this hybrid experience has helped tremendously in years past with the Eels. Moreover, having players with defensive knowledge as a forward is critical in the win column. This is especially true with Engels. He has a high hockey IQ and understands it is the defensive responsibility that wins games.

 

Landen has very good skill set. Not only is he a smooth skater, he controls the puck very well and has outstanding vision. He plays with hunger and a thirst to win. This is another high character young man that the Florida Eels have brought into its program. He plays with grit. He has  great work ethic, selfless and unwavering dedication to his team. Engels is a very determined young man.  Landen  will fit right into the Eels culture. Welcome to the Eels family.

The Florida Eels are thrilled to announce the signing of  5’10” 185 LBS  Tyson Benoit from Surrey, BC, CAN. Ty is a 2001 veteran defensemen who played juniors last season for the Bellingham Blazers and the Valencia Flyers of the WSHL. He is a well-seasoned stay home defenseman from Western Canada who has been known to own his D-Zone. He is extremely tough to play against in front of his own crease, believing he has deeded rights to the blue paint. He is extremely strong and very physical. He uses his body very well to wear down his opponents. He is excellent along the boards and wins his loose puck battles.  He plays a tight gap., denying zone entry.

Benoit plays well in all 3 zones. He has a nice heavy shot from the offensive blueline. He has been an effective player on the power play. He is equally strong on the penalty kill. General Manager Scarpaci notes that Tyson plays at a high compete level. Ty brings tremendous enthusiasm and energies to his team. He is very lively on the bench. This is another very dedicated player the Eels coaching staff has added to its stable. It is amazing how deep the Eels will be this season.

He has a very high hockey IQ. He has the unwavering commitment to win and that is the intangibles the Eels are looking for. He is hungry and ready to do whatever it takes to propel himself and his team to the Next Level. The Eels welcome Tyson to its family.

The Florida Eels are excited to announce the signing local Naples player Anthony Steed to its Junior program.  Steed is a 2003 native of Southwest Florida. He had previously played for the Blackjacks Midget program at the Fort Myers Skatium and the Florida Jr. Everblades Midget Program. Anthony plays forward. He is so anxious to step in and take his game to the Next Level. He brings so much energy, passion and enthusiasm  to the program. Elite Coach Alex Sanchez got to know Anthony over the last several months scouting him at various venues and was indeed impressed with his raw skill set. He is high on him.

 

Anthony had volunteered in the past during the Eels  game day operations. He is very familiar with the Eels and it’s rich tradition in player development and the advancement of players to college. There is a clear difference in junior programs, and  he had  many options. But it is the training and painstaking attention to details in the development of players that sold him to join the Eels. We are thrilled he chose the Eels. We welcome Anthony  and his family to the Eels and look forward to seeing him mature and develop as a player.

Nick Magill-Diaz Curry College First Team All Star ALL -ACC

Joey Colatarci Adrian College AHCA/CCM American First Team

Corey Richardson Finlandia University All American Academic

Robert Cerepak Colby College All American Academic

Matthew Schneider SUNY Brockport Third Team All Conference

Petr Strait Worcester State University All Star Mass Conference

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Nearly 400 Alumni Of USPHL Organizations Earn College Hockey Conference Awards

 

By Joshua Boyd / USPHL.com

 

With more than 1,200 former players in college hockey in 2019-20 alone, the United States Premier Hockey League continues to be a leader in advancement to the next level beyond junior hockey. Not only do our players move on to the best educational institutions to continue their hockey careers, they also excel once they reach that level. Nearly 400 NCAA players from USPHL organizations past and present earned honors from their home conference and beyond during the 2019-20 season.

• More than 50 NCAA Division 1 players and close to 340 from the NCAA Division 3 level brought in honors, including the Sid Watson NCAA Division III Player Of The Year Award won by USPHL Premier alum Tom Aubrun, of Norwich University.
• Former Hampton Roads Whaler Brandon Osmundson (Utica College) was recognized as the National Division III Rookie Of The Year.
• At the NCAA Division I level, lumni of USPHL organizations also earned two Scoring Championships, two Rookie Of The Year Awards and one Goaltender Of The Year Award.
• Four alumni of the USPHL and its current member organizations also earned Hobey Baker nominations, including two who were Top 10 Finalists.

• At the NCAA Division II and III levels, Players Of The Year in nine conferences hailed from the USPHL and its current member organizations.

 

View the Full List of USPHL and Member Organization Alumni NCAA Awards

The Florida Eels is thrilled to announce that veteran defensemen  Clement Espinasse 2000 has Re-Signed with the Eels Premier team for the 2020-21 season.  Espinasse is from Montpellier, FRANCE.  He is a 3-year veteran of the Eels Junior Program joining us back in 2017-18 season. Prior to joining the Eels junior program, he played in Canada for the OHA for 2 seasons. In fact,  Espinasse is one of many outstanding players who advanced from the OHA to the Eels over the last 5-6 years. Clement originally played as a forward during his first two years as an Eel but last season, he answered the call when the Eels Premier team had a void on defense. Premier Coach Frank Scarpaci felt  Espinasse was a perfect candidate as he has a high hockey IQ, reads the ice very well, is a smooth strong skater, has very good stickhandling skills, had the ability to make clean crisp passes  and has excellent overall skill set. Moreover, coach Scarpaci  knew the Eels could get offensive production from Espinasse on the blueline; remembering  Clement had scored 16 goals and 26 assists as an Eels and 29 goals and 24 assists while at the OHA totaling 45 goals and 50 assists averaging an impressive 1 point per game while playing in North America.

 

Clement at 6’0 175 uses his body very effectively. He has quick acceleration with and without the puck. He is offensive minded having been a forward most of his playing career. But this past season he impressed all of the Eels coaches with his defensive play in the D Zone He took this job and role very seriously. He has excellent gap control again taking his knowledge as forward and applying it to his defense responsibilities . He has great work ethic, and this shows as he relentlessly battles in front of his crease and along the boards. He is extremely difficult to beat with loose pucks using his size to wear down his opponents. He developed so well as a defensemen and he played a large part in his team securing First Place over all in the Florida Division winning a regular season Championship.

 

Clement  is a very dedicated young man arriving at the rink early and staying after practice every day to shoot 100+ pucks. He is one of the Eels most loyal players. Very determined to get his game to the Next Level and ripen into a NCAA college player. He a team guy and shares that Eels unwavering commitment to win. He plays  with that sandpaper edge to him. A very high compete level. We are very excited to have Clement back and help him realize his goals of winning a National Championship and advance to college.