USHL 2024-2025 Thread

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[JMCx4]

Game summaries to date in Cranberry Township, courtesy of the USHL Fall Classic Hub ...

Wednesday, Sept. 18

• Youngstown's Adam Benák and Kuzma Voronin each had two points to help the Phantoms overcome a two-goal deficit and win 4-3 in overtime vs. Tri-City (Box Score)
• The Sioux City Musketeers led 34 seconds into the game (with the Fighting Saints) and never looked back. Tate Pritchard and Giacomo Martino each had one goal and one assist (Box Score)

Thursday, Sept. 19

• Penalty trouble befelled the Lancers. Madison went 4/7 on the power play and Ryker Lee had three points (2-1-3) in the Capitols' 7-3 win (Box Score)
• Eliot Seguin-Lescarbeau made 19 saves for the Des Moines Bucaneers in their season-opening victory against the Gamblers (Box Score)
• Sioux City took a 2-0 lead with 1:28 left in the 2nd period en route to a 2-1 win over Youngstown (Box Score)
• Tri-City took a 2-0 lead for their second straight game, but the Fighting Saints responded with a goal and assist from
  Torkel Jennersjo to ultimately win 3-2 in a shootout (Box Score) ...

 

[JMCx4]

USHL Fall Classic play wrapped up on Sunday. Here are the defacto 3 stars of the event & their summary accomplishments. Interesting to note that each of them hails from a country other than the U.S..

Men's Ice Hockey 9/23/2024 2:00:00 PM

Hajibi, Rybakov, Urban Named Players of the Week

Amine Hajibi, Aleksandr Rybakov and Samuel Urban have been named United States Hockey League (USHL) Players of the Week following the DICK’s Sporting Goods Fall Classic.

Forward of the Week
Amine Hajibi (Cedar Rapids RoughRiders)
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Commitment: Northeastern University
Birth Year: 2005

• Led all USHL players with four points on two goals and two assists in the RoughRiders’ 4-0 win vs. Omaha and 3-1 win vs. Lincoln
• Helped Cedar Rapids go 3-for-10 on the power play with a power-play goal and assist
• Fired nine shots and finished with a +2 rating

Defenseman of the Week
Aleksandr Rybakov (Sioux Falls Stampede)
Hometown: Cyelyabinsk, Russia
Birth Year: 2005

• Led the Stampede with three points on one goal and two assists
• Helped Sioux Falls defeat the NTDP 6-3 with a shorthanded assist, then added a helper and the game-winning goal in the Stampede’s 4-3 overtime win vs. Muskegon
• Paced the USHL with a +6 rating and tied for the second-most shots among USHL defensemen (7)

Goaltender of the Week
Samuel Urban (Sioux City Musketeers)
Commitment: Arizona State University
Hometown: Dolne Kockovce, Slovakia
Birth Year: 2005

• Helped Sioux City to a perfect start to the season with a 21-save performance in the Musketeers’ 5-1 win vs. Dubuque and 23 saves in their 2-1 win vs. Youngstown
• Capped the Fall Classic with 44 saves on 46 shots, posting a .957 save percentage and 1.00 goals against average

 

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What's going on in Youngstown? First Dylan Rozzi turns them down to head to Saint John and now Zach Morin leaves and is heading to Saint John.

 

[JMCx4]

What's going on in Youngstown? First Dylan Rozzi turns them down to head to Saint John and now Zach Morin leaves and is heading to Saint John.

Seems on the surface to be two players who got better offers/conditions/futures. Though there has been recent news involving the Phantoms org that may lead to further churn ... WFMJ-TV: Phantoms suspend hockey exec amid prostitution allegations