Category Archives: Junior
Five with California ties named to USA Hockey Prospects Game
August 31st, 2016USA Hockey announced today the 42 players who will compete in the fifth annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game set for Sept. 22 at Wells Fargo Center, home of the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers. “This event provides some of the best U.S. players eligible for next year’s NHL Draft the opportunity to showcase their talent on…
WSHL’s Avalanche stay in-house, tab O’Rourke new bench boss
August 13th, 2016The Ontario Avalanche didn’t have to look far to find their next head coach. Rob O’Rourke, who has spent the last three seasons as the head coach of the 18U AAA Avalanche, will make the jump to the junior ranks for the 2016-17 season. O’Rourke inherits a team that finished fourth in the Western Division…
Yorba Linda’s Nieto tandem compiles 2015-16 seasons to remember
August 12th, 2016What’s almost 12 and a half feet tall, weighs more than 400 pounds and stops nearly everything shot its way? If you guessed an imposing creature in a summer blockbuster monster movie, try again. If you guessed the goaltending Nieto brothers of Yorba Linda, give yourself a gold star. Lest you think we’re exaggerating, realize…
Jr. Ducks alum Urch signs with NOJHL’s Gold Miners
August 8th, 2016The Kirkland Lake Gold Miners of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) have signed forward Taylor Urch for the upcoming 2016-17 season. Urch, an Anaheim native, comes to the Gold Miners from the Anaheim Jr. Ducks 18U AAA team that won a California state championship this past spring. During the last nine years, Urch…
Michigan-bound Slaker finds opportunity, success in USHL
July 26th, 2016When the expansion Bloomington Thunder searched for building blocks, it found an important one in Jake Slaker. The University of Michigan commit emerged as a force up front for the United States Hockey League club, helping it reach the Clark Cup Eastern Conference final in its second season. “We’ve been leaning on Jake to be…
All roads lead west in David’s climb up coaching ladder
July 22nd, 2016A chance meeting at a USA Hockey camp in Colorado Springs three years ago and a few informal dinners later planted seeds for the biggest coaching move yet in Californian Oliver David’s ascending career. It was there that David, who had just taken a job as an assistant coach with Dubuque of the United States…
McManus, Lodnia, Chmelevski named to U.S. Select Team
July 1st, 2016Three players with California youth hockey ties – forwards Brannon McManus, Ivan Lodnia and Sasha Chmelevski – were chosen to play for the U.S. Under-18 Select Team that will compete in the upcoming Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament, which will run from Aug. 8-13 in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Bratislava, Slovakia. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE McManus, a…
Pair with local ties invited to U.S. Junior Camp
June 21st, 2016Two former Los Angeles Jr. Kings – forward Kailer Yamamoto and goaltender Evan Sarthou – have been invited to participate in the upcoming USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, which will run from July 30-Aug. 7 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich. The pair will audition for a spot on the U.S. National Junior…
Yorba Linda’s Nieto commits to Lake Superior State
June 11th, 2016Yorba Linda native Garrett Nieto has committed to play Division I college hockey at Lake Superior State University (WCHA) beginning in the fall of 2017. Nieto played the 2015-16 season with the Wenatchee Wild of the British Columbia Hockey League. After two solid seasons with Los Angeles Jr. Kings’ 16U AAA team, he moved on…
Long Beach’s Barahona seeking USPHL success in Atlanta
June 8th, 2016As a player, Ralph Barahona played hockey in non-traditional markets and helped the game make its mark on the West Coast. Now as the head coach of the Atlanta Jr. Knights of the United States Premier Hockey League’s (USPHL) Elite Division, the Long Beach native has aspirations to build a strong, competitive program in the…