USHL Thread: Summer 2021 Edition

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RYAN HARDY HIRED BY TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

By Chicago Steel, 06/25/21, 4:00PM CDT

GENEVA, ILLINOIS — Chicago Steel general manager Ryan Hardy has been hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs to serve as Senior Director of Minor League Operations of the Maple Leafs and General Manager of both the Toronto Marlies, the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, and the Newfoundland Growlers, the franchise’s ECHL affiliate, announced Friday.

During Hardy’s three-year tenure as General Manager, the Steel compiled a USHL-best 116-39-8-2 record, winning one Clark Cup championship, two Anderson Cups as regular season champions and two Eastern Conference titles.

In his new role for Toronto, Hardy will have complete control over the hockey operations for the Marlies and the Growlers, including roster decisions and staffing. ...

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2021 NHL Draft Hub
06/22/2021, 3:45pm CDT
By USHL

All The Information You Need For The 2021 NHL Draft


The USHL heads into the 2021 NHL Draft with nearly 100 players featured by NHL Central Scouting throughout the 2020-21 USHL season, including 74 in the Final Rankings. At the 2020 NHL Draft, the USHL had 51 players selected, marking the third-straight season with 50-or-more USHL players taken in the NHL Draft. The USHL has seen an average of 50-or-more drafted players over the last seven NHL Drafts. The league's 51 selections last Draft tied for the third-highest total in a single NHL Draft (2014), trailing only the 2018 (57) and 2019 (54) Draft totals.

Dating back to the 1981 NHL Draft, the USHL has seen 885 of its former players taken in the NHL Draft. To see all the USHL Draft picks, view the NHL Draft page HERE.

The list below features USHL Player Draft Profiles. This list will be updated daily leading up to 2021 NHL Draft.

Player Profiles

* indicates a USHL alumnus

Beniers, Matthew * - USA Hockey NTDP (2018-20)
Coronato, Matthew - Chicago Steel (2019-21)
Gucciardi, David - Waterloo Black Hawks, Youngstown Phantoms, Sioux City Musketeers, Muskegon Lumberjacks (2019-21)
Mazur, Carter - Tri-City Storm, USA Hockey NTDP (2018-21)
Pastujov, Sasha - USA Hockey NTDP (2019-21)
Power, Owen * - Chicago Steel (2018-20)​
 
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From: The Dubuque Fighting Saints > News
Greg Brown Appointed Head Coach of the Dubuque Fighting Saints
By Jordan Kuhns, 06/28/21, 1:45PM CDT

Brown succeeds Oliver David as fifth head coach in Fighting Saints’ Tier-I era

DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Dubuque Fighting Saints are proud to announce that Greg Brown has been named head coach of the team, and has signed a multi-year contract. Brown will be the fifth head coach in the organization’s Tier-I history after succeeding Oliver David in the role, and he will look to continue the prestigious run that the team has put forth in the eleven seasons since its reinstatement into the USHL in 2010. ...

Brown, 53, most recently served as an assistant coach with the New York Rangers for the past three seasons. He coached superstar players such as Henrik Lundqvist, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafrenière, and top-tier USHL products such as Jacob Trouba, Adam Fox and K’Andre Miller. He helped guide the Rangers in the midst of an organizational rebuild, and develop its younger core to higher heights. ...

The bulk of Brown’s coaching career came with his alma mater, Boston College. He served as an assistant coach for eight seasons, and was promoted to associate head coach for another six seasons, all under legendary head coach Jerry York. With the Eagles, he coached Fighting Saints alumni Johnny Gaudreau, Mike Matheson, Teddy Doherty and J.D. Dudek, among many other players who saw their careers blossom to the professional level. ...

A BC legend both as a coach and a player, he helped the Eagles win seven Hockey East titles, win seven Hockey East regular season championships, appear in the NCAA tournament 12 times, appear in the Frozen Four seven times, appear the NCAA national championship game five times, and win three NCAA national championships (2008, 2010, 2012) while behind the bench for 14 seasons. ...

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From: The Youngstown Phantoms > News
YOUNGSTOWN PHANTOMS HIRE JASON DESKINS AND RYAN KOSECKI AS CO-GENERAL MANAGERS AND VICE PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY OPERATIONS FOR 2021-22

By Phantoms Staff, 06/21/21, 4:15PM EDT

YOUNGSTOWN, OH- The Youngstown Phantoms (the “Phantoms”) of the United States Hockey League (“USHL”) and Black Bear Sports Group are pleased to announce the immediate hiring of Jason Deskins and Ryan Kosecki as Co-General Managers and Co-Vice Presidents of Hockey Operations for the Phantoms.

Jason joins the Phantoms from his role as Assistant General Manager and Director of Scouting with the Omaha Lancers, also of the USHL. Ryan is currently Assistant General Manager and Scout for the Maryland Black Bears (the “Black Bears”) and will continue with the dual roles. Jason joins the Phantoms after helping lead the Lancers to a second-place overall finish in the Western Conference in the 2021-21 season. Jason previously was the Assistant GM and Head Scout of the Black Bears and is also the current head coach of the Honeybaked Midget Minor program in Detroit where he has led the team to a National Championship. He was also a very successful collegiate player at Miami University and completed his college career as Captain of the Redhawks. Jason will also help oversee scouting and player recruiting for the Black Bears.

Ryan is expanding his role after helping lead the Black Bears to their first ever playoff appearance, series win and appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals. Previously, Ryan was an assistant coach with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL. Ryan also currently coaches the highly ranked Fox Motors 2005 team. ...

“Given our poor performance on the ice the past two years, particularly on the defensive end where we were consistently among the worst in the league, we felt we owed it to our players, fans and our whole organization to make meaningful changes to our staff, our recruiting team and our overall player development process,” said Murry N. Gunty, Co-Owner of the Phantoms and CEO of Black Bear Sports Group. “Jason and Ryan have achieved great success in both Junior and Youth Hockey and we believe that they will do great things for the Phantoms going forward.” ...

Assistant coaches Jeff Potter and Justin DeMartino along with head scout Casey Kesserling have been relieved of their duties effective immediately.

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A two-fer from: The Des Moines Buccaneers > News
Matt Curley named Head Coach of the Des Moines Buccaneers
By Des Moines Buccaneers, 06/16/21, 1:00PM CDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Des Moines Buccaneers announced today that Matt Curley has joined the organization as their 17th Head Coach in franchise history. Curley agreed to a multi-year contract to guide the Four-time Clark Cup winning Buccaneers. He is known as an exceptional leader, communicator and developer of talent. ...

The 38 year-old, North Country, New York native has a wealth of experience at the NCAA, Junior and International level. Most recently, he was the Head Coach at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Curley spent three seasons guiding the Seawolves program in the WCHA. In his first season, he led the Seawolves to the WCHA playoffs with 10 Freshman playing an integral role on his team. Unfortunately, this past season, UAA did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While rebuilding the Seawolves program, his teams excelled off the ice with 33 student-athletes recognized with WCHA Athlete honors and 45 players earning WCHA All-Academic honors. ...

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Owens Contract Extended
By Des Moines Buccaneers, 06/14/21, 1:00PM CDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DES MOINES, IA - The Des Moines Buccaneers are pleased to announce today that they have re-signed Senior Advisor and General Manager, Scott Owens, to a multi-year contract extension.

Owens rejoined the Buccaneers this past October bringing 38 years of NCAA and USHL experience as a Head Coach and General Manager. ...

Owens was originally hired as the Des Moines Buccaneers Head Coach and General Manager in 1995. His four seasons in Des Moines culminated with the Buccaneers winning both the Anderson Cup and the Clark Cup in 1999. Under Owens direction, the Buccaneers won back-to-back Anderson Cups in 1998 and 1999 as the USHL regular season champions.

Immediately following his success in Des Moines, Owens spent 15 seasons as the Head Coach of Colorado College. He finished his time in Colorado Springs as the winningest coach in school history. Owens guided the Tigers to seven NCAA Tournaments. His 2004-05 Tigers team own a school record 31 wins including a Frozen Four appearance.

After his unprecedented success at Colorado College, Owens spent five seasons as the Head Coach and General Manager of the Sioux Falls Stampede winning the Clark Cup in 2019. ...

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From: The Lincoln Stars > News
Lincoln Stars Hockey Operations Staff Announcements
By Lincoln Stars Staff, 07/08/21, 1:15PM CDT

RUSSO, FABRIZIO JOIN STAFF; PUGLIESE PROMOTED

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — The Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League are pleased to announce the following recent hockey operations department staff moves:
Nick Fabrizio has been named General Manager of Hockey Operations
Billy Pugliese has been promoted to Assistant General Manager/Director of Scouting
Rocky Russo has been hired as the franchise’s eighth Head Coach ...

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From: The Omaha Lancers > News
Lancers Name Chadd Cassidy as Head Coach, General Manager
By Omaha Lancers, 07/10/21, 4:00PM CDT

RALSTON, NE - The Omaha Lancers have named Chadd Cassidy as its new Head Coach and General Manager replacing David Wilkie, who stepped down earlier to pursue other opportunities.

For the past 5 years, Cassidy coached the Northwood School in Lake Placid, NY to a 211-56-19 record, including a New York State championship and a bronze medal at the national tournament. Prior to Northwood, Cassidy was the head coach of the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League for 3 years and an assistant for one year. Cassidy led the Americans to the AHL playoffs three times during his tenure. Prior to the Americans, Cassidy served as an assistant coach for the United States National Development Team Program for five years, during which time the team won 2 gold medals and a silver medal. A native of Lake Placid, NY, and the youngest ever inductee to the New York State Coaches Hall of Fame, Cassidy will relocate to Omaha with his wife Tara, son Sheldon and daughter Ireland. ...

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From: KearneyHub.com > Grand Island (NE) Independent
Defenseman Mitch Miller returns to Storm after year away from the game

By DALE MILLER, Grand Island Independent

Updated 2 hrs ago (25 August 2021)

KEARNEY — Tri-City Storm president of hockey operations and head coach Anthony Noreen believes Mitchell Miller deserves a second chance.

And he believes the Storm is the right organization to provide that opportunity.

On Wednesday, the organization announced that the 19-year-old defenseman would rejoin Tri-City for the upcoming United States Hockey League season.

Miller scored eight goals and recorded 25 assists in 44 games for the Storm during the 2019-20 regular season. ...

Miller admitted in an Ohio juvenile court to bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities. The victim said Miller used racial slurs toward him.

After reports of the incidents became public following the 2020 NHL draft, Miller was dismissed from the University of North Dakota hockey team. The Arizona Coyotes renounced their draft rights to Miller after selecting him in the fourth round. ...

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