Hub City Tampa provided the setting for the USPHL All-Star Game Event, held over two days on Sunday and Monday, Jan. 17-18. There were four total games played in the NCDC, USPHL Premier and USPHL Elite, the latter two levels seeing their first-ever All-Star games. 

More than 40 NCAA Division I commitments and six players listed on the most recent NHL Central Scouting Players To Watch list were part of the event at the NCDC level on Monday. 

NCDC NHL Prospects Game (2002-04 birth years)

Boston Advantage forward and University of New Hampshire recruit Nick Ring scored two goals and two assists to lead Team National to a 10-5 victory. Colin Graf scored two goals and one assist.  

Jersey Hitmen forward and St. Lawrence recruit Isaac MacLeod scored a pair of goals for Team American. 

It was 4-2 after two periods, so the two teams exploded for nine combined goals in the third. 

NCDC NCAA Top Prospects Game (2000-01 birth years)

Connor Joyce's goal with 33 seconds remaining was the difference in the 7-6 victory for Team National over Team American, making it a National sweep for the two Prospects teams coached by the Boston Junior Bruins' Mike Anderson and Islanders Hockey Club's Tim Kyrkostas. 

Joyce is a member of the Connecticut Jr. Rangers and a Boston College recruit.

Kyle Lightfoot scored a goal and two assists for Team National while on the American side, Jack Dempsey (Boston Junior Bruins/Boston College) put up a 1-3-4 line. 

USPHL Premier Hub City All-Stars

Team American (representing the New England Division and some Mid-Atlantic teams) earned the 7-3 win. The Northern Cyclones' Danny Woods (2-1-3) was the leading scorer the game, while the hometown Tampa Bay Juniors' Cade Kujawski made 16 saves on 16 shots. 

The Team American Player Of The Game was Mike Tersoni, of the Islanders Hockey Club, who had a pair of goals. 

USPHL Elite Hub City All-Stars

The Northern Cyclones' Marc Giordano was the National Team's Player Of The Game, scoring two of his team's goals in a 3-1 victory. 

Connor Vittands (Cyclones) stopped all 19 shots he faced. On the Team American side, representing three Florida Division teams - the Tampa Bay Juniors, the Florida Eels and the Florida Jr. Blades - the Juniors' Tim Ruf scored the only third period goal that made it a one-goal game.