Andrew Strathmann knew he had more to offer than his first season in the USHL suggested.

After a weekend full of outdoor games in the NCAA and NHL, the USHL is getting in on the act later this week as the Youngstown Phantoms and Cedar Rapids RoughRiders are set to do battle at FirstEnergy Stadium for the 2023 USHL Cleveland Classic Presented by Winmark. Puck drop is set for 6:05 p.m. ET on Thursday and you’ll be able to watch the game right here on FloHockey.

Quinn Finley is back where his junior hockey career started.

With the holidays in the rearview, the Chicago Steel sit comfortably atop the USHL’s Eastern Conference with 40 points.

Jake Ratzlaff never imagined his athletic career would take such a winding path. When asked if his younger self would’ve seen this coming, the answer started with two words.

All 25 members of the U.S. National Junior Team arrived in New Brunswick over the weekend and won't waste much time getting to work to prepare for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Besides a Wednesday morning tilt between Muskegon and the USNTDP, this week’s slate is compacted into two days.

The 2022 World Junior A Challenge is back after a two-year absence thanks to the pandemic. The mid-season event has often been a fruitful scouting ground for NHL teams as it allows them to see USHL and Canadian Junior A players in a different environment from their regular teams, and also gets some extra views of top European players.

Several USHL rosters will be impacted this weekend as 22 of the league’s top players will represent Team USA at the World Junior A Challenge.

Growing up in Mississauga, Ontario, Nick Moldenhauer was a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan, naturally. In July, Moldenhauer realized a dream that would make him the envy of the entire Greater Toronto Area when the Leafs selected him in the third round of the NHL Draft last July.

The last few years of NCAA men's hockey recruiting have seemingly been dominated by Michigan and Minnesota, but there could be a slight balance of power shift for the 2023-24 incoming class. For the first time in a while, Boston College looks to have the best incoming class on paper for next season based on the players that signed their national letters of intent earlier this week.

A dozen teams will get very familiar with their opponent as this weekend’s slate features six back-to-backs. Fifteen of the 16 USHL teams will be in action and as we’ve hit the quarter mark of the season, teams are looking to separate themselves. Let's take a look at some of the top series to watch this weekend.

The World Junior A Challenge is a winter showcase event hosted by Hockey Canada, featuring two Canadian regional teams representing the East and West, a U.S. team and teams from Sweden and Latvia. The U.S. roster is often made up primarily of USHL players and this year will be no different.

Madison Capitols forward Miko Matikka grew up in Finland idolizing Russian superstars Ilya Kovalchuk and Alex Ovechkin. Perhaps it’s fitting that the 6-foot-3, right-shot winger plays a similar style and wears the No. 8 on his back.

The U.S. National Under-17 Team claimed its sixth title at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge with a rousing 11-3 victory over Canada Red in the championship game. The Hockey Canada-hosted event featured three Canadian teams, plus the U.S., Finland, Sweden and Czechia. The Americans ran the table going a perfect 7-0-0-0.