Kaitlyn Kupiec

2 weeks ago | nationals.usahockey.com | Kaitlyn Kupiec |Jim Hoehn |Sean Shapiro |Angelina Martell

STRONGVILLE, Ohio -- Premier Prep White Yetis (MN) and Northern CT Lights (CT) each entered Sunday’s 2A title game of the 2025 Chipotle-USA Hockey Girls Tier II 19U National Championships undefeated.   The Yetis will go home as the only undefeated team in the tournament, as they prevailed 2-1 to win a national title. “The mindset [heading into the game] is that we need to continue what we have been doing,” said Premier Prep White head coach Bob Sherry.

3 weeks ago | nationals.usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Justin Felisko |Kaitlyn Kupiec |Dan Scifo

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The 2025 Chipotle-USA Hockey National Championships resume today (April 1), with Girls and Youth Tier I tournaments beginning at four different host sites across the country. Girls and Youth Tier II tournaments will kick off tomorrow (April 2) at six different host sites across the country.   Fans can watch every game from the Chipotle-USA Hockey National Championships both live and on-demand, exclusively at USAHockeyTV.com.

3 weeks ago | nationals.usahockey.com | Dan Scifo |Kaitlyn Kupiec |Steve Drumwright

One trip to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Colorado Springs changed the life of not only Jack Gates, but also hundreds of high-level athletes and children throughout the country. Gates played Division I hockey at Colorado College from 2017 to 2021.

3 weeks ago | nationals.usahockey.com | Kaitlyn Kupiec |Dan Scifo |Steve Drumwright

“Hockey is for everyone” is a slogan the sport has long embraced. For the Los Angeles Lions Girls Tier I 14U team, it’s more than just words — it’s reality. The LA Lions hockey program, which began with a single 8U team in 2014, had pierced the top 15 of Tier I tournament-bound teams by 2020. The program’s 14U girls team qualified for the Chipotle-USA Hockey Girls National Championships in 2021, the first year the Lions were eligible.

1 month ago | chronofhorse.com | Kaitlyn Kupiec |Natalie Voss |Sue Weakley |Nicole Mandracchia

When 11-year-old Savanna Springfield and her pony Candy Crush entered the ring for their second round at the ExEL Winter Wonderland Show in Germantown, Tennessee, last December, she had more on her mind than just the order of her fences. The show was the first major outing for “Candy” in almost a year, after a hock injury had left her sidelined for months, but—uncharacteristically—the pony had refused several jumps in their first round, and they were unable to finish the course.