{"id":243221,"date":"2026-03-30T11:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243221\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:03:09","slug":"vernal-oilers-capture-back-to-back-usphl-premier-national-championships-usphl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243221\/","title":{"rendered":"VERNAL OILERS CAPTURE BACK-TO-BACK USPHL PREMIER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS \u2022 USPHL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vernal Oilers have cemented their place atop the USPHL Premier, capturing their second consecutive National Championship with a 6-4 victory over the Fresno Monsters on Sunday at Ice Vault Rink in Wayne, NJ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the win, Vernal becomes back-to-back champions, continuing a dominant run that has defined the program over the past two seasons.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62662 alignright lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Premier-Champs-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\"  data- style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 425px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 425\/425;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the first period, the Oilers took a 1-0 lead with Jack Treacy scoring at 15:51. In the second period, Vernal kept on the attack scoring three unanswered goals with Maximillian Enge-Kristiansen, Logan Powers, and Roni Alanko for a 4-0 lead. Jonathan Anderson got the Monsters on the scoresheet at 11:20 in the middle frame. Nearing the end of the second, Vernal netted another goal to extend their lead to 5-1 with Hugo Johansson scoring. In the third, the Monsters went on a run to make things interesting. Filipp Papshev, Nils Tunbratt (power-play goal), and Addrian Gomez all scored, making it a 5-4 score. With under a minute remaining, Jack Treacy netted his second of the game to seal the win for Vernal, 6-4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vernal outshot Fresno 50-42 in a fast-paced, high-scoring final, showcasing the offensive depth and resilience that powered them through the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Oilers forward Brayden Boucher was named the USPHL Premier Nationals MVP. Over 5 games at Nationals, Boucher posted 9 points with 6 goals and 3 assists, including four 2 point games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Oilers finished the Regular Season with a 42-2 record with 84 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks another milestone for the Oilers, who entered Nationals as defending champions and once again proved they are the team to beat on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vernal Oilers have cemented their place atop the USPHL Premier, capturing their second consecutive National Championship with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,109090,108804,108805,109091,109092],"class_list":{"0":"post-243221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news","11":"tag-usphl","12":"tag-usphl-nationals","13":"tag-usphl-premier","14":"tag-vernal-hockey","15":"tag-vernal-oilers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}