{"id":303914,"date":"2026-06-11T14:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303914\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T14:24:09","slug":"miami-hockey-announces-addition-of-branko-vukas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303914\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Hockey Announces Addition of Branko Vukas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Ohio\u2014 Miami Hockey head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/sports\/mens-ice-hockey\/roster\/coaches\/anthony-noreen\/1122\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1122\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Noreen<\/a> announced today that Branko Vukas will join the RedHawks&#8217; program ahead of the 2026-27 season. Vukas, a defenseman from Dyer, Ind., comes to Miami from Muskegon of the USHL.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBranko Vukas, 6-4, 215, Defenseman, Dyer, Ind.\/Muskegon (USHL)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPRIOR TO MIAMI<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tPlayed 42 games with Muskegon Lumberjacks last season, collecting 12 points (1-11-12) with a +10 rating&#13;<br \/>\n\tBegan the 2025-26 campaign with Omaha Lancers (USHL), where he served as team captain&#13;<br \/>\n\tAppeared in 54 games for Omaha in 2024-25, putting up six points (1-5-6)&#13;<br \/>\n\tSaw action in 31 games for Oklahoma Warriors (NAHL) in 2023-24, contributing 12 points (2-10-12)&#13;<br \/>\n\tAlso played for Chicago Fury (18U AAA) in 2023-24, with 40 points in 40 games&#13;<br \/>\n\tWas a finalist for USHL&#8217;s Gaudreau Award in 2025&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nDon&#8217;t miss a minute of the 2026-27 season &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/redhawktix.evenue.net\/signin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here today to renew your season tickets<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/redhawktix.evenue.net\/events\/IHST\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here to purchase new season tickets<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Champion Miami Hockey to Excellence \u2013 Brick by Brick<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHelp build on Miami Hockey&#8217;s storied tradition and invest in its championship future by joining the Brick by Brick campaign! Members receive exclusive access to the program and permanent recognition with a personalized brick inside the team locker room. To learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiathleticfund.org\/s\/916\/gradchamps\/interior.aspx?sid=916&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=16106&amp;cid=30887&amp;ecid=30887&amp;crid=0&amp;calpgid=12264&amp;calcid=22953\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> or contact <a href=\"https:\/\/miamiredhawks.com\/staff-directory\/jared-g-willis\/693\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"693\" target=\"_blank\">Jared G. Willis<\/a> with the Miami Athletic Fund at Willis19@MiamiOH.edu.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OXFORD, Ohio\u2014 Miami Hockey head coach Anthony Noreen announced today that Branko Vukas will join the RedHawks&#8217; program&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-303914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}