What league does Chicago Crush play in?

Chicago Crush play in the USPHL Premier.

When was Chicago Crush founded?

Chicago Crush was founded in 2022.

Who is the head coach of Chicago Crush?

The head coach of Chicago Crush is Phil Bushbacher.

What arena does Chicago Crush play in?

Chicago Crush play their home games at Summit Ice Center.

What are the team colors of Chicago Crush?

The team colors of Chicago Crush are Blue + Red + White.

Chicago Crush

USPHL Premier

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2025-2026

2025-2026 Season

Chicago Crush were 8-32-3 in the 2025-26 USPHL Premier season with 21 points, 5th in the Midwest and 66th overall.

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2025-2026 Chicago Crush Player Stats

All Positions

Chicago Crush — 2025-2026 Skater Stats
#	N	Skater	Regular Season						Postseason
#	N	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
USPHL Premier
1.		Caleb Lind (F)	44	14	18	32	32	-	5	0	0	0	2
2.		Owen Hartnett (F)	44	13	10	23	75	-	1	0	0	0	0
3.		Jakub Potoczny (F)	35	8	15	23	6	-	5	0	2	2	0
4.		Joey Bledsoe (F)	44	15	5	20	8	-	3	3	3	6	0
5.		Ryan Brown (C)	42	3	17	20	47	-	5	2	2	4	4
6.		John Martino (F)	31	6	12	18	6	-	2	0	0	0	0
7.		Michael Large (F)	41	6	10	16	20	-	5	0	0	0	0
8.		Jace Levine (RW)	39	5	9	14	7	-	4	1	0	1	2
9.		Connor Edwards (D)	42	0	13	13	18	-	5	0	1	1	0
10.		Josh Yeates (F)	19	4	8	12	12	-
11.		Alexander Guida (F)	30	6	5	11	6	-	5	1	0	1	2
12.		Addison Noffsinger (D)	42	0	11	11	16	-	5	1	4	5	0
13.		Timéo Tissot (D)	36	5	5	10	22	-	5	0	1	1	6
14.		Keith Watkins (F)	40	4	6	10	88	-	5	1	2	3	6
15.		Brody Luzbetak (D)	42	2	7	9	6	-	5	0	0	0	0
16.		Alex Matysiak (F/D)	33	0	8	8	22	-	4	0	0	0	17
17.		Vincent Cerrentano (C)	21	4	3	7	24	-
18.		Hunter Pope (D)	14	1	6	7	27	-
19.		Van Bickers (D/F)	35	3	3	6	65	-
20.		Anthony Obrachta (F)	13	1	5	6	4	-	5	0	1	1	0
21.		Niko Dougan (F)	10	2	3	5	0	-
22.		Krstan Dukic (D)	25	1	3	4	43	-
23.		Giovanni Rizzo (RW)	14	2	1	3	4	-
24.		Brandon Herschbach (F)	9	1	2	3	0	-
25.		Dimitri Meyer-Bergeon (C)	4	1	1	2	0	-	5	0	0	0	2
26.		Cole Darlas (F)	8	1	1	2	8	-
27.		Ramsey Paullo (D)	14	1	1	2	0	-
28.		Lincoln Stochl (F)	1	1	0	1	2	-	5	2	5	7	2
29.		Gavin Jedlicka (F)	3	1	0	1	0	-	5	1	2	3	0
30.		Joey Grobarek (F)	6	1	0	1	0	-	5	2	2	4	2
31.		Lukas Gold (F)	11	1	0	1	2	-
32.		Daniel Neuses (D/F)	1	0	1	1	0	-
33.		Jack Smith (F)	3	0	1	1	0	-
34.		Chase Coffman (D)	4	0	1	1	0	-
35.		Henry Prater (F)	8	0	1	1	2	-
36.		Hammad Khan (F)	1	0	0	0	0	-
37.		Colton Flucas (F)	1	0	0	0	0	-
38.		Donavin Miller (D)	1	0	0	0	4	-
39.		Jace Prindle (F)	2	0	0	0	0	-
40.		DJ Long (C)	2	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0
41.		Aliaksandr Yakimenka (D)	2	0	0	0	0	-
42.		Dylan Kennedy (F)	2	0	0	0	0	-	4	0	0	0	0
43.		Brandon Adolfino (F)	2	0	0	0	4	-
44.		Nigel Ladret (F)	4	0	0	0	0	-	5	1	0	1	2

Chicago Crush — 2025-2026 Goalie Stats
#	N	Goalie	Regular Season									Postseason
#	N	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
USPHL Premier
1.		Brendan Kusbel (G)	18	4.29	.900	3	14	0	0	940:45	638	3	3.50	.931
2.		Jack Allivato (G)	20	4.13	.888	4	13	3	0	1085:44	616	3	3.81	.886
3.		Daniel Gurtner (G)	3	3.70	.885	1	1	0	0	146:03	69
4.		Nathan Wax (G)	4	5.32	.883	1	1	0	0	124:05	83
5.		Joseph Marturano (G)	4	4.99	.870	0	0	0	0	63:07	40
6.		Giovanni Bottalico (G)	2	5.44	.867	0	1	0	0	88:14	52
7.		Hayden Rabe (G)	3	10.85	.866	0	1	0	0	71:53	84

2025-2026 Chicago Crush Staff

GM/Head CoachPhil Bushbacher
GovernorPete Olson

Team Staff History

2025-2026 Chicago Crush Demographics

Chicago Crush Facts

Plays in: United States Premier Hockey League - Premier
Team Colors: Blue + Red + White
Town: -
Founded: 2022

2025-2026 Chicago Crush Roster Facts

Nationalities

47 players
2 players
1 player
1 player

Experience

Chicago Crush: 1 188 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Summit Ice Center
Location: Lockport, IL
Capacity: 1 500
Construction Year: 2025

Chicago Crush Games

Chicago Crush — 2025-2026 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
11/13/2026 04:00 PM GMT-6	Red River Spartans	Chicago Crush	-	USPHL Premier
11/12/2026 04:00 PM GMT-6	Red River Spartans	Chicago Crush	-	USPHL Premier
10/30/2026 04:00 PM GMT-5	Chicago Crush	Metro Jets	1 - 4	USPHL Premier
10/29/2026 04:00 PM GMT-5	Chicago Crush	Metro Jets	1 - 2	USPHL Premier
10/26/2026 08:15 PM GMT-5	Kinni Spirit	Chicago Crush	0 - 8	USPHL Premier

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Latest Transactions

Chicago Crush — Latest Transactions
Date	Status		Player	Team	Source
08/14/2025	Confirmed	leaving	JJ Gongol (F)	Chicago T-Rex	Details
07/09/2025	Confirmed	leaving	Patrick Haverstad Johansen (G)	Söderhamn/Ljusne HC	Details
06/26/2025	Confirmed	leaving	John Beldecos (D)	Chelmsford Chieftains	Details
09/03/2024	Confirmed	joining	John Beldecos (D)	Haringey Huskies	Details
06/24/2024	Confirmed	leaving	Jack Sundhall (G)	Nässjö HC	Details
06/03/2024	Confirmed	leaving	Jonathan Wood (D)	Saginaw Valley State Univ.	Details

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Chicago Crush History and Standings

Chicago Crush — Season History
season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	USPHL Premier	13	5	5	-	1	1	45	37	15	1.15	4	-
2025-2026	USPHL Premier	44	6	32	-	2	3	114	202	21	0.48	5	-
2024-2025	USPHL Premier	44	29	11	-	-	4	197	124	62	1.41	2	Division Final loss
2023-2024	USPHL Premier	44	25	15	-	-	4	142	126	54	1.23	3	Division Semifinal loss
2022-2023	USPHL Premier	44	13	24	-	-	7	118	184	33	0.75	5	Division QF loss

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Chicago Crush — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Joey Grobarek (F)	2026-2027	Milwaukee School of Eng.	ACHA II	18	21	21	42	18
2.	Charles Domaracki (D)	2026-2027	Aurora Univ.	ACHA II	11	6	17	23	22
3.	Xavier Othon (F)	2026-2027	Texas Jr. Brahmas	NA3HL	13	6	12	18	19
4.	Ryan Kranicki (F)	2026-2027	Loyola Univ. - Chicago	ACHA III	12	5	7	12	47
5.	Caden Day (F)	2026-2027	Univ. of Arkansas	ACHA II	12	6	5	11	8
6.	Nick Zehelein (F)	2026-2027	Univ. of Tampa	ACHA II	11	5	5	10	6
7.	Cameron Krause (F)	2026-2027	Purdue Univ. Northwest	ACHA	8	2	6	8	12
8.	Trevor Peterson (F)	2026-2027	Marquette Univ.	ACHA II	11	2	5	7	16
9.	Timéo Tissot (D)	2026-2027	Hiti Academy Bled Hawks U20	Austria U20i	14	0	6	6	32
10.	Alexander Guida (F)	2026-2027	Roosevelt Univ.	ACHA II	5	4	1	5	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Chicago Crush — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	5'10"	165 lbs	18.38
2025-2026	View Roster	5'10"	170 lbs	19.71
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	179 lbs	19.47
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	181 lbs	19.69
2022-2023	View Roster	5'11"	181 lbs	18.76

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Caden Day (F)	82	43	60	103
2.	Spencer Kauke (F)	127	38	63	101
3.	Nick Zehelein (F)	84	30	38	68
4.	JJ Gongol (F)	36	28	36	64
5.	Jacob Rozanski (F)	65	28	33	61

Franchise All-Time Goals

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Caden Day (F)	82	43	60	103
2.	Spencer Kauke (F)	127	38	63	101
3.	Nick Zehelein (F)	84	30	38	68
4.	JJ Gongol (F)	36	28	36	64
5.	Jacob Rozanski (F)	65	28	33	61

Franchise All-Time Assists

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Spencer Kauke (F)	127	38	63	101
2.	Caden Day (F)	82	43	60	103
3.	Cyler Brogle (D)	101	6	43	49
4.	Nick Zehelein (F)	84	30	38	68
5.	JJ Gongol (F)	36	28	36	64

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Spencer Kauke (F)	127	38	101	198
2.	William Kenny (F)	123	20	39	182
3.	Conor Heniff (F)	81	9	19	161
4.	Logan Fernandes (F)	108	18	32	153
5.	Keith Watkins (F)	56	5	16	140

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Ryan Brown (F)	131	12	31	43
2.	Spencer Kauke (F)	127	38	63	101
3.	William Kenny (F)	123	20	19	39
4.	Logan Fernandes (F)	108	18	14	32
5.	Cyler Brogle (D)	101	6	43	49

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Johan Karjalainen (F)	12	14	26	2.17
2.	JJ Gongol (F)	36	28	64	1.78
3.	Nikita Tashkinov-Eidemiller (F)	7	4	11	1.57
4.	MacGregor King (F)	41	22	53	1.29
5.	Caden Day (F)	82	43	103	1.26

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	JJ Gongol (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	36	28	36	64	1.78	42
2.	Spencer Kauke (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	44	23	34	57	1.30	52
3.	MacGregor King (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	41	22	31	53	1.29	10
4.	Caden Day (F)	2023-2024	USPHL Premier	44	26	26	52	1.18	96
5.	Caden Day (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	38	17	34	51	1.34	31

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	JJ Gongol (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	36	28	36	64	1.78	42
2.	Caden Day (F)	2023-2024	USPHL Premier	44	26	26	52	1.18	96
3.	Spencer Kauke (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	44	23	34	57	1.30	52
4.	MacGregor King (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	41	22	31	53	1.29	10
5.	Jacob Rozanski (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	36	20	22	42	1.17	6

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	JJ Gongol (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	36	28	36	64	1.78	42
2.	Spencer Kauke (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	44	23	34	57	1.30	52
3.	Caden Day (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	38	17	34	51	1.34	31
4.	MacGregor King (F)	2024-2025	USPHL Premier	41	22	31	53	1.29	10
5.	Caden Day (F)	2023-2024	USPHL Premier	44	26	26	52	1.18	96

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Chicago Crush — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Caden Day (F)	2023-2024	USPHL Premier	44	26	26	52	1.18	96
2.	Keith Watkins (F)	2025-2026	USPHL Premier	40	4	6	10	0.25	88
3.	Conor Heniff (F)	2022-2023	USPHL Premier	39	5	3	8	0.21	88
4.	Ryan Hammer (F)	2023-2024	USPHL Premier	41	12	22	34	0.83	87
5.	Brennan Cazel (D)	2023-2024	USPHL Premier	39	2	11	13	0.33	86