USPHL Premier Players Of The Week: South Region 

By USPHL Staff, 11/11/21, 5:30PM EST

 

Week of Nov. 11, 2021

Southeast Division

Florida Division

Forward: Collin Patterson, Florida Eels

The Eels made a trip to Atlanta for three games and Patterson came out with his second straight hat trick and an eight-point weekend (4-4-8). The second-year Eel, a 2002-born native of Melbourne, Fla., posted a hat trick in the opener against Atlanta, then added an assist on top of that. He followed that with a 1-2-3 game on Saturday and and one assist on Sunday. In 15 games this season, he has 22 points, and overall for his career, he has 49 points in 50 contests.

 

Defense: Alex Svoboda, Florida Eels

The local product Svoboda (‘03/Fort Myers, Fla.) is in his fourth USPHL campaign, but this is his first go-round with the hometown Eels and first season in the Premier league. Recently, against Atlanta, Svoboda registered three assists and he now stands with six assists in 13 games.

 

Goaltender: Onni Taskila, Tampa Bay Juniors

The 2003-born native of Vantaa, Finland, originally began his North American career with the South Florida Hockey Academy. Nowadays, he is putting together victories with the Juniors, including stopping 28 of 30 shots in a 4-3 victory over Palm Beach.