2014-15 MetJHL Season

This is the 2014-15 Metropolitan Junior Hockey League season. This was the league's 50th season.

Franchise changes

 * The New Jersey Rockets withdrew to join the Tier I Elite Hockey League.
 * The Cranston Reds withdrew from hockey at this level
 * The Richmond Generals withdrew and joined the USPHL's elite and empire divisions
 * The Washington Jr. Nationals are sold and relocated to Burlington, Vermont where they are renamed the Vermont Lumberjacks.
 * The Norwalk, Connecticut based Connecticut Jr. Oilers withdrew
 * The Frederick Freeze withdrew.
 * The league added the Simsbury, Connecticut based Connecticut Nighthawks.
 * The league added the Waterville Valley, New Hampshire based New England Wolves.
 * The league added the Pittston, Pennsylvania based Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights.
 * The league was approved by USA Hockey to add 3 to 5 expansion teams for the 2015-16 season.

Mullen Division
Team                  GP  W  L OTL  GF  GA  P  Boston Jr Rangers      44 33  6  5  192 102 71 Walpole Express       44 34  9  1  188 106 69 Hartford Jr. Wolfpack 44 30 11  3  195 142 63 Boston Bandits        43  8 30  5  139 221 21 Connecticut Nighthawks 43 6 37  0   89 298 12

Francis Division
Team                      GP  W  L OTL  GF  GA  P  Vermont Lumberjacks        44 23 16  5  191 153 51 New England Wolves        44 20 22  2  134 163 42 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 44 18 23 3  144 163 39 Northern Cyclones         44 16 26  2  159 179 34 Valley Jr. Warriors       44 15 27  2  131 193 32

Mariconda Division
Team                  GP  W  L OTL  GF  GA  P  New York Applecore     44 35  5  4  201 106 74 Metro Fighting Moose  44 36  7  1  233 117 73 Long Island Royals    44 30  9  5  228 118 65 North Jersey Avalanche 44 29 10 5  179 125 63 Jersey Wildcats       44 22 18  4  178 169 48 New Jersey Renegades  44 14 26  4  132 194 32 Brewster Bulldogs     44  9 31  4  118 228 22

Dowd Division
Team                         GP  W  L OTL  GF  GA  P  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights 43 32 10  1  193 114 65 Philadelphia Little Flyers   43 27 13  3  177 130 57 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers      44 23 17  4  151 121 50 Central Penn Panthers        44 21 18  5  161 146 47 New Jersey Junior Titans     44 21 19  4  190 185 46 Philadelphia Revolution      44  2 41  1   86 316  5

Format

 * The four division winners are seeded 1-4 (based on record and tiebreakers)


 * Seeds 5-16 are based on points (with tie breakers applied and division tie breaker used first if applicable).


 * The teams are put in 4 pools of 4 with each team playing the other 3 teams in their pool once.


 * Each game will be played to a finish.


 * Points are 3 for a regulation win, 2 for an overtime win, one for an overtime loss, and 0 for a regulation loss.


 * The top teams in each pool advance to the best-of-three semifinals.  Semifinal pairings are based upon regular season records.


 * The two semifinal winners will meet in the best-of-three Foster Cup Final.


 * The final winner will advance to the 2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.

Red
Team                      GP W L OTL GF GA P  Hartford Jr Wolfpack        3 2 1  0  15 11 6 New York Applecore         3 2 1  0  17  9 6 North Jersey Avalanche     3 2 1  0  14 10 6 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 3 0 3  0   4 21 0
 * New York defeated New Hampshire 7-1
 * North Jersey defeated Hartford 4-3
 * Hartford defeated New York 4-3
 * North Jersey defeated New Hampshire 6-0
 * Hartford defeated New Hampshire 8-3
 * New York defeated North Jersey 7-4

White
Team                     GP W L OTL GF GA P  Boston Jr Rangers          3 3 0  0  15  7 9 Philadelphia Little Flyers 3 2 1 0  10 11 5 Long Island Royals        3 1 1  1  17 13 4 New England Wolves        3 0 3  0   4 15 0
 * Boston defeated New England 4-2
 * Philadelphia Little Flyers defeated Long Island 6-5
 * Boston defeated Philadelphia Little Flyers 6-3
 * Long Island defeated New England 10-2
 * Boston defeated Long Island 5-2
 * Philadelphia defeated New England 1-0 (ot)

Blue
Team                            GP W L OTL GF GA P  Walpole Express                   3 3 0  0  13  5 8 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Jr. Knights 3 2 0 1   8  4 7 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers          3 1 2  0   6  9 3 Jr. Titans                       3 0 3  0   6 15 0
 * Walpole defeated Philadelphia Jr Flyers 4-0
 * Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defeated Jr. Titans 3-1
 * Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defated Philadelphia Jr Flyers 3-0
 * Walpole defeated Jr. Titans 6-3
 * Walpole defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3-2 (2ot)
 * Philadelphia Jr Flyers defeated Jr Titans 6-2

Silver
Team                GP W L OTL GF GA P  Jersey Wildcats       3 2 0  1  15 12 7 Central Penn Panthers 3 2 1 0  14 10 6 Metro Fighting Moose 3 2 1  0  11 12 4 Vermont Lumberjacks  3 0 2  1  13 17 1
 * Central Penn defeated Vermont 6-4
 * Metro defeated Jersey 5-4 (ot)
 * Central Penn defeated Metro 4-1
 * Jersey defeated Vermont 6-3
 * Jersey defeated Central Penn 5-4
 * Metro defeated Vermont 5-4 (ot)

Semifinals
Best of three March 13-15
 * Boston defeated Jersey 2 games to 1 (3-4 (ot), 5-4 (ot), 3-2)
 * Walpole defeated Hartford 2 games to none (5-1, 2-1 (2ot))

Final
Best of three March 20-22 The Foster Cup champion, Boston Jr. Rangers advance to the 2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.
 * Boston defeated Walpole 2 games to none (3-2 (ot), 5-1)