2008-09 MeJHL Season

This is the 2008-09 Metropolitan Junior Hockey League season.

The league added the development teams of several members of the Southeast Junior Hockey League, which continued to operate.

Membership Changes

 * The rights to the Bethlehem Blast were transferred to the Flemington, New Jersey based New Jersey Renegades.
 * The league added Team Carolina, East Coast Eagles, Hampton Roads Whalers, Charleston Wolverines, Atlanta Jr. Knights, Florida Eels, Palm Beach Predators, Jacksonville Ice Dogs, Space Coast Hurricanes, and Tampa Bay Bolts to form two southern divisions
 * The North Jersey Avalanche and Binghamton Jr. Senators were added to the league
 * The Connecticut Wolves and Connecticut Clippers merged to for the Hartford Jr. Wolfpack

Teams

 * Central Penn Panthers
 * Hartford Jr. Wolfpack
 * Long Island Royals
 * New Jersey Junior Titans
 * New Jersey Renegades
 * New Jersey Rockets
 * New York Saints
 * Northern Cyclones
 * Philadelphia Jr. Flyers
 * Philadelphia Little Flyers
 * Portland Jr. Pirates
 * Suffolk PAL Hockey
 * Troy Eagles
 * Valley Forge Minutemen
 * Walpole Express
 * Washington Little Capitals
 * Team Carolina
 * East Coast Eagles
 * Hampton Roads Whalers
 * Charleston Wolverines
 * Atlanta Jr. Knights
 * Florida Eels
 * Palm Beach Predators
 * Jacksonville Ice Dogs
 * Space Coast Hurricanes
 * Tampa Bay Bolts

Dowd Division
Team                     GP  W  L OTL GF GA   P  Central Penn Panthers     42 30 10   2 231 96  62 Valley Forge Minutemen   42 29 10   3 160 97  61 Washington Little Caps   42 24 13   5 157 136 53 Philadelphia Jr. Flyers  42 22 19   1 156 124 45 Philadelphia Little Flyers42 13 25  4 111 179 30 New Jersey Renegades     42  3 37   2 83  275  8

Frances/Jennings Division
Team                     GP  W  L OTL GF GA   P  Walpole Express           42 38  4  0 216 77  76 Northern Cyclones        42 26 14  2 165 136 54 Hartford Jr. Wolfpack    42 25 15  2 164 149 52 Portland Jr. Pirates     42 18 22  2 151 166 38 Binghamton Jr. Senators  42  9 33  0 115 226 18 Troy Eagles              42  7 31  4 122 254 18

Mullen Division
Team                     GP  W  L OTL GF GA   P  Suffolk PAL Juniors       43 37 5   1 292 140 75 New Jersey Jr. Titans    42 26 14  2 197 146 54 New Jersey Rockets       42 23 17  2 164 148 48 Long Island Royals       43 21 19  3 183 196 45 North Jersey Avalanche   42 21 20  1 173 187 43 New York Saints          42  7 34  1 123 131 15

Southern Division
Team                     GP  W  L OTL GF GA   P  Hampton Roads Jr. Whalers 34 28 6   0 198 92  56 Space Coast Hurricanes   34 27 6   1 190 87  55 Atlanta Jr. Knights      34 26 6   2 198 84  54 Jacksonville Ice Dogs    34 25 8   1 210 83  51 Charlotte Jr. Checkers   34 15 17  2 110 143 32 Florida Eels             34 13 18  3 151 188 29 Charleston Wolverines    34 14 18  1 102 151 29 Tampa Bay Bolts          34 12 21  1 120 185 25 Palm Beach Hawks         34 7  23  4 100 222 18 East Coast Eagles        34 3  29  2 90  234 8

Playoffs
The Northern and Southern teams held seperate qualifying playoffs for the league championship  The three northern division winners and the southern playoff winner qualified for the league championship series.

Northern Divisions Semifinals

 * Walpole defeated Portland 2 games to 1
 * Hartford defeated Northern Cyclones 2 games to 1
 * Suffolk defeated Long Island 2 games to 1
 * New Jersey Jr. Titans defeated New Jersey Rockets
 * Central Penn defeated Philadelphia Jr. Flyers 2 games to none
 * Valley Forge defeated Washington Little Capitals 2 games to none

Northern Divisions Finals

 * Walpole defeated Hartford 2 games to none
 * Suffolk defeated New Jersey Jr. Titans 2 games to none
 * Central Penn defeated Valley Forge 2 games to 1

Southern Playoffs

 * Team Carolina and Florida Eels were eliminated in two round robin pools
 * Jacksonville defeated Atlanta and Hampton Roads defeated Space Coast in the semifinals
 * Jacksonville defeated Hampton Roads in the final

Championship Rounds

 * Jacksonville defeated Walpole and Central Penn defeated Suffolk in the semifinals
 * Central Penn defeated Jacksonville in the final