2011-12 EmpJHL Season

This is the 2011-12 Empire Junior Hockey League season.

Membership Changes
Eastern Team                          GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P  Boston Jr. Bruins              40 34  4  1  1 245  82 474 70 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs    40 34  5  0  1 260  72 703 69 South Shore Kings             40 34  6  0  0 251  89 718 68 Green Mountain Glades         40 27 10  0  3 171  97 573 57 New England Jr. Huskies       40 27 11  0  2 161 108 746 56 Boston Bandits                40 21 15  3  1 174 156 752 46 Springfield Jr. Pics          40 18 15  2  4 173 175 815 42 Bay State Breakers            40 18 20  0  1 147 157 566 38 Valley Jr. Warriors           40  9 30  0  1 111 239 531 19 Salem Ice Dogs                40  9 30  0  0  91 247 878 18 Capital District Selects      40  8 31  0  1 120 269 504 17 Western  Team                          GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P  Syracuse Stars                40 33  7  0  0 259 120 487 66 New York Apple Core           40 27  9  2  2 195 110 472 58 Brewster Bulldogs             40 26 12  2  0 166 115 601 54 Jersey Wildcats               40 25 15  0  0 148 127 452 50 Philadelphia Revolution       40 22 15  1  2 174 145 729 47 Jersey Hitmen                 40 19 15  3  3 145 132 503 44 Maksymum Jr. Hockey           40 18 15  4  3 154 144 969 43 Potomac Patriots              40 19 17  2  2 146 159 615 42 Buffalo Stars                 40  9 27  2  2  96 193 780 22 Frederick Freeze              40  6 33  1  0  93 284 741 13 Southern  Team                          GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P  Florida Jr. Blades            40 38  1  0  1 317  68 722 77 Atlanta Jr. Knights           40 25 10  2  2 170  98 827 55 Hampton Roads Whalers         40 20 18  0  2 138 138 964 42 Tampa Bay Juniors             40 19 19  0  2 162 205 379 40 East Coast Eagles             40 14 26  0  0 123 177 797 28 Palm Beach Hawks              40  9 30  1  0  94 208 847 19 Space Coast Hurricanes        40  5 34  0  1  62 279 741 11 Florida Eels                  40  5 35  0  0  88 243 771 10
 * The league added the eight members of the Southeast Junior Hockey League under the EJHL South banner. (Atlanta Jr. Knights, East Coast Eagles, Florida Eels, Florida Jr. Blades, Hampton Roads Whalers, Palm Beach Hawks, Space Coast Hurricanes, and Tampa Bay Juniors (who were renamed from the Bolts).
 * The league also added the Woodbridge, Virginia based Potomac Patriots

Playoffs
The top eight teams in the Eastern and Western conferences and the top five teams in the Southern conference qualified for the playoffs.

Six league teams (two teams from each conference) qualifed for the Nationals which were held at the Foxboro Sports Center in Foxboro, Massachusetts. This was incorporated somewhat into the league's playoffs. The league champion was determined by who advanced furthest in the Nationals (if two teams played for the national championship it was also the league championship game and if only one team qualified they would be the de facto league champion).

First Round

 * Boston Jr. Bruins defeated Bay State 2 games to none (6-3, 7-3)
 * South Shore defeated Boston Bandits 2 games to none (6-1, 4-2)
 * New England defeated Green Mountain 2 games to none (3-2, 1-0 (so))
 * New Hampshire defeated Springfield 2 games to none (8-4, 8-3)

Qualifying Round Robin
Boston Jr. Bruins and New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs qualify for nationals
 * Boston defeated New England 5-1
 * South Shore tied New Hampshire 5-5
 * South Shore defeated Boston 5-2
 * New Hampshire defeated New England 2-0
 * New Hampshire tied Boston 4-4
 * South Shore defeated New England 3-2

Double Elimination National Qualifying
Brewster Bulldogs and Philadelphia Revolution qualify for Nationals
 * Syracuse defeated Potomac 4-3
 * Maksymum defeated New York 4-1
 * Brewster defeated Jersey Hitmen 4-2
 * Philadelphia defeated Jersey Wildcats 4-2
 * Potomac defeated New York 7-4 (New York eliminated)
 * Jersey Hitmen defeated Jersey Wildcats 6-4 (Jersey Wildcats eliminated)
 * Maksymum defeated Syracuse 5-2
 * Brewster defeated Philadelphia 7-3
 * Philadelphia defeated Jersey Hitmen 4-0 (Jersey Hitmen eliminated)
 * Syracuse defeated Potomac 4-3 (Potomac eliminated)
 * Brewster defeated Maksymum 4-1
 * Philadelphia defeated Syracuse 5-4 (Syracuse eliminated)
 * Philadelphia defeated Maksymum 5-2 (Maksymum eliminated)

Double Elimination National Qualifying
Atlanta Jr. Knights and Florida Jr. Blades qualify for Nationals
 * Altanta defeated East Coast 8-0
 * Tampa Bay defeated Hampton Roads 6-4
 * East Coast defeated Hampton Roads 7-3 (Hampton Roads eliminated)
 * Atlanta defeated Tampa Bay 5-2
 * Florida defeated East Coast 9-3 (East Coast eliminated)
 * Florida defeated Tampa Bay 12-0 (Tampa Bay Eliminated)

Nationals
The six qualifying teams from the EJHL and two teams from the Eastern States Hockey League (the Boston Jr. Bruins and the Mass Maple Leafs) participated in two round robin groups and the top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals and those winners played in the championship game.

Division One
New Hampshire and Mass advance to the semifinals
 * New Hampshire defeated Atlanta 2-1 (ot)
 * Mass defeated Philadelphia 6-4
 * New Hampshire defeated Philadelphia 9-3
 * Mass defeated Atlanta 3-2 (ot)
 * Atlanta defeated Philadelphia 6-4
 * New Hampshire defeated Mass 9-1

Division Two
Brewster and Florida advance to the semifinals
 * Florida defeated Boston 2-0
 * Brewster defeated South Shore 7-3
 * Florida defeated South Shore 7-4
 * Boston tied Brewster 3-3 (ot)
 * South Shore defeated Boston 8-4
 * Brewster defeated Florida 5-2

Semifinals

 * New Hampshire defeated Florida 6-1
 * Mass defeated Brewster 5-1

Final
New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs win the league playoff title and the national championship.
 * New Hampshire defeated Mass 4-1