Tropical Elite Junior Hockey League

The Tropical Elite Hockey League was a planned six-team Florida-based junior hockey league that would be operating as part of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for the 2012-13 season. On October 1, 2012 the league announced that it was suspending operations for the 2012-13 season. Some of the league members indicated they would be playing an independent schedule for the season and the league was hoping to play with the 2013-14 playing season.

The original 6 teams were as follows:
 * Daytona Beach Blaze based out of Daytona Ice Arena
 * Kissimmee Vipers also later called the TOHO Vipers based out of the Ice Factory of Central Florida in Kissimmee, Florida
 * Tampa Bay Tide based out of the Tampa Bay Skating Academy in Oldsmar, Florida
 * Florida Coyotes based out of the Palm Beach Skate Zone in Lake Worth, Florida
 * Pompano Prowlers based out of the Glacier Ice and Snow Arena in Lighthouse Point, Florida
 * St Cloud Thunder based in St. Cloud, Florida may have been planning on playing out of the Ice Factory of Central Florida or Silver Spurs Arena (both of which are in Kissimmee

Other teams later listed:
 * Miami Sea Devils based out of the Kendall Ice Arena in Miami, Florida
 * Florida Pharaohs

The league website was www.tropicalelitchockey.com but now not working.