Decatur Blaze

The Decatur Blaze are a USA Hockey-sanctioned ice hockey team from Decatur, Illinois based out of the Decatur Civic Center. The team was founded in 2012 as the Bloomington Jr. Blaze based out of Bloomington, Illinois. The team relocated to Decatur after the 2013-14 season when the United States Hockey League added a team in Bloomington. The team joined the United States Premier Hockey League along with the rest of the Midwest Junior Hockey League membership for the 2015-16 season. The team moved to the United States Premier 3 Hockey League for 2016-17 when the USPHL reorganized the USPHL Midwest league.