2000-01 EmpJHL Season

This is the 2000-01 Empire Junior B Hockey League season.

Membership Changes

 * The league lost the Tri-State Jr. Bandits, Upstate T-Birds (suspended operations)

Standings
Team                     GP  W  L T  GF  GA  P  Wheatfield Blades         30 23  7 0 163  83 46 Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins  30 21  8 1 163  98 43 Mass Maple Leafs         30 20 10 0 139 114 40 Rochester Jr. B Americans 30 15 14 1 153 116 31 Syracuse Stars           30  6 24 0  88 184 12 Binghamton Tornadoes     30  4 26 0  77 188  8

Post Season
Held March 16-18, 2001 at the ESL Center in Rochester, New York.

Format
The tournament used a modified round robin format with the first second and third place teams making up one group and the fourth, fifth and six place making up the other group. Each team in one group played all the teams in the other group.

Results
Wheatfield finished as the only team with a 3-0 record. However, Mass defeated Pittsburgh 2-1 in a game played on the evening of the last round robin games (which were played in the morning). Mass and Pittsburgh finished 3rd and 2nd respectively overall based on goal differential (ahead of Rochester). This game may have been for a second berth in the national tournament. (No information to confirm if Wheatfield won the championship and if the final game was for a national tournament spot).
 * Wheatfield defeated Rochester 5-2
 * Pittsburgh defeated Syracuse 5-2
 * Mass defeated Binghamton 9-3
 * Rochester defeated Pittsburgh 6-2
 * Wheatfield defeated Binghamton 4-1
 * Mass defeated Syracuse 4-2
 * Pittsburgh defeated Binghamton 17-2
 * Rochester defeated Mass 7-4
 * Wheatfield defeated Syracuse 7-2