2006-07 EmpJHL Season

This is the standings of the Empire Junior Hockey League in the 2006-07 season.

Membership Changes

 * The Full Stride Flyers left the league
 * The Wheatfield Blades joined the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League and the league franchise rights are transferred Buffalo Stars
 * The Rochester Jr. Americans franchise is transferred to the Maksymum Jr. Hockey organization
 * The league added the Foxboro Stars, Green Mountain Glades and Virginia Statesmen

Team                          GP    W    L    T  OTL   GF    GA     P  National Conference Atlantic Boston Jr. Bruins             44    40   3    1   0    253   85     81 Bay State Breakers            44    28   11   5   0    200   135    61 Foxboro Stars                 45    19   20   5   1    156   146    44 Bridgewater Bandits           44    17   22   4   1    137   149    39 Salem Ice Dogs                44    15   26   3   0    133   191    33 Capital District Selects      44    7    37   0   0    90    231    14 Northeast New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs    43    32   8    2   1    195   98     67 Tyngsboro Huskies             43    30   8    3   2    199   99     65 Green Mountain Glades         43    14   27   2   0    132   195    30 New England Falcons           43    9    31   2   1    128   211    21 Valley Jr. Warriors           43    4    38   0   1    76    232    9 American Conference Eastern Brewster Bulldogs             39    29   7    2   1    209   125    61 New York Apple Core           39    25   7    7   0    161   104    57 Jersey Wildcats               39    17   20   1   1    124   180    36 Virginia Statesmen            39    13   21   3   2    137   164    31 Tri-State Selects             39    12   23   3   1    138   170    28 Western Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins       38    32   6    0   0    195   86     64 Maksymum Jr. Hockey           38    25   7    4   2    147   85     56 Syracuse Stars                39    19   19   0   1    158   159    39 Buffalo Stars                 38    3    33   1   1    68    191    8 Binghamton Jr. Senators*      0     0    0    0   0    0     0      0 (*) folded.

Playoffs
Top 8 teams in each conference qualify. First round series are best-of-three series held at home of higher seed (game 3 would be mini game). Second round series are best-of-three series held at home of higher seed (game 3 is normal game). The four winning teams advance to "Final Four Weekend" round robin at the Houston Field House on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. The top two finishers in the round robin advance to the league championship game and both advance to the USA Hockey National Championship held March 29-April 2 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

National Conference

 * Boston defeated Green Mountain 2 games to none (7-0, 3-0)
 * Bay State defeated Foxboro 2 games to 1 (6-3, 3-0)
 * New England Huskies defeated Bridgewater 2 games to none (4-2, 5-4)
 * New Hampshire defeated Salem 2 games to none (5-2, 8-4)

American Conference

 * Pittsburgh defeated Tri-State 2 games to none (6-1, 6-1)
 * Syracuse defeated Maksymum 2 games to 1 (3-2, 2-6, 1-0 (ot))
 * New York defeated Jersey 2 games to none (6-3, 7-0)
 * Brewster defeated Virginia 2 games to none (8-2, 8-2)

National Conference

 * Boston defeated Bay State 2 games to none (4-3, 5-1)
 * New Hampshire defeated New England 2 games to none 4-3 (ot), 5-2)

American Conference

 * Pittsburgh defeated Syracuse 2 games to 1 (2-5, 4-2, 4-1)
 * New York defeated Brewster 2 games to none (3-2, 4-3)

Final Four Weekend

 * Boston defeated New York 4-0
 * New Hampshire defeated Pittsburgh 3-2
 * Boston defeated New Hampshire 8-3
 * New York defeated Pittsburgh 6-3
 * Boston defeated Pittsburgh 3-1
 * New Hampshire defeated New York 5-4

Championship game
Both teams advance to the national tournament. New Hampshire ended up winning the national championship.
 * Boston defeated New Hampshire 4-2