2013-14 USPHL-Elite Season

This is the 2013-14 United States Premier Hockey League-Elite Season. This was the league's first season. Eighteen team played this season. The Southern Division teams played a forty game schedule while the Northern Division teams appear to have been scheduled for a forty-five game season, but the schedule was decimated by lousy weather and many of the games that were cancelled were not rescheduled.

Standings
Northern Conference Team                      GP  W  L OL SL  P Pct. GF GA  Rochester Jr. Americans    42 36  4  1  1 74 .881 217  80 Springfield Pics          40 32  6  2  0 66 .825 212  92 Bay State Breakers        43 30 11  2  0 62 .721 143 110 Junior Bruins             42 30 12  0  0 60 .714 177 112 Jersey Hitmen             42 25 13  0  4 54 .643 143 118 Syracuse Stars            42 18 21  1  2 39 .464 115 153 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 42 16 22 1  3 36 .429 117 173 Portland Jr. Pirates      43 16 25  0  2 34 .395 136 182 South Shore Kings         43 11 28  0  4 26 .302 120 192 Islanders Hockey Club     43  6 35  2  0 14 .163  92 210 Southern Conference Team                 GP  W  L OL SL  P Pct. GF GA  Florida Eels          40 27 10  1  2 57 .713 137 105 Palm Beach Hawks     40 24  9  3  4 55 .688 167 124 Hampton Roads Whalers 40 25 14 1  0 51 .638 168 104 East Coast Eagles    40 19 18  2  1 41 .513 140 132 Potomac Patriots     40 19 18  0  3 41 .513 127 145 Tampa Bay Juniors    40 18 17  1  4 41 .513 145 151 Atlanta Jr. Knights  40 15 21  2  2 34 .425 135 174 Junior Hurricanes    40  4 34  1  1 10 .125  71 205

Format
The Top eight teams in each conference qualified for the playoffs. The conference quarterfinals and semifinals were best of three. The four remaining teams participated in a round-robin with the top two teams from the round robin advancing to a single game league championship. The playoff champion advanced to the 2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.

First Round

 * Jersey Hitmen defeated Junior Bruins two games to none, 3-1,  2-1
 * Sprigfield Pics defeated New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 2 games to none, 10-0, 11-2
 * Florida Eels defeated Junior Hurricanes 2 games to none,  7-2, 5-1
 * Hampton Roads Warriors defeated Atlanta Jr. Knights one game to none with one tie, 12-2, 6-6 (ot)
 * Rochster Junior Americans defeated Portland Jr. Pirates two games to none, 5-1, 3-2
 * Bay State Breakers defeated Syracuse Stars 2 games to 1, 1-0, 2-4, 1-0 (ot)
 * Tampa Bay Juniors defeated Palm Beach Hawks 2 games to 1, 1-0, 7-5
 * East Coast Eagles defeatd Potomac Patriots 2 games to none, 4-1, 4-3

Quarterfinals

 * Jersey Hitmen defeated Rochester Jr. Americans 2 games to 1, 1-0, 1-5, 2-0
 * Springfield Pics defeated Bay State Breakers 2 games to none, 3-0, 6-1
 * Florida Eels defeated Tampa Bay Juniors two games to 1, 4-3 (ot), 0-2, 2-0
 * Hampton Roads Warriors defeated East Coast Eagles 2 games to 1, 2-7, 3-2 (ot), 1-0

Semifinal Round Robin

 * Springfield Pics defeated Hampton Roads Whalers, 5-0
 * Jersey Hitmen tied Florida Eels, 1-1 (ot)
 * Springfield Pics defeated Jersey Hitmen, 4-4 (ot)
 * Florida Eels defeated Hampton Roads Whalers, 7-4
 * Jersey Hitmen defeated Hampton Roads Whalers, 3-2
 * Springfield Pics defeated Florida Eels, 5-0

Round Robin Standings
Team               GP W L T GF GA P  *-Springfield Pics   3 2 0 1 14  4 5 *-Jersey Hitmen     3 1 0 2  8  7 4 Florida Eels        3 1 1 1  8 10 3 Hampton Road Whalers 3 0 3 0 7 14 0 *-advance to finals

Final
The Springfield Pics advanced to the 2014 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.
 * Springfield Pics defeated Jersey Hitmen 3 to 2 in overtime