2012-13 EmpJHL Season

This is the '''2012-13 Empire Junior Hockey League season.  '''This was the league's last season as a stand alone entity. The league became the United States Premier Hockey League's Empire Division for the 2013-14 season.

Membership changes

 * The Capital District Selects team was sold and moved to Norwalk, Connecticut where they were renamed the Connecticut Oilers.
 * The Green Mountain Glades were sold and relocated to Saco, Maine where they were renamed the Portland Jr. Pirates
 * The franchise rights to the dormant Uncle Sam's of Troy franchise was sold and were revived as the Adirondack Jr. Wings.

Standings
Eastern Conference Team                      GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P  New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 40 33  6  0  1 230  90 909 67 Boston Jr. Bruins         40 31  7  1  1 180  83 483 64 South Shore Kings         40 29  8  2  1 205 132 732 61 Boston Bandits            40 27 10  2  1 195 114 609 57 Springfield Jr. Pics      40 23 14  2  1 172 138 809 49 Bay State Breakers        40 21 15  1  3 148 126 517 46 Islanders Hockey Club     40 18 17  3  2 136 138 735 41 Valley Jr. Warriors       40 17 20  2  1 140 150 772 37 Portland Jr. Pirates      40 10 27  2  1  94 183 972 23 Connecticut Oilers        40  9 28  2  1 111 181 782 21 Salem Ice Dogs            40  5 34  0  1  83 268 662 11 Western Conference Team                   GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P  New York Apple Core     40 33  5  1  1 161  93 667 68 Philadelphia Revolution 40 31 6  1  2 196  81 733 65 Jersey Hitmen          40 29  9  0  2 169  90 723 60 Maksymum Jr. Hockey    40 23 14  2  1 158 104 771 49 Frederick Freeze       40 24 16  0  0 192 131 793 48 Syracuse Stars         40 19 16  3  2 129 112 670 43 Suffolk Juniors        40 19 19  0  2 115 135 753 40 Brewster Bulldogs      40 18 19  1  2 136 175 618 39 Adirondack Jr. Wings   40 16 23  0  1 119 165 641 33 Jersey Wildcats        40 13 24  0  3 127 176 551 29 Buffalo Stars          40  3 35  0  0  62 229 873  6 Southern Conference Team                  GP  W  L OL SL  GF  GA PIM  P Florida Jr. Blades     40 34  6  0  0 178  70 622 68 Atlanta Jr. Knights   40 33  5  0  2 183  68 631 68 Florida Eels          40 25 13  0  2 165 142 617 52 Tampa Bay Juniors     40 19 17  2  2 189 132 558 42 Hampton Roads Whalers 40 20 20  0  0 155 176 692 40 East Coast Eagles     40 14 22  1  3 149 165 812 32 Palm Beach Hawks      40 11 26  1  2  86 191 613 25 Potomac Patriots      40 10 29  1  0 115 227 834 21 Space Coast Hurricanes 40 2 37  0  1  37 247 446  5

Playoffs
The top 16 teams were divided up into 4 pools of 4 and played a round robin within the group

Group A
Atlanta, Boston Bandits, New Hampshire, and Syracuse
 * New Hampshire defeated Syracuse 7-1
 * Boston defeated Atlanta 5-4
 * New Hampshire defeated Atlanta 5-4
 * Syracuse defeated Boston Bandits 5-4 (ot)
 * Atlanta defeated Syracuse 2-1
 * New Hampshire defeated Boston Bandits 5-4 (ot)

Group B
Frederick, Jersey, New York, and Springfield
 * New York defeated Frederick 4-1
 * Jersey defeated Springfield 5-1
 * Springfield defeated New York 5-2
 * New York defeated Jersey 2-1
 * Springfield defeated Frederick 4-2
 * Jersey defeated Frederick 3-2

Group C
Boston Jr. Bruins, Maksymum, Philadelphia, and Suffolk
 * Boston Jr. Bruins tied Suffolk 2-2 (ot)
 * Boston Jr. Bruins defeated Maksymum 6-1
 * Philadelphia defeated Maksymum 3-1
 * Philadelphia defeated Suffolk 6-2
 * Maksymum defeated Suffolk 4-2
 * Philadelphia defeated Boston Jr. Bruins 3-2

Group D
Bay State, Florida Jr. Blades, Islanders HC, and South Shore
 * Bay State tied Florida Jr. Blades 2-2 (ot)
 * Islanders HC  tied Florida Jr. Blades 3-3 (ot)
 * South Shore defeated Islanders HC 5-2
 * South Shore defeated Bay State 8-7
 * Islanders HC defeated Bay State 4-1
 * Florida Jr. Blades defeated South Shore 4-3

Quarterfinals

 * Boston Jr. Bruins defeated Florida Jr. Blades 5-4 (2ot)
 * South Shore defeated Philadelphia 7-4
 * Jersey defeated Boston Bandits 4-3 (ot)
 * New Hampshire defeated New York 6-5 (ot)

Semifinals

 * New Hampshire defeated Jersey 2-0
 * South Shore defeated Boston Jr. Bruins 4-1

Final

 * New Hampshire defeated South Shore 3-1