2004-05 EmpJHL Season

This is the 2004-05 Empire Junior Hockey League season.

Membership Changes

 * The Bucks-Mont Bandits left the league.
 * The league added the Bay State Breakers, Bridgewater Bandits, New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs, Tri-State Selects, and Tyngsboro Huskies.

Standings
Western Division Team                       GP  W  L T  GF  GA  PIM  P   Wheatfield Blades           44 31 10 3 197 105  879 65 Rochester Jr. Americans    44 30 13 1 178 108 1014 61 Pittsburgh Jr. Penguins    44 29 12 3 211 129  780 61 Binghamton Jr. Senators    44 21 18 5 157 127  750 47 Syracuse Stars             44 20 23 1 163 168 1009 41 Tri-State Selects          44 13 28 3  97 183  835 29 Hershey Jr. Bears          44 12 31 1 143 212  691 25 Elmira Jackals             44  6 34 4 116 218 1011 16 Eastern Division Team                       GP  W  L T  GF  GA  PIM  P   Apple Core Mnr Jr Sel       44 36  4 4 190  69  839 76 Brewster Bulldogs          44 29 11 4 181 119  815 62 Tyngsboro Huskies          44 24 13 7 165 113  878 55 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs 44 21 19 4 147 141  644 46 Capital District Mnr Jr Sel 44 20 21 3 127 133 902 43 Connecticut Lazers         44 19 21 4 155 143  782 42 Bridgewater Bandits        44 11 28 5 108 198  525 27 Bay State Breakers         44  3 39 2  78 247 1162  8

Format
The top five teams in each division qualify for the playoffs. The 4th and 5th seeds met in a sudden death game at the rink of the higher seed. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were best-of-three (with game 3 being a mini game, if needed). The championship game was for seeding purposes at the National Tournament as both teams qualified for the tournament.

Preliminary Round

 * Binghamton defeated Syracuse 9-2
 * Capital District defeated New Hampshire 4-3

Quarterfinals

 * Capital District defeated Apple Core 2 games to 1 (3-0, 0-6, 1-0)
 * Brewster defeated Tyngsboro 2 games to none (4-3, 3-1)
 * Rochester defeated Pittsburgh 2 games to 1 (2-1, 1-3, 5-4)
 * Wheatfield defeated Binghamton 2 games to 1 (1-3, 3-1, 1-0)

Semifinals

 * Wheatfield defeated Capital District 2 games to none (4-3, 5-3)
 * Brewster defeated Rochester 2 games to none (3-1, 4-3)

Final
Both teams qualified for the National Tournament
 * Wheatfield defeated Brewster 5-2