2014-15 USPHL-Empire Season

this is the 2014-15 United States Premier Hockey League-Empire season. This was the league's second season.

Franchise changes

 * The league lost the Dedham, Massachusetts based Boch Blazers which dropped the junior level team from its organization.
 * The league lost the Brewster Bulldogs which had merged with the Spacecoast Hurricanes and relocated to Rockledge, Florida (while keeping the Brewster Bulldogs name and joined the USPHL's Elite Division)
 * The Springfield Pics withdrew from this league and added a team to the league's premier division
 * The league added the Richmond Generals and the Lincoln, Rhode Island based Providence Capitals.

Empire North
Team                   GP  W  L T OL  GF  GA  P   Syracuse Stars          40 32  5 -  3 269 108 67 New York Jr. Aviators  40 31  8 -  1 229 115 63 Jersey Shore Whalers   40 30  7 -  3 201 116 63 Junior Bruins          39 26 13 -  0 166 129 52 Jersey Hitmen          40 22 14 -  4 132 121 48 Springfield Pics       40 20 17 -  2 180 143 42 Islanders Hockey Club  40 18 19 -  2 144 183 38 Rochester Jr. Americans 40 16 21 - 3 166 188 35 South Shore Kings      40 15 22 -  3 125 160 33 P.A.L. Jr. Islanders   40 14 25 -  1 136 199 29 Frederick Freeze       39  9 28 -  2 112 194 20 Adirondack Wings       39  8 30 -  1  92 202 17 Bay State Breakers     38  7 29 -  2  80 243 16

Empire South
Team                 GP  W  L T OL  GF  GA  P   Florida Jr. Blades    39 33  5 -  1 215 106 67 Richmond Generals    40 27 10 -  3 147 104 57 Tampa Bay Juniors    40 26 11 -  3 149 125 55 Florida Eels         40 21 15 -  4 137 124 46 Atlanta Jr. Knights  40 18 20 -  2 149 150 38 East Coast Eagles    40 17 19 -  4 106 122 38 Hampton Roads Whalers 40 16 20 - 4  99 115 36 Palm Beach Hawks     40 16 20 -  4 129 151 36 Potomac Patriots     40 14 24 -  2 104 169 30

Quarterfinal Round Robin
Pool A Team                 GP W L GF GA P  Syracuse Stars         3 2 1 13  7 6 Jersey Hitmen         3 2 1 11  8 6 Junior Bruins         3 2 1  9 13 6 Rochester Jr Americans 3 0 3 8 13 0 Pool B Team                GP W L GF GA P  New York Aviators     3 3 0 13  7 6 Jersey Shore Whalers 3 2 1 22  9 4 Islanders Hockey Club 3 1 2 6 19 2 Springfield Pics     3 0 3  4 10 0
 * Syracuse defeated Rochester 3-2
 * New York defeated Islanders Hockey Club 7-4
 * Jersey Shore defeated Springfield 7-4
 * Jr. Bruins defeated Jersey 3-2 (ot)
 * Jersey Shore defeated Islanders Hockey Club 12-1
 * New York defeated Springfield 2-0
 * Jr. Bruins defeated Rochester 5-4
 * Jersey defeated Syracuse 4-3
 * New York defeated Jersey Shore 4-3
 * Islanders Hockey Club defeated Springfield 1-0
 * Jersey defeated Rochester 5-2
 * Syracuse defeated Jr. Bruins 7-1

Semifinals

 * New York defeated Jersey 10-1
 * Jersey Shore defeated Syracuse  6-5

Quarterfinals

 * Florida Jr. Blades defeated Palm Beach 2 games to none (10-2, 3-0)
 * Richmond defeated Hampton Roads 2 games to none (3-1, 4-0
 * Tampa Bay defeated Florida Eels 2 games to 1 (6-2, 2-3, 7-2)
 * Atlanta defeated East Coast 2 games to 1 ( 4-1, 3-4 (ot), 6-0)

Semifinals

 * Florida defeated Tampa Bay 2 games to none (8-0, 6-4)
 * Atlanta defeated Richmond 2 games to none (6-5 (2ot), 2-0)

USPHL Empire Final Four
(March 11-13 New England Sports Center, Marlborough, Massachusetts)

Semifinals
Team              GP  W L GF GA P  New York Aviators   3  3 0 15  7 6 Florida Jr. Blades 3  2 1 17 17 4 Syracuse Stars     3  1 2 11 12 2 Atlanta Jr. Knights 3 0 3 12 19 0
 * Florida defeated Atlanta 7-6 in overtime
 * New York defeated Syracuse 2-1
 * Syracuse defeated Atlanta 6-3
 * New York defeated Florida 7-3
 * Florida defeated Syracuse 7-4
 * New York defeated Atlanta 6-3

Final
The New York Aviators advance to 2015 USA Hockey Tier III Junior National Championship.
 * New York defeated Florida 6-3