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

Playoffs

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

• Wheatfield defeated Brewster 5-2

Both teams qualified for the National Tournament