America East Hockey League

America East Hockey League
	; America East Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2005
No. of teams	20 (peak)
Country(ies)	Canada; United States
Ceased	2008
Last champion(s)	Harrington Icebergs
Most championships	Harrington Icebergs – 2

America East Hockey League was a Junior A league that folded in August 2008. The League had teams in the Northeastern region of the United States.

It stated goal was to develops its players to play on college, Major Junior, and professional teams. America East was also the first Junior League affiliated with the North American Amateur Hockey Association (NAAHA).

League History[]

The league formed in 2005 with 5 member teams for the 2005-2006 season based in the Northeastern United States. The league expanded to 9 teams for the 2006-2007 season with teams based in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US. The 2007-2008 season saw 6 teams in the AEHL after a few teams folded and the Eastern Penn Jr. Bucks announced the team would suspend operations for the season. Following the 2007-08 season the AEHL went through major changes when the Pennsylvania Enforcers, Delaware Thunder, and Wooster Oilers left the league to join the new United Junior Hockey League. After the three teams left the AEHL soon announced major expansion of the league into Canada. In May 2008 the AEHL announced four new teams from Quebec joined the AEHL for the upcoming 2008-2009 season. In August 2008 the league went dark. most of the teams have transferred to other independent Jr. hockey leagues, mainly the International Junior Hockey League and the United Junior Hockey League which lasted one season before forming the Northern Junior Hockey League.

Team Timeline[]

Team	Centre	Arena	Seasons	Fate
Boston Junior Blackhawks	Saugus, Massachusetts	Kasabuski Memorial Ice Arena	2005-2006	ceased play after January 22, 2006 game^[1]
Exeter Seawolves	Exeter, New Hampshire	Rinks at Exeter	2005-2007	relocated to Dover, New Hampshire; renamed Dover Seawolves^[2]
Lowell Raiders	Newburyport, Massachusetts & Lowell, Massachusetts	Graf Arena and John J. Janas Memorial Skating Rink	2005-2006	suspended from league February 25, 2006 for conduct detrimental to league
New Jersey Ice Hoppers	Morristown, New Jersey & Dunellen, New Jersey	Twin Oaks Ice Rink & Rock Ice Pavillion	2005-2007^[3]	join United Junior Hockey League but fold before starting play
Norwich Ice Breakers	Norwich, Connecticut	Norwich Municipal Ice Rink	2005-2006	fold
Springfield Jr. Pics	Holyoke, Massachusetts	Fitzpatrick Arena	2005-2006	organization already had team in Eastern Junior Hockey League (1993-2013)
West Island Icebergs	Harrington, Quebec	Arena College Notre Dame	2006-2007	renamed Harrington College Icebergs who they were already affiliated with
Cleveland Team Development Program	Gates Mills, Ohio	Gilmour Academy Ice Arena	2006-2007^[4]	withdrew
Delaware Jr. Thunder	Newark, Delaware	Pond Ice Arena	2006-2008	join United Junior Hockey League as Philadelphia Thunder
Eastern Penn Jr. Bucks	Reading, Pennsylvania	Reading Skate Center	2006-2007	fold
Harrington College Icebergs	Harrington, Quebec	Arena Kevin Lowe & Pierre Page	2006-2008	join United Junior Hockey League
Long Island Rebels	Huntington, New York	Dix Hills Ice Rink	2006-2007^[5]	fold
South Jersey Raptors	Sewell, New Jersey	Hollydell Ice Arena	2006-2008	fold
Webster Hockey Academy Royals	Pointe Claire, Quebec		2006	announced as joining league then fell through^[6]
Wooster Oilers	Wooster, Ohio	Alice Noble Ice Arena	2006-2008^[7]	join United Junior Hockey League
Dover Seawolves	Dover, New Hampshire	Dover Arena	2007-2008	fold
Elmira Jr. Jackals	Elmira, New York	First Arena	2007-2007	announced as joining league June 11, 2007 but don't play^[8]
Penn Enforcers	Canonsburg, Pennsylvania	Iceoplex at Southpointe	2007-2008^[9]	join United Junior Hockey League

Seasons[]

References[]

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