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New York Bobcats
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City: Syosset, New York
League: EHL
Division: South
Founded: 2000
Home Arena: Iceworks
Colors: Dark Green, Black, Tan


              

Owner(s): Fred Schoenhut
Franchise history
2000-present: New York Bobcats
2017-present: New York Bobcats Royals

The New York Bobcats Royals are an USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Jr. A ice hockey team from Syosset, New York on Long Island.[1] They play in the Eastern Hockey League at The Iceworks Arena, the official practice facility of the New York Islanders of the NHL.[2] The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope to earn a spot on higher levels of junior hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian Major Junior, college ice hockey, and eventually professional teams.[3]

History[]

The Bobcats organization was founded in 2000 as a member of the Tier III Junior B Metropolitan Junior Hockey League (MetJHL) winning the league playoffs in 2002 and qualified for the 2002 Tier III Junior B National Championships.[4] In 2003, the Bobcats became one of the charter members of the Tier III Junior A Atlantic Junior Hockey League (AJHL) along with five other MetJHL organizations. The Bobcats would go on to win the regular season and playoff titles in 2006 and 2007 while in the AJHL.[5] In 2013, Tier III junior hockey leagues were reorganized and the AJHL became the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). In 2015, the EHL added a lower level division (formerly called Junior B) called the EHL-Elite Division and added all the current EHL teams (including the Bobcats) to the EHL-Premier Division.

The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope to earn a spot on higher levels of junior hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian Major Junior, Collegiate, and eventually professional teams.[6]

As of mid-July 2016, the team was no longer listed on the EHL's website. No mention of season plans have been posted on the team's website either. Head coach Craig Doremus was made head coach with the New Jersey Junior Titans of the North American Hockey Leaguefor the 2016-17 season. After trying to find a new head coach and eventually trying to work out a relocation to the Middletown Ice World Arena (the home of the Jr. Titans), the organization decided to pull the plug on the 2016-17 season and plan on returning for 2017-18.  The organization would merge with the Long Island Royals organization and return to play as the New York Bobcats Royals

Season-by-season records[]

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Regular Season Finish Playoffs
Atlantic Junior Hockey League
2003–04 No information 2nd of 6, AJHL Lost Semifinal game, 1-3 vs. Washington Jr. Nationals[7]
2004–05 41 35 5 0 1 71 247 115 1st of 4, South
2nd of 8, AJHL
Won Semifinal game, 11-2 vs. New Jersey Rockets
Lost Championship game, 1-4 vs. Boston Bulldogs
2005–06 42 35 5 0 2 72 269 138 1st of 11, AJHL Won Quarterfinals, 2-0 vs. Portland Jr. Pirates
Won Semifinal game, 7-4 vs. Hartford Jr. Wolfpack
Won Championship game, 9-6 vs. Boston Bulldogs
League Champions
2006–07 44 36 6 0 2 74 244 141 1st of 6, South
1st of 12, AJHL
League Champions
2007–08 44 28 12 0 4 60 197 150 2 of 5, South
4th of 11, AJHL
2008–09 42 34 7 0 1 69 175 106 1st of 6, South
2nd of 12, AJHL
2009–10 42 37 3 0 2 76 212 97 1st of 6, South
1st of 12, AJHL
2010–11 44 35 5 0 4 74 231 111 1st of 6, South
2nd of 12, AJHL
2011–12 44 31 12 0 1 63 185 112 3rd of 12, AJHL
2012–13 44 24 16 3 1 52 158 153 6th of 12, AJHL Lost Quarterfinals, 0-2 vs. Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
Eastern Hockey League
2013–14 44 23 15 5 1 52 146 132 2nd of 6, Central Div.
5th of 17, EHL
Won Round 1, 2-0 vs. Boston Junior Rangers
Lost Quarterfinals, 0-2 vs. Boston Bandits
2014–15 44 26 16 2 54 156 131 3rd of 5, Central Div.
7th of 19, EHL
Won Round 1, 2-1 vs. East Coast Wizards
Lost Quarterfinals, 1-2 vs. New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
2015–16 41 25 12 4 54 173 121 5th of 9, South Conf.
7th of 18, EHL-Premier
Lost First Round, 0-1 vs. Philadelphia Revolution
2016-17 On hiatus
New York Bobcats Royals
2017–18 (EHL) 50 4 42 - 4 12 92 298 4th Central Did not qualify

Alumni[]

The Bobcats have produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of junior hockey, NCAA and professional programs, including:

References[]

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