The Junior Bruins, Islander
Hockey Club, Jersey Hitmen and South Shore Kings have announced the
formation of the United States Premier Hockey League (“USPHL”) to
provide a new national opportunity for hockey at the Junior and 16U/18U
Midget Levels. The USPHL Organizations share a common commitment to the
fundamentals of USA Hockey’s American Development Model (ADM) and its
Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) initiatives based upon age specific
development of hockey players and will have all participants in the
league register under USA Hockey.
The USPHL
founding members have each developed a complete player development
model where at present over 2,000 boys and girls train, compete and
enjoy the sport of ice hockey. These programs go beyond the on ice
experience to include education, leadership and community service
components to help foster a complete student athlete. The member
organizations believe the USPHL will provide the next step in high
performance training and competition and will provide unmatched exposure
to NCAA hockey programs for young aspiring hockey players.
The four
organizations will maintain teams in their existing youth and junior
leagues including the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The league will
commence competition in September of 2013 with 16U/18U and Junior
divisions. Applications for each level are currently being accepted and
can be found on each organizations website.
See below or the Documents page under information on the Islanders website. (Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
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