The Empire Junior Hockey League (EmJHL) is an American

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 Tier III Junior B ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 league. The EmJHL is a member of USA Hockey

USA Hockey

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. It is primarily a feeder to the Eastern Junior Hockey League, a Junior A league.

On February 25, 2010 the Empire Junior Hockey League Board of Governors voted to eliminate 20 year old players from the League by changing the restriction of no more than four 20-year-olds per team to a maximum of two per team in the 2010–2011 season. Starting with the 2011-2012 season there will be no 20-year-olds in the League.

Participating teams

, the following teams make up the league:

Eastern Conference
Team	Location
Bay State Breakers Bay State Breakers The Bay State Breakers are a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Eastern Junior Hockey League's South Division, The team plays home games at the Rockland Ice Rink in Rockland, Massachusetts...	Rockland, Massachusetts Rockland, Massachusetts Rockland is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. The 2010 census records its population at 17,489. As of December 31, 2009, there are 11,809 registered voters in the community.-History:...
Boston Bandits Bridgewater Bandits The Bridgewater Bandits is a Junior A ice hockey team from Bridgewater, Massachusetts playing in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The team plays home games at the Bridgewater Ice Arena in Bridgewater, Massachusetts...	Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bridgewater, Massachusetts For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Bridgewater, please see the article Bridgewater , Massachusetts.The Town of Bridgewater is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, 28 miles south of Boston. At the 2000 Census, the population was 25,185...
Boston Jr. Bruins Boston Jr. Bruins The Boston Junior Bruins are an American junior ice hockey organization playing in Marlborough, MA. They field two Junior and a number of Youth teams. The Junior A team plays in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The Junior B team of the same name competes in the Empire Junior B Hockey...	Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,499 at the 2010 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the late 20th century after the construction of the...
Capital District Selects Capital District Selects The Capital District Selects is a Junior A ice hockey team from Albany, New York playing in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.-History:After several seasons as an independent midget team, the CD Selects joined the Eastern Junior Hockey League in 1998 as a part time member, joining full time in...	Clifton Park, New York Clifton Park, New York Clifton Park is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the 2009 population estimate for Clifton Park was 36,469. The name is derived from an early land patent...
Green Mountain Glades Green Mountain Glades The Green Mountain Glades are a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Eastern Junior Hockey League's North Division, The team plays home games at the 4,003-seat Gutterson Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Vermont and at the 600-seat Cairns Arena in the suburb of South Burlington,...	Williston, Vermont Williston, Vermont Williston is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The population was 8,698 at the 2010 census, an increase of over 1,000 people since the 2000 census...
New England Jr. Huskies New England Jr. Huskies The New England Junior Huskies are an American junior ice hockey organization from Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. They field teams in the Tier III Junior A Eastern Junior Hockey League, the Junior B Empire Junior B Hockey League and youth leagues....	Tyngsborough, Massachusetts Tyngsborough, Massachusetts Tyngsborough is a town located in the northwest section of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Composed of of land and surface water, Tyngsborough borders the towns of Dunstable, Groton, Westford, Chelmsford, Dracut, and the City of Lowell, as well as the New Hampshire communities of Hudson,...
New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs The New Hampshire Junior Monarchs is a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team from Hooksett, New Hampshire playing in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.-Mission:...	Hooksett, New Hampshire Hooksett, New Hampshire Hooksett is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 13,451 at the 2010 census. The town is located between Manchester, the state's largest city, and Concord, the state capital...
Salem Ice Dogs Salem Ice Dogs The Salem Ice Dogs are an American junior ice hockey organization playing in Salem, Massachusetts.-Junior B EmJHL Team:The organization fields a team in the Atlantic Division of the Empire Junior B Hockey League. They play out of The Richard H. Rockett Arena at Salem State College...	Salem, Massachusetts Salem, Massachusetts Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...
South Shore Kings South Shore Kings The South Shore Kings is a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team playing in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The team plays at the Foxboro Sports Center located in Foxboro, Massachusetts...	Foxboro, Massachusetts
Springfield Pics Springfield Pics The Springfield Pics are an American junior ice hockey organization playing in Springfield, Massachusetts. They field three Junior and a number of Youth teams.-History:...	West Springfield, Massachusetts West Springfield, Massachusetts The Town of West Springfield is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 28,391 at the 2010 census...
Valley Jr. Warriors Valley Jr. Warriors The Valley Jr. Warriors are an American junior ice hockey organization playing in Haverhill, Massachusetts. They field two Junior and a number of Youth teams. The Junior A team plays in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The Junior B team of the same name competes in the Empire Junior B Hockey...	Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill, Massachusetts Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the...
Western Conference
Team	Location
Brewster Bulldogs	Brewster, New York Brewster, New York Brewster is a village within the town of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, United States. Its population was 2,162 at the 2000 census. The village is the most densely populated portion of the town...
Buffalo Stars	Cheektowaga, New York
Frederick Freeze	Frederick, Maryland Frederick, Maryland Frederick is a city in north-central Maryland. It is the county seat of Frederick County, the largest county by area in the state of Maryland. Frederick is an outlying community of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of a greater...
New Jersey Hitmen New Jersey Hitmen The New Jersey Hitmen are a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Eastern Junior Hockey League's South Division, The team plays home games at the Capital One Bank Ice Vault Arena in Wayne, New Jersey....	Wayne, New Jersey Wayne, New Jersey Wayne is a Township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, located less than from midtown Manhattan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 54,069....
Jersey Wildcats	Randolph, New Jersey Randolph, New Jersey -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,847 people, 8,679 households, and 6,804 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,185.2 people per square mile . There were 8,903 housing units at an average density of 424.7 per square mile...
Maksymum Jr. Hockey Club	Rochester, New York Rochester, New York Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
New York Apple Core	Long Beach, New York Long Beach, New York Long Beach is a city in Nassau County, New York. Just south of Long Island, it is located on Long Beach Barrier Island, which is the westernmost of the outer barrier islands off Long Island's South Shore. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 33,275...
Philadelphia Revolution Philadelphia Revolution The New Jersey Nightmare is an inline hockey team based in Voorhees, New Jersey and is a Member of the American Inline Hockey League in 2008.The Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees is their current home....	Warminster, Pennsylvania
Potomac Patriots	Woodbridge, Virginia Woodbridge, Virginia -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 31,941 people, 10,687 households, and 7,769 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,047.8 people per square mile . There were 11,026 housing units at an average density of 1,052.1/sq mi...
Syracuse Stars Syracuse Stars The Syracuse Stars were a minor professional ice hockey team from Syracuse, New York, existing for 10 season from 1930 to 1940. The Stars name had previously been used by sports teams, including several Syracuse Stars baseball teams from the 19th century....	Syracuse, New York Syracuse, New York Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
Southern Conference
Team	Location
Atlanta Jr. Knights Atlanta Knights Junior Hockey Club The Atlanta Knights Junior Hockey Club are a USA Hockey Sanctioned Tier III Junior Franchise, with a stated mission to advance players to be recruited and play for Varsity Collegiate Hockey Programs at the NCAA Division I and III level....	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
Birmingham Jr. Bulls	Pelham, Alabama Pelham, Alabama Pelham is a city and suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, but has grown to 21,352 recorded by the 2010 census. It was named for famed Confederate American Civil War officer John Pelham...
East Coast Eagles	Wake Forest, North Carolina Wake Forest, North Carolina Wake Forest is a town and suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina in Wake County in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is located just north of the state capital, Raleigh. The population was 12,588 at the 2000 census. In 2009, the estimated population was 27,915...
Florida Jr. Blades	Estero, Florida Estero, Florida Estero is a census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 18,176. It is the home of Germain Arena, which hosts the home games for the Florida Everblades ECHL hockey team and the Florida Firecats af2 arena football team...
Florida Eeels	Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure....
Hampton Roads Whalers	Chesapeake, Virginia Chesapeake, Virginia As of the census of 2000, there were 199,184 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 people per square mile . There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 per square mile...
Palm Beach Hawks	Lake Worth, Florida Lake Worth, Florida Lake Worth is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, which takes its name from the body of water along its eastern border, originally called "Lake Worth", and now generally known as the Lake Worth Lagoon. The lake itself was named for General William J. Worth, who led U.S. forces during the last...
Space Coast Hurricanes	Rockledge, Florida Rockledge, Florida Rockledge is the oldest city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The population was 20,170 at the 2000 census. As of 2008, the estimated population according to the U.S. Census Bureau is 24,747. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical...
Tampa Bay Juniors	Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

Champions

• 2010-11 New York Apple Core
• 2009-10 New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
  New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
  The New Hampshire Junior Monarchs is a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team from Hooksett, New Hampshire playing in the Eastern Junior Hockey League.-Mission:...
  
  
• 2008-09 Boston Jr. Bruins
  Boston Jr. Bruins
  The Boston Junior Bruins are an American junior ice hockey organization playing in Marlborough, MA. They field two Junior and a number of Youth teams. The Junior A team plays in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The Junior B team of the same name competes in the Empire Junior B Hockey...
  
  
• 2007-08 Boston Jr. Bruins
  Boston Jr. Bruins
  The Boston Junior Bruins are an American junior ice hockey organization playing in Marlborough, MA. They field two Junior and a number of Youth teams. The Junior A team plays in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The Junior B team of the same name competes in the Empire Junior B Hockey...
  
  
• 2006-07 Boston Jr. Bruins
  Boston Jr. Bruins
  The Boston Junior Bruins are an American junior ice hockey organization playing in Marlborough, MA. They field two Junior and a number of Youth teams. The Junior A team plays in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The Junior B team of the same name competes in the Empire Junior B Hockey...
  
  

External links and References

• Official EJHL Web site