Philadelphia Little Flyers
Encyclopedia
The Philadelphia Little Flyers are an USA Hockey
-sanctioned Tier III Jr. A
ice hockey
team from Aston, Pennsylvania
. They play in the South Division of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League
(AJHL) at the IceWorks Skating Complex 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.
The organization also fields a team at the Jr.B level in the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
as well as youth hockey select teams at the Midjet U18, Midget 16U, Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt and Mite levels.
, NCAA Division I, Division III, ACHA
college and professional
programs, including:
USA Hockey
USA Hockey is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for amateur ice hockey in the United States and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The organization is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has...
-sanctioned Tier III Jr. A
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team from Aston, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. They play in the South Division of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League
Atlantic Junior Hockey League
The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States...
(AJHL) at the IceWorks Skating Complex 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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Canadian Major Junior, Collegiate, and eventually professional
Professional sports
Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...
teams.
The organization also fields a team at the Jr.B level in the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
Metropolitan Junior Hockey League
The Metropolitan Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 20 teams throughout the eastern seaboard of the United States. The MJHL is part of the Atlantic Metropolitan Hockey League organization. It's "big sister" the AJHL is also a Tier III, Junior league...
as well as youth hockey select teams at the Midjet U18, Midget 16U, Bantam, Peewee, and Squirt and Mite levels.
Alumni
The Little Flyers have produced a number of alumni playing in higher levels of junior hockeyJunior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
, NCAA Division I, Division III, ACHA
Acha
Acha is a HINDI word for OK.Acha is also an Ewokese word for OK. Ewokese is a language used in the Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan Of Courage / The Battle For Endor* Acha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
college and professional
Professional sports
Professional sports, as opposed to amateur sports, are sports in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Professional athleticism has come to the fore through a combination of developments. Mass media and increased leisure have brought larger audiences, so that sports organizations...
programs, including:
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AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
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