The Springfield Pics are an American

United States

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 junior

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...

 organization playing in Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield, Massachusetts

Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...

. They field three Junior and a number of Youth teams.

History

The Junior Falcons Eastern Jr. Hockey League (EJHL) and Empire Jr. Hockey League (EmJHL) teams merged in the summer of 2009 with the Springfield Pics of the Continental Jr. Hockey Association (CHA) and the Bay State Bucs Midget team members of the NEMHL.

Junior B EmJHL Team

Two Junior B teams of the same name compete in the Empire Junior B Hockey League and CHA. The EmJHL team is made up of more senior players.

Junior B CHA Team

The second Junior B team competes in the Premier Division of the Continental Hockey Association, and is made up of more junior players.