International Junior Hockey League was an independent
Junior B ice hockey
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league. The League had teams in
New England
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and
Mid Atlantic United States.
League History
The league formed in 2005 out of the Interstate Junior Hockey League with teams based in the Northeastern United States and expanded over the next few seasons. Charlie Nielsen is the commissioner of the league.
In December 2011, the Northern New York Gamblers of
Massena, New York
Massena is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. Massena is along the county's northern border, just south of the St. Lawrence River and the Three Nations Crossing of the Canada–United States border. The population was 12 ...
opted to leave the IJHL.
nnyjrgamblers.com
(retrieved 24 January 2012)
In July 2012, the ijhl folded after the "Super Elite" league went under. Most of the "Super Elite" league members decided to create a new league called the Northern States Junior Hockey League
North American 3 Eastern Hockey League (NA3EHL) was a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey league. The league had teams in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. In 2016, the league merged with the North Amer ...
(NSHL) so they could resume play in the fall.
Teams
the IJHL lists the following members. The Super Elite League is the IJHL's Jr B league, the Elite league is on par with Jr C.
Elite League
See also
*List of ice hockey leagues
This is a list of ice hockey leagues, both professional and amateur, from around the world; parentheses denote year of establishment and, where applicable, year of disestablishment.
North America Major professional
* National Hockey League (1917 ...
External links and References
IJHL.com Official Website
{{Junior Hockey
Junior ice hockey leagues in the United States