The Peoria Mustangs are a
USA Hockey
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-sanctioned
Tier III ice hockey
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team in the
North American 3 Hockey League
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(NA3HL). The team plays their home games at the
Owens Center in
Peoria,
Illinois
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. The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope to earn a spot on higher levels of junior ice hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian major junior, college ice hockey, collegiate, and eventually professional sports, professional teams.
Alumni
The Mustangs have had many alumni move on to higher levels of junior ice hockey, NCAA Division I (NCAA), Division I and Division III (NCAA), Division III, American Collegiate Hockey Association, ACHA college ice hockey, college, and at professional levels, including:
* Logan Bittle - Bloomington PrairieThunder (International Hockey League (2007–2010), IHL), US National Under 18 Team
* Aaron Dawson - ''Carolina Hurricanes 2003 NHL Entry Draft'', Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Season-by-season records
References
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External links
Official website
Amateur ice hockey teams in Illinois
North American 3 Hockey League teams
Sports clubs and teams in Peoria, Illinois, Mustangs
2000 establishments in Illinois
Ice hockey clubs established in 2000